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.
Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: York and Lancaster
Season 7 - Episode 21 - 0h 0m
Air Date
August 30, 1964
Overview
Talking to four American graduates studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. This week: York and Lancaster Mr. Dyson talks about the struggle for the crown of England in Shakespeare's history plays-and also of that element of life which has no name and excites no headlines, but without which the King has no subjects-in other words, the moving life of the people. A Monitor presentation