Monitor
tv show

183 total episodes
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8 seasons
First Aired February 02, 1958
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Overview
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.
New Art from Africa
Season 6 - Episode 13 - 0h 0m
Air Date
March 03, 1963
Overview
A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: New Art from Africa Introduced by Frank McEwen, Director of the National Gallery of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. 'Traditional African art is dead; the tragedy of contemporary African art is that it can find no proper outlet..... It faces three destructive dangers: "airport art" for the tourist trade; Christian Mission School art; and European Art School art..... But I am also witness to what I believe to be a completely new African art'.