All songs are written by
Lennon–McCartney and performed by
the Beatles, unless otherwise noted.
One (July '40 to March '63) •
Liverpool: The Childhood Years [7:35] • "
Help!" – Title song played at the beginning of each episode. • "
In My Life" – Edited clip of Beatles footage throughout the years. • "
In the Mood" (Manone, arr. Garland) — Performed by the
Glenn Miller Orchestra; played during the rapid-fire montage of photographs of each member. • "
We'll Meet Again" (Parker-Charles) — Performed by Dame
Vera Lynn • Discovering Rock & Roll [11:23] • John, Paul & George – The Beginning of The Beatles [5:21] • First Recordings 1958–1960 [2:55] •
Stuart Sutcliffe [3:20] • Early Tours [6:59] •
Pete Best [2:07] •
Hamburg [13:16] • "
Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) • Growing Pains [1:09] • Stuart Sutcliffe Leaves [2:08] • Excerpts of the following songs: • "
I'm Down" • "
F.B.I." (Marvin-Welch-Harris) — Performed by
The Shadows •
The Cavern [4:08] • Excerpts of the following songs: • "
Long Tall Sally" (Johnson-Blackwell-Penniman) • "
Kansas City" (Leiber-Stoller) •
Decca Sessions [1:28] • Audition tapes recorded at the
Decca Studios, London on 1 January 1962. • "
Three Cool Cats" (Leiber-Stoller) — Harrison on lead vocal and Best on drums. • "
The Sheik of Araby" (Smith-Wheeler-Snyder) — Harrison on lead vocal and Best on drums. • Audition tape recorded at Decca Studios, London on 1 January 1962, sequel to Get Back Sessions Footage. • "
Bésame Mucho" (Velazquez-Skylar) — Paul McCartney on lead vocal and Pete Best on drums. • "
George Martin" [1:40] • The Beatles and George Martin discuss the context of their first meeting and recording contract. • Ringo Arrives [4:44] • "
Some Other Guy" (Leiber-Stoller-Barrett) — video of the whole song played by the Beatles (with Ringo) in the Cavern. • "
Love Me Do" [3:13] • Overdubbed footage of the Beatles performing "Love Me Do" in 1963, which merges at the very end into brief footage of Ringo playing drums in 1995 during the
Anthology sessions. • "
Please Please Me" – "We're No. 1" [7:27] • "
How Do You Do It?" (Murray) • Audio of performance by
Mitch Murray. • Video of performance by
Gerry & the Pacemakers. • Audio of performance by the Beatles recorded at Abbey Road Studios on 4 September 1962. • "
Please Please Me" – performed live in 1964 on
The Ed Sullivan Show • "
Leave My Kitten Alone" (John-Turner-McDougal) — Demo recording done on 14 August 1964 at Abbey Road Studios and played over the credits.
Two (March '63 to February '64) • Racing Up the Ladder [11:02] • "
Help!" – Title song played at the beginning of each episode. • "
I'll Be on My Way" – Radio out-take. • "
Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" (Burnette-Burnette-Burlinson-Jerome) – Radio out-take. • "
That's All Right" (Crudup) – Radio out-take. • "So How Come" (Bryant/Bryant) – Radio out-take. • "Odeon Saturday Morning song" – Performed by John Lennon. • "Look Who It Is" (Schroeder-Hawker) – Performed by
Helen Shapiro. • "
Thank You Girl" • Sound collage of
Please Please Me album: "
I Saw Her Standing There" – "
Misery" – "
Anna (Go to Him)" (Alexander) – "
Chains" (Goffin-King) – "
Boys" (Dixon-Farrell) – "
Ask Me Why" – "
Please Please Me" – "
Love Me Do" – "
P.S. I Love You" – "
Baby It's You" (David-Williams-Bacharach) – "
Do You Want to Know a Secret" – "
A Taste of Honey" (Scott-Marlow) – "
There's a Place" • "
Twist and Shout" (Medley-Russell) • Touring Britain – 1963 [11:30] • "
Oh, Pretty Woman" (Orbison-Dees) – Performed by
Roy Orbison. • "
From Me to You" • "
There's a Place" • "
It Won't Be Long" • "
She Loves You" • London – 1963 [4:01] • "
I Wanna Be Your Man" (Performed by
The Rolling Stones) • "I Wanna Be Your Man" • Early Television Appearances [3:45] • Excerpts from the
Big Night Out TV Show. • Footage of live performance on
Morecambe and Wise, recorded at
ATV's Elstree TV studio's on Monday 2 December 1963, and broadcast on Saturday 18 April 1964 (8.25 pm). • "
On Moonlight Bay" (
Madden-Wenrich) • "
I Like It" (
Murray) – Performed by
Eric Morecambe. • Voice clips from Abbey Road Studios [4:56] • Sound collage of studio outtakes: "
One After 909" – "
I Saw Her Standing There" – "
This Boy" – "
I Should Have Known Better" – "
Tell Me Why" – "
I Want to Hold Your Hand" – "
I'll Be Back" – "
Mr. Moonlight" (Johnson) – "
No Reply" – "
What You're Doing" • Reflections on Sudden Fame [5:13] • "This Boy" • Beatlemania [4:41] • Footage of a live performance on the
Drop In TV show, Sweden, 3 November 1963. • "I Saw Her Standing There" • "
Long Tall Sally" (Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell) • Royal Variety Performance [9:43] • Excerpts from the Royal Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 4 November 1963, broadcast on TV and radio on Sunday 10 November 1963. • Includes John's "jewelry" comment as an introduction to "Twist and Shout": "For our last number, I'd like to ask your help. Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands, and the rest of you, if you'd just rattle your jewelry." • "From Me to You" • "
Till There Was You" (Wilson) • "Twist and Shout" (Russell-Medley) • Second album:
With the Beatles [9:39] • "
All My Loving" – Played in the background of John saying: "We wanted to give people their money's worth with our records. Our policy was to put 14 tracks a side – it was brand new and never put singles on the albums. Everybody else who had a hit single made an album around it." • "
Please Mr. Postman" (Dobbins-Garrett-Gorman-Holland-Bateman) • "
Roll Over Beethoven" (Berry) – Footage from
Around The Beatles ITV special, 28 April 1964. • "
I Want to Hold Your Hand" • Olympia Theatre, Paris – 1964 [1:22] • Footage of the Beatles arriving at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, on 14 January 1964. • "I Want to Hold Your Hand" Reaches No. 1 in The U.S. [5:50] • "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – Played in the background of footage of the Beatles at London Heathrow Airport, leaving for the US on 7 February 1964. • "One After 909" – Played over the credits.
Three (February '64 to July '64) ''"Miami! That was just like paradise because we'd never been anywhere with palm trees." – Paul McCartney'' • Arrival in the U.S. – February 1964 [10:00] • "
Help!" – Title song played at the beginning of each episode. • Footage of the Beatles arriving at the
John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, 7 February 1964. Voice of Beatles Manager
Brian Epstein can be heard saying – "If there was a turning point in their career, a specific date on which the scope of their future was to be altered, then it was the day they touched down at Kennedy International New York to a welcome seldom equalled anywhere in history." • "
Pride and Joy" (Whitfield-Gaye-Stevenson) – Performed by
Marvin Gaye. • Excerpts of telephone conversation between BBC Radio's
Brian Matthew and the group • First Appearance on
The Ed Sullivan Show [3:55] • "
All My Loving" – Footage of the Beatles' first appearance on
The Ed Sullivan Show in New York, 9 February 1964. • Paul remarking later: "It's still supposed to be the largest viewing audience ever in the States". • Footage of a congratulatory telegram from
Elvis Presley and
Colonel Tom Parker • George commenting later: "... they said there was the least reported, or no reported crime. Even the criminals had a rest for ten minutes while we were on." • The Coliseum Concert – Washington D.C. [10:29] • Footage of the Beatles performing at the Washington Coliseum on 11 February 1964: • "
She Loves You" • "
I Saw Her Standing There" • "
Please Please Me" • Reception at the
British Embassy [1:08] • Footage of the Beatles' reception at the British Embassy in Washington on 11 February 1964. • Miami Beach [3:00] • "
I'll Follow the Sun" – Played over a montage of still photographs of the group's visit to
Miami Beach, Florida. • Second Appearance on
The Ed Sullivan Show [3:54] • Footage from rehearsals for
The Ed Sullivan Show, Miami, 16 February 1964 • "
This Boy" – Excerpts from the Beatles' second appearance on
The Ed Sullivan Show. • "These youngsters from Liverpool, England ... Their conduct over here, not only as fine professional singers but as a group of fine youngsters will leave an imprint with everyone over here who has met them." — Ed Sullivan • Return to England [1:59] • "
I Want to Hold Your Hand" – Footage of the Fab Four returning to England and meeting the press at the London Airport on 22 February 1964. • "They're Going to Put Us in the Movies" [2:56] • Paul: "... I'm talking about this progression with the Beatles. From the Stevedores' and Dockers' Union, the Cavern, better clubs. So films was one that we'd always thought of. ... We were interested in films and what happened was Brian started talking to people, knowing of our interest and he came up with Dick Lester's name." • Footage from the classic comedy short film
Running Jumping Standing Still, directed by
Richard Lester. • Paul: "... Dick came round. He was a bit of a musician, played jazz piano, so he was even more interesting. ... He got hold of Alun Owen, a Welsh playwright who'd written
Last Tram to Lime Street. ... He picked up little quotes like 'He's very clean, isn't he?' He picked up the jokes and sarcasm, the Beatle humour, John's wit and each one of us, Ringo's laconic humour. He picked up our characters, which was good." • Filming ''A Hard Day's Night'' [10:54] • Footage from the film ''
A Hard Day's Night'', including the following songs: • "
A Hard Day's Night" • "
I Should Have Known Better" • "
If I Fell" • "
Can't Buy Me Love" – the film version merged with the
NME Poll Winners' Concert version •
In His Own Write [3:00] • Footage from the television program
Not Only... But Also, where John Lennon reads
The Wrestling Dog from his book
In His Own Write. • Photographs of
The Daily Howl, a daily comic drawn by John Lennon in his school days. • World Tour 1964 [14:45] • Footage of an interview with
Derek Taylor, the Beatles' press liaison, regarding his visit to
Torquay accompanying Brian Epstein while he was writing
A Cellarful of Noise. • Footage of a discussion of Ringo Starr's temporary replacement by
Jimmie Nicol due to Ringo's tonsillitis during the World Tour of 1964. • "
Long Tall Sally" (Johnson-Blackwell-Penniman) – Footage of the group performing in the Netherlands on 5 June 1964. • "
I'll Be Back" – Played over footage of the group's visit to the Netherlands and their arrival in Hong Kong on 8 June 1964. • "
Any Time at All" – Played over footage of the group's arrival in Sydney, Australia, on 11 June 1964. • Footage of the Beatles' performance at the Festival Hall, Melbourne, on 17 June 1964 • "All My Loving" • "
You Can't Do That" • World Premiere of ''A Hard Day's Night'' [2:14] • "A Hard Day's Night" – Played over footage of the world premiere of the film ''A Hard Day's Night'' in London on 6 July 1964. • Liverpool Homecoming [5:42] • "
Things We Said Today" – Played over footage of the Beatles' homecoming to Liverpool on 10 July 1964. • "I'll Be Back" (Demo version) – Played over the credits.
Four (August '64 to August '65) "She (The Queen) seemed pleasant enough, you know; made us relax." – John Lennon • First Major U.S. Tour – Summer, 1964 [9:12] • "
Help!" – Title song played at the beginning of each episode. • "
Rock and Roll Music" (
Berry) • Footage of the Beatles performing at The
Hollywood Bowl on 23 August 1964 — • "
All My Loving" • "
She Loves You" • Meeting Bob Dylan [3:01] • Footage of discussions on
Bob Dylan and his music: • Paul: "He was our idol." • Ringo: "Bob was our hero. ... I heard of Bob through John. He played the records to me. It was just great." • George: "Not an idol but we heard his record; we'd listen to his album. It really gave us a buzz and we played it over and over again. ... I think it was Freewheelin'." • John: "We loved Bob Dylan." • Footage of live performance of
Bob Dylan — • "
The Times They Are a-Changin'" (
Dylan) • "
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (
Dylan) • The Pressures of Touring [6:13] • "
That Means a Lot" – Played in the background during discussion of the group's busy schedule and lack of days off. • "
Slow Down" (
Williams) – Played in the background of footage of the Beatles returning from America, photographed at the
London Airport on 21 September 1964, where they played 32 shows in 34 days in 24 different cities. • Feedback – "I Feel Fine" [3:50] • "
I Feel Fine" – The group discussing the use of sound effects like
feedback in their music: • George Martin: "John had mucked around with feedbacks for a while. Yes, it was intentional. ... I think it was the first time that feedback was used on a record. ... It was his idea, it was great." • George: "He figured out how to do it. We used to do it on stage then. ... In a way, he invented
Jimi Hendrix." • Paul: "It probably was, actually." • Recording "
Beatles for Sale" [8:49] • "
Kansas City"/"
Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" (
Leiber-Stoller/
Penniman) – Footage from the
Shindig! TV Show,
London • "
I'm a Loser" – Footage from live performance at the
Palais des Sports, Paris • "
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" (
Perkins) – Footage from live performance at the
Palais des Sports, Paris • Filming
Help! [14:27] • Footage from the film
Help! showing glimpses of various episodes, and, playing the following songs: • "
Another Girl" • "
The Night Before" • "
You're Going to Lose That Girl" • "
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" • "Help!" (Live on the
Big Night Out TV show, Blackpool) • "Yesterday" [5:09] • Footage from the
Big Night Out TV show,
Blackpool – the Beatles' only British television appearance to promote
Help!... and the first solo stage performance of "Yesterday". Recorded and broadcast on Sunday, 1 August 1965 from the
ABC Theatre, Blackpool from 9:10 to 10:05 pm • "
Yesterday" • "
I'm Down" •
NME Poll Winners' Concert – 11 April 1965 [2:00] • "I Feel Fine" • "
She's a Woman" • George talks about his songs [4:07] • George: "They'd been writing since we were at school. They'd written all – or most of their bad songs before we got into the recording studio. I had to come from nowhere and start writing and to have something at least quality enough to put in the record with all their wondrous hits." • "
Act Naturally" (
Russell-Morrison) (Live on the
Big Night Out TV show, Blackpool) — "Now something we don't often do. Give someone a chance to sing who doesn't often sing. And here he is. All out of key and nervous, singing 'Act Naturally'." — Intro by Ringo • "Ticket to Ride" [2:44] • "
Ticket to Ride" – Footage of two versions of the song, the live version at Blackpool and the taped TV promotional film version, are merged with one another. • The Beatles Receive The MBE From The Queen [11:01] • "
Eight Days a Week" – Played behind the footage of people storming gates of the
Buckingham Palace, London on the day of the Beatles receiving the
MBEs from the
Queen. • "
If You've Got Trouble" (Take 1) – Played while showing the credits.
Five (August '65 to July '66) "We were all expanding in all areas in our life; opening up to a lot of different attitudes." – Ringo Starr •
Shea Stadium Concert – 15 August 1965 [15:37] • "
Help!" – Title song played at the beginning of each episode. •
Ed Sullivan welcomes the Beatles to the concert at
Shea Stadium,
New York City, 15 August 1965 – "Ladies and gentlemen, Honoured by their country, decorated by their
Queen and loved here in America ... Here are the Beatles!" • "
Twist and Shout" (
Russel-Medley) [Live] • "
I Feel Fine" [Live] • "
Baby's in Black" [Live] • "
I'm Down" [Live] • "Help!" [Live] • Meeting Elvis Presley [5:04] • "Mohair Sam" (
Frazier) – Performed by
Charlie Rich • "
Hound Dog" (
Leiber-Stoller) – Last notes of the song, performed by
Elvis Presley • More Tour Pressure [2:31] • "
Run for Your Life" • New Musical Directions –
Rubber Soul and
Revolver [8:20] • "
In My Life" [Overdub on 22 October 1965 – Take 3] – Played in the background over footage showing the band talking about the new musical directions. • George Martin: "... They were finding new frontiers all the time." • Ringo: "... Our whole attitude was changing. ... I think grass was really influential in a lot of our changes." • Paul: "The direction was changing away from poppy stuff. ... We branched out into songs that are a bit more surreal, more entertaining. ...
Dylan was starting to influence us quite heavily at that point." • John: "When it got sort of contemporary as it were, a contemporary influence ... I think
Rubber Soul was about when it started happening." • "
Drive My Car" (Recorded on 13 October 1965 – Take 4) – "
Nowhere Man" [Remake recorded on 22 October 1965 – Take 4] – A musical collage played over footage of still photographs showing different moments of the band in studio during recording of
Rubber Soul. • Rāga Charu Kishi – Footage showing snippets of a
Sitar Recital of the
Rāga by
Ravi Shankar; George discussing the context of using
sitar in "Norwegian Wood". • "
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" (12 October 1965 – Take 1) – Played over footage of still photographs showing different moments of the band recording the song. • "
Nowhere Man" [Remake recorded on 22 October 1965 – Take 4] – Played in the background over Paul discussing the stretched photo on the cover of the album
Rubber Soul; the photo being the result of backward falling of the album-sized piece of cardboard on which photographer
Robert Freeman was projecting photos at Lennon's house. • "Yellow Submarine" [3:40] • "
Yellow Submarine" [Recorded 26 May 1966 – Take 5] – Footage from the film
Yellow Submarine edited with Beatles footage (live-action and animation combination). • "
Taxman" (
Harrison) [Overdub on 22 April 1966 – Take 12] – Played over footage of still photographs showing different moments of the band recording the song; and George discussing the social context of the song – "... In those days we paid 19s.6d. out of every £1. ... That was with super-tax, surtax and tax-tax and stuff." • "Tomorrow Never Knows" [1:27] • "
Tomorrow Never Knows" — "That's me in my
Tibetan Book of the Dead period ... ..." – John • Technical Limitations in the Studio [2:56] • "
Nowhere Man" – Footage of the Beatles' live performance of the song at Circus Crone, Munich – 24 June 1966. • LSD (3:15) • "
Doctor Robert" [Recorded 17 April 1966 – Take 7] • "We were just insane. We all thought there was a fire in the lift. Just a little red light and we were all screaming, all hysterical." – John • "Day Tripper" [3:15] • "
Day Tripper" (Recorded on 16 October 1965 – Take 3) – Taped TV promotional film of the song. — "
Day Tripper – that was a drug song, I just liked the word." – John • "We Can Work It Out" [2:47] • "
We Can Work It Out" (Overdub on 29 October 1965 – Take 2) – Taped TV promotional film of the song. • Taped TV Promotional Films [1:34] • "
I'm Looking Through You" Played in the background — "Going to the TV studios to promote our records was too much of a hassle. We'll just make our own little films and we'll put them out." – George • "Paperback Writer" [2:55] • "
Paperback Writer" [Overdub on 14 April 1966 onto recording of 13 April 1966 – Take 2] – Footage of promotional film of the song. • ".. ... .we can't go everywhere. We'll send these things out to promote the record. These days, everybody does that. It's just part of your promotion for a single, so I suppose in a way we invented MTV." – George • "Rain" [3:02] • "
Rain" [Overdub on 16 April 1966 onto recording of 14 April 1966 – Take 7] – Footage of promotional film of the song. — "That's the first record with backwards music on it." – John • World Tour 1966 [15:24] • "
Got to Get You into My Life" – Played over footage showing the Beatles arriving at the Haneda Airport, Tokyo on 30 June 1966. • Footage of the Beatles' live performance at the Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo on 30 June 1966: • "
Rock and Roll Music" (
Berry) • "Paperback Writer" • "
Yesterday" • "
The Word" – Played over footage of still photographs and video recordings of "trouble in the Philippines". • "
And Your Bird Can Sing" (Take 2) – Played while showing the credits.
Six (July '66 to June '67) "I should have said television is more popular than Jesus; then I might have got away with it." – John Lennon • Trouble in the Philippines [8:35] • "
Help!" – Title song played at the beginning of each episode. • "
The Word" • "Eleanor Rigby" [9:25] • "
Eleanor Rigby" – Solo performance of
Paul McCartney amalgamating into the performance by the Beatles, ending with the solo performance. • Footage of the
Brian Epstein press conference at New York City on 6 August 1966 regarding an early 1966 interview that John Lennon gave to the
Evening Standard • Footage from the Beatles' press conference at Chicago on 11 August 1966 where John Lennon talks on the "
More popular than Jesus" controversy. • "
I'm Only Sleeping" • Touring Takes Its Toll [2:35] • The Last Concert – San Francisco, 29 August 1966 [4:52] • "
For No One" – played over footage from the Beatles' concerts along the years. • Individual Directions [5:44] • Footage from the movie
How I Won the War directed by
Richard Lester showing
John Lennon acting. • Footage showing
Ringo Starr hanging around with
John Lennon in Spain during the shooting of
How I Won the War. • Footage of the six-week visit of India by
George Harrison. • Footage from the film
The Family Way where
Paul McCartney wrote the film score teaming up with
George Martin which eventually won the
Ivor Novello Award for the Best Film Song for
Love in the Open Air. • Music from
The Family Way (McCartney) – Performed by The Tudor Minstrels • "Love in the Open Air" (McCartney-Martin) – Performed by The Tudor Minstrels • The Making of "Strawberry Fields Forever" [5:50] • "
Strawberry Fields Forever" • "Penny Lane" [5:17] • "
Penny Lane" • "
Release Me" (Miller-Williams-Yount) – Performed by
Engelbert Humperdinck – playing very softly in the background while listening to a recording of a Beatles' radio interview about not reaching no. 1. • ''
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' [5:35] • "
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band • "
With a Little Help from My Friends" • "
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" • "A Day in the Life" [10:08] • "
A Day in the Life" • "
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" • Reaction to ''
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' [3:07] • "
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" – Footage showing live performance by
Jimi Hendrix at the
Isle of Wight Festival on 31 August 1970. • Drugs Reflect The Times [4:38] • "Baby You're A Rich Man" [5:03] • "
Baby, You're a Rich Man" • "
Strawberry Fields Forever" (Take 1) – Played while showing the credits.
Seven (June '67 to July '68) ''"We got backstage to see Maharishi and I said to him: 'Got any mantras?'" – George Harrison'' • Satellite Broadcast of "All You Need is Love" [10:10] • "
Help!" – Title song played at the beginning of each episode. • "
All You Need Is Love" –
Our World Global Satellite Broadcast on 25 June 1967. • "
Eight Miles High" – Performed by
The Byrds – played in the background of George talking about the
Summer of Love. • Meeting The Maharishi [4:17] • Brian Epstein's death [8:16] • "
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" – 18 February 1965 (Take 5) – Brian died on 27 August 1967. • "Magical Mystery Tour" [10:05] • "
Magical Mystery Tour" – Footage from the film
Magical Mystery Tour. • "
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" (
McCarthy-Monaco) Performed by: Jessie Robbins and The Magical Mystery Tour Passengers; footage from the film
Magical Mystery Tour. • "
The Fool on the Hill" – Footage from the film
Magical Mystery Tour. • "
Your Mother Should Know" – Footage from the film
Magical Mystery Tour. This scene, known as the 'staircase' scene, was filmed in the disused aircraft hangars at RAF West Malling in Kent, in September 1967. •
"Flying" (instrumental) (Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey) – Footage from the film
Magical Mystery Tour. In this sequence, the music is accompanied in the film by colour-altered images of landscape in Iceland, taken from an aeroplane; these shots were provided from outtakes of
Stanley Kubrick's famous comedy
Dr. Strangelove. • "I Am The Walrus" [5:11] • "
I Am the Walrus" – Footage from the film
Magical Mystery Tour. This scene was filmed on the disused airfield runways at RAF West Malling in Kent, in September 1967. The soundtrack was changed from the original VHS edition of
Anthology to the DVD: a new all-true-stereo mix of the song was introduced, eliminating, for the first time, the use of "fake stereo" after the second verse of the song. • "Hello, Goodbye" [3:45] • "
Hello, Goodbye" – A promotional film for
The Ed Sullivan Show. • The
Apple Boutique [2:20] •
Rishikesh, India [8:42] • "
Across the Universe" – 3 February 1968 (Take 2). • "
Dear Prudence" • "
I Will" – 16 September 1968 (Take 1). • "Dera Dhun" (
Harrison) – Performed by
George Harrison. • "
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" • Apple Records [7:58] • Footage of
Apple press conference, New York City, 14 May 1968. • "
Sour Milk Sea" (
Harrison) Performed by:
Jackie Lomax. • "Something in the Way She Moves" (
Taylor) Performed by:
James Taylor. • "
Maybe Tomorrow" (
Evans) Performed by:
The Iveys. • "
No Matter What" (
Ham) Performed by:
Badfinger. • "
Goodbye" (Lennon–McCartney) Performed by:
Mary Hopkin. • "Lady Madonna" [2:26] • "
Lady Madonna" – 3 and 6 February 1968. • "Yellow Submarine" [4:05] • "
Yellow Submarine" – Footage from the film
Yellow Submarine. • "
All Together Now" – Footage from the film
Yellow Submarine. • John Meets Yoko Ono [6:23] • "
Happiness Is a Warm Gun" – May 1968 (Esher Demo). • "
Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins" (
Lennon-Ono) Performed by:
John Lennon &
Yoko Ono • "
While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (
Harrison) – Demo acoustic version (25 July 1968) — Played while showing the credits.
Eight (July '68 to The End) ''"I'm really glad that most of our songs were about love, peace and understanding." – Paul McCartney'' • The "White" Album [9:23] • "
Help!" – Title song played at the beginning of each episode • "
Yer Blues" – "
Blackbird" – "
What's The New Mary Jane" – "
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" – "
Good Night" – "
Rocky Raccoon" – "
Sexy Sadie" – "
While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (
Harrison) – "
Mother Nature's Son" – "
Piggies" (
Harrison) – "
I Will" – "
Julia" – "
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" – "
I'm So Tired" – "
Don't Pass Me By" (
Starkey) – A musical collage taking excerpts from live studio recording during
The White Album sessions • "Revolution" [3:21] • "
Revolution" • The Apple Boutique Closes [1:52] • "Hey Jude" [8:27] • Footage of the Beatles performing live on 8 September 1968 at the
Frost on Sunday television show •
David Frost Theme (
Martin) • "
Hey Jude" • Recording at Twickenham Studios [9:52] • "
I've Got a Feeling" – Jamming at the
Twickenham Film Studios • "
For You Blue" (
Harrison) – Apple Recording Studio, Savile Row, London • Billy Preston Sits In [2:59] • "
Get Back" • "The Long and the Winding Road" [3:49] • "
The Long and Winding Road" •
The Rooftop Concert 30 January 1969 [10:03] • "
Don't Let Me Down" performed at the Rooftop Concert • "
Get Back" performed at the Rooftop Concert • "
Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up (That Old Gang of Mine)" (
Fain-Kahal-Raskin) – Performed by
Paul McCartney during recording of the Anthology Series • "Let It Be" [4:08] •
Let It Be – 'AN INTIMATE BIOSCOPIC EXPERIENCE WITH THE BEATLES' • Paul Marries Linda, John Marries Yoko [2:57] • Paul marries Linda on 12 March 1969 • John marries Yoko on 20 March 1969 • "The Ballad of John And Yoko" [2:55] • "
The Ballad of John and Yoko" • Comments on the Break-Up of the Band [5:28] •
Abbey Road [8:56] • "
Something" (
Harrison) • "
Golden Slumbers" – "
Octopus's Garden" (
Starkey) – "
Here Comes the Sun" (
Harrison) – "
Come Together" – A musical collage taking excerpts from live studio recording during the
Abbey Road sessions • "
Because" – "
The End" – Showing footage of the last photo sessions on 22 August 1969 • "Free as a Bird" [7:49] • "
Free as a Bird" (
Lennon/Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey) – The video. • Credits: A musical montage consisting of studio outtakes of – "
I Saw Her Standing There" – "
Got to Get You into My Life" – "
Misery" – "
Sie Liebt Dich" – "
And I Love Her" – "
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" – "
Rocky Raccoon" – "
All You Need Is Love" – played over the credits
Nine ('94 to '95) A bonus episode featuring unseen footage of the three remaining members working on the Anthology project and reflecting their time as the Beatles. It was released on Disney+ on 29 November 2025 with the
Anthology Collection.
DVD Special Features • Recollections – June 1994 [16:51] – Paul, George and Ringo spend a happy summer's day together in Harrison's house; singing, playing and warmly remembering early days of room sharing, haircuts,
Beatle boots, first cars and meeting Elvis. • "
Baby What You Want Me to Do" (
Reed) • "
Raunchy" (
Justis-Manker) • "
Thinking of Linking" (
McCartney) • "
Blue Moon of Kentucky" (
Monroe) • "
Ain't She Sweet" (
Yellen-Ager) • Compiling The Anthology Albums [10:48] – Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin detail the process of how they choose the tracks for Anthology Albums 1, 2 and 3. • "
A Day in the Life" (Take 1) • Back at Abbey Road – May 1995 [14:51] – Returning to Studio 2, Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin reflect on recording at Abbey Road Studios in the Sixties and some of the techniques used in creating these recordings. • "
Golden Slumbers" (Take 1) • "
I'm Only Sleeping" • "
Tomorrow Never Knows" (Take 1 & Final Take) • Recording "Free as a Bird" And "Real Love" [10:57] – Paul, George, Ringo and Jeff Lynne reveal how they were able to produce the two new Beatles tracks from John's original demos provided by Yoko. This section includes intimate footage filmed in the studio during the recording of the tracks. • "
Free as a Bird" (
Lennon/Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey) • "
Real Love" (
Lennon) • Production Team [13:03] –
Neil Aspinall,
Derek Taylor, Geoff Wonfor, Chips Chipperfield and other key members of the Anthology production Team explain the process of how The Beatles Anthology series was created. • Making The "Free as a Bird" Video [11:12] – Insight into how the video for
Free as a Bird was made. Director Joe Pytka explains how he and Apple developed the concept and discusses the techniques that were used in the production. • "Free as a Bird" (
Lennon/Lennon–McCartney-Harrison-Starkey) • "Real Love" Video [4:07] – The video that was not featured in the Anthology series, now remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound. • "Real Love" (
Lennon) • Credits (0:57) ==Certifications==