In the beginning there was Liverpool. The Beatles' hometown was the catalyst for everything they would become. They were influenced by its humour, its people and

its way of life. This is the beginning of the Beatles' story, told by the people who knew them in those early formative years. John's sister, Julia Baird, breaks her silence in an exclusive interview, and John's original group The Quarry Men tell the story of how the greatest songwriting team of

the twentieth century met at a church social function. From the long hard post war period, to the early days of Rock'n'Roll, from the upper middle class suburbs to the cold docks by the river Mersey, Liverpool was the springboard for

the greatest cultural and musical revolution the world has ever known.