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11 Episodes 1974 - 1974
Episode 1
39 mins
The main feature on this edition is coverage of a new stage version of "A Streetcar Named Desire", including interview footage with Tennessee Williams himself. Among the other features is a screening of Emanuele Luzzati's "Pulcinella".
Episode 2
97 mins
A feature length Easter Special, with Mahler's Symphony No.2 (Resurrection) performed at Ely Cathedral. The conductor is Leonard Bernstein.
Episode 3
39 mins
Episode 4
39 mins
A study of two visionaries who were born just three years apart: Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher and Californian musical innovator Harry Partch.
Episode 5
39 mins
Episode 6
40 mins
An episode devoted to the work of Twyla Tharp and her dance troupe. Providing the music are the Red Hot Peppers, who perform the works of Jelly Roll Morton.
Episode 7
39 mins
Coverage of the Montreux Festival, including the winners of the prestigious prize.
Episode 8
40 mins
Coverage of a poetry festival at the Young Vic Theatre, with speakers including Patrick Garland, Charles Osborne and Hugh MacDiarmid. Among the other guests is Barry Humphries - reading poetry both as himself, and as Dame Edna.
Episode 9
39 mins
A look at the apocalyptic paintings of John Martin, and a new Alan Ayckbourn play starring Tom Courtney.
Episode 10
39 mins
Aquarius features artists from Paris, with art forger David Stein and painter Sonia Delaunay.
Episode 11
40 mins
A special collection of the work of Charlie Squires, shown the previous summer, rescreened in tribute after his death the previous month. Also shown is footage of a new programme he was working on just days before he died.