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September 13, 1959

Season 3

01. TH White in Alderney

The author of "The Sword in the Stone" interviewed on film by Robert Robinson at his home in the Channel Islands.

September 13, 1959

02. Sean O'Casey

A filmed profile with an extract from the current production of his play 'Cock-a-Doodle Dandy'.

September 27, 1959

03. Episode 3

A fortnightly magazine of the arts.

Introduced by Peter Newington.

October 11, 1959

04. William Golding

Scottish Painters

Allan McClelland narrates this 1959 film by Ken Russell - a double portrait of the painters Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, seen at work in their Suffolk studio while discussing their paintings.

William Golding

A film profile of the author of "Lord of the Flies" at his home in Salisbury.

October 25, 1959

05. Christopher Isherwood

A recording of Colin Davis rehearsing a movement from a Mozart Symphony with the London Mozart Players.

Christopher Isherwood talks to Robert Robinson about his literary career.

November 8, 1959

06. Sir Thomas Beecham on Delius

Sir Thomas Beecham on Delius

Jacques Lipchitz

One of the world's greatest sculptors talks about his work in his New York studio.

November 22, 1959

07. Episode 7

A fortnightly magazine of the arts.

Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.

December 6, 1959

08. Diego Rivera

A film study shot in Mexico of the work of the great painter of The Mexican Revolution.

January 3, 1960

09. Michel St. Denis

Michel St. Denis discussing his production of Stravinsky's 'Oedipus Rex' which opened at Sadler's Wells on Friday, January 15.

January 17, 1960

10. Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger who attacks what he thinks are misconceptions about the 'Method' school of acting, with John Fernald.

Mortimer's Hampstead

An impression in words and pictures by John Mortimer of the part of London where he lives and where the action of his new play 'The Wrong Side of the Park' takes place.

January 31, 1960

11. Lawrence Durrell

Lawrence Durrell, The poet and novelist filmed at his home in the Camargue, talking about his Alexandrian novels.

And an interview with Michelangelo.

February 14, 1960

12. Journey into a Lost World

Journey into a Lost World

John Betjeman in the Fun Palaces and Pleasure Domes of London.

Mary McCarthy

The American novelist and critic, author of 'The Company She Keeps', 'A Charmed Life', 'Venice Observed', and others, in an interview recorded in the studio.

February 28, 1960

13. Orson Welles

Tonight Orson Welles talks about his work as actor, director, film-maker with extracts from his films 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Magnificent Ambersons'.

March 13, 1960

14. Profile of a Quartet

Profile of a Quartet

A film story of the life and work of a string quartet with The Allegri Quartet.

The film directed by Humphrey Burton

The Epstein Collection

of primitive and exotic sculpture

March 27, 1960

15. Cranks at Work

Cranks at Work

John Cranko choreographer and revue-writer talking about his work directing dancers and rehearsing a new revue.

W. H. Auden in his New York home, talking with Philip Burton

The Strange World of Hieronymus Bosch

April 24, 1960

16. Young Artista

A fortnightly magazine of the arts presents as a special edition

What does it mean to be a young artist trying to break into the Art World, to live by painting?

May 8, 1960

17. Tyrone Guthrie in the studio

Tyrone Guthrie in the studio

Bird-Men and Warriors

Elisabeth Frink and her sculpture as seen by Laurie Lee.

May 22, 1960

18. The Caretaker

Scenes from 'The Caretaker' now running at the Duchess Theatre, London and an interview with the author Harold Pinter.

June 5, 1960

19. Episode 19

Rudolf Bing at 'The Met'"

A portrait of an impresario filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

"A Sign of the Times"

A film about the City of Florence.

June 19, 1960

20. Episode 20

Tonight's edition includes.

The Miners' Picnic

A brass band carnival filmed at Bedlington, Northumberland.

Picasso

An impression of the century's greatest and most controversial artist with Douglas Cooper, John Berger and a sequence from Paul Haessert's film 'A Visit to Picasso'.

(A retrospective exhibition of Picasso's work, organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, opens at the Tate Gallery on July 5)

Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.

July 3, 1960

21. Monitor Summer Film Festival

A selection from the first three years of 'Monitor'.

Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon.

1. Simenon in Switzerland

The creator of Inspector Maigret interviewed at his home near Lausanne.

2. Guitar Craze

A look at the guitar, instrument of 'hound-dogs' and Bach addicts, Her Majesty's prisoners, and Salvation Army bands.

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July 24, 1960

22. Monitor Summer Film Festival

A selection from the first three years of 'Monitor'.

Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon.

-1- The Innocent Eye

A study of the Imagination of children as revealed in their paintings.

-2- Ezra Pound in Italy

A visit to the seventy-four-year-old American poet at the castle of Brunnenburg in North Italy.

July 31, 1960

23. Monitor Summer Film Festival

A selection from the first three years of 'Monitor'.

Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon.

Lawrence Durrell

The author of the Alexandrian Quartet interviewed at his home in the Camargue.

Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum

A look at Hi-Fi.

August 7, 1960

24. Monitor Summer Film Festival

Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon.

Benjamin Britten at Aldeburgh

At work at his home and at rehearsals of his opera 'Noye's Fludde'.

Putney Painters: Ruskin Spear and Carel Wright

Two painters who live and work in the same part of London but who make different worlds of it.

August 14, 1960

25. Monitor Summer Film Festival

A selection from the first three years of 'Monitor'.

Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon.

Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde

A study of two Scots painters who live, work, and exhibit their paintings together.

Carl Ebert at Glyndebourne

One of the world's leading opera producers filmed at work during his last summer as Artistic Director at Glyndebourne.

August 21, 1960

26. Monitor Summer Film Festival

A selection from the first three years of 'Monitor'.

Edited and introduced by Huw Wheldon.

E.M. Forster at Eighty

A visit to the author of A Passage to India in his rooms at King's College, Cambridge, on his eightieth birthday.

Marie Rambert

A profile of her work as teacher, choreographer, and shaper of talent, seen against the background of her own company, the Ballet Rambert.

August 28, 1960