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31 Episodes 1970 - 1971
Episode 1
43 mins
Episode 2
43 mins
Episode 3
43 mins
An examination of the life and work of Humphrey Jennings, scholar, writer painter but, above all, filmmaker.
Episode 4
43 mins
Episode 5
60 mins
A programme in two parts on the past, present and future of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Britain possess possibly the best opera and ballet companies in the world, but a wind of change may be blowing through its most important national cultural institution. Sir David Webster , General Administrator since 1945, and Sir Frederick Ashton , Director of the Royal Ballet since 1964, have both retired while Georg Solti , Musical Director since 1961, will be leaving next year to be succeeded by Colin Davis. This evening the first part of this special documentary film traces the tempestuous history of the Royal Opera House from the time the first building opened its doors in 1732 up to the present day, 26 years after Sir David Webster 's appointment.
Episode 6
60 mins
The second part of this special documentary film starts this evening with the Royal Opera House as it is at present. It is about money or the lack of it, about artistic triumphs and inadequate resources, about the coexistence of the two major ballet and opera companies under one roof, and about their hopes for the future.
Episode 7
43 mins
An investigation of regional theatre in Britain. Amongst the Theatres - and their Artistic Directors - discussed are the Northcott Theeatre, Exeter; Theatre Royal Windsor, Peter Cheeseman's Victoria Theatre Stoke on Trent and theatres in Nottingham and Hull.
Episode 8
43 mins
Episode 9
43 mins
Episode 10
43 mins
Episode 11
43 mins
Episode 12
43 mins
Episode 13
43 mins
Episode 14
Mon, Feb 19, 197343 mins
T.S. Eliot left the U.S. for England in 1914, carrying the draft of a poem that was to change the course of 20th-century literature: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." He was 26 years old. This 1971 documentary explores Eliot's life and work through readings from his plays and poems, and interviews with his widow, friends and critics. Performance highlights: a film of Eliot reading from "The Four Quarters"; Alec McCowen interperts "Prufrock"; scenes from the 1952 film of Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral"; excerpts from the plays "Sweeney Agonistes" and "The Family Reunion."
Episode 15
55 mins
The film traces Orwell's life during 1936 when he spent time in the depressed north of England, married, set off for the Spanish Civil War and completed his book 'The Road to Wigan Pier', which marked his beginnings as a political author.
Episode 16
43 mins
Episode 17
43 mins
Episode 18
43 mins
Episode 19
55 mins
Episode 20
43 mins
Episode 21
75 mins
An Omnibus Arts documentary made to celebrate the centenary of the birth of author Marcel Proust. The film examines the creation of his autobiographical novel "A La Recherche du temps perdu".
Episode 22
43 mins
Episode 23
43 mins
A profile of Giacomo Puccini, composer of some of the most popular operas. Including Tosca,Madam Butterfly and La Boheme.
Episode 24
43 mins
Episode 25
43 mins
Episode 26
55 mins
Episode 27
43 mins
Episode 28
43 mins
Episode 29
43 mins
Episode 30
43 mins
Episode 31
43 mins
Ken Russell at work shooting 'The Devils' at Pinewood Studios and discussing both his television and film career. Peter Maxwell-Davies is seen composing the music score for 'The Devils' and a major sequence in this Arts Documentary is concerned with the recording of that score in the Dubbing Theatre. Ken is then seen shooting scenes from 'The Boyfriend' in Southampton for which Sandy Wilson's original music has been adapted and re-scored by Peter Maxwell-Davies.