When The Beatles released the original The Beatles Anthology in 1995, it was next-generation British invasion, attacking on two fronts at the same time.

On the one hand, there was the music: three box-set Anthology collections, released on CD by Apple Records, full of studio outtakes and alternate versions. And on TV, there was an eight-hour documentary on ABC, which was shown across the globe and later released on home video.

That was in 1995. Twenty-five years after The Beatles had broken up, it extended their legend, and their impact, for several more decades. It told the story of the group via performance, film and TV clips, and lots and lots of interviews.

John Lennon — who had been shot and killed 15 years earlier — was represented in vintage interview clips. So were the ot

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