Boston – PBS International has acquired the worldwide TV and home video rights for Becoming…The Beatles, a new documentary showcasing the lesser known story before the fame and fortune of the six young men who would—and wouldn’t—grow up to become The Beatles, considered to be the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed act in the history of popular music.
Produced by Paul Clark (Formative Productions), Becoming…The Beatles begins in the hardscrabble streets of working class Liverpool in the 1950s, where an unremarkable group of young men met and began to create music that would literally change the world. Exploring the childhoods of John, Paul, and George, as well as that of their friends and former band mates, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best, and delving into the club scene in Hamburg, Germany, where the band truly learned how to make music, this documentary establishes the launching pad for Beatlemania and the band’s phenomenal success.
“We’re pleased to be growing our catalogue with programmes and series that reach a broad audience,” says Tom Koch, Vice President, PBS International. “Documentaries on iconic figures are a mainstay of our catalogue and stay true to the nature of the kind of programming PBS brings to the world.”
At MIPCOM, PBS International will also showcase a solid lineâ€up of new films and series, including Ken Burn’s latest epic The Dust Bowl (4×52’ HD); Ultimate Mars Challenge (1×53’ HD); and Trial by Fire: Lives Reâ€Forged (1×52’, 1×86’ HD).
