318: Oliver Murray’s Time Machine

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If you don’t know the name then you certainly know his work: writer/director Oliver Murray was responsible for giving us that twelve-minute making of “Now and Then” video in 2023 that got everyone up to speed (and teary) about the “last” Beatles song. In 2025, he wrote and directed the 9th episode of the re-launched Beatles Anthology documentary series, quickly followed by the short film, “Free As A Bird” – A Song Reborn.

But Oliver has also directed a number of other music videos and documentaries you may have seen, among them The Quiet One (2019), Ronnie’s (2020), They All Came Out To Montreux (2023), and The Story of Band Aid (2024).

I was privileged to have a talk with an insider to discuss the presenting of The Beatles’ story and the delicate balancing act between educating new fans while satisfying the old ones.