A través del éxito meteórico de su canción Telstar, interpretada por The Tornadoes, este biopic narra un trozo de la vida de Joe Meek, el excéntrico productor musical y compositor de los 60 interesado por el espacio exterior, el ocultismo y la música electrónica. Además de viajar por el mundo del rock and roll de la época, Telstar habla sin tapujos de la extrema personalidad de Meek, genial y al mismo tiempo paranoico, adicto a las anfetaminas y gay en una época en que en Inglaterra la homosexualidad era un delito.

Documentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in dramatic circumstances in 1967 after a bizarre childhood and a career, often controversial, which spanned the period from the mid-50s to the rise of the Beatles in the 60s. At the end of his life he was suffering from paranoid delusions that people were watching him through walls. Alan Lewens' film charts an Ortonesque tale of post-war Britain.

This documentary chronicles the rise, fall and resurrection of Joe Meek. It shows, due in equal measures to his pioneering DIY recording techniques, hit-making philosophy and a life full of social, psychological and sexual obstacles.