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George Harrison

1943-02-25 (81 years old) in Liverpool, England, UK

George Harrison,  MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles.  Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle",  Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Beatle albums generally included one or two of Harrison's own songs, from With The Beatles onwards.  His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's break-up, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the acclaimed and successful triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which came two singles: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another former Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison. Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the mid 1960s, and helped expand Western awareness of sitar music and of the Hare Krishna movement. With Ravi Shankar he organised a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. Besides being a musician, he was also a record producer and co-founder of the production company HandMade Films. In his work as a film producer, he collaborated with people as diverse as the members of Monty Python and Madonna. He was married twice, to model Pattie Boyd from 1966 to 1974, and for 23 years to record company secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias, with whom he had one son, Dhani Harrison. He was a close friend of Eric Clapton. He is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001.

Movies

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Paul Newman: The Restless
80 %|Jun 11, 2023
Documentary, TV Movie
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
90 %|May 6, 2023
Music
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Louder Than Rock
40 %|Apr 28, 2023
Documentary, Music
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
60 %|Apr 13, 2023
Documentary
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Roy Orbison At The BBC
60 %|Feb 4, 2023
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
79 %|Jan 30, 2022
Music, Documentary
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The Beatles and India
65 %|Aug 31, 2021
Documentary, Music
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The Beatles: Let It Be
0 %|Apr 15, 2021
Documentary, Music
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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
50 %|Dec 21, 2020
Documentary, Music, Crime
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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
0 %|Sep 17, 2019
Documentary
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Take Your Pills
66 %|Mar 9, 2018
Documentary
actor
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
5 %|Feb 19, 2016
Music, Documentary
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Beatles Stories
77 %|Nov 11, 2011
Documentary
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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
0 %|Dec 15, 2010
Music, Documentary
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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
20 %|Jul 19, 2010
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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
0 %|Sep 9, 2009
Documentary, Music
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The Beatles on Record
64 %|Sep 6, 2009
Documentary, Music
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The Beatles: Help!
65 %|Oct 27, 2007
Documentary
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The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
70 %|Jun 12, 2007
Music, Documentary
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
0 %|Jul 1, 2004
Music
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Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
50 %|Nov 25, 2003
Documentary
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
65 %|Nov 26, 2002
Music, Documentary
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Things They Said Today
0 %|Sep 30, 2002
Documentary
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George Harrison - The Quiet one
40 %|Sep 1, 2002
Documentary
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In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
58 %|Oct 7, 1999
Documentary, Music
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The Beatles Unauthorized
0 %|Jan 1, 1996
Music, Documentary, History
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The Making of Sgt. Pepper
62 %|Jun 14, 1992
Documentary, Music
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Checking Out
43 %|Oct 26, 1988
Comedy
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Imagine: John Lennon
69 %|Sep 30, 1988
Documentary, Music
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Jimi Plays Monterey
72 %|Oct 16, 1987
Documentary, Music
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Taj Mahal and Friends
0 %|Mar 10, 1987
Music
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
63 %|Apr 1, 1978
Comedy, Music
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
68 %|Mar 22, 1978
Comedy, Music, TV Movie
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The Beatles at Shea Stadium
77 %|Aug 6, 1977
Music, Documentary
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The Day the Music Died
0 %|Jan 1, 1977
Music, Documentary, Drama
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The Society of the Spectacle
67 %|May 1, 1974
Documentary
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The Concert for Bangladesh
78 %|Mar 23, 1972
Music, Documentary
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Let It Be
75.77 %|May 13, 1970
Documentary, Music
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The Movie Orgy
62 %|Jan 1, 1968
Comedy, Documentary, History
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Magical Mystery Tour
65.32 %|Dec 25, 1967
Music, Comedy, Fantasy, TV Movie
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El Rey en Londres
0 %|Oct 11, 1966
Music
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The Music of Lennon & McCartney
0 %|Dec 16, 1965
Family, Comedy, Music, Documentary
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Help!
69 %|Jul 29, 1965
Comedy, Music, Adventure
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A Hard Day's Night
73 %|Jul 7, 1964
Comedy, Music
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The Mersey Sound
0 %|Sep 10, 1963
Documentary
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Rock Gala Concert
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
79 %|Dec 13, 2023
Documentary, Music
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The Beatles and the BBC
75 %|Nov 4, 2023
Music, Documentary
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
68 %|Jul 30, 2023
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
69 %|Oct 27, 2022
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If These Walls Could Sing
66 %|Sep 3, 2022
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Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
67 %|Aug 13, 2019
Documentary
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Understanding Lennon/McCartney
0 %|Dec 11, 2018
Documentary
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
74 %|Mar 30, 2018
Documentary, Music
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda
67 %|Oct 10, 2014
Documentary
actor
Beatles på Sverigeturné
0 %|Jan 11, 2014
Documentary, Music
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Good Ol' Freda
71 %|Sep 6, 2013
Music, Documentary, History
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Genius
55 %|Dec 28, 2012
Documentary
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The Beatles: Parting Ways
65 %|Jan 1, 2009
Documentary, Music, Music
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Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
60 %|Apr 8, 2008
Documentary
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The Beatles Explosion
65 %|Jan 1, 2007
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The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
80 %|Feb 14, 2005
Documentary
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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
0 %|Jan 1, 2004
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
56 %|Aug 16, 2003
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Wingspan
69 %|May 11, 2001
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Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
75 %|Dec 6, 1999
Animation, Family
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The Beatles: A Celebration
0 %|Jan 1, 1999
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Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
0 %|Jan 1, 1996
Documentary, Music
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My Sweet Lord in the Far East
0 %|Jul 17, 1991
Music
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The Movie Life of George
0 %|Feb 10, 1989
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0 %|Jan 1, 1986
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
60 %|Jan 1, 1982
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This Is Elvis
70 %|Apr 3, 1981
Drama, Music, Documentary
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Life of Brian
77.61999999999999 %|Aug 17, 1979
Comedy
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Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel
20 %|Jan 1, 1978
Documentary, Music
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Mighty Good: The Beatles
40 %|May 14, 1977
Documentary
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Raga
0 %|Nov 23, 1971
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The Beatles: Something
50 %|Oct 6, 1969
Music
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All My Loving
65 %|Nov 3, 1968
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The Beatles: Revolution
100 %|Sep 19, 1968
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Our World
0 %|Jun 25, 1967
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70 %|Dec 22, 1963
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0 %|Invalid Date
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82 %|Sep 8, 1968
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0 %|May 1, 1966
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100 %|Invalid Date
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0 %|Dec 25, 2024
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0 %|Nov 28, 2024
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100 %|Nov 12, 2024
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0 %|Jun 22, 2024
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66 %|May 21, 2024
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74 %|Jun 18, 2021
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65 %|Sep 9, 2020
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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
67 %|Feb 21, 2020
History, Music, Documentary
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62 %|Jul 12, 2019
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John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
71 %|Nov 24, 2018
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ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
68 %|Oct 12, 2018
Documentary
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George Harrison - All Things Pass
0 %|Mar 20, 2018
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How the Beatles Changed the World
72 %|Oct 23, 2017
Documentary, Music
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My Generation
70 %|Oct 8, 2017
Documentary, Music, History
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Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
60 %|Aug 6, 2017
Documentary, History, TV Movie
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Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
77 %|Jun 3, 2017
Documentary, Music
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Free to Rock
64 %|May 1, 2017
Documentary, History, Music
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Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
0 %|Nov 16, 2016
Documentary
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
76 %|Sep 15, 2016
Documentary, Music
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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
90 %|Nov 11, 2015
Music, Documentary
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The Beatles 1
60 %|Nov 6, 2015
Music
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The Beatles 1+
85 %|Nov 6, 2015
Music
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George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75
0 %|Sep 22, 2014
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Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
65 %|May 19, 2014
Documentary, Music
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Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
0 %|Oct 6, 2012
Music, Documentary
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Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
74 %|Oct 5, 2012
Music, Documentary
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Becoming the Beatles
0 %|Jan 1, 2012
Documentary
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The Winged Beetle
0 %|Jan 1, 2012
Music, Documentary
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
0 %|May 2, 2011
Music, History
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
0 %|May 2, 2011
Music, History
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
0 %|May 2, 2011
Music, History
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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
0 %|Jan 1, 2010
Documentary
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The Beatles: The Complete Story
85 %|Jan 1, 2010
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The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
0 %|Sep 25, 2009
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The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966
0 %|Jul 19, 2009
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The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
0 %|Nov 12, 2007
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The Beatles: Love
100 %|Nov 20, 2006
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Doctor Who: Origins
0 %|Jan 30, 2006
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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
68 %|Jan 1, 2005
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Beatles Biggest Secrets
0 %|Dec 2, 2004
Documentary, Music, History
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George Harrison: All things must pass
0 %|May 31, 2004
Documentary
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George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
0 %|Feb 23, 2004
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The Beatles: Around the World
0 %|Nov 4, 2003
Documentary
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Concert for George
81 %|Oct 3, 2003
Music, Documentary
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Beatles: The Journey
50 %|Jun 17, 2003
Documentary, History, Music
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Hagström: Everything in Music
60 %|Apr 23, 2003
Documentary
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Naqoyqatsi
61 %|Sep 2, 2002
Documentary
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Beatles: Big Beat Box
0 %|Dec 3, 2001
Documentary
actor
Television: The First Fifty Years
0 %|Jan 1, 1999
Documentary
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The Beatles Story
80 %|Jul 1, 1996
Documentary, Music
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Tom Petty: Going Home
0 %|Jan 23, 1994
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Curves Contours & Body Horns
0 %|Dec 12, 1993
Documentary, Music
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Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
0 %|Oct 5, 1993
Music, Documentary
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The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
77 %|Nov 13, 1991
Music, Documentary
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Shanghai Surprise
42.65 %|Aug 29, 1986
Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
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British Rock: The First Wave
0 %|Oct 10, 1985
Documentary
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Water
58 %|Jan 11, 1985
Adventure, Comedy
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The Compleat Beatles
75 %|Oct 1, 1982
Documentary, Music
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Ringo
52 %|Apr 25, 1978
Music, Comedy, TV Movie
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Night Lunch
50 %|Dec 9, 1975
Music, Documentary
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Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
80 %|Oct 3, 1974
Documentary, Music, Animation
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Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
60 %|Apr 9, 1974
Documentary
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Imagine
70 %|Dec 23, 1972
Music, Documentary, TV Movie
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24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
0 %|Dec 15, 1969
Documentary
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The Beatles - Abbey Road
0 %|Sep 26, 1969
Music
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Beatles Electroniques
80 %|Jan 1, 1969
Music
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The Beatles Mod Odyssey
0 %|Dec 10, 1968
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Yellow Submarine
71 %|Jul 17, 1968
Music, Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
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All You Need Is Love
0 %|Jul 7, 1967
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Monument
0 %|Apr 17, 1967
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Die Beatles
0 %|Jul 5, 1966
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The Beatles: Live in Paris
0 %|Oct 31, 1965
Music, Documentary
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Doctor Who: The Chase
68 %|Jun 26, 1965
Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure
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Pop Gear
75 %|May 19, 1965
Music
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What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
73 %|Oct 16, 1964
Documentary, Music
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The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
0 %|Jul 17, 1964
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The Beatles Sing for Shell
0 %|Jul 1, 1964
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The Beatles in Australia
0 %|Jun 1, 1964
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Around the Beatles
0 %|May 6, 1964
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The Beatles: Live in Washington DC
80 %|Mar 14, 1964
Music, Documentary

Series

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Sherwood
70 %|Jun 13, 2022
Crime, Mystery
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The Beatles: Get Back
84 %|Nov 25, 2021
Documentary
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McCartney 3, 2, 1
85 %|Jul 16, 2021
Documentary
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This Is Pop
56 %|Mar 6, 2021
Documentary
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History 101
71 %|May 22, 2020
Documentary
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Elvis Presley: The Searcher
76 %|Apr 14, 2018
Documentary
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Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
76 %|Oct 18, 2009
Documentary, Comedy
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20th Century Greats
0 %|Nov 27, 2004
Documentary
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Classic Albums
77 %|Apr 14, 1997
Documentary
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The Beatles Anthology
81 %|Nov 19, 1995
Documentary
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The Simpsons
80.13999999999999 %|Dec 17, 1989
Family, Animation, Comedy
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Timewatch
68.57000000000001 %|Sep 29, 1982
Documentary
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Wogan
45 %|May 4, 1982
Talk
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Champs-Elysées
62 %|Jan 16, 1982
Talk
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Saturday Night Live
70 %|Oct 11, 1975
Comedy, News
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
60 %|Jan 12, 1975
Talk
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Disco
0 %|Feb 13, 1971
Talk
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The Dick Cavett Show
66 %|Jun 6, 1968
Talk
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Omnibus
70 %|Oct 13, 1967
Documentary
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
68.89 %|Feb 5, 1967
Comedy
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The Beatles
51 %|Sep 25, 1965
Animation, Comedy
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Top of the Pops
66.32 %|Jan 1, 1964
Reality
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Top of the Pops
66.32 %|Jan 1, 1964
Reality
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Morecambe & Wise (multiple series)
65 %|Oct 12, 1961
Comedy
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The Ed Sullivan Show
65 %|Jun 20, 1948
Comedy, Talk