2nd House (UK)

2nd House (UK)

The First Freedom (1x11)


Data di messa in onda: Mar 16, 1974

All over the world writers and artists are in conflict with authoritarian rule. Tonight 2nd House presents the work of four individuals whose freedom of expression has, for differing reasons, been curtailed or suppressed. The Axe by LUDVIK VACULIK (an extract from the novel banned in Czechoslovakia after 1968) Adapted by NEVILLE SMITH With BRIAN PECK , RAY LONNEN SUSAN JAMESON and PETRA MARKHAM Vascu is a journalist, Honzo a bus driver. Both have fallen foul of their bosses. Maria Santiago Knowing how artists and singers who supported Allende's Popular Unity Government have disappeared or been murdered, MARIA SANTIAGO dare not return to Chile. In any event her paintings would not be exhibited and her poems would go unpublished. A Matter of Taste by ALEX LA GUMA (a story banned in South Africa) With ALTON KUMALO LOUIS MAHONEY and PAUL JONES ' It's a matter of money, pal. I worked six months in that caf6 and I never heard nobody order sheep's head and beans!' Cancer Ward by ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN (an extract from the novel refused publication in the USSR) Adapted by TONY CASH With SARA CRAZE, KEITH ASHTON Plus songs by dissident composers and performers; poems read by ALFRED BURKE ; and an interview with the philosopher STUART HAMPSHIRE, a member of Writers and Scholars International, an organisation which exists to study censorship. The Axe: Director BEN REA A Matter of Taste: Director PETER GILL Cancer Ward: Director BEN REA Producer TONY CASH Assistant editor TONY STAVEACRE Editor BILL MORTON Keeping up with Jones: page 4

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  • Iniziato: Ott 1973
  • Episodi: 16
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