The role as editor of the series was passed to Humphrey Burton in July 1962, lasting a year. He was succeeded by David Jones who had worked on the series since the beginning.[5]
The hundredth programme, made in 1962, was a film directed by Ken Russell and written by Wheldon, the celebrated Elgar.[6] The Elgar film was innovative because it was the first time that an arts programme showed one long film about an artistic figure instead of short items, and it was the first time that re-enactments were used.[7] Before this, only photos or location shots had been used in programmes. Russell, however, still met resistance from Wheldon in allowing actors to play the subjects of his films.[6] The Elgar film includes sequences of the young composer riding his bicycle on the Malvern Hills accompanied by Elgar's Introduction & Allegro for Strings. Russell had a particular empathy with Elgar's music because, like the composer, he was a Catholic.[8]
Wheldon's Monitor lasted until he had "interviewed everyone [he was] interested in interviewing", and he was succeeded by Jonathan Miller for the series' last season in 1964/65.[9] Miller was both presenter and editor.[10]
The theme tune was "Marcia" from Serenade for String Orchestra (Op. 11, 1937) by Dag Wirén.[11] The book Monitor: An Anthology, edited by Huw Wheldon, was published by Macdonald in 1962.[12]
monitor, british, programme, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, monitor, british, programme, news, news. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Monitor British TV programme news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Monitor is a British arts television programme that was launched on 2 February 1958 on BBC and ran until 1965 1 MonitorCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal releaseNetworkBBCRelease2 February 1958 1958 02 02 1965 1965 History editHuw Wheldon was the editor from 1958 to 1962 He was also the principal interviewer and anchor until 1964 2 Wheldon set about moulding a team of talents including W G Archer Melvyn Bragg Humphrey Burton John Berger Patrick Garland Peter Newington Ken Russell John Schlesinger Nancy Thomas and Alan Tyrer 3 4 Monitor ranged in subject over all the arts The role as editor of the series was passed to Humphrey Burton in July 1962 lasting a year He was succeeded by David Jones who had worked on the series since the beginning 5 The hundredth programme made in 1962 was a film directed by Ken Russell and written by Wheldon the celebrated Elgar 6 The Elgar film was innovative because it was the first time that an arts programme showed one long film about an artistic figure instead of short items and it was the first time that re enactments were used 7 Before this only photos or location shots had been used in programmes Russell however still met resistance from Wheldon in allowing actors to play the subjects of his films 6 The Elgar film includes sequences of the young composer riding his bicycle on the Malvern Hills accompanied by Elgar s Introduction amp Allegro for Strings Russell had a particular empathy with Elgar s music because like the composer he was a Catholic 8 Wheldon s Monitor lasted until he had interviewed everyone he was interested in interviewing and he was succeeded by Jonathan Miller for the series last season in 1964 65 9 Miller was both presenter and editor 10 The theme tune was Marcia from Serenade for String Orchestra Op 11 1937 by Dag Wiren 11 The book Monitor An Anthology edited by Huw Wheldon was published by Macdonald in 1962 12 References edit BBC One Monitor 02 02 1958 BBC BFI Screenonline Wheldon Sir Huw 1916 1986 Biography screenonline org uk James Anne 15 January 2015 Nancy Thomas obituary The Guardian Retrieved 24 January 2015 Correspondence about the making of the BBC Monitor film on Avinash Chandra The National Archives Retrieved 4 August 2018 David Jones theatre television and film director The Times 24 September 2008 Retrieved 29 November 2020 subscription required a b BFI Screenonline Elgar 1962 screenonline org uk Monitor Elgar by Ken Russell www bbc com BBC Music Magazine June 2007 BFI Screenonline Miller Jonathan 1934 Biography screenonline org uk Monitor 15 12 64 1964 BFI Archived from the original on 9 March 2016 British 1950s TV and Radio www whirligig tv co uk Retrieved 25 December 2023 Sperling Joshua 2018 A Writer of Our Time The Life and Work of John Berger ISBN 9781786637420 External links editMonitor at BBC Online nbsp Monitor at IMDb nbsp Britain in a Box Art for Art s Sake Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Monitor British TV programme amp oldid 1216281280, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
