Paul Merton’s Beatles
As part of the BBC’S celebrations of the 50th anniversary of possibly the best-loved Beatles album, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, comedian and broadcaster Paul Merton begins a four-part series imagining a fantasy Beatles concert. Here the Fab Four put their post-sgt
Pepper squabbles behind them and give a surprise gig, joined by famous friends. Like any ardent Beatles fan, Merton is interested in the “what ifs” of the group’s dissolution, and takes on the role of commentator for the reunion that never was.