Beat City

Intrepid reporter Daniel Farson makes the journey from London to Liverpool to discover why this harddrinking hardfighting northern enclave has become the epicentre of the 1960s music scene His whistlestop tour takes in all the Merseybeat landmarks most notably the celebrated Cavern club where youngsters twist and swoon to the likes of Gerry and the Pacemakers and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes Closeup shots of the musicians and revellers together with evocative street scenes courtesy of cameramen Ron Osborn and Peter Povey capture the vitality of this defining moment in Liverpools cultural history