Pick of the week
Paul McCartney and Wings: One Hand Clapping
Now that the stream of archive Beatles content is reducing to a trickle, it’s time to get crate-digging into the solo work of the Fab Four. This rarely seen 1974 video film was created to preserve Paul McCartney’s then lineup of Wings for posterity during recording sessions at Abbey Road. While not at the level of Peter Jackson’s Get Back, it’s a great deal more fun, as the band rattle through post-Beatles standouts including Jet, Maybe I’m Amazed, Band on the Run and, with a full orchestra, Live and Let Die. And McCartney, particularly in the short one-man epilogue The Backyard, is at his nonchalant, amiable best, conjuring up rock’n’roll classics at will.
Boxing Day, 9pm, Sky Arts
