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This show deals with various music & poetry discussions.
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- E1 Graduation BallNext upOct 15, 1967
Synopsis
The Royal Danish Ballet performs 'Graduation Ball' in the first of a new series of music and arts features.
- E2 TedOct 22, 1967
Synopsis
Ted Chapman is a potter who lives in North Wales where nature gives him peace and the materials for his craft.
- E3 McLuhan TutorialOct 29, 1967
Synopsis
John Duncan reads an essay on Marshall McLuhan and McLuhan comments.
- E4 Music of IndiaNov 5, 1967
- E5 The Man Behind the Book, Part 1: The Writers of the TwentiesNov 12, 1967
Synopsis
Alexander Frere talks to Margaret Lane in the first of two conversations.
- E6 Julius KatchenNov 19, 1967
Synopsis
Julius Katchen plays Brahms' 'Variation and Fugue on a theme of Handel, Op. 24'.
- E7 Concepts of FreedomNov 26, 1967
Synopsis
A live studio discussion on the freedom of writers and artists and their role in Russian and British societies between Alexander Chakovsky and Malcolm Muggeridge.
- E8 Romeo and JulietDec 3, 1967
Synopsis
A presentation of the East German film of 'Romeo und Juliet', the Tchaikovsky ballet,choreographed by Juan Corelli.
- E9 The Scriblerus ClubDec 10, 1967
Synopsis
A reconstruction of the 1714 All Fools' Day Scriblerus Club dinner party to mark the tercentenary of Jonathan Swift's birth.
Guest stars: Timothy Bateson (Alexander Pope), Colin Douglas (Dr. Arbuthnot), Derek Francis (Jonathan Swift)
- E10 The Pre-RaphaelitesDec 17, 1967
Synopsis
The story of a group of young Mid-Victorian painters who revolted against the established order and banded together under the leadership of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Guest stars: John Moffatt (Reader)
- E11 Dan Leno, Hys BookJan 3, 1968
Synopsis
A recreation of the music hall artist Dan Leno's semi-imaginary autobiography.
- E12 Take on CraigJan 10, 1968
Synopsis
Edward Gordon Craig influenced the course of European theatre, yet his work is hardly acknowledged in England.
Guest stars: Alan Dobie (Macbeth), Gordon Jackson (Banquo), Oliver Ford Davies (Doctor)
- E13 The Vegh QuartetJan 17, 1968
Synopsis
The Vegh Quartet plays Bartok's 'String Quartet No. 1, in A minor '.
- E14 The SunshineJan 24, 1968
Synopsis
Jeremy James reports on the oldest established event of its kind -The All-England Sunshine Dancing Competition for Children.
- E15 Marble Arch to EdgwareJan 31, 1968
Synopsis
The poet John Betjeman journeys from Marble Arch to Edgeware, reciting specially-written poems and pointing out areas of interest.
- E16 Famous Gossips: The Years with MotherFeb 21, 1968
Synopsis
Alan Bennett, portraying the English writer Augustus Hare, recollects stories about Jenny Lind, Sam Johnson, Lord Nelson, Oscar Wilde and more. Adapted from Hare's autobiography. Originally broadcast in 1965.
- E17 Episode 17Feb 28, 1968
Synopsis
Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir, the Israeli duo pianist duo, play pieces by Saint-Saens, Milhaud, and Lutoslawski.
- E18 Who Is Ahead of Whom?Mar 6, 1968
Synopsis
John Berger and Alexander Cockburn discuss extremism in the arts.
- E19 The Knight Has Been UnrulyMar 20, 1968
Synopsis
A memorial for actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit, CBE.
- E20 Small WonderMar 27, 1968
Synopsis
Robin Ray discusses some of the problems which face musical prodigies.
- E21 Bold NashApr 3, 1968
Synopsis
How John Nash planned London.
- E22 Simon PrestonApr 10, 1968
Synopsis
Simon Preston plays Liszt's 'Organ Fantasy and Fugue'.
- E23 A Writer and His SwordApr 17, 1968
Synopsis
A film about Yukio Mishima, Japan's best-selling novelist,
- E24 The Green TableApr 24, 1968
Synopsis
A re-presentation of Kurt Jooss' antiwar dance drama.
