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A studio discussion in which David Hockney offers a personal account of the development of modern art in the 20th century and defends its frequent divergence from ‘photographic ' realism. He traces the...
Playwright Edward Bond in conversation with Melvyn Bragg, discusses the concerns that have informed his work since the mid-1960s. Shows excerpts from ‘Saved’, ‘The Fool’, ‘The Women’ and ‘The...
Sutherland outlines the major developments in his art, his early enthusiasm for engraving and the influence of Samuel Palmer; his response to the landscape of Pembrokeshire in the 1930s and the reasons for...
Combines excerpts from key works with an account of Tippet’s development as a composer. Includes excerpts from his symphonies, the concertos for orchestra and for double string orchestra, the Piano Sonata...
Germaine Greer continues the investigation undertaken in her book ‘The Obstacle Race’ into the ‘absent history’ of women artists, and follows the careers of six women artists, contemporaries of...
In 1978 Jonathan Miller produced the Mozart opera ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ for the English National Opera Company at the Coliseum in London. The film records Miller at work and in interview he discusses...
To mark the major retrospective of Auerbach’s work at the Hayward Gallery in London in 1978, Tony Cash filmed some of the paintings and drawings in the exhibition, then talked to the artist about these...
Documents the early life of Samuel Beckett. Martin Esslin talks about the playwright. Includes performances of ‘Ghost Trio’, '...But the Clouds...' and ‘Not I’.
Television arts documentary. In 1976 and 1977 Alan Howard played three major roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s repertory - Coriolanus, Henry V and Henry VI (in parts 1, II and III). The programme...
Television arts documentary series presented by Melvyn Bragg. The episode includes interviews with Harold Bloom on why Shakespeare invented human nature, Kenneth Branagh on romantic love and his new film...
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