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The Beatles Films Podcast
Ed Williamson and Matt Looker
86 episodes
6 days ago
Two film writers and Fab Four fans discuss movies and TV about, starring, and inspired by The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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Two film writers and Fab Four fans discuss movies and TV about, starring, and inspired by The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show more...
Music
TV & Film,
Film Reviews
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Lennon Naked
The Beatles Films Podcast
1 hour 10 minutes 18 seconds
9 months ago
Lennon Naked

Next up: it's the 2010 BBC TV movie starring Christopher Eccleston as John Lennon, and Andrew Scott as Paul McCartney. We get into the film's approach, in which it frames the story around John's meetings with his father, and ask how successfully it makes the point it's trying to: that Freddie Lennon's abandoning him was the main catalyst for John's emotional turmoil, and that primal scream therapy allowed him to overcome it.


We look too at Eccleston's performance, and ask how he stacks up against the other Lennon big hitters like Ian Hart and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. And does the film do Yoko Ono a disservice?


  • You can pick up Lennon Naked on DVD.
  • The BBC website has a page on the film with a couple of clips: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sv451
  • The Second Coming, the other Eccleston performance that Ed mentions: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353104/
  • Christopher Fairbank in Eastenders, playing Eddie Knight, a very similar character to Freddie Lennon: https://youtu.be/dTa6ZhOa-6s


Meet the Beatles Films Podcast


The Beatles Films Podcast is hosted by Matt Looker and Ed Williamson. We're both film writers and Beatles fans. Between us we've written for TheShiznit.co.uk, Total Film, Den of Geek and Virgin Media.


But tomorrow may rain, so you'll follow us on:

  • Instagram https://instagram.com/beatlesfilmspod
  • Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/beatlesfilmspod.bsky.social
  • YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@BeatlesFilmsPodcast
  • X https://x.com/beatlesfilmpod
  • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/304654901827622


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The Beatles Films Podcast
Two film writers and Fab Four fans discuss movies and TV about, starring, and inspired by The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.