Episode 66

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5th Oct 2025

*Best of 2025 One to One: John & Yoko - Co-director Sam Rice-Edwards (Kevin Macdonald)

An expansive and revelatory inside look at the 18 months John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent living in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s, Oscar®-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald and Co-director / Editor Sam Rice-Edwards’ ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO delivers an immersive cinematic experience that brings to life electrifying, never-before-seen material and newly restored footage of Lennon's only full-length, post-Beatles concert. With mind-blowing remastered audio overseen by their son, Sean Ono Lennon, the film is a seismic revelation that will challenge pre-existing notions of the iconic couple. TV. Filmed in a meticulously faithful reproduction of the NYC apartment the duo shared, ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO offers a bold new take on a seminal time in the lives of two of history’s most influential artists. Co-director / Editor Sam Rice-Edwards joins us for a conversation on how he and co-director Kevin Macdonald, with the help of Music Producer Sean Lennon, were able to pull together this multi-faceted story that jumps of the screen by providing in-depth context to the complicated lives of John and Yoko during a tumultuous time in New York City and beyond.

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