I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern (2011)

I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

2011

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

John Piper

Cast

Bernadette Byrne as Self

Brian Epstein as Self (archive footage)

Dave Gore as Self

Elvis Costello as Self (archive footage)

Frankie Connor as Self

Ken Dodd as Self

Len Garry as Self

Paddy Delaney as Self