Synopsis
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.
Episodes
1E1Kingsley AmisKingsley 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 production of "The Tempest", and by demonstrations of music concrete filmed in the Club d'Essai in Paris.
Circus
John Schlesinger takes a film camera to Harringay
Joseph Cooper at the piano
A view of Epstein's sculpture and a report on Tennessee Williams's play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".2E2Sam WanamakerSam 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 decoration of an ocean-going liner
Busking as a Business
A sidelight
Angry Young Men - Cult or Myth?
Milton Shulman asks Kenneth Tynan, John Wain, Stuart Holroyd, Colin Wilson, Bill Hopkins3E3Paris: The Left BankParis: 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 considered from an American point of view.
Candlelight on Canvas
Michael Ayrton looks at the work of a painter who has had a strong influence upon his own work, Georges de la Tour, the master of candlelight.4E4Belgrade Theatre in CoventryBelgrade 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 the Second World War.
The Italian Opera Season
Behind the scenes at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
John Bratby at work on murals for the film "The Horse's Mouth" at Shepperton Film Studios.5E5Episode 5Theatre-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.6E6Episode 6Theatre - 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.7E7Episode 7Theatre-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.8E8Episode 8Theatre-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.9E9Episode 9Theatre-Films-Books
Pointing-Sculpture
Music-Architecture
Presenting people, events, and controversies on film, and in the studio every fortnight.
Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.10E10Episode 10Theatre-Films-Books
Painting-Sculpture
Music-Architecture
Presenting people, events, and controversies on film and in the studio every fortnight.
Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon11E11Episode 11Theatre - Films - Books - Painting - Sculpture - Music - Architecture
Every fortnight presenting people, events, and controversies on film and in the studio.
Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.12E12Episode 12Theatre - Films - Books
Painting - Sculpture
Music - Architecture
Every fortnight presenting people, events, and controversies on film and in the studio.
Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.13E13Episode 13Theatre - Films - Books - Painting
Sculpture - Music - Architecture
Presenting people, events, and controversies.
Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.
(The last in the current series)
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