The Beat Goes On: The Art of the Music Biopic
❉ Paul Abbott reflects on the much-derided genre of the music biopic.
THE BEATLES
Missing Believed Wiped 2017, BFI Southbank
❉ Roll up, roll up for the annual parade of newly recovered archive TV treats.
Return of the Mac: ‘McCartney II’ (1980) revisited
❉ Is this the boldest musical statement a solo Beatle made during Lennon’s lifetime?
The Beatles Christmas Records
❉ The Beatles’ Christmas records were as as joyous as anything they produced, if much sillier.
Love’s ‘Forever Changes’ at 50
❉ Arthur Lee’s psychedelic masterpiece stands the test of time, writes Eoghan Lyng.
‘All Or Nothing: The Mod Musical’ reviewed
❉ East End Modfathers The Small Faces live, breathe and sing again in Carol Harrison’s energetic musical play.
The Beach Boys – ‘1967: Sunshine Tomorrow’
❉ A bruised Brian Wilson may have stood down from the helm after Smile but he was still hugely gifted and capable.
Whatever Happened To Sgt. Pepper?
❉ 50 years of the Beatles’ “Liverpool”, and the lost ‘Sgt. Pepper’ album.
Wonderful to be here: ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ remixed and revisited
❉ Is Sgt. Pepper the best album The Beatles ever did? And is this new version of the album worth buying?
Cult Q & A: Darren Dutton (Big Field)
❉ Darren Dutton is director and co-creator of Big Field, which returns to BBC Three today.