A six-part series inspired by a memoir documenting the early days of The Beatles is to air on the BBC.

Hamburg Days is based on the book of the same name and follows the transformation of a group of teenagers into one of the world’s biggest bands.

The book, by German musician Klaus Voormann and German photographer and artist Astrid Kirchherr and published in 1999, is set in Hamburg’s St Pauli red-light district in the early 1960s.

It documents the time Voormann and Kirchherr spent with the band, who would go on to become a global phenomenon.

Voormann, 87, will act as a consultant on the “fascinating” new series, which has been acquired by the broadcaster from UK-based independent film and television company Turbine Studios.

German director Christian Schwochow, who worked on Netflix’

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