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 fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: Walking, Talking, Laughing Dance Three months ago Gillian Lynne late of the Royal Ballet, 'Cranks', and the London Palladium, formed a dance company to play on the 'Fringe' at Edinburgh, where their impact brought them immediate offers to appear in London's West End. Tonight's film follows the company from early rehearsals in a London church hall to the first taste of success in Edinburgh, and plans for a permanent future. and East Meets West A musical encounter between Julian Bream virtuoso of the guitar and Ali Akbar Khan, virtuoso of the sarod, who bring European and Indian music together in a session of improvisation. (Gillian Lynne and her Dance Company are presenting 'Collages' at the Savoy Theatre, London)
