{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6272b1bf938765001125fc93/6929a81c3c9ac4ded378f112?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Beatles Anthology (2025 remaster): episodes 1 to 8","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6272b1bf938765001125fc93/1764337620636-bc72394c-9444-48e3-87fd-1c47de101bf2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>They couldn't let it lie, could they? Well, fair enough: The Beatles Anthology felt like a sleeping giant for Apple: gathering dust on a lot of fortysomethings' DVD shelves when it could be out there, brand spanking new and showing a whole new generation how great these guys were.</p><p><br></p><p>And of course these episodes have been altered: we talk about what's new, and what's been removed and why. Plus there's the subject of the AI upscaling of some of the early performance footage: what effect does it have and what are the implications?</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The 2025 Beatles Anthology is available to watch on Disney+: <a href=\"https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/browse/entity-cab32c53-c3f8-4879-86f5-c8e4a1657338\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/browse/entity-cab32c53-c3f8-4879-86f5-c8e4a1657338</a></li><li>You can find our five-part deep dive into the original Beatles Anthology earlier in this feed</li><li>The 1929 short film The Singing Brakeman, starring Jimmie Rodgers: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/JvA9fWnEXw0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/JvA9fWnEXw0</a></li><li>The episode of the Producing The Beatles podcast about Now and Then: <a href=\"https://www.producingthebeatles.com/new-episodes/2023/11/14/016-now-and-then-56hkt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.producingthebeatles.com/new-episodes/2023/11/14/016-now-and-then-56hkt</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h2>Meet the Beatles Films Podcast</h2><p><br></p><p>The Beatles Films Podcast is hosted by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/mrmattlooker\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Looker</a> and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/MrEdWilliamson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Williamson</a>. We're both film writers and Beatles fans. Between us we've written for <a href=\"https://theshiznit.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TheShiznit.co.uk</a>, Total Film, Den of Geek and Virgin Media.</p><p><br></p><p>But tomorrow may rain, so you'll follow us on:</p><ul><li>Instagram <a href=\"https://instagram.com/beatlesfilmspod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://instagram.com/beatlesfilmspod</a></li><li>Bluesky <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/beatlesfilmspod.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bsky.app/profile/beatlesfilmspod.bsky.social</a></li><li>YouTube <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@BeatlesFilmsPodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@BeatlesFilmsPodcast</a></li><li>Threads <a href=\"https://www.threads.net/@beatlesfilmspod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.threads.net/@beatlesfilmspod</a></li><li>Facebook <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/304654901827622/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/groups/304654901827622</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Ed Williamson and Matt Looker"}