The Beatles: Made on Merseyside

I enjoyed this. It captured the growth of Merseybeat from the dark days of skiffle up to the emergence of the world's greatest group. The stories of those who were there were interesting to listen to and I particular enjoyed the part regarding the Pete Best controversy. Perhaps there was more to his dismissal than I first thought. It would seem that the interference of Mrs Mona Best played a huge part in getting rid and, maybe, Brian Epstein was not quite as innocent as I had been led to believe. Whatever, I was pleased to hear that Pete got a decent pay off from the Anthology album, and credit to McCartney for that. It must have been a devastatingly tough time for such a young lad to be kicked out like that but Pete seems to have weathered the storm and it was gratifying to listen to his emotional summary of his life towards the end of the programme. By the way, I don't understand the earlier review complaining about the lack of subtitles. Being of a certain age myself I watched the whole programme whilst following the subtitles. All in all I thoroughly recommend this programme - an entertaining hour and a half.