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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern (2011)
Directed by John Piper
Overview
I Was There…When the Beatles Played The Cavern tells the story of the underground venue which has become synonymous with one of the world’s greatest bands – The Beatles. The programme includes rare archive footage of the Cavern Club in the sixties, including film of The Beatles performing ‘Some Other Guy’ at the club. On 9 February 1961, having recently returned to Liverpool from performing in Hamburg, The Beatles played at The Cavern for the first of nearly 300 appearances at the club. By the time they played their last gig there, Beatlemania had swept Britain and the band was conquering the world.
Length 47 minutes
Actors
Paul McCartney | John Lennon | George Harrison | Ringo Starr | Elvis Costello | Gerry Marsden | Ken Dodd | Brian Epstein | Brian May | Freda Kelly | David Henshaw | Pete Best | Tony Crane | Billy Kinsley | Billy Butler | Bernadette Byrne | Frankie Connor | Paddy Delaney | Len Garry | Dave Gore | Mike Gregory | Carol Haigh | Colin Hanton | Beryl Marsden | Alex McKechnie | Alistair Taylor | Bob Wooler