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Episode 11958-09-14

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

Episode 21958-09-28

Backstage 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.

Episode 31958-10-12

Episode 3

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.

Episode 41958-10-26

P. 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.

Episode 51958-11-09

The Innocent Eye

The Innocent Eye A film study of the child's imagination.

Episode 61958-11-23

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

Episode 71958-12-07

Igor Stravinsky

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

Episode 81958-12-21

The 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.

Episode 91959-01-04

Tyrone Guthrie

Tyrone Guthrie on the Stratford Memorial Theatre, Ontario

Episode 101959-01-18

Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon, A film profile and Alfred Wallis Cornish fisherman and painter.

Episode 111959-02-15

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.

Episode 121959-03-01

A Poet In London

John Betjeman, A poet in London.

Episode 131959-03-15

French Edition

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.

Episode 141959-03-29

Episode 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.

Episode 151959-04-12

Hi-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.

Episode 161959-04-26

Robert 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.

Episode 171959-05-10

Paddy 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.

Episode 182024-05-24

The Mermaid Theatre

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

Episode 192024-06-07

Fritz 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.

Episode 201959-06-21

Carl Ebert at Glyndebourne

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

Episode 211959-07-05

Wanda 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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