Episode guide
Monitor: Season 2
21 episodes · first aired Sep 14, 1958
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- 1 Why Cornwall? Sep 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
- 2 Backstage at the Rep Sep 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…
- 3 Episode 3 Oct 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…
- 4 P. G. Wodehouse Oct 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…
- 5 The Innocent Eye Nov 9, 1958 The Innocent Eye A film study of the child's imagination.
- 6 The Living Suburb Nov 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
- 7 Igor Stravinsky Dec 7, 1958 Igor Stravinsky talking about his music, his life, and his friends.
- 8 The Face of the Madonna Dec 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…
- 9 Tyrone Guthrie Jan 4, 1959 Tyrone Guthrie on the Stratford Memorial Theatre, Ontario
- 10 Georges Simenon Jan 18, 1959 Georges Simenon, A film profile and Alfred Wallis Cornish fisherman and painter.
- 11 Yehudi Menuhin Feb 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…
- 12 A Poet In London Mar 1, 1959 John Betjeman, A poet in London.
- 13 French Edition Mar 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…
- 14 Episode 14 Mar 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…
- 15 Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum Apr 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…
- 16 Robert Graves Apr 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…
- 17 Paddy Chayefsky 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…
- 18 The Mermaid Theatre May 24, 1959 A film study of the birth of a theatre with Bernard Miles.
- 19 Fritz Kortner/Spain to Streatham: The Guitar Craze Jun 7, 1959 Fritz Kortner, Leading German actor and stage director at work in the Residenztheater, Munich. Interviewed by Robert Robinson. Spain to Streatham: The Guitar Craze. A tour of how Britons…
- 20 Carl Ebert at Glyndebourne Jun 21, 1959 A great producer on his approach to opera, filmed during rehearsals for his production of 'Cosi fan Tutte' by Mozart.
- 21 Wanda Landowska Jul 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…