Season 1 (1967)

Graduation Ball
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October 15, 1967

The Royal Danish Ballet performs 'Graduation Ball' in the first of a new series of music and arts features.

Ted
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October 22, 1967

Ted Chapman is a potter who lives in North Wales where nature gives him peace and the materials for his craft.

McLuhan Tutorial
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October 29, 1967

John Duncan reads an essay on Marshall McLuhan and McLuhan comments.

Music of India
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November 5, 1967

Episode 4 of Season 1 premiered on November 5, 1967

The Man Behind the Book, Part 1: The Writers of the Twenties
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November 12, 1967

Alexander Frere talks to Margaret Lane in the first of two conversations.

Julius Katchen
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November 19, 1967

Julius Katchen plays Brahms' 'Variation and Fugue on a theme of Handel, Op. 24'.

Concepts of Freedom
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November 26, 1967

A live studio discussion on the freedom of writers and artists and their role in Russian and British societies between Alexander C...Read more

Romeo and Juliet
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December 3, 1967

A presentation of the East German film of 'Romeo und Juliet', the Tchaikovsky ballet,choreographed by Juan Corelli.

The Scriblerus Club
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December 10, 1967

A reconstruction of the 1714 All Fools' Day Scriblerus Club dinner party to mark the tercentenary of Jonathan Swift's birth.

The Pre-Raphaelites
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December 17, 1967

The story of a group of young Mid-Victorian painters who revolted against the established order and banded together under the lead...Read more

Dan Leno, Hys Book
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January 3, 1968

A recreation of the music hall artist Dan Leno's semi-imaginary autobiography.

Take on Craig
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January 10, 1968

Edward Gordon Craig influenced the course of European theatre, yet his work is hardly acknowledged in England.

The Vegh Quartet
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January 17, 1968

The Vegh Quartet plays Bartok's 'String Quartet No. 1, in A minor '.

The Sunshine
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January 24, 1968

Jeremy James reports on the oldest established event of its kind -The All-England Sunshine Dancing Competition for Children.

Marble Arch to Edgware
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January 31, 1968

The poet John Betjeman journeys from Marble Arch to Edgeware, reciting specially-written poems and pointing out areas of interest.

Famous Gossips: The Years with Mother
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February 21, 1968

Alan Bennett, portraying the English writer Augustus Hare, recollects stories about Jenny Lind, Sam Johnson, Lord Nelson, Oscar Wi...Read more

Episode 17
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February 28, 1968

Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir, the Israeli duo pianist duo, play pieces by Saint-Saens, Milhaud, and Lutoslawski.

Who Is Ahead of Whom?
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March 6, 1968

John Berger and Alexander Cockburn discuss extremism in the arts.

The Knight Has Been Unruly
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March 20, 1968

A memorial for actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit, CBE.

Small Wonder
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March 27, 1968

Robin Ray discusses some of the problems which face musical prodigies.

Bold Nash
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April 3, 1968

How John Nash planned London.

Simon Preston
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April 10, 1968

Simon Preston plays Liszt's 'Organ Fantasy and Fugue'.

A Writer and His Sword
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April 17, 1968

A film about Yukio Mishima, Japan's best-selling novelist,

The Green Table
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April 24, 1968

A re-presentation of Kurt Jooss' antiwar dance drama.