Monitor
tv show
183 total episodes
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8 seasons
First Aired February 02, 1958
Genres:
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: The Dog in the Night
Season 7 - Episode 23 - 0h 0m
Air Date
September 13, 1964
Overview
Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare, talking to four American graduates studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. This week: The Dog in the Night "O damned Iago, O inhuman dog!" Mr. Dyson talks about the malignancy of lago in the tragedy of Othello, whom he sees as a very active dog in the night. A Monitor presentation