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''The Beatles Anthology'' is the name of a documentary TV series, a three-volume set of double albums, and a book focusing on the history of the Beatles. Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all participated in the making and approval of the works, which are sometimes referred to collectively as the ''Anthology'' project. ''The Beatles Anthology'' documentary series was first broadcast in November 1995, with expanded versions released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1996 and on DVD in 2003. The documentary used interviews with the Beatles and their associates to narrate the history of the band as seen through archival footage and performances. The initial volume of the album set was released in conjunction with the documentary in November 1995, with the subsequent two volumes released in 1996. The albums included unreleased performances and outtakes presented in roughly chronological order, along with two new songs based on demo tapes recorded by John Lennon after the group broke up. The book, released in 2000, paralleled the documentary in presenting the group's history through quotes from interviews. ==Documentary series== (詳細は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 in the United Kingdom and 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, Ringo Starr and George Harrison appear in interview segments recorded exclusively for the series itself; John Lennon appears only in historic archival footage. The Beatles' wives, past and present, do not appear (excluding archival footage such as video from India and the music video for Harrison's "Something"). The series, which was made over five years 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 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,〔Kaltenbach, Chris. "(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.〕 meaning 27.3 million viewers,〔http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-29/entertainment/ca-8209_1_beatles-anthology〕 which was much better than usual for ABC at the time, but behind most broadcasts of ''Friends'' on NBC,〔 which in its second season was averaging 29.4 viewers per episode. In promoting the series during this time, ABC identified itself as "A-Beatles-C"—an homage to the mid-1960s Cousin Brucie-era "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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Beatles Anthology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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