Contrasts

Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 24

This show deals with various music & poetry discussions.

Episodes(24)

Graduation Ball

1. Graduation Ball

The Royal Danish Ballet performs 'Graduation Ball' in the first of a new series of music and arts features.

Air Date : 1967-10-15

Ted

2. Ted

Ted Chapman is a potter who lives in North Wales where nature gives him peace and the materials for his craft.

Air Date : 1967-10-22

McLuhan Tutorial

3. McLuhan Tutorial

John Duncan reads an essay on Marshall McLuhan and McLuhan comments.

Air Date : 1967-10-29

Music of India

4. Music of India

Air Date : 1967-11-05

The Man Behind the Book, Part 1: The Writers of the Twenties

5. The Man Behind the Book, Part 1: The Writers of the Twenties

Alexander Frere talks to Margaret Lane in the first of two conversations.

Air Date : 1967-11-12

Julius Katchen

6. Julius Katchen

Julius Katchen plays Brahms' 'Variation and Fugue on a theme of Handel, Op. 24'.

Air Date : 1967-11-19

Concepts of Freedom

7. Concepts of Freedom

A live studio discussion on the freedom of writers and artists and their role in Russian and British societies between Alexander Chakovsky and Malcolm Muggeridge.

Air Date : 1967-11-26

Romeo and Juliet

8. Romeo and Juliet

A presentation of the East German film of 'Romeo und Juliet', the Tchaikovsky ballet,choreographed by Juan Corelli.

Air Date : 1967-12-03

The Scriblerus Club

9. The Scriblerus Club

A reconstruction of the 1714 All Fools' Day Scriblerus Club dinner party to mark the tercentenary of Jonathan Swift's birth.

Air Date : 1967-12-10

The Pre-Raphaelites

10. The Pre-Raphaelites

The story of a group of young Mid-Victorian painters who revolted against the established order and banded together under the leadership of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Air Date : 1967-12-17

Dan Leno, Hys Book

11. Dan Leno, Hys Book

A recreation of the music hall artist Dan Leno's semi-imaginary autobiography.

Air Date : 1968-01-03

Take on Craig

12. Take on Craig

Edward Gordon Craig influenced the course of European theatre, yet his work is hardly acknowledged in England.

Air Date : 1968-01-10

The Vegh Quartet

13. The Vegh Quartet

The Vegh Quartet plays Bartok's 'String Quartet No. 1, in A minor '.

Air Date : 1968-01-17

The Sunshine

14. The Sunshine

Jeremy James reports on the oldest established event of its kind -The All-England Sunshine Dancing Competition for Children.

Air Date : 1968-01-24

Marble Arch to Edgware

15. Marble Arch to Edgware

The poet John Betjeman journeys from Marble Arch to Edgeware, reciting specially-written poems and pointing out areas of interest.

Air Date : 1968-01-31

Famous Gossips: The Years with Mother

16. Famous Gossips: The Years with Mother

Alan Bennett, portraying the English writer Augustus Hare, recollects stories about Jenny Lind, Sam Johnson, Lord Nelson, Oscar Wilde and more. Adapted from Hare's autobiography. Originally broadcast in 1965.

Air Date : 1968-02-21

Episode 17

17. Episode 17

Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir, the Israeli duo pianist duo, play pieces by Saint-Saens, Milhaud, and Lutoslawski.

Air Date : 1968-02-28

Who Is Ahead of Whom?

18. Who Is Ahead of Whom?

John Berger and Alexander Cockburn discuss extremism in the arts.

Air Date : 1968-03-06

The Knight Has Been Unruly

19. The Knight Has Been Unruly

A memorial for actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit, CBE.

Air Date : 1968-03-20

Small Wonder

20. Small Wonder

Robin Ray discusses some of the problems which face musical prodigies.

Air Date : 1968-03-27

Bold Nash

21. Bold Nash

How John Nash planned London.

Air Date : 1968-04-03

Simon Preston

22. Simon Preston

Simon Preston plays Liszt's 'Organ Fantasy and Fugue'.

Air Date : 1968-04-10

A Writer and His Sword

23. A Writer and His Sword

A film about Yukio Mishima, Japan's best-selling novelist,

Air Date : 1968-04-17

The Green Table

24. The Green Table

A re-presentation of Kurt Jooss' antiwar dance drama.

Air Date : 1968-04-24

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