Hello and welcome to the final episode of our series on John Lennon.

It's Spring 1980. The Beatles are no more. John is 39 years old and finding fulfillment as a stay-at-home dad to son Sean.

It's second time around as a parent and he's much more hands-on than he was with Julian from his first

marriage. The other Beatles have put out 10 albums between them through various solo projects

in the last five years. Lennon's noodling at home but hasn't released anything.

Most people assume he's just retired.

But his creative muse isn't finished with him yet.

Yeah.

The From Wondery and Goalhanger, I'm Afwa Hirsch.

I'm Peter Frankipo.

And this is Legacy, the show that tells the lives of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived

and asks if they have the reputation they deserve.

This is John Lennon, episode four, Imagine.

On April 20th, John and Yoko celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary, with lavish gifts by any standards, including a Rolls-Royce for John.

Is that your usual type of anniversary gift, Peter?

Most years.

We do his and hers.

But they then take a holiday with Sean on Long Island.

Lennon films them having lunch. Yoko is looking out to sea and John is strumming his guitar. Yoko thinks John needs some

inspiration and he's often talked about sailing in the past. So now she wonders whether that

could be the jolt he needs. So before any respectable sailing trip, as I'm sure you

would, Peter, she consults their trusted numerologist, Takashi Yoshikawa. Yeah, he detects clouds of

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