Set against a backdrop of early ’60s London, Telstar is the story of the world’s first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar – the biggest selling record of it’s time – before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his downfall.
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