Adolescence star cast in Hamburg Days Beatles series

Adolescence star cast in Hamburg Days Beatles seriesImage source, PA MediaImage caption, Bafta-winning Christine Tremarco is to star in the series about the Beatles' Hamburg daysByIan ShoesmithNorth WestPublished24 minutes agoAdolescence star Christine Tremarco, Trainspotting's Jonny Lee Miller and Sex Education's Asa Butterfield are all joining the cast of the new Beatles drama Hamburg Days.The six-part BBC series will tell the story of the band's early days in Germany and follow their transformation from a group of Liverpool teenagers into the world's biggest band.Bafta award-winner Tremarco, 49, will play John Lennon's aunt Mimi Smith, who brought him up.Butterfield, 29, will portray Brian Epstein, who managed The Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967, while 53-year-old Miller will portray Sir Paul McCartney's dad Jim.Image source, Gordon Timpen/ Hamburg Films LtdImage caption, Hamburg Days will show the band's early years, when they included bassist Stuart Sutcliffe and drummer Pete Best in their line-upHamburg Days started production in Germany and Liverpool in May.The Beatles performed more than 250 gigs in the German port city between 1960 and 1962.The series has been inspired by the memoirs of Klaus Voormann, who met the band in Hamburg as a young artist and went on to design the cover of their Revolver album in 1966 before later appearing on John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison's solo albums.Producers said the series would show the band - which at the time included bassist Stuart Sutcliffe and drummer Pete Best - meeting Voorman and photographer Astrid Kirchherr.The drama has been scripted by Wirral-born Jamie Carragher - one of the writers behind the HBO comedy-drama Succession. Director Christian Schwochow, who worked on the Netflix series The Crown, is the showrunner of the series, and Bafta-winner David Holmes, who worked on Killing Eve and the Ocean's franchise, will curate the music.Image s...