The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash review - archive, 1978

28 March 1978: Nancy Banks-Smith reviews a spoof on the career of the Beatles and the commoner cliches of TV documentaries

Those of you who have been hiding from the rain in reference libraries will have noticed that, while Newsweek is overwhelmed by The Rutles “the world now has The Rutles... Yeah, Yeah,” Time is underwhelmed – “makes one nostalgic for The Monkees.”

This proves that TV critics are absolutely right 50 per cent of the time. Or 50 per cent are right 100 per cent of the time. Depending.

Related: DVD review: The Rutles – All You Need Is Cash