Overview
- The BBC has acquired the six-part drama for BBC One and iPlayer, adapting Klaus Voormann’s autobiography about the band’s early 1960s Hamburg period, with Voormann consulting.
- AGC Television, ZDF and the BBC are co-financing, W&B Television and Turbine Studios are producing, and the project has support from the MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein.
- Christian Schwochow serves as showrunner, Jamie Carragher is head writer, Mat Whitecross will direct, and David Holmes will curate the music.
- Casting for the Beatles has not been announced, with industry reporting indicating casting is underway and production slated to start in Spring 2026 in Hamburg and Liverpool.
- AGC International will handle sales outside the U.K. and Germany, and coverage notes it remains unclear whether original Beatles recordings will be licensed for the soundtrack.