ARTS: Arena
On: BBC HD (109)
Date: Saturday 6th October 2012 (Already shown)
Time: 21:45 to 22:45 (1 hour long)
The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour (Part 1).
Arena presents the first part of the greatest Beatles story never told. A documentary full of fabulous Beatles archive never shown before anywhere in the world and the only film conceived and directed by The Beatles themselves, fully restored to the highest and complete with a remixed soundtrack. In 1967, in the wake of the extraordinary impact of Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles made a film - a dreamlike story of a coach daytrip, a magical mystery tour. It was seen by a third of the nation, at 8.35pm on BBC1 on Boxing Day - an expectant public, hoping for some light entertainment for a family audience. Magical Mystery Tour was greeted with outrage and derision by middle England and the establishment media. Where were the four lovable moptops of Help! and A Hard Day's Night? What propelled The Beatles to make this surreal, startling and - at the time - utterly misunderstood film?
(Editor's Choice, Stereo, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, Audio Described, 3 Star)
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