NBC developing Beatles "event series"

The producer of "The Vikings" and "The Tudors" has received a greenlight from NBC TV in the U.S. to produce an eight-episode Beatles mini-series. Presumably this will be a bio-doc, rather than a straight documentary, though details are still few.

The series will be written by The Tudors creator/executive producer Michael Hirst who will executive produce with Tudors executive producers Ben Silverman and Teri Weinberg.
The project reunites the trio with NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt, who greenlighted The Tudors while he ran Showtime.
The Beatles limited series is part of NBC’s push in event programming area that includes live productions like The Sound Of Music, miniseries like Rosemary’s Baby, and limited series like the 12-part Bible follow-up A.D.

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