Monitor meets artist Joe Tilson, who gains inspiration from the modern world. (1964) Show more

First transmitted in 1959, John Betjeman is filmed at different London locations introducing and reciting four of his poems. Show more

Philip Larkin talks to John Betjeman in 1964 about his life, his poetry and the city of Hull, where he lived and worked as university librarian.

Shelagh Delaney, the author of A Taste of Honey, looks at Salford, where she grew up and where the action of her plays takes place.

Ken Russell's classic 1962 biography of English composer Edward Elgar, which uses actors to reconstruct events in Elgar's life. Made for the hundredth edition of Monitor. Show more

Huw Wheldon's interview with legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, from 1964.

Orson Welles talks to Huw Wheldon about his work as actor, director and filmmaker, with clips from his films, Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons.

Roland Penrose interviews Max Ernst, the first Surrealist painter, about aspects of his life and work. Gian Carlo Menotti talks to Huw Wheldon about his work as a composer. Show more

An interview with American artist Robert Rauschenberg on the occasion of his first European exhibition. Plus a look at how TV play The Bedmakers developed from script to screen. Show more

Jean Renoir talks to Huw Wheldon about his father, Auguste, sharing his memories of growing up in the artist's household and his father's approach to his work.

Edition of the arts documentary magazine programme.Huw Wheldon introduces this report from Simon Raven, conversing with Kingsley Amis at the university where he teaches. (1958) Show more

In this excerpt from the arts documentary magazine programme, John Lehmann speaks to Aldous Huxley as the novelist and essayist shares his thoughts on the art of writing. (1958) Show more

Edition of the arts documentary magazine programme featuring author PG Wodehouse, who cheerfully discusses his long writing career, and his eschewal of 'serious' fiction. (1958) Show more

Edition of the arts documentary magazine programme.Featuring an interview with writer EM Forster, who talks about his life and writing. (1958) Show more

Edition of the arts documentary magazine programme. TH White talks to Robert Robinson, revealing the connection he sees between physical health and literary skill. (1959) Show more

Edition of the arts documentary magazine programme including an interview with author William Golding, shortly after the publication of his fourth novel, Free Fall. (1959) Show more

In this edition of the arts magazine programme, Christopher Isherwood talks to Robert Robinson about his literary career, and his close friendship with WH Auden. (1959) Show more

Featuring a short film narrated by Cecil Day-Lewis. Using the text of Vincent Van Gogh's own letters, the programme explores the artist's life. (1962) Show more

Huw Wheldon chairs a discussion on Hamlet, featuring Ernest Milton, Peter O'Toole and Orson Welles. (1963) Show more

Ken Russell's film on the Young British Artists of the day pioneering the Pop Art movement features Peter Blake, Peter Phillips, Derek Boshier and Pauline Boty. (1962) Show more