It's The Beatles! (Recorded in Black & White, 7th December 1963)
TV Premiere:- BBC1 Saturday 7th December 1963, 8:10-8:40pm
[A "Juke Box Jury" Beatles special was recorded and tx'd by BBC Television the same day 6:05-6:35pm]

The Beatles Are Back (Recorded in Black & White, February 1964)
TV Premiere:- ITV (All regions) 23rd February 1964, Time varied by region (London was at 11:30-11:55pm)

Around The Beatles (Recorded in Black & White, 28th April 1964)
TV Premiere:- ITV Wednesday 6th May 1964, 9:45-10:45pm
2nd broadcast: - ITV (Not all regions) Monday 8th June 1964, 6:08-7:00pm [An edited version]
British Home Video Released:- 29th April 1985 by PMI as "The Beatles Live: Ready Steady Go Special Edition"[Spoof Play & Guests edited out]

Follow The Beatles (Documentary recorded in Black & White mostly on the set of AHDN, Spring 1964)
TV Premiere:- BBC1 Monday 3rd August 1964, 7:50-8:20pm

The Music of Lennon and McCartney (Recorded in Black & White, 1st & 2nd November 1965)
TV Premiere:- Rediffusion (ITV London only) Thursday 16th December 1965, 9:40-10:35pm
2nd broadcast: - (All other ITV Regions) Friday 17th  December 1965, 9:40-10:35pm
3rd broadcast:- Channel 4 Monday 30th December 1985, 8:30-9:20pm

The Beatles at Shea Stadium (Filmed in colour on 15th August 1965)
TV Premiere: - BBC1 Tuesday 1st March 1966, 8:00-8:50pm [All UK TV was still black & white at this time]
2nd broadcast:- BBC1 Saturday 27th August 1966, 6:15-7:05pm [Another black & white screening]
3rd broadcast:- BBC2 Sunday 23rd December 1979, 5:30-6:20pm [First Colour broadcast]

Reporting '66 "End of Beatlemania" (Produced in Black & White, December 1966)
TV Premiere:- ITV (Some regions) 28th December 1966, Time varied by region
Further broadcasts: - ITV (All other regions) 29th December 1966 , Time varied by region (London was at 6:08-6:35pm)

For Magical Mystery Tour See Beatles Films on British TV

All You Need Is Love (Tony Palmer's Pop Music Documentary Series)
The Beatles Episode (Show 14 of 17) Premiered:- ITV Saturday 14th May 1977, 10:32-11:28pm
Region 0 NTSC DVD Released:- 5th May 2008 by Plastic Head [5 disc set]
The Beatles Episode (Show 14 of 17) :- More4 Saturday 18th October 2008, 12:45-01:45am

The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash (Eric Idle's Spoof Documentary)
UK TV Premiere:- BBC2 Easter Monday 27th March 1978, 8:45-9:49pm
2nd broadcast:- BBC1 Saturday 27th May 1978, 10:17-11:24pm
British Home Video Released:- 12th October 1983 by Palace Video as "The Compleat Rutles"
3rd broadcast:- BBC2 Sunday 3rd March 1985, 11:46-12:52am
4th broadcast:- BBC1 Saturday 29th January 1988, 12:06-1:12am
There have since been screenings on UK Satellite/Cable channels (UK Gold on 28/Aug/1996 was one)
First Region 2 DVD Released:- 21st January 2002 by Cinema Club

The Compleat Beatles (Documentary for Home Video)
British Home Video Released:- October 1982 by MGM/UA Home Video
UK TV Premiere:- BBC2 Monday 30th December 1985, 7:03-9:01pm
There have been numerous screenings since, many on cable/satellite.

Beatlemania (A 50 minute documentary about fans in the 1980's)
TV Premiere:- BBC1 Tuesday 4th January 1983, 8:11-9pm
2nd broadcast:- BBC2 Tuesday 9th February 1988, 3:04-3:53pm

The Early Beatles (A 45 minute compilation of Granada footage 1962-65)
TV Premiere:- ITV Sunday 1st January 1984, 5:40-6:30pm
???? broadcast:- Central (ITV Midlands) Tuesday 15th July 1986, 11:30pm-12:20am
???? broadcast:- LWT (ITV London) Saturday 23rd August 1986, 1:35-2:20am

It Was Twenty Years Ago Today (Documentary celebrating 1967 & Sgt.Pepper)
TV Premiere:- ITV Monday 1st June 1987, 8:01-9:58pm

The Making of Sgt.Pepper (Documentary including interviews with Paul, George & Ringo)
UK TV Premiere:- ITV Sunday 14th June 1992, Late night [As part of The South Bank Show series]

The Beatles Anthology (Paul, George & Ringo's own documentary series)
UK TV Premiere of First Episode:- ITV Sunday 26th November 1995, Evening
Final Episode:- ITV Sunday 31st December 1995, Late Evening [The UK TV version was presented in 6 parts]
British Home Video's Released:- 7th October 1996 by Apple/PMI [With lots more footage & in 8 parts]
2nd broadcast:- [A repeat of the 6 part version] ITV Sunday 22nd December 1996 - Monday 30th December 1996

All You Need Is Cash (Documentary about the Beatles finances) *Not to be confused with The Rutles film of the same name
TV Premiere:- Channel 4:- Monday 27th November 1995, 10:00-11:00pm
I think this was repeated by Channel 4 around six or so years later.

The Making of The Beatles Yellow Submarine (23 minute Documentary)
UK TV Premiere:- VH-1 UK Friday 10th September 1999, Afternoon?

The Beatles Biggest Secrets (Documentary)
TV Premiere:- Five Wednesday 29th December 2004, Evening

Imagine - The Beatles in "Love" (Documentary on the "Love" project including Paul, Ringo & Yoko interviews)
TV Premiere:- BBC1 Wednesday 27th December 2006, 10:30-11:25pm

"Beatlemania" (Documentary about the touring years)
TV Premiere:- BBC2 Friday 12th January 2007, 9:00-9:50pm [As part of Timewatch series]
Region 0 DVD Released:- 22nd January 2007 by Liberation Entertainment [under the title "The Unseen Beatles" with extra footage]
BBC2 Saturday 5th September 2009, 7:45-8:35pm

The Beatles in Help! (Documentary on the Beatles 2nd movie)
TV Premiere:- BBC2 Tuesday 23rd October 2007, 11:20-11:50pm
2nd broadcast:- BBC2 Saturday 27th October 2007, 00:05-00:35am
Included on the first British release of "Help!" on DVD:- 5th November 2007 by EMI/Apple

The Beatles On Record (Tie-in with the 09.09.09 CD re-masters)
TV Premiere:- BBC2 Saturday 5th September 2009, 8:35-9:35pm (BBC2 N.Ireland at 10:30pm)
2nd broadcast:- BBC4 Sunday 6th September 2009, 9:00-10:00pm
3rd broadcast:- BBC4 Friday 11th September 2009, 10:30-11:30pm

How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin (The Beatles impact on the USSR)
TV Premiere:- BBC4 Sunday 6th September 2009, 8:00-9:00pm [As part of Storyville series]
2nd broadcast:- BBC4 Monday 7th September 2009, 10:30-11:30pm
3rd broadcast:- BBC4 Saturday 12th September 2009, 1:30-2:30am

References:- Mark Lewisohn "The Beatles Chronicle" & "25 Years in the Life", Keith Badman "After the Break-up", The Beatles Monthly Book (Beat Publications), Radio Times (BBC), TV Times Magazine (ITV), BBC Infax, The Times online archive.

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