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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

I Was There…When the Beatles Played The Cavern tells the story of the underground venue which has become synonymous with one of the world’s greatest bands.

2011•47m•5.0/10
Documentary

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I Was There…When the Beatles Played The Cavern tells the story of the underground venue which has become synonymous with one of the world’s greatest bands – The Beatles. The programme includes rare archive footage of the Cavern Club in the sixties, including film of The Beatles performing ‘Some Other Guy’ at the club. On 9 February 1961, having recently returned to Liverpool from performing in Hamburg, The Beatles played at The Cavern for the first of nearly 300 appearances at the club. By the time they played their last gig there, Beatlemania had swept Britain and the band was conquering the world.

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Production

ITV

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Pete Best

Pete Best

Self

Bernadette Byrne

Self

Frankie Connor

Self

Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello

Self (archive footage)

Tony Crane

Self

Paddy Delaney

Self

Ken Dodd

Ken Dodd

Self

Brian Epstein

Brian Epstein

Self (archive footage)

Len Garry

Len Garry

Self

Dave Gore

Self

Mike Gregory

Self

Carol Haigh

Self

Colin Hanton

Self

George Harrison

George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

David Henshaw

Self

Freda Kelly

Self

Billy Kinsley

Self

John Lennon

John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

Beryl Marsden

Self

Gerry Marsden

Self

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