The first edition of a regular weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists. Introduced by Henry Livings. Tonight: Everybody's Expo An account of a world event. (Next week: a new star in the operatic firmament: Suliatis) See page 64 Contributors Presenter: Henry Livings Produced and directed by: John Duncan

A weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists. Introduced by Arthur Jacobs. The British debut of a new world opera star-at the age of twenty-four. The Pro Arte Orchestra Leader, Max Salpeter Conducted by Edward Downes The Bel Canto Singers See page 67 Contributors Presenter: Arthur Jacobs Soprano: Elena Souliotis Musicians: The Pro Arte Orchestra Orchestra Leader: Max Salpeter Conductor: Edward Downes Singers: The Bel Canto Singers Designer: Roger Andrews Producer: Patricia Foy Producer: Stephen Hearst

The regular weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists. The first of three performances of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Colin Davis. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Part of a public concert in the Royal Festival Hall, London. Introduced by Henry Livings. Contributors Conductor: Colin Davis Musicians: BBC Symphony Orchestra Orchestra leader: Trevor Williams Presenter: Henry Livings Producer: Walter Todds

An enquiry into the power of a familiar poem. Introduced by Henry Livings. "Tyger tyger burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry" Why does this poem by William Blake 1757-1827 stick in the mind, and seize the imagination of so many different people? Among those taking part: Kathleen Raine, Robert Graves, Richard Hoggart, Stuart Hall, Adrian Mitchell, and pupils and teachers from St. Christopher School, Letchworth; The Manchester Grammar School; Duddeston Manor School, Birmingham; Peacock Street Infants School, Manchester. Contributors Presenter: Henry Livings Interviewee: Kathleen Raine Interviewee: Robert Graves Interviewee: Richard Hoggart Interviewee: Stuart Hall Interviewee: Adrian Mitchell Writer/Director: Christopher Burstall

The story of the sculptor Henry Moore, who many called the Michelangelo of his time. Producer John Read joins Moore on a trip to Castleford, Moore's home town, and explores the surrounding landscape that influenced much of his work. Moore himself provides thoughts and comments throughout the programme. (1967) Show less

A weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists. Introduced by Henry Livings. The second of three performances of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Colin Davis. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Given before an invited audience in the Fairfield Hall, Croydon.11

The regular weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists. Introduced by Henry Livings. The story of an actor-manager in the rip-roaring days of Victorian and Edwardian melodrama. Written and narrated by his grandson, John M. East. "If anything can be deader than dead, it is often a form of popular entertainment. The spellbinders of yesteryear become victims of popular taste which can be as fickle as the weather. About fifty years ago the rip-roaring melodrama of the Victorian and Edwardian era died without much fuss or ceremony. In its time it was full-blooded, packed the theatres, and produced men and women, alive today, who remember the sounds and the smells with remarkable vividness and warmth. Some of them worked for an actor-manager, John M. East, whose grandson has been fascinated and intrigued by the portrait of his forebear which dominates his study. He resolved to find out as much as he could and this year published a book, 'Neath the Mask. The knowledge he a

A weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists. Introduced by Henry Livings. The last of three performances of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Colin Davis. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Given before an invited audience in the Fairfield Hall, Croydon. Contributors Presenter: Henry Livings Conductor: Colin Davis Musicians: BBC Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Leader: Trevor Williams Producer: Brian Large

A film about one of the brightest stars in British music Jacqueline du Pre. With Daniel Barenboim, Sir John Barbirolli, William Pleeth and music by Saint-Saens, Iris du Pre, William de Fesch, Granados, Max Bruch, Brahms and the complete Elgar Cello Concerto with the New Philharmonia Orchestra Leader, Carlos Villa Conducted by Daniel Barenboim See page 65 Contributors Writer/Director: Christopher Nupen Cellist: Jacqueline du Pre Pianist/Conductor: Daniel Barenboim Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli Cellist: William Pleeth Musicians: The New Philharmonia Orchestra Orchestra Leader: Carlos Villa

Introduced by Henry Livings. Three stories of love, passion, and dreams by A. E. Coppard. Stories adapted by Kit Coppard. The Field of Mustard [Starring] Nancy Nevinson as Dinah, Patricia Lawrence as Rose Adam and Eve and Pinch Me [Starring] David Collings as Gilbert Dusky Ruth [Starring] Frances White as Ruth, Mike Pratt as the man Contributors Presenter: Henry Livings Author: A. E. Coppard Stories adapted by: Kit Coppard Music: Carl Davis Produced and directed by: Jack Gold Dinah (The Field of Mustard): Nancy Nevinson Rose (The Field of Mustard): Patricia Lawrence Amy (The Field of Mustard): Ann Way Hedger (The Field of Mustard): John Barratt Rufus (The Field of Mustard): Brian Harrison Gilbert (Adam and Eve and Pinch Me): David Collings Bond (Adam and Eve and Pinch Me): Joby Blanshard Mildred (Adam and Eve and Pinch Me): Ann Saker Maid (Adam and Eve and Pinch Me): Chrys Salt Gabriel (Adam and Eve and Pinch Me): Sefto

The private life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A film by Ken Russell. Starring Oliver Reed as Rossetti-poet, painter, creator of the 'Pre-Raphaelite look'. His search for beauty did not end with his marriage to Elizabeth Siddal, the shop-girl who had been his chaste fiancee for ten years and his model for hundreds of idealised portraits. His wife's suicide filled him with remorse and he buried his poems with her body. Seven years later he had the body exhumed and recovered his poems, but not his peace of mind... Contributors Produced and directed by: Ken Russell Rossetti: Oliver Reed Elizabeth Siddal: Judith Paris William Morris: Andrew Faulds Jane Morris: Gala Mitchell Algernon Swinburne: Christopher Logue Christina Rossetti: Isa Teller Fanny Cornforth: Pat Ashton John Ruskin: Clive Gordon

Omnibus presenting the first of two programmes on the great Russian impresario Diaghilev. Introduced by Peter Ustinov. The story of Diaghilev's early life and of the first seasons of his legendary ballet company from 1909 until the outbreak of war in 1914, as told by his friends and colleagues Tamara Karsavina, Lydia Sokolova, Dame Marie Rambert, Dame Ninette de Valois, Sacheverell Sitwell, Leonide Massine, Nicolas Nabokov, Igor Markevitch, Cecil Beaton, Cyril Beaumont, Anton Dolin, Laura Wilson and the voice of the late Alexandre Benois. Written and produced by John Drummond. A BBC TV-Bavarian TV Service co-production (Part 2: next Tuesday) See page 29 Contributors Presenter: Peter Ustinov Interviewee: Tamara Karsavina Interviewee: Lydia Sokolova Interviewee: Dame Marie Rambert Interviewee: Dame Ninette de Valois Interviewee: Sacheverell Sitwell Interviewee: Leonide Massine Interviewee: Nicolas Nabokov Interviewee: Igor Markevitch Interviewee:

Omnibus presenting the second of two programmes on the great Russian impresario Diaghilev. Introduced by Peter Ustinov. The story of Diaghilev and his ballet company from 1919 until his death ten years later, as told by his friends and colleagues Tamara Karsavina, Lydia Sokolova, Dame Marie Rambert, Dame Ninette de Valois, Dame Alicia Markova, Sacheverell Sitwell, Leonide Massine, Nicolas Nabokov, Igor Markevitch, Serge Lifar, Cyril Beaumont, Anton Dolin, Ursula Moreton, Laura Wilson, Leighton Lucas, Errol Addison. Written and produced by John Drummond. A BBC TV-Bavarian TV Service co-production Contributors Presenter: Peter Ustinov Interviewee: Tamara Karsavina Interviewee: Lydia Sokolova Interviewee: Dame Marie Rambert Interviewee: Dame Ninette de Valois Interviewee: Dame Alicia Markova Interviewee: Sacheverell Sitwell Interviewee: Leonide Massine Interviewee: Nicolas Nabokov Interviewee: Igor Markevitch Interviewee: Serge Lifar Interview

Introduced by Henry Livings. * Dame Edith Evans talks to Michael Elliott and to the students of the Central School of Speech and Drama about her work in the theatre, her start in the profession, and the incidents which led to her successes. Bryan Forbes talks to her about films and film-making. Excerpts from: The Queen of Spades, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Whisperers See page 35 Contributors Presenter: Henry Livings Interviewee: Dame Edith Evans Interviewer: Michael Elliott Interviewer: Bryan Forbes Producer: Hal Burton

A film about three Brass Bands and their quest for the 1967 National Championship at the Royal Albert Hall, London. From Queensbury, Yorkshire: Black Dyke Mills Band, John Foster and Sons. Ltd. Champions in 1961 From Kettering, Northamptonshire: G.U.S. (Footwear) Band Champions in 1966 From Wiltshire: Woodfalls Silver Band First time at the Royal Albert Hall. Contributors Musicians: Black Dyke Mills Band Musicians: G.U.S. (Footwear) Band Musicians: Woodfalls Silver Band Conductor (Black Dyke Mills Band): Geoffrey Brand Conductor (Black Dyke Mills Band): Roy Newsome Conductor (G.U.S. (Footwear) Band): Stanley Boddington Conductor (Woodfalls Silver Band): Courtney Bosanko Producer/Director: Ian Engelmann

The story of their love and separation by Ronald Duncan. A dramatisation of the letters between Heloise and Peter Abelard written ten years after their separation in the year 1118. [Starring] Hannah Gordon as Heloise, Robin Phillips as Abelard (from Scotland) (See page 27) Contributors Writer: Ronald Duncan Music: Andy Park Designer: Colin Cant Producer: Michael Barry Heloise: Hannah Gordon Abelard: Robin Phillips

A study of Sean O'Casey. With Sean O'Casey, Eileen O'Casey, Shivaun O'Casey, Ronald Ayling, Ernest Blythe, Sheila Brennan, Cyril Cusack, Bernard Miles, Ria Mooney. And scenes from: Juno and the Paycock, The Plough and the Stars, The Silver Tassie, Purple Dust, Cock-A-Doodle Dandy, The Bishop's Bonfire, Figuro in the Night (See page 27) Contributors Subject/Interviewee: Sean O'Casey Interviewee: Eileen O'Casey Interviewee: Shivaun O'Casey Interviewee: Ronald Ayling Interviewee: Ernest Blythe Interviewee: Sheila Brennan Interviewee: Cyril Cusack Interviewee: Bernard Miles Interviewee: Ria Mooney Voice of O'Casey: T.P. McKenna Narrator: Allan McClelland Producer/Director: Don Taylor

A profile of Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643 the first modern composer. The American musicologist H.C. Robbins Landon visits Mantua and Venice (where Monteverdi worked) and records his own appreciation of the music of one of the world's great composers. Nadia Boulanger gives an additional view. (Tonight's film was first shown on BBC-2) "The programme shone with enthusiasm." (The Times) "Robbins Landon will suddenly stop and fix the watcher with a glare of dedicated frenzy while he expatiates knowingly on the details that make some Monteverdi compositions so remarkable and so lovely." (Sunday Times) (The music is taken from: La Favola Di Orfeo, The Vespers of 1610, Il Combattimento Di Tancredi E Clorinda, Madrigals of War and Love, Gloria a 7, L'Incoronazione Di Poppea) Contributors Presenter: H.C. Robbins Landon Presenter: Nadia Boulanger Subject: Claudio Monteverdi Film Cameraman: Tony Leggo Film Recordist: Stan Nightingale Film Editor: Peter Ringsted Writer/

An exploration of African art by Max-Pol Fouchet. In this remarkable film African art - art in everyday action - is placed in the rich context of tribal life. (First shown on BBC-2) Contributors Director: Max-Pol Fouchet Narrator: Alan Dobie Executive Producer: Stephen Hearst English version by: David Cheshire

Excerpts from the widely acclaimed New York revue introduced by Michael Flanders. With Liz Sheridan, Rex Robbins, Terry O'Mara, Alex Wipf, Mary Louise Wilson. (N.E.T. Production) (Recording) Contributors Writer: Julius Monk Presenter: Michael Flanders Producer (N.E.T.): Jac Venza Director (N.E.T.): Dave Geisel Presented for BBC-tv by: Mark Patterson [Actress]: Liz Sheridan [Actor]: Rex Robbins [Actor]: Terry O'Mara [Actor]: Alex Wipf [Actress]: Mary Louise Wilson

An affectionate portrait of Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt., C.H. 1879-1961 He started the hard way - at the top - and he stayed there all his life, vitalising, financing, organising, publicising the art of music. Seven years after his death, his name still evokes a tradition, a legend, a myth which proclaims that music is, above all else, to be enjoyed. The programme features some of the musicians and singers who worked with him: Jack Brymer, George Brownfoot, Eugene Cruft, Norman Del Mar, Geraint Evans, Leon Goossens, Gerald Jackson, Cedric Sharpe, Leopold Stokowski, Dame Eva Turner and Joan Sims and Graham Stark with Ralph Nicholson. Sir Thomas Beecham conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Joan Sims is appearing in "Uproar in the House" at the Whitehall Theatre, London) Contributors Subject/Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham Writer/Producer: Herbert Chappell Speaker: Jack Brymer Speaker: George Brownfoot Speaker: Eugene Cruft Speaker: Norman Del Mar Speaker: Ge

A programme about hymns written and narrated by Robin Ray. "My idea of heaven is eating pates de foie gras to the sound of trumpets." (The Rev. Sydney Smith) "When you associate the Kingdom of God with the British Empire you are in considerable trouble." (Lord Soper) "Please God keep us good and, by the way, we believe in the Trinity." (A Medieval Monks' Hymn) Hymns form part of our heritage and when the words are forgotten the tunes remain. Tunes that instantly recapture thoughts and feelings and emotions lost in our childhood. But what makes a good hymn?-the tune, the words, or its sentiment? Are the great hymns of the past 200 years - which often dwell on sin and guilt - now out of date? How clinical and 'with-it' can a modern hymn afford to be before it loses all emotional overtones? These are some of the questions posed in this programme, which features: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Soper, The Rev. Jack Putterill, John Betjeman, General Frederick Coutts, David Holbrook, To

A C.B.S. News documentary, testing out the truth of two famous books in real life. "How valid today are Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath?," writes Stephen Hearst, Head of BBC-tv's Arts Features. To evoke Babbitt in contemporary terms, C.B.S. News producer Arthur Barron chose Duluth, Minnesota, the model for Sinclair Lewi's Zenith City, and there filmed the activities of members of the Duluth Lions Club and their wives. For The Grapes of Wrath, Barron followed a Kentucky farmer and his family on their flight to the anticipated haven of industrial Chicago. "The members of the Duluth Lions Club hear the same speech that Babbitt gave to Zenith's Booster Club and we hear the audience's reactions to words spoken forty-seven years ago as fiction. Accompanying the westward emigration of the Kentucky farmer, we hear Steinbeck's words, written over thirty years ago. Barron's method appears to me to be a brilliant departure in the presentation of literature on th

with Professor Denis Twitchett, Dr. Joseph Needham, F.R.S., Dr. Jerome Ch'en. About a quarter of the world's population is Chinese. China is not a member of the United Nations; why is it cut off from the rest of the world? There are many reasons, and Communism is not the most important one. The programme describes the civilisation with which the West came in contact at the time of the Industrial Revolution; its attitude of mind, its philosophy, science, art and religion, and tells the story of those critical years, from the failure of which we have not yet recovered. See page 34 Contributors Narrator: Patrick Wymark Speaker/script: Professor Denis Twitchett Speaker: Dr. Joseph Needham Speaker: Dr. Jerome Ch'en Script/producer: Leo Aylen

A dramatic portrait of the Czech composer. "A magnificent example of film making at its best, and most musical, too the visuals always served the music often in a very subtle way, nothing overstated A fine film that could lead to a revival of interest in Martinu's music" (John Warrack, Music critic of The Sunday Telegraph) "A most beautiful and moving film" (Vilem Tausky, Czech conductor) (First shown on BBC-2) Contributors Commentary: Anthony Burgess Narrator: Peter Hawkins Producer/Director: Anthony Wilkinson

Kenneth Alwyn discusses Tchaikovsky's life and music and conducts the New Philharmonia Orchestra. Led by Desmond Bradley with Dagmar Kessler, John Gilpin, John Shirley-Quirk, Robert Tear, John Lill (John Gilpin and Dagmar Kessler appear by permission of the Administrator of London's Festival Ballet) Why is Tchaikovsky the most popular of all composers? What gives his music its unmistakable impact? What are the secrets of his success? Kenneth Alwyn discusses Tchaikovsky's complex personality, his difficult and often unhappy life, and demonstrates why his music is not only successful but has the stamp of greatness Contributors Presenter/Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn Musicians: The New Philharmonia Orchestra Orchestra led by: Desmond Bradley Dancer: Dagmar Kessler Dancer: John Gilpin Bass-Baritone: John Shirley-Quirk Tenor: Robert Tear Pianist: John Lill Director: John Drummond

[Starring] Michael Hordern in Jonathan Miller's adaptation of the famous ghost story by M.R. James. [Photo caption] Michael Hordern as a professor who discovers the dangers of playing with superstition - Whistle and I'll Come to You Jonathan Miller writes: "Film subjects usually occur to me without much warning. One evening last autumn I was watching John Betjeman on "Take It or Leave It". He was talking about the ghost stories of M.R. James and I was reminded of the grisliest of them all - "Whistle and I'll Come to You". I knew that this would have to be my next film for the BBC. The story is familiar to most people who enjoy tales of the supernatural - the winter holiday on the Norfolk coast, the mysterious whistle discovered in the sand, the horrible animations of the bedclothes. Strangely enough ghost stories were only a sideline for James. One after the other he was Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and Eton. He was a Medieval and Classical Archaeologist of enormous distinct

[Starring] Peter Vaughan as Cellini The Florentine goldsmith and sculptor Cellini (1500-1571), is best known today for his autobiography. In that book he gives a vivid, violent picture of low and high life in Italy at the end of the Renaissance. It is one of literature's great adventure stories. The words in tonight's film are Cellini's own, and they make an unsparing self-portrait of an astonishing human being and artist - murderous, devout, brutal, loyal, hard-working, and brave. [Photo caption] Perseus slaying the Gorgon Contributors Adapted and directed by: Christopher Burstall Design: Norman Vertigan Cellini: Peter Vaughan

A profile of the cinema's oldest living revolutionary and grandest orator Abel Gance. Written and directed by Kevin Brownlow. A Rath Films production for BBC-tv Contributors Subject: Abel Gance Narrator: Lindsay Anderson Writer/Director: Kevin Brownlow

An Operatic Inquiry by Michael Flanders with Joyce Blackham, Elizabeth Robson, Stuart Burrows, Alan Opie London Symphony Orchestra Leader, John Georgiadis Conducted by Meredith Davies (Elizabeth Robson appears by arrangement with the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden) Contributors Presenter: Michael Flanders Mezzo-Soprano: Joyce Blackham Soprano: Elizabeth Robson Tenor: Stuart Burrows Baritone: Alan Opie Musicians: London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra leader: John Georgiadis Conductor: Meredith Davies Musical Associate: Arthur Jacobs Designer: Marilyn Taylor Producer: Patricia Foy

A dramatic work created for television. English Chamber Orchestra Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz Conducted by Norman Del Mar Elizabeth Anderton and members of the Royal Opera Ballet appear by arrangement with the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden Ltd.; John Chesworth appears by arrangement with the Ballet Rambert; Ruth Papendick by arrangement with the Stuttgart State Theatre Ballet; Olwyn Atkinson and members of the Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet appear by arrangement with the Sadler's Wells Opera At Apple Harvest, Jan, a poor soldier, returns home to a village obsessed with witchcraft. He dreams that the three women in his life become the triple Goddess (representing the three stages of woman from virgin to hag) and sees himself killed at her feet when presented with an apple - the sacred fruit of the Goddess. Jan wakes from his dream to find his lover Ellen accused of witchcraft. But it is he who meets his death, trying to protect her. Contributors Music specially compo

Michael Caine introduces the first of four programmes devoted to the early films from television's prize-winning director. A House in Bayswater (1960) The first film Ken Russell wrote and produced for the BBC. It looks at the tenants of an old London house through the eyes of their unusual landlady. Prokofiev (1961) The first of the film biographies of famous artists, which are perhaps Ken Russell's most important contribution to television. The life of the Russian composer is reconstructed with old film, photographs and specially shot material. "Ken Russell achieved a remarkable rhythm and unity from all his material. The technique is obviously promising... A brilliant, impressionistic account of Prokofiev..." (Daily Mail) "A bold documentary reconstruction..." (The Observer) (Next Tuesday: "The Dotty World of James Lloyd" and "Always on Sunday," the life of Henri 'Douanier' Rousseau) (Rowridge, Brighton) [below] 10.25-11.4 Free for All Students discuss their present attitudes to

Michael Caine introduces the second of four programmes devoted to the early films from television's prize-winning director. The Dotty World of James Lloyd (1964) Ken Russell took a film unit into the Yorkshire home of the self-taught painter whose pointilliste technique was developed with no knowledge of Seurat and under the most extraordinary domestic circumstances. Always on Sunday (1965) A dramatised reconstruction of the life of Henri 'Douanier' Rousseau. The style of filming was made to match the style of Rousseau's painting and the difficulty of casting the supremely innocent French 'primitive' painter was resolved by using the one man Russell knew who could bring real understanding to the part - James Lloyd. "The result was a partially comic, affectionate, intense, and beautiful film. Some of the images were extraordinarily true." (The Sun) "There were many images here which showed television as an art in itself." (The Guardian) "It is a long time since a television programme

Michael Caine introduces the third of four programmes devoted to the early films from television's prize-winning director. Both old film and specially shot material are combined with Bartok's music to reconstruct scenes from the composer's life and to explore the well-springs of his musical inspiration. The film also includes specially staged sequences from The Miraculous Mandarin and Duke Bluebeard's Castle. The commentary is by Huw Wheldon. (Next Tuesday: "Elgar") Contributors Presenter: Michael Caine Narrator: Huw Wheldon Director: Ken Russell

Michael Caine introduces the last of four programmes devoted to the early films from television's prize-winning director. Made for Monitor in 1962, Elgar has proved the most popular of all Ken Russell's television films. Old newsreel film, photographs, and specially shot material are combined with Eigar's music to reconstruct the life of this great English composer. The film won Ken Russell his first Screen-writers' Guild Award for the best documentary film script of the year. The commentary is by Huw Wheldon. This is real television The Guardian Contributors Presenter: Michael Caine Director (Elgar): Ken Russell Narrator (Elgar): Huw Wheldon