1 (July '40 to March '63)
Liverpool: The Childhood Years [7:35]
"In My Life" – Edited clip of Beatles footage throughout the years.
Discovering Rock & Roll [11:23]
John, Paul & George – The Beginning of The Beatles [5:21]
First Recordings 1958–1960 [2:55]
Stuart Sutcliffe [3:20]
Early Tours [6:59]
Pete Best [2:07]
Hamburg [13:16]
"Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry)
Growing Pains [1:09]
Stuart Sutcliffe Leaves [2:08]
Excerpts of the following songs:
"I'm Down"
"F.B.I." (Marvin-Welch-Harris) — Performed by The Shadows
The Cavern [4:08]
Excerpts of the following songs:
"Long Tall Sally" (Johnson-Blackwell-Penniman)
"Kansas City" (Leiber-Stoller)
Decca Sessions [1:28]
Audition tapes recorded at the Decca Studios, London on 1 January 1962.
"Three Cool Cats" (Leiber-Stoller) — Harrison on lead vocal and Best on drums.
"The Sheik of Araby" (Smith-Wheeler-Snyder) — Harrison on lead vocal and Best on drums.
Audition tape recorded at Decca Studios, London on 1 January 1962, sequel to Get Back Sessions Footage.
"Bésame Mucho" (Velazquez-Skylar) — Paul McCartney on lead vocal and Pete Best on drums.
"George Martin" [1:40]
The Beatles and George Martin discuss the context of their first meeting and recording contract.
Ringo Arrives [4:44]
"Some Other Guy" (Leiber-Stoller-Barrett) — video of the whole song played by the Beatles (with Ringo) in the Cavern.
"Love Me Do" [3:13]
Overdubbed footage of the Beatles performing "Love Me Do" in 1963, which merges at the very end into brief footage of Ringo playing drums in 1995 during the Anthology sessions.
"Please Please Me" – "We're No. 1" [7:27]
"How Do You Do It?" (Murray)
Audio of performance by Mitch Murray.
Video of performance by Gerry & the Pacemakers.
Audio of performance by the Beatles recorded at Abbey Road Studios on 4 September 1962.
"Please Please Me" – performed live in 1964 on The Ed Sullivan Show
"Leave My Kitten Alone" (John-Turner-McDougal) — Demo recording done on 14 August 1964 at Abbey Road Studios and played over the credits.
2 (March '63 to February '64)
Racing Up the Ladder [11:02]
"Help!" – Title song played at the beginning of each episode.
"I'll Be on My Way" – Radio out-take.
"Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" (Burnette-Burnette-Burlinson-Jerome) – Radio out-take.
"That's All Right" (Crudup) – Radio out-take.
"So How Come" (Bryant/Bryant) – Radio out-take.
"Odeon Saturday Morning song" – Performed by John Lennon.
"Look Who It Is" (Schroeder-Hawker) – Performed by Helen Shapiro.
"Thank You Girl"
Sound collage of Please Please Me album: "I Saw Her Standing There" – "Misery" – "Anna (Go to Him)" (Alexander) – "Chains" (Goffin-King) – "Boys" (Dixon-Farrell) – "Ask Me Why" – "Please Please Me" – "Love Me Do" – "P.S. I Love You" – "Baby It's You" (David-Williams-Bacharach) – "Do You Want to Know a Secret" – "A Taste of Honey" (Scott-Marlow) – "There's a Place"
"Twist and Shout" (Medley-Russell)
Touring Britain – 1963 [11:30]
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (Orbison-Dees) – Performed by Roy Orbison.
"From Me to You"
"There's a Place"
"It Won't Be Long"
"She Loves You"
London – 1963 [4:01]
"I Wanna Be Your Man" (Performed by The Rolling Stones)
"I Wanna Be Your Man"
Early Television Appearances [3:45]
Excerpts from the Big Night Out TV Show.
Footage of live performance on Morecambe and Wise, recorded at ATV's Elstree TV studio's on Monday 2 December 1963, and broadcast on Saturday 18 April 1964 (8.25 pm).
"On Moonlight Bay" (Madden-Wenrich)
"I Like It" (Murray) – Performed by Eric Morecambe.
Voice clips from Abbey Road Studios [4:56]
Sound collage of studio outtakes: "One After 909" – "I Saw Her Standing There" – "This Boy" – "I Should Have Known Better" – "Tell Me Why" – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – "I'll Be Back" – "Mr. Moonlight" (Johnson) – "No Reply" – "What You're Doing"
Reflections on Sudden Fame [5:13]
"This Boy"
Beatlemania [4:41]
Footage of a live performance on the Drop In TV show, Sweden, 3 November 1963.
"I Saw Her Standing There"
"Long Tall Sally" (Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell)
Royal Variety Performance [9:43]
Excerpts from the Royal Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 4 November 1963, broadcast on TV and radio on Sunday 10 November 1963.
Includes John's "jewelry" comment as an introduction to "Twist and Shout": "For our last number, I'd like to ask your help. Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands, and the rest of you, if you'd just rattle your jewelry."
"From Me to You"
"Till There Was You" (Wilson)
"Twist and Shout" (Russell-Medley)
Second album: With the Beatles [9:39]
"All My Loving" – Played in the background of John saying: "We wanted to give people their money's worth with our records. Our policy was to put 14 tracks a side – it was brand new and never put singles on the albums. Everybody else who had a hit single made an album around it."
"Please Mr. Postman" (Dobbins-Garrett-Gorman-Holland-Bateman)
"Roll Over Beethoven" (Berry) – Footage from Around The Beatles ITV special, 28 April 1964.
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
Olympia Theatre, Paris – 1964 [1:22]
Footage of the Beatles arriving at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, on 14 January 1964.
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" Reaches No. 1 in The U.S. [5:50]
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" – Played in the background of footage of the Beatles at London Heathrow Airport, leaving for the US on 7 February 1964.
"One After 909" – Played over the credits.