Monitor
Monitor was a BBC arts programme that was launched on 2 February 1958 and ran until 1965. Huw Wheldon was the first editor from 1958 to 1965. He was also the principal interviewer and anchor. Wheldon set about moulding a team of talents, including John Schlesinger, Ken Russell, Patrick Garland, David Jones, Humphrey Burton, John Berger, Peter Newington, Melvyn Bragg, Nancy Thomas and Alan Tyrer. Monitor ranged in subject over all the arts. Wheldon's Monitor lasted until he had "interviewed everyone I am interested in interviewing", and he was succeeded by Jonathan Miller for the series' last season.
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Season 2
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Why Cornwall?
Why Cornwall? A film survey - Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Leech, W.S. Graham, Peter Lanyon, and others give their reasons for living and working in Cornwall Leonide Massine in the studio
Sep 14, 1958 -
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Backstage at the Rep
Backstage at the Rep Monitor cameras go behind the scenes in a Northern Repertory Theatre. Two Different Worlds Hammersmith Reach through the eyes of the painters Carel Weight and Ruskin Spear.
Sep 28, 1958 -
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Episode 3
Duke Ellington on jazz, with Humphrey Lyttelton and Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra; Aldous Huxley interviewed by John Lehmann; John Berger discusses three paintings of the nude; and Cilli Wang.
Oct 12, 1958 -
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P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse in an interview filmed in New York Shadow of Heroes Extracts from the play with Peggy Ashcroft, Emlyn Williams, Mogens Wieth, Stephen Murray and an interview with the author, Robert Ardrey. And Aaron Copland on being an American composer.
Oct 26, 1958 -
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The Innocent Eye
The Innocent Eye A film study of the child's imagination.
Nov 9, 1958 -
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The Living Suburb
The Living Suburb A filmed report on a new experiment in city design, and an interview with its architects and William Alwyn on Writing For Films
Nov 23, 1958 -
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Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky talking about his music, his life, and his friends.
Dec 7, 1958 -
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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 Francois, Osbert Lancaster, Ronald Searle filmed at work in their studios Circus A filmed study by John Schlesinger.
Dec 21, 1958 -
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Tyrone Guthrie
Tyrone Guthrie on the Stratford Memorial Theatre, Ontario
Jan 4, 1959 -
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Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon, A film profile and Alfred Wallis Cornish fisherman and painter.
Jan 18, 1959 -
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Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin talks about the personality and music of Bela Bartok and plays illustrations from the solo sonata Bartok wrote for him. Theatre Workshop: A filmed report with Joan Littlewood and Gerry Raffles.
Feb 15, 1959 -
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A Poet In London
John Betjeman, A poet in London.
Mar 1, 1959 -
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French Edition
A French edition on film and in the studio. including Comedie Francaise Jacques Deval introduces a filmed impression of France's National Theatre to celebrate the company's arrival in London. Le Corbusier in his Paris studio talking about architecture Auguste Rodin The thoughts and work of a sculptor.
Mar 15, 1959 -
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Episode 14
Theatre - Films - Books - Painting Sculpture - Music - Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on film and in the studio every fortnight. Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.
Mar 29, 1959 -
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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 Bert Haanstra, Holland's leading film director in the studio, with some of his films.
Apr 12, 1959 -
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Robert Graves
Robert Graves in Majorca, a film profile. Thurston Dart plays the harpsichord, the organ, the piano, and the clavichord, and discusses Handel, a mystery. Bert Haanstra, Holland's leading film director with extracts from some of his films.
Apr 26, 1959 -
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Paddy Chayefsky
Paddy Chayefsky, author of 'Marty' and The Bachelor Party' interviewed by Richard Hoggart. With extracts from some of his films. Leonard Bernstein, Musical Director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra composer of West Side Story, On the Town, and Candide.
May 10, 1959 -
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The Mermaid Theatre
A film study of the birth of a theatre with Bernard Miles.
May 24, 2024 -
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Fritz Kortner
Fritz Kortner, Leading German actor and stage director at work in the Residenztheater, Munich. Interviewed by Robert Robinson. From Spain to Streatham: The guitar craze.
Jun 7, 2024 -
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Carl Ebert at Glyndebourne
A great producer on his approach to opera, filmed during rehearsals for his production of 'Cosi fan Tutte' by Mozart.
Jun 21, 1959 -
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Wanda Landowska
Wanda Landowska A filmed interview with the world's most famous harpsichord player, who is eighty today. The Romantic Movement Paintings from the Council of Europe Exhibition, opening in London on July 10.
Jul 5, 1959