Editing The Beatles Anthology (section)

==Documentary series==
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Approximately coinciding with the release of the "[[Free as a Bird]]" single and ''[[Anthology 1]]'' album (the first of three double-CD albums), ''The Beatles Anthology'' series of documentaries was broadcast on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in the United Kingdom and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television in the United States in 1995. The ''Anthology'' series takes a form similar to that of the ''Anthology'' book, by being a series of first-person accounts by the Beatles themselves, with no external "objective" narration.  Footage in the ''Anthology'' series features [[voice-over]] recordings of all four Beatles to push the narrative of the story, with contributions from their producer, road manager and others. As well as telling their story through archival footage, [[Paul McCartney]], [[George Harrison]] and [[Ringo Starr]] appear in interview segments recorded exclusively for the series; [[John Lennon]] appears only in historic archival footage.

The series, which included over 5000 hours of planning and production, is composed of numerous film clips and interviews that present a complete history of the band from the Beatles' own personal perspectives. When it aired on ABC, the series comprised six hour-long programs, aired on three nights in November 1995. The series was later released as eight expanded episodes on VHS, laserdisc and as a boxed set of five DVDs (4 discs with 2 episodes apiece and a disc of extras).

Air dates on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]:

* Sunday, 19 November 1995: 9–11 p.m.
* Wednesday, 22 November 1995: 9–11 p.m.
* Thursday, 23 November 1995: 9–11 p.m.

Part 1 of the series drew 17 million households,<ref name="sun">Kaltenbach, Chris. "[https://www.baltimoresun.com/1995/12/03/beatles-appeal-appears-limited-ho-hum-millions-of-people-tuned-in-to-the-three-part-anthology-on-abc-but-many-more-were-watching-other-shows/ Beatles' appeal appears limited Ho-hum: Millions of people tuned in to the three-part 'Anthology' on ABC, but many more were watching other shows]." ''The Baltimore Sun''. 1995-12-03. Retrieved 2015-10-13.</ref> meaning an average of 27.3 million viewers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-29-ca-8209-story.html|title=TV Ratings : 'Beatles' Fades; 'Football,' With Elvis, Is No. 1|first=Lee|last=Margulies|date=29 November 1995|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> which was much better than usual for ABC at the time, but behind most broadcasts of ''[[Friends]]'' on [[NBC]],<ref name="sun" /> which in its second season was averaging 29.4 million viewers per episode.

In promoting the series, ABC identified itself as "A-Beatles-C" – an homage to the mid-1960s "77 W-A-Beatles-C" call sign of the network's flagship NYC AM radio station – and several of the network's prime-time sitcoms replaced their regular opening credit themes with Beatles tracks.