Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
The making of The Beatles' controversial 1967 film, featuring previously unseen archive footage.
Arena presents the greatest Beatles story never told - the making of Magical Mystery Tour - full of fabulous Beatles archive material never shown before anywhere in the world.
Songs you will never forget, the film you have never seen and a story that has never been heard. 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 麻豆社1 on Boxing Day - an expectant public, hoping for some light entertainment for a family audience.
However, Magical Mystery Tour was greeted with outrage and derision by middle England and the establishment media.
'How dare they', they cried. 'They're not film directors. Who do they think they are?' they howled. 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?
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour!
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Brian Eno
Another Green World
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Brian Eno
Another Green World
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The Beatles
A Day In The Life
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The Beatles
Flying
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The Beatles
I Am The Walrus
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The Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour
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The Beatles
The Fool On The Hill
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The Bonzo Dog Band
Death Cab for Cutie
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Soft Machine
Prescilla
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The Bonzo Dog Band
Cool Britannia
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Soft Machine
Hope for Happiness
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Tomorrow
Revolution
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The Beatles
Tomorrow Never Knows
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Albert Ayler
Spirits Rejoice
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AMM
Later During a Flaming Riviera Sunset聽
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The Beatles
She Said, She Said
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Conway Twitty
Mona Lisa Smile
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Ivor Cutler
The Wall
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The Beatles
Blue Jay Way
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Your Mother Should Know
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The Beatles
The Fool On The Hill
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Francis Hanly |
| Producer | Jonathan Clyde |
| Executive Producer | Anthony Wall |
| Executive Producer | Jeff Jones |
| Participant | Paul McCartney |
| Participant | Ringo Starr |
| Participant | Martin Scorsese |
| Participant | Peter Fonda |
| Participant | Terry Gilliam |
| Participant | Paul Merton |
| Participant | Neil Innes |
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