‘Beat Bugs’ & ‘Motown Magic’ creator on his passionate pursuit of music rights

If you’re a young child, or the parent of a young child, you may be familiar with the Netflix kids show ‘Beat Bugs’--which follows the adventures of five animated insects who sing along to Beatles songs. The creator of ‘Beat Bugs’ is Josh Wakely, an Australian writer who--before he made that show--had never worked in children’s TV or animation. And there was an even bigger hurdle--he had his heart set on getting the rights to The Beatles catalog. Wakely tells us about his years-long pursuit of the rights to some of the world’s most famous music for ‘Beat Bugs’ and his newest show, ‘Motown Magic,’ which uses songs from another iconic catalog.