Your Guide To The Beatles Anthology
by Explore Disney+ Contributor
Revised: December 1, 2025
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr tell the band’s story in their own words
The Beatles Anthology follows the band’s long and winding road through interviews and archival footage. The 2025 remaster restores the original eight episodes and adds a ninth exploring the making of the Anthology project.
What is The Beatles Anthology docuseries about?
The documentary covers the group’s journey from their gritty early days in Liverpool through the global phenomenon of Beatlemania. Told through the perspective of all four members, The Beatles Anthology explores the life and times of the most influential, beloved band of all time in this remastered edition of the docuseries.
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When was The Beatles Anthology remaster released?
The remastered 9-part documentary premiered on Disney+ across November 26–28, 2025.
When was The Beatles Anthology first released?
The original eight episodes debuted in 1995, pairing long-form interviews with archival concert footage and studio sessions. Those core installments were fully restored for this documentary.
Who is behind the remaster of The Beatles Anthology?
The restoration was overseen by Apple Corps’ production team.
What does the ninth episode of The Beatles Anthology cover?
Added for the 2025 release, Episode Nine includes behind-the-scenes footage of Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr working on the original Anthology project in 1994–1995.
Who are The Beatles?
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr are the four members whose voices guide the documentary.
The Beatles Members
Paul McCartney
Vocals, bass, guitar, and keyboard.
John Lennon
Vocals, rhythm guitar, and keyboard.
George Harrison
Lead guitar and vocals.
Ringo Starr
Drums and vocals
What are some of the most popular Beatles albums?
Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Help! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Beatles ("White Album") (1968)
Yellow Submarine (1969)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
For the full list, including compilations, live albums, and remixes, visit the band's website.
What are the most famous Beatles songs?
The Beatles hold a record 20 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one singles and 18 U.K. Official Singles Chart number ones, including “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Help!,” “Hey Jude,” and “Get Back.”
Fan-and-chart favorites include “Hey Jude,” “Let It Be,” “Yesterday,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “Help!,” “Come Together,” “All You Need Is Love,” “Penny Lane,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” and “Here Comes the Sun,” which have all surpassed one billion Spotify streams. The Beatles were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, further solidifying their legendary status in the music world.
What other Beatles documentaries are on Disney+?
You can also explore the band’s first U.S. trip and January 1969 recording sessions in these documentaries.
Beatles ‘64
Relive the band’s first U.S. trip, when Beatlemania exploded and 73 million viewers tuned in to The Ed Sullivan Show. Director David Tedeschi and producer Martin Scorsese shaped the restored Maysles footage into a vivid story of four friends navigating instant fame, airports, and press lines. Beatles ‘64 offers an inside view of how a British phenomenon became America’s newest obsession.
The documentary won an Emmy® for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program in 2025.
The Beatles: Get Back
This 3-part documentary takes you inside the room as the band writes, rehearses, and rethinks 14 new songs across January 1969. Director Peter Jackson assembled never-before-seen footage into three episodes tracking the jokes, breakthroughs, and momentum leading up to the legendary rooftop concert on London’s Savile Row. An essential companion to Let It Be, this piece offers a fuller, warmer view of that window in time.
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The Beatles: Let It Be
More than 50 years after its 1970 debut, Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s Let It Be became available to stream in 2024. The restoration captures the tension and humor of the January 1969 sessions with Billy Preston, culminating in the rooftop performance. If you loved Get Back, this movie captures the same chapter through a different lens.
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