Episodes

Episode 1

Maria Callas

Oct 04, 1987 60 min

Episode 2

Toni Morrison

Oct 11, 1987 60 min

Episode 3

The Smiths

Oct 18, 1987 60 min

This documentary on The Smiths was filmed just days before the band went their separate ways in 1987. Contains interviews of Morrissey, Marr, Joyce and Rourke, as well as Linder, Shaun Duggan, Jo O'Keefe, John Peel, Nick Kent, Sandie Shaw and Viv Nicholson.

Episode 4

Andy Warhol

Oct 25, 1987 60 min

Episode 5

Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega

Nov 01, 1987 60 min

Episode 6

Sir Terence Conran

Nov 08, 1987 60 min

Episode 7

Gore Vidal

Nov 15, 1987 60 min

Episode 8

African music / Russian theatre

Nov 22, 1987 60 min

Episode 9

Sir George Solti

Nov 29, 1987 60 min

Episode 10

Eric Clapton

Dec 06, 1987 60 min

Episode 11

Arts Review '87

Dec 20, 1987 60 min

Episode 12

The Last Emperor (1988 film)

Jan 17, 1988 60 min

Episode 13

Australian Aboriginies

Jan 24, 1988 60 min

Episode 14

Boogie Woogie Music

Jan 31, 1988 60 min

Episode 15

The Golden Age of Television

Feb 14, 1988 60 min

A lecture about television given at the British Film Institute.

Episode 16

George Barker

Feb 21, 1988 60 min

Episode 17

Jackson Pollack

Feb 28, 1988 60 min

Episode 18

Lenny Henry

Mar 06, 1988 60 min

Episode 19

Peter Dickinson

Mar 13, 1988 60 min

Episode 20

A Day on The Grand Canal with the Emperor of China

Mar 20, 1988 60 min

Episode 21

Nicuragua: Poets as Politicans

Mar 27, 1988 60 min

Episode 22

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

Apr 02, 1988 60 min

Episode 24

Doris Lessing

Apr 17, 1988 60 min

Episode 25

Sir Peter Hall's last National Theatre production

Apr 24, 1988 60 min