In 1962—fifty years ago in 2012—Pete Best, the then drummer of The Beatles, was replaced by Ringo Starr and the band recorded its first single. A legend was born: John, Paul, George, and Ringo—collectively the most populär and influential rock and roll band that the world has ever seen. Who would have thought when they first emerged from the heartland of Liverpool—four skinny, young, likely lads—that they would go on to conquer the world?

The Beatles came to define their era in a way that no other band or performer has managed.The band only lasted between 1962 and 1970, but in the course of their eight remarkable years they produced a dozen astonishing albums of original, mainly self-composed music, including at least two that invariably make every "all time great" chart listing: Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Their success was truly global and during their heyday and for some years after, they were four of the most recognizable faces on the planet: arguably they still remain so.

Four ordinary lads from Liverpool became the biggest rock band the world had ever seen. Wherever they went, they won hearts and sold millions of discs and cinema tickets. What was so special about them that they could fill concert halls and airports from Tokyo to New York with thousands of fans? The Beatles: Inside Beatlemania shows why.

The attached DVD does not feature music but a mixture of Interviews with the band, reportage of the travels of the "Fab Four", press Conferences, and Interviews with them and their entourage from 1963 onward. The DVD makes compelling viewing, and worth the price ofadmission alone is the lengthy extra feature, a documentary on John's "We're more populär than Jesus" remark, and its aftermath.

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