Monitor
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Monitor was a BBC arts programme that was launched on 2 February 1958 and ran until 1965. Huw Wheldon was the first editor from 1958 to 1965. He was also the principal interviewer and anchor. Wheldon set about moulding a team of talents, including John Schlesinger, Ken Russell, Patrick Garland, David Jones, Humphrey Burton, John Berger, Peter Newington, Melvyn Bragg, Nancy Thomas and Alan Tyrer. Monitor ranged in subject over all the arts. Wheldon's Monitor lasted until he had "interviewed everyone I am interested in interviewing", and he was succeeded by Jonathan Miller for the series' last season.
A magazine of the arts. Tonight's edition includes: Shelagh Delaney's Salford The twenty-one year old author of "A Taste of Honey" and "The Lion in Love" looks at the town where she was brought up and where the action of both her plays takes place. Themes and Variations 'To compare a great copy with a great original is to attend a conversation between great artists' with Michael Ayrton. Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.
