Face to Face

Synopsis
All 35 episodes of the landmark FACE TO FACE series hosted by former politician John Freeman, broadcast between 1959-1962. Featuring guests from all backgrounds, the interview technique was insightful, original and very probing. The important personalities of the day who featured as guests were: Adam Faith, Tony Hancock, Gilbert Harding, Albert Finney, Lord Reith, John Osborne, Roy Thomson, Danny Blanchflower, Cecil Beaton, Sir Compton Mackenzie, Otto Klemperer, Evelyn Waugh, Adlai Stevenson, Bertrand Russell, King Hussein of Jordan, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Simone Signoret, Lord Boothby, Lord Hailsham, Lord Morrison of Lambeth - Herbert Morrison, Hastings Banda, Henry Moore, General von Senger und Etterlin, Lord Birkett, Stirling Moss, Jomo Kenyatta, Carl Gustave Jung, John Huston, Edith Sitwell, Victor Gollancz, Adlai Stevenson, Augustus John, Sir Roy Welensky, Lord Shawcross, Frank Cousins.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
2009
Year of production
1959-1962
Subjects
Art; Film studies; History; Literature; Media studies; Politics & government; Psychiatry
Keywords
archive television; arts; history of the 20th century; interview techniques

Credits

Contributor
John Freeman

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£128.00
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
1050 minutes
Year
2019

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

2 Entertain Video

Email
DVDenquiryline@bbc.com
Web
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Phone
020 7612 3000
Fax
020 7612 3003
Address
BBC Worldwide
33 Foley Street
London
W1W 7TL
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