Acts such as Stereophonics and chart-topper Gabrielle Aplin are to take part in a re-staging of a mammoth famed Beatles recording session exactly 50 years on.

AXED TV institution Top of the Pops is to return — with the BBC showing weekly reruns in its original time slot.

Former 'Doctor Who' star Christopher Eccleston is to star as music legend John Lennon in a biopic set during the turbulent demise of The Beatles, it was announced today.