Season 2 (1958)
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Episodes 21
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
Read MoreBackstage 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.
Read MoreP. 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.
Read MoreThe Innocent Eye
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
Read MoreIgor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky talking about his music, his life, and his friends.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreTyrone Guthrie
Tyrone Guthrie on the Stratford Memorial Theatre, Ontario
Read MoreGeorges Simenon
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.
Read MoreA Poet In London
John Betjeman, A poet in London.
Read MoreFrench Edition
A French edition on film and in the studio.
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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.
Read MoreEpisode 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.
Read MoreHi-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.
Read MoreRobert 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.
Read MorePaddy 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.
Read MoreThe Mermaid Theatre
A film study of the birth of a theatre with Bernard Miles.
Read MoreFritz 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.
Read MoreCarl Ebert at Glyndebourne
A great producer on his approach to opera, filmed during rehearsals for his production of 'Cosi fan Tutte' by Mozart.
Read MoreWanda 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.
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