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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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Kingsley Amis
02-02-1958Kingsley Amis interviewed about his new novel "I Like it Here" Peter Brook on "Quarter Ear Music" - illustrated in the studio by a scene from the Stratford Memorial Theatre produc...
- Ep 2
2.Sam Wanamaker
16-02-1958Sam Wanamaker A report by Alan Brien on the Liverpool Theatre experiment Sir Hugh Casson on Architecture at Sea The problems involved in designing the architecture and interior...
- Ep 3
3.Paris: The Left Bank
02-03-1958Paris: The Left Bank A study of writers, sculptors, painters -both British and American-who live and work on the Left Bank London: The West End London Street Entertainers consid...
- Ep 4
4.Belgrade Theatre in Coventry
16-03-1958Belgrade Theatre in Coventry Monitor reports from the newly regenerated Coventry city centre and visits the Belgrade Theatre, the first civic theatre to be built in Britain since...
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
30-03-1958Theatre-Films-Books Painting-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on film, and in the studio every fortnight. Introduced and edited by Huw...
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
13-04-1958Theatre - Films - Books Painting-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on film, and in the studio every fortnight. Introduced and edited by...
- Ep 7
7.Episode 7
27-04-1958Theatre-Films Books-Painting-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on film, and in the studio every fortnight. Introduced and edited by Huw...
- Ep 8
8.Episode 8
11-05-1958Theatre-Films-Books Painting-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events and controversies on film, and in the studio every fortnight. Introduced and edited by Huw Wh...
- Ep 9
9.Episode 9
25-05-1958Theatre-Films-Books Pointing-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on film, and in the studio every fortnight. Introduced and edited by Huw...
- Ep 10
10.Episode 10
08-06-1958Theatre-Films-Books Painting-Sculpture Music-Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies on film and in the studio every fortnight. Introduced and edited by Huw W...
- Ep 11
11.Episode 11
22-06-1958Theatre - Films - Books - Painting - Sculpture - Music - Architecture Every fortnight presenting people, events, and controversies on film and in the studio. Introduced and edite...
- Ep 12
12.Episode 12
06-07-1958Theatre - Films - Books Painting - Sculpture Music - Architecture Every fortnight presenting people, events, and controversies on film and in the studio. Introduced and edited...
- Ep 13
13.Episode 13
20-07-1958Theatre - Films - Books - Painting Sculpture - Music - Architecture Presenting people, events, and controversies. Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon. (The last in the current...
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