When Brian Epstein set foot in the Cavern Club in November 1961 to watch The Beatles perform, he saw something no one else could – a glimmer of gold. Sharply dressed and well-spoken, Brian was hardly the most obvious radical – but being Jewish, closeted and having grown up as an outsider who had failed at pretty much everything, he was a 26-year old with something to prove and who wanted to tear up the rulebook.

Jacob Fortune-Lloydas Brian Epstein
Eddie Marsanas Harry Epstein
Emily Watsonas Queenie Epstein
Blake Richardsonas Paul McCartney
Jonah Leesas John Lennon
Leo Harvey-Elledgeas George Harrison
Campbell Wallaceas Ringo Starr
Jay Lenoas Ed Sullivan
Bill Milneras Clive Epstein
Charley Palmer Rothwellas George Martin