I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern (2011)
Documentary
Overview
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.
Cast
- Pete Best as Self
- Bernadette Byrne as Self
- Frankie Connor as Self
- Elvis Costello as Self (archive footage)
- Tony Crane as Self
- Paddy Delaney as Self
- Ken Dodd as Self
- Brian Epstein as Self (archive footage)
- Len Garry as Self
- Dave Gore as Self
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