Tempo

Synopsis

ITV’s seminal arts programme, TEMPO ran for eight years through a decade which saw a creative explosion within all aspects of the performing arts. Its fluid style of presentation allowed an almost open-ended remit, enabling it to cover subjects as diverse as cinema, music, dance, photography, writing - and much more besides. At a time when television was being criticised for dumbing down, TEMPO - more than any other series - showed that ITV could indeed go highbrow whilst still remaining populist - a philosophy and outlook that was to continue into the 1970s and beyond with its successors AQUARIUS and The SOUTH BANK SHOW. This two-disc set contains interviews, reportage and features on Jacques Tati, Stan Tracey, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lee Strasberg, Tom Jones, Orson Welles, Harold Pinter, Charles Eames, Jean Luc-Godard and more. This collection includes a programme featuring psychiatrist R.D. Laing on the effects of LSD which was deemed too controversial to be broadcast at the time.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2013

Subjects

Arts and Humanities; Drama; Film studies; Media studies

Keywords

artists; ballet; drama; Ellington, Duke; film; furniture design; jazz; Laing, R D; LSD; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1752-1791); photography; Pinter, Harold; Sutherland, Graham; television documentary films; Welles, Orson (1916-1985); architects; Godard, Jean-Luc; Eames, Charles and Ray; Cartier-Bresson, Henri; Tati, Jacques; Strasberg, Lee; Tracey, Stan; La Rue, Danny; Jones, Tom; Seymour, Lynn; Mostel, Zero

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£12.24

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

300 minutes

Year

2013

Sections

Title

Painter at Work: Graham Sutherland

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Medium Sized Cage

Title

Menuhin on Music

Title

Harold Pinter

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Orson Welles

Title

Guided Tour of Zero Mostel

Title

Tale of Two Talents: Tom Jones and Lynn Seymour

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Don’t Let the Wig Fool You Mate!: Danny La Rue

Title

Meet the Duke

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Tativille

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Jazz in Wonderland

Title

Take a Simple Action

Title

Look at it Again

Distributor

Name

Fremantle Media Enterprises Ltd

Email

videodvd@fremantlemedia.com

Web

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Name

Network

Email

shop@networkonair.com

Web

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Phone

01992 657707

Address

19-20 Blythe Road
Berghem Mews
Hammersmith
London
W14 0HN

Notes

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