Without the Beatles
Des Burkinshaw and Mark Hooper meet a variety of famous guests to discuss how the Beatles directly impacted on them and their careers..
Recorded over the past 10 years, guests include Sir Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Steve Van Zandt, Nancy Sinatra, all four members of 10cc, Barbara Dickson, Sir David Attenborough, Sir Willy Russell, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, Richie Sambora, Diane Warren and some of the last interviews done by Neil Innes, Mary Quant and Lemmy.
Each episode we also feature a member of the public who also has a Beatles' story to tell.
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- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
#10 Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy)
Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy popped into our studio to discuss his love of The Beatles, working in Abbey Road, and to reflect on a career that includes 13 solo albums, 2 Duckworth Lewis Method co…
#9 Jacob Jeffries (Vulfpeck)
We always ask this question: can you imagine your life without the Beatles?
Today's guest definitely can't.
Jacob Jeffries is a member of Vulfpeck, Jack Stratton's collaborator in Vulfmon, and is abou…
#8 Brian Wilson
James Warren wrote and sang The Korgis' classic, Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime. As a member of Stackridge, he not only was the first act on at the first ever Glastonbury, but Stackridge were prod…
#7 Jona Lewie Christmas Special
You can fit all the truly classic Christmas songs onto a double album. Jona Lewie's Stop the Cavalry is absolutely one of them.
Mark Hooper and Des Burkinshaw turned up at Jona's studio, demanding tea…
#6 Steve Van Zandt
A further 45 mins of Steve's interview is available to Patreon subscribers only. This entire episode is also available on video to subscribers.
But even without that extra material, this is an in-dep…
#5 Mary Quant
The most important fashion designer of the 60s? Of the 20th century? There's no doubt Mary Quant remains an icon. She invented the miniskirt and created a whole new world of fashion for the emancipat…
#4 Lol Creme
Lol Creme has done it all. A founding member of 10cc, a member of Hotlegs, one half of Godley & Creme, the experimental duo who made hit records and directed some of the most iconic videos of the 80s…
#3 Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam - Monty Python member and one of the most creative film directors of all time, recalls his lifelong love of the Beatles, how they influenced him as a young American after the Ed Sulliva…
#2 Lemmy
We asked Lemmy - what - very specifically - did The Beatles do that changed your life?
In this episode, Des Burkinshaw and Mark Hooper introduce a never-before heard interiew with Motorhead frontman, …
#1 Without the Beatles - In the beginning
What - very specifically - did the Beatles do that changed your life?
That's the question we've been asking luminaries from music, art, fashion, literature, and film for the past 10 years.
Writers and …