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Tony Palmer: The Beatles, Britten & A Remarkable Life In Film
Tony Palmer has spent more than six decades behind the camera, making over 100 films and documenting some of the defining figures and moments of modern culture.
In this episode of The Growth Time Machine, Tony reflects on an extraordinary life in film, television and music — from the BBC of the 1960s to John Lennon, The Beatles, Benjamin Britten, Ken Russell, David Attenborough, Liberace and beyond.
He recalls meeting Lennon in 1963 and unexpectedly spending an afternoon showing him around Cambridge, the remarkable circumstances that led him to work with Benjamin Britten, and an era at the…
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