Episodes 21

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Why Cornwall?

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September 14, 1958

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

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Backstage at the Rep

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September 28, 1958

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.

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Episode 3

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October 12, 1958

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.

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P. G. Wodehouse

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October 26, 1958

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.

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The Innocent Eye

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November 9, 1958

The Innocent Eye

A film study of the child's imagination.

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The Living Suburb

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November 23, 1958

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

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Igor Stravinsky

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December 7, 1958

Igor Stravinsky talking about his music, his life, and his friends.

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8

The Face of the Madonna

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December 21, 1958

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.

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9

Tyrone Guthrie

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January 4, 1959

Tyrone Guthrie on the Stratford Memorial Theatre, Ontario

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10

Georges Simenon

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January 18, 1959

Georges Simenon, A film profile

and Alfred Wallis Cornish fisherman and painter.

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Yehudi Menuhin

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February 15, 1959

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.

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12

A Poet In London

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March 1, 1959

John Betjeman, A poet in London.

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13

French Edition

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March 15, 1959

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.

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Episode 14

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March 29, 1959

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.

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15

Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum

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April 12, 1959

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.

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16

Robert Graves

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April 26, 1959

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.

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17

Paddy Chayefsky

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May 10, 1959

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.

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18

The Mermaid Theatre

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May 24, 2024

A film study of the birth of a theatre with Bernard Miles.

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Fritz Kortner

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June 7, 2024

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.

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20

Carl Ebert at Glyndebourne

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June 21, 1959

A great producer on his approach to opera, filmed during rehearsals for his production of 'Cosi fan Tutte' by Mozart.

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21

Wanda Landowska

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July 5, 1959

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.

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