I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
Watch i was there: when the beatles played the cavern soap2day. 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.
- Genre: Documentary
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- Director: John Piper
- Cast: Pete Best, Bernadette Byrne, Frankie Connor, Elvis Costello, Tony Crane, Paddy Delaney, Ken Dodd, Brian Epstein, Len Garry, Dave Gore, Mike Gregory, Carol Haigh, Colin Hanton, George Harrison, David Henshaw, Freda Kelly, Billy Kinsley, John Lennon, Beryl Marsden, Gerry Marsden, Brian May,
