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Season 2

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Fortnightly arts show from the BBC, covering the worlds of theatre, film, literature, painting, sculpture, architecture and music.

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21 Episodes

  • Why Cornwall?
    E1
    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
  • Backstage at the Rep
    E2
    Backstage at the RepBackstage 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.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3Duke 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.
  • P. G. Wodehouse
    E4
    P. G. WodehouseP. 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.
  • The Innocent Eye
    E5
    The Innocent EyeThe Innocent Eye A film study of the child's imagination.
  • The Living Suburb
    E6
    The Living SuburbThe 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
  • Igor Stravinsky
    E7
    Igor StravinskyIgor Stravinsky talking about his music, his life, and his friends.
  • The Face of the Madonna
    E8
    The Face of the MadonnaThe 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.
  • Tyrone Guthrie
    E9
    Tyrone GuthrieTyrone Guthrie on the Stratford Memorial Theatre, Ontario
  • Georges Simenon
    E10
    Georges SimenonGeorges Simenon, A film profile and Alfred Wallis Cornish fisherman and painter.
  • Yehudi Menuhin
    E11
    Yehudi MenuhinYehudi 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.
  • A Poet In London
    E12
    A Poet In LondonJohn Betjeman, A poet in London.
  • French Edition
    E13
    French EditionA 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.
  • Episode 14
    E14
    Episode 14Theatre - 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.
  • Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum
    E15
    Hi-Fi-Fo-FumHi-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.
  • Robert Graves
    E16
    Robert GravesRobert 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.
  • Paddy Chayefsky
    E17
    Paddy ChayefskyPaddy 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.
  • The Mermaid Theatre
    E18
    The Mermaid TheatreA film study of the birth of a theatre with Bernard Miles.
  • Fritz Kortner
    E19
    Fritz KortnerFritz Kortner, Leading German actor and stage director at work in the Residenztheater, Munich. Interviewed by Robert Robinson. From Spain to Streatham: The guitar craze.
  • Carl Ebert at Glyndebourne
    E20
    Carl Ebert at GlyndebourneA great producer on his approach to opera, filmed during rehearsals for his production of 'Cosi fan Tutte' by Mozart.
  • Wanda Landowska
    E21
    Wanda LandowskaWanda 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.

 

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