Season 1 (1967)
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Episodes 24
Graduation Ball
The Royal Danish Ballet performs 'Graduation Ball' in the first of a new series of music and arts features.
Read MoreMcLuhan Tutorial
John Duncan reads an essay on Marshall McLuhan and McLuhan comments.
Read MoreMusic of India
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The Man Behind the Book, Part 1: The Writers of the Twenties
Alexander Frere talks to Margaret Lane in the first of two conversations.
Read MoreJulius Katchen
Julius Katchen plays Brahms' 'Variation and Fugue on a theme of Handel, Op. 24'.
Read MoreConcepts of Freedom
A live studio discussion on the freedom of writers and artists and their role in Russian and British societies between Alexander Chakovsky and Malcolm Muggeridge.
Read MoreRomeo and Juliet
A presentation of the East German film of 'Romeo und Juliet', the Tchaikovsky ballet,choreographed by Juan Corelli.
Read MoreThe Scriblerus Club
A reconstruction of the 1714 All Fools' Day Scriblerus Club dinner party to mark the tercentenary of Jonathan Swift's birth.
Read MoreThe Pre-Raphaelites
The story of a group of young Mid-Victorian painters who revolted against the established order and banded together under the leadership of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Read MoreDan Leno, Hys Book
A recreation of the music hall artist Dan Leno's semi-imaginary autobiography.
Read MoreTake on Craig
Edward Gordon Craig influenced the course of European theatre, yet his work is hardly acknowledged in England.
Read MoreThe Vegh Quartet
The Vegh Quartet plays Bartok's 'String Quartet No. 1, in A minor '.
Read MoreThe Sunshine
Jeremy James reports on the oldest established event of its kind -The All-England Sunshine Dancing Competition for Children.
Read MoreMarble Arch to Edgware
The poet John Betjeman journeys from Marble Arch to Edgeware, reciting specially-written poems and pointing out areas of interest.
Read MoreFamous Gossips: The Years with Mother
Alan Bennett, portraying the English writer Augustus Hare, recollects stories about Jenny Lind, Sam Johnson, Lord Nelson, Oscar Wilde and more. Adapted from Hare's autobiography. Originally broadcast in 1965.
Read MoreEpisode 17
Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir, the Israeli duo pianist duo, play pieces by Saint-Saens, Milhaud, and Lutoslawski.
Read MoreWho Is Ahead of Whom?
John Berger and Alexander Cockburn discuss extremism in the arts.
Read MoreThe Knight Has Been Unruly
A memorial for actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit, CBE.
Read MoreSmall Wonder
Robin Ray discusses some of the problems which face musical prodigies.
Read MoreSimon Preston
Simon Preston plays Liszt's 'Organ Fantasy and Fugue'.
Read MoreA Writer and His Sword
A film about Yukio Mishima, Japan's best-selling novelist,
Read MoreThe Green Table
A re-presentation of Kurt Jooss' antiwar dance drama.
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