Monitor

tv show

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183 total episodes

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8 seasons

First Aired February 02, 1958

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.

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Mozart from Vienna

Season 6 - Episode 20 - 0h 0m

Air Date

June 09, 1963

Overview

A Eurovision relay direct from the Vienna Festival. Rudolf Serkin and The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Conducted by Karl Bohm) play Mozart's Piano Concerto in C major (K.467) Presented by the Austrian Television Service Introduced from the Monitor studio in London by Antony Hopkins who talks about Mozart and his piano concertos.