Peter Jackson on making his new documentary series, The Beatles: Get Back
Peter Jackson releases The Beatles: Get Back on Disney+ this week. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
His name may be instantly synonymous with Lord Of The Rings, but filmmaker Peter Jackson has found himself tackling an altogether different project two decades on with new documentary series The Beatles: Get Back.
Born in New Zealand – a world away from the height of UK’s Beatlemania in the 1960s – the 60-year-old Oscar-winning director’s love of the Liverpool band began with a handful of pocket money and the purchase of the Red and Blue compilation albums.
