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Understanding Lennon/McCartney
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Understanding Lennon/McCartney

2018-12-11 · 654 min · Not rated

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This 5-part series is the most intimate, comprehensive biography ever made on John and Paul. Told almost entirely through their own words and music, with information culled from a variety of direct sources and compiled in a way that has never been done before, it directly challenges many of the dominant narratives in Beatles mythology.

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Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySelf (archive footage)
John LennonJohn LennonSelf (archive footage)
George HarrisonGeorge HarrisonSelf (archive footage)
Ringo StarrRingo StarrSelf (archive footage)

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