Beatles mentor Lord Woodbine to feature in new BBC drama

The Beatles' Hamburg years are the focus of a new BBC drama. According to The Guardian, the six-part series Hamburg Days will explore the band's time in the German port city between nineteen sixty and nineteen sixty-two. There, the Beatles performed more than two hundred fifty shows near the notorious Reeperbahn, honing their craft in rowdy venues. The drama will spotlight Harold Phillips, known as Lord Woodbine, whose influence on the band has been largely overlooked. It's a look at how the Beatles became the Beatles.

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