The Beatles Films Podcast

We're discussing the 2001 TV documentary released alongside the Paul McCartney/Wings retrospective compilation. Does it do a good job of changing public opinion post-THAT Alan Partridge joke? What's the effect of having Mary McCartney interview Paul? And what does the word "wingspan" actually mean? (If this last one interests you and you'd like to hear it argued about at length by pedants you're i...

The Magic Christian, starring Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers, was the reason The Beatles were up against a deadline to record Let it Be. But it was also an actual film that you can watch and everything. How did Ringo get on in his first starring role without the others? Is its anti-capitalist theme expressed with any purpose? And why is Yul Brynner in it singing a Noel Coward song to Roman Polanski...

We discuss Richard Curtis and Danny Boyle's 2019 film Yesterday, in which Jack (Himesh Patel) wakes up to find he's the only person who remembers the Beatles. Does its premise stand up to scrutiny? Has Jack robbed the world of Wings? And did we really need to spend so long discussing the price of a Martin acoustic guitar? Watch Yesterday: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/yesterday-2019 (or just...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney's last meeting was on 24 April 1976. Michael Lindsay-Hogg's 2000 VH1 TV movie presents a fictionalised account of it, but is it a fair depiction of their relationship at the time? Does it reflect how they were seen or how they were? Does Yoko Ono come off badly? Watch Two of Us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/577090018 Meet the Beatles Films Podcast The Beatles Films Pod...

Welcome to The Beatles Films Podcast! Matt and Ed explain what the whole thing's about (I mean, the title sort of gives it away, but still). We're professional film writers and Fab Four fans and each week we discuss a different film or TV show about, starring or inspired by the Beatles, or the solo careers and lives of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Subscribe to the...