Episodes List

Ep.1 Omnibus at the Proms

Air Date: 1970-08-23

Ep.2 Ustinov's Expo

Air Date: 1970-09-13

Ep.3 Heart of Britain

Air Date: 1970-09-20

An examination of the life and work of Humphrey Jennings, scholar, writer painter but, above all, filmmaker.

Ep.4 Art Therapy-Shapes in the Wilderness

Air Date: 1970-09-27

Ep.5 Everything in the Garden 1

Air Date: 1970-10-11

The first part of this special documentary film traces the tempestuous history of the Royal Opera House from the time the first building opened its doors in 1732 up to the present day, 26 years after Sir David Webster 's appointment.

Ep.6 Everything in the Garden 2

Air Date: 1970-10-18

A programme in two parts on the past, present and future of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Ep.7 It'll Be All Live on the Night

Air Date: 1970-11-01

An investigation of regional theatre in Britain. Amongst the Theatres - and their Artistic Directors - discussed are the Northcott Theeatre, Exeter; Theatre Royal Windsor, Peter Cheeseman's Victoria Theatre Stoke on Trent and theatres in Nottingham and Hull.

Ep.8 Robert Shaw: The Actor as Novelist

Air Date: 1970-11-15

Ep.9 A Requiem for Modigliani

Air Date: 1970-11-22

Ep.10 Rambert Remembers

Air Date: 1970-11-29

Ep.11 Eisenstein 1

Air Date: 1970-12-06

Ep.12 Eisenstein 2

Air Date: 1970-12-13

Ep.13 I Regret Nothing

Air Date: 1970-12-27

Ep.14 The Mysterious Mr Eliot

Air Date: 1971-01-03

Ep.15 George Orwell: The Road to the Left

Air Date: 1971-01-10

The film traces Orwell's life during 1936 when he spent time in the depressed north of England, married, set off for the Spanish Civil War and completed his book 'The Road to Wigan Pier', which marked his beginnings as a political author.

Ep.16 Chicago Blues

Air Date: 1971-01-24

Ep.17 In Prison: A World of Its Own

Air Date: 1971-03-14

Ep.18 The Making of Husbands

Air Date: 1971-03-28

Ep.19 Brendan Behan

Air Date: 1971-04-04

Ep.20 Henri Cartier Bresson

Air Date: 1971-04-11

Ep.21 In Search of Lost Time

Air Date: 1971-05-02

An Omnibus Arts documentary made to celebrate the centenary of the birth of author Marcel Proust. The film examines the creation of his autobiographical novel "A La Recherche du temps perdu".

Ep.22 This Was Richard Tauber

Air Date: 1971-05-09

Ep.23 The Passionate Hunter

Air Date: 1971-05-23

Ep.24 Ingrid Bergman Remembers

Air Date: 1971-05-30

Ep.25 Three Looms Waiting

Air Date: 1971-06-06

Ep.26 James Mossman: To Be a Witness

Air Date: 1971-06-20

Ep.27 TheTchaikovsky Competition

Air Date: 1971-06-27

Ep.28 Bream at Stratford

Air Date: 1971-07-04

Ep.29 Solzhenitsyn

Air Date: 1971-07-11

Ep.30 Hail and Farewell-George Moore

Air Date: 1971-07-18

Ep.31 Russell's Progress

Air Date: 1971-07-25

Portrait of the filmmaker Ken Russell.