Seasons & Episodes
Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis interviewed about his new novel "I Like it Here" Peter Brook on "Quarter Ear Music" - illustrated in the
Sam Wanamaker
Sam Wanamaker A report by Alan Brien on the Liverpool Theatre experiment Sir Hugh Casson on Architecture at Sea The p
Paris: The Left Bank
Paris: The Left Bank A study of writers, sculptors, painters -both British and American-who live and work on the Left B
Belgrade Theatre in Coventry
Belgrade Theatre in Coventry Monitor reports from the newly regenerated Coventry city centre and visits the Belgrade Th
Episode 5
Theatre-Films-Books Painting-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on film, and i
Episode 6
Theatre - Films - Books Painting-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on film, a
Episode 7
Theatre-Films Books-Painting-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on film, and i
Episode 8
Theatre-Films-Books Painting-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events and controversies on film, and in
Episode 9
Theatre-Films-Books Pointing-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on film, and i
Episode 10
Theatre-Films-Books Painting-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on film and in
Episode 11
Theatre - Films - Books - Painting - Sculpture - Music - Architecture Every fortnight presenting people, events, and co
Episode 12
Theatre - Films - Books Painting - Sculpture Music - Architecture Every fortnight presenting people, events, and cont
Episode 13
Theatre - Films - Books - Painting Sculpture - Music - Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies. Int
Why Cornwall?
Why Cornwall? A film survey - Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Leech, W.S. Graham, Peter Lanyon, and others give their reasons
Backstage at the Rep
Backstage at the Rep Monitor cameras go behind the scenes in a Northern Repertory Theatre. Two Different Worlds Hamme
Episode 3
Duke Ellington on jazz, with Humphrey Lyttelton and Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra; Aldous Huxley interviewed by Jo
P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse in an interview filmed in New York Shadow of Heroes Extracts from the play with Peggy Ashcroft, Emlyn
The Innocent Eye
The Innocent Eye A film study of the child's imagination.
The Living Suburb
The Living Suburb A filmed report on a new experiment in city design, and an interview with its architects and William
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky talking about his music, his life, and his friends.
The Face of the Madonna
The Face of the Madonna as seen by nine great artists. A Line on Satire Three points of view from cartoonists - Andre
Tyrone Guthrie
Tyrone Guthrie on the Stratford Memorial Theatre, Ontario
Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon, A film profile and Alfred Wallis Cornish fisherman and painter.
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin talks about the personality and music of Bela Bartok and plays illustrations from the solo sonata Bartok
A Poet In London
John Betjeman, A poet in London.
French Edition
A French edition on film and in the studio. including Comedie Francaise Jacques Deval introduces a filmed impression
Episode 14
Theatre - Films - Books - Painting Sculpture - Music - Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on fi
Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum
Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum The ins and outs of High Fidelity. A film study directed by John Schlesinger. Paul Robeson in the studio
Robert Graves
Robert Graves in Majorca, a film profile. Thurston Dart plays the harpsichord, the organ, the piano, and the clavichord
Paddy Chayefsky
Paddy Chayefsky, author of 'Marty' and The Bachelor Party' interviewed by Richard Hoggart. With extracts from some of hi
The Mermaid Theatre
A film study of the birth of a theatre with Bernard Miles.
Fritz Kortner
Fritz Kortner, Leading German actor and stage director at work in the Residenztheater, Munich. Interviewed by Robert Ro
Carl Ebert at Glyndebourne
A great producer on his approach to opera, filmed during rehearsals for his production of 'Cosi fan Tutte' by Mozart.
Wanda Landowska
Wanda Landowska A filmed interview with the world's most famous harpsichord player, who is eighty today. The Romantic
TH White in Alderney
The author of "The Sword in the Stone" interviewed on film by Robert Robinson at his home in the Channel Islands.
Sean O'Casey
A filmed profile with an extract from the current production of his play 'Cock-a-Doodle Dandy'.
Episode 3
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Peter Newington.
William Golding
Scottish Painters Allan McClelland narrates this 1959 film by Ken Russell - a double portrait of the painters Robert Ma
Christopher Isherwood
A recording of Colin Davis rehearsing a movement from a Mozart Symphony with the London Mozart Players. Christopher Ish
Sir Thomas Beecham on Delius
Sir Thomas Beecham on Delius Jacques Lipchitz One of the world's greatest sculptors talks about his work in his New Yo
Episode 7
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.
Diego Rivera
A film study shot in Mexico of the work of the great painter of The Mexican Revolution.
Michel St. Denis
Michel St. Denis discussing his production of Stravinsky's 'Oedipus Rex' which opened at Sadler's Wells on Friday, Janua
Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger who attacks what he thinks are misconceptions about the 'Method' school of acting, with John Fernald. Morti
Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell, The poet and novelist filmed at his home in the Camargue, talking about his Alexandrian novels. And a
Journey into a Lost World
Journey into a Lost World John Betjeman in the Fun Palaces and Pleasure Domes of London. Mary McCarthy The American n
Orson Welles
Tonight Orson Welles talks about his work as actor, director, film-maker with extracts from his films 'Citizen Kane' and
Profile of a Quartet
Profile of a Quartet A film story of the life and work of a string quartet with The Allegri Quartet. The film directed
Cranks at Work
Cranks at Work John Cranko choreographer and revue-writer talking about his work directing dancers and rehearsing a new
Young Artista
A fortnightly magazine of the arts presents as a special edition What does it mean to be a young artist trying to break
Tyrone Guthrie in the studio
Tyrone Guthrie in the studio Bird-Men and Warriors Elisabeth Frink and her sculpture as seen by Laurie Lee.
The Caretaker
Scenes from 'The Caretaker' now running at the Duchess Theatre, London and an interview with the author Harold Pinter.
Episode 19
Rudolf Bing at 'The Met'" A portrait of an impresario filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. "A Sign of the
Episode 20
Tonight's edition includes. The Miners' Picnic A brass band carnival filmed at Bedlington, Northumberland. Picasso A
Monitor Summer Film Festival
A selection from the first three years of 'Monitor'. Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon. 1. Simenon in Switzerland
Monitor Summer Film Festival
A selection from the first three years of 'Monitor'. Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon. -1- The Innocent Eye A stu
Monitor Summer Film Festival
A selection from the first three years of 'Monitor'. Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon. Lawrence Durrell The autho
Monitor Summer Film Festival
Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon. Benjamin Britten at Aldeburgh At work at his home and at rehearsals of his opera
Monitor Summer Film Festival
A selection from the first three years of 'Monitor'. Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon. Robert Colquhoun and Robert
Monitor Summer Film Festival
A selection from the first three years of 'Monitor'. Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon. E.M. Forster at Eighty A v
Episode 1
A magazine of the arts. Tonight's edition includes: Shelagh Delaney's Salford The twenty-one year old author of "A Ta
Musician in Montmartre
Darius Milhaud the most prolific composer of today, filmed at his home in Paris.
The Eye of Cartier-Bresson
The Eye of Cartier-Bresson The great French photographer at work. Music through the Looking Glass The fantasy world o
Lillian Hellman
Man in a Landscape The art of Sidney Nolan, Australian painter. Lillian Hellman talks to Huw Wheldon
Henry Moore
Henry Moore, Sculptor, at home and in his studio.
Man In A Landscape
The art of Sidney Nolan, australian painter.
The Light Fantastic
Five million people in England go dancing every week. A look at the strange and varied world of the dancers of England,
A Book of Hours
Book of Hours The seasonal calendar of the Duc de Berry. Zadkine at the Tate The famous Russian sculptor interviewed
Katina Paxinou
In 1960, Huw Wheldon visited Epidaurus and Athens to meet the Greek star of stage and screen Katina Paxinou. Having ini
Emlyn Williams
Emlyn Williams who is appearing at the Arts Theatre, London, in three plays: "Lunch Hour" by John Mortimer, "A Slight Ac
12/02/1961
Ronald Searle on Toulouse-Lautrec Kingsley Amis on Science Fiction
The Devils of Loudun
The Devils of Loudun John Whiting returns to Loudun in France to tell the story of the possession by devils in the 17th
Episode 13
Young Conductors A competition for young conductors, organised by the Philharmonia Concert Society and held last month
Episode 14
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill Kurt Weill was the composer of 'Mack the Knife' and many other songs which created a new s
The Class
The teacher is Harold Lang. The students are from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
The Hollow Crown
...For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antick si
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Extracts from the controversial production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, and comments on their approach t
Brecht's Berliner Ensemble
Brecht's Berliner Ensemble The famous German Theatre Company at rehearsal and in performance at their theatre in East B
Episode 19
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.
Prokofiev
Prokofiev Portrait of a Soviet composer. Daumier A double life with illustrations from the Exhibition at the Tate Gal
Episode 21
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.
Monitor: Summer Film Season
A selection from the films shown in Monitor over the past two years. In this edition: Shelagh Delaney's Salford The t
Monitor: Summer Film Season
A selection from the films shown in Monitor over the past two years. In this edition: Rudolf Bing at the Met A portra
Monitor: Summer Film Season
A selection from the films shown in Monitor over the past two years. In this edition: Variations on a Mechanical Theme
Monitor: Summer Film Season
A selection from the films shown in Monitor over the past two years. In this edition: Henry Moore Sculptor at home an
Monitor: Summer Film Season
The Light Fantastic 'Five million people in England go dancing every week' A look at the strange and varied world of t
Monitor: Summer Film Season
A selection from the films shown in Monitor over the past two years. In this edition: Katina Paxinou in Athens The gr
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Gian-Carlo Menotti Composer of 'Amahl and the Night Visitors' and 'The Consul', filmed at his Festival of Two Worlds a
The Private World of George Williams
The Private World of George Williams Michael Ayrton with Paintings, Sculpture, and Words on The Myth of Icarus ...Icar
Ninette de Valois
Ninette de Valois D.B.E., creator of The Royal Ballet with film taken during rehearsals for next week's BBC Television p
Style in the Theatre and Portrait of an Experience
Style in the Theatre and Portrait of an Experience Michel Saint-Denis now directing rehearsals of Chekhov's The Cherry
In Cork
Frank O'Connor, novelist, essayist, and short-story writer, revisits the provincial city where he lived for twenty-eight
Big Soft Nellie
With Henry Livings the author and scenes from the production of his new play now running at the Theatre Royal, Stratford
Paul Tortelier
Paul Tortelier Portrait of a complete musician. Filmed in Paris at the Salle du Vieux Conservatoire, the Ecole Normale
The Lonely Shore
The Lonely Shore A fantasy. No one is left alive in England. All that remain are the fragments of our civilisation.
Episode 9
H.M.S. Pinafore Revisited Sir Tyrone Guthrie gives his views on Gilbert and Sullivan.
Do My Ears Deceive Me?
An enquiry into the music of our day from Jazz to Schoenberg. Musicians taking part include: Colin Davis with the Lond
Episode 11
Friso Ten Holt The Dutch painter whose first British exhibition opened at the New London Gallery last week talking with
Episode 12
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.
Pop Goes the Easel
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. A group of four young artists, who between them have won critical acclaim, exhibiti
What Makes a Tenor?
What Makes a Tenor? Last week the National Federation of Music Societies held a Tenor Competition in London to find pro
Episode 15
Commercial Art A sidelong glance at the world of advertising. Peter Ustinov in the studio.
Vincent Van Gogh
The Preservation Man, with Professor Bruce Lacey, A.R.C.A. actor, theatrical property-maker, and collector of the past,
Julian Bream
Julian Bream A film profile with George Malcolm and the Julian Bream Consort. The Death of Patroclus Christopher Logu
Dial for Plato
In America, as in this country, education is suffering from a shortage of text-books, classroom space, and, above all, o
Marcel Duchamp
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Marcel Duchamp The legendary French artist whose paint
Stratford-on-the-Subway
A Monitor film made in New York's Central Park, where every summer there is a season of free open-air Shakespeare perfor
African Art
African Art A special report from the first International Congress of African Culture, held last month in Salisbury, So
Brendan Behan with Colin MacInnes
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Brendan Behan with Colin
Poet in a Society
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Poet in a Society A fil
Father and Son
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Father and Son Jean Ren
Elgar
For its 100th programme A film biography written and directed by Ken Russell. Commentary by Huw Wheldon. Behind the p
Lawrence of Arabia
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Peter O'Toole talking wi
A Sculpture in the Making
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: A Sculpture in the Makin
A Child's Christmas in Wales
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: A Child's Christmas in W
Tortelier on Bach
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Tortelier on Bach The F
Episode 10
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon.
This Sporting Life
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: This Sporting Life A fe
Roosevelt, U.S.A.
A film about Ben Shahn's America A Monitor feature made at the home of the painter Ben Shahn in Roosevelt, New Jersey,
New Art from Africa
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: New Art from Africa Int
J. B. Priestley
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: In the studio, J. B. Pri
A sight so touching in its majesty...? The New Face of London
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: A sight so touching in i
Kenneth Williams
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Kenneth Williams Group
Portrait of Margaret Evans
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Portrait of Margaret Eva
Episode 18
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon.
Georg Solti of Covent Garden
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Georg Solti of Covent Ga
Mozart from Vienna
A Eurovision relay direct from the Vienna Festival. Rudolf Serkin and The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Conducted by K
Watch the Birdie
A fortnightly magazine of the arts Introduced by Huw Wheldon Tonight's programme includes: Watch the Birdie Low life
Farewell to the Vic
Tonight the Old Vic Company, the 'Home of Shakespeare' in London since 1914, gives its last performance in the Waterloo
Eugene O'Neill
Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Eugene O'Neill Playwright extraordinary, Nobel Prize-winner,
Les Structures Sonores
New instruments... new sounds... A fabulous new world of music created and explored by the Lasry-Baschet Group from Par
The Sermon
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: The Sermon Specially wr
Orchestra to the Orient
The London Symphony Orchestra in Japan Conducted by Pierre Monteux, Antal Dorati, Georg Solti Recently the L.S.O. comp
Art in a Cold Climate
Nikita Khrushchev, 1963: 'The artist's talent should be wholly dedicated to the struggle of the people for the building
The Muse in S.W.1
Throughout this week poets and actors are taking part in a special Poetry Festival at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Sq
Nobody Loves a Man in Jail
Written and directed by John Duncan and Melvyn Bragg. A review of jail birds and jail life through its records its lite
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Gospel singing has reached a new popularity in Europe with the highly successful tour of the Black Nativity company. In
Yehudi Menuhin and His Guru
Introduced by David Attenborough. The practice of Yoga is older than Christianity. Until this century, its disciplines
Summer in Salzburg
Impressions of the city and the festival of Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart. Those taking part include: Herbert von
Tomorrow's Theatre
Throughout last week leading dramatists, directors, actors, and designers from all over the world have been taking part
Walking, Talking, Laughing Dance
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Walking, Talking, Laughi
Film Man's Sketch Book
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Film Man's Sketch Book
The Prince of Denmark
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Degas: A Dancing World
A Sense of Order
Tonight's programme includes: A Sense of Order A film study of the work of Edward Bawden landscape painter, book illus
Footmarks in Time: Thomas Hardy
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Robert Robinson. Tonight's programme includes: Footmarks in Time: T
Francisco Goya
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Francisco Goya Court pa
Episode 7
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: What the Dickens Johnny
Death of My Mother
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Death of My Mother A fi
The Lost Michelangelo
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. The Lost Michelangelo Between 1492 and 1494 Michelange
Making the Bedmakers
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Making the Bedmakers A
'An Aged Novelist': Waugh at 60
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. In tonight programme: 'An Aged Novelist': Waugh at 60
Episode 12
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Tell the Truth Richard
The Marks of Violence
A fortnightly magazine of the arts Introduced by Huw Wheldon Tonight's programme includes: The Marks of Violence A s
Poet Laureate
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Poet Laureate A film st
Engraver in Montparnasse
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Engraver in Montparnasse
The New Generation 1964
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: The New Generation 1964
The Power of Myth
Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: The Power of Myth Rupert Brooke The Marble of Man 'There i
Bela Bartok
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. An evocation of the music and the times of the great Hungarian composer. "When I d
Jean Tinguely sculptor
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Jean Tinguely sculptor "
Alfred Hitchcock
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Alfred Hitchcock The Do
Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: York and Lancaster
Talking to four American graduates studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. This week: York and Lancas
Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: Meeting the Children
On Shakespeare talking to four American graduates studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. This week:
Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: The Dog in the Night
Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare, talking to four American graduates studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: Life Flows and Overflows
Talking to four American graduates studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. This week: Life Flows and
Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: The Prodigal
Talking to four American graduates studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. This week: The Prodigal T
Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: Abdication and Aggression
Hugo Dyson talking to four American graduates studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. This week: Abdi
Episode 1
The opening programme in the new series. Introduced by Jonathan Miller.
Joe Tilson
With Jonathan Miller including Peter Brook with actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company talking about the portrayal
Larkin and Betjeman: Down Cemetery Road
With Jonathan Miller including: Philip Larkin, who talks to John Betjeman about himself and his poetry and the city of
A Christmas Stocking
With Jonathan Miller Including: Dwight MacDonald, the American critic talking to Robert Kee Sandy Claus by Barry Hum
Robert Lowell
with Jonathan Miller including Robert Lowell The Pulitzer prize-winning American poet filmed in New York and Boston.
Empson Apart
with Jonathan Miller including Empson Apart William Empson holds a curious and special place among modern English poe
David Sylvester: What the Pundits Say
with Jonathan Miller. including David Sylvester: What the Pundits Say David Sylvester, the art critic, takes a sidelo
Beginning to End
with Jonathan Miller A television exploration of the world of Samuel Beckett. [Starring] Jack MacGowran Since Waiting
Matters of Time
with Jonathan Miller Robert Lowell Widely regarded as the greatest living American poet, Lowell talks in this film abo
J.B.
A portrait of Sir John Barbirolli. with Lady Barbirolli, The Halle Orchestra (Leader, Martin Milner), The Orchestra of
Choice of Surroundings
with Jonathan Miller Dobcross Henry Livings, the young English playwright, left London to live in Dobcross, a small wo
People in Rather Odd Circumstances
with Jonathan Miller Including: People in Rather Odd Circumstances The poems, drawings, and conversation of Stevie Sm
Silence, Exile, and Cunning
A film on James Joyce Written by Anthony Burgess
The Frozen Frame
A programme on the illustration of the instantaneous. Including The Camera and the Canvas Aaron Scharf describes the
The Debussy Film
Wives, mistresses, and the sinister Pierre Louys, artist, photographer, pornographer, make up the strange circle surroun
Private Eye and Public Place
Donald McCullin A film portrait of the prize-winning news photographer which brings us face to face with the courage an
Always on Sunday
A new film produced and directed by Ken Russell about Henri 'Douanier' Rousseau artist-painter. The excise clerk who be
Art and Delusion
Three ways of looking at the world. Why so thin? The art critic, John Berger looks at the work of the great sculptor,
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