Episodes
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1. Information
The old idea of a fixed, unchanging world has been thrown out. In today's world of information, can the artist provide a crucial early warning system of coming changes?
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2. Nostalgia
Nostalgia is.. Good..? Bad..? Is life today too hectic and rushed? Does nostalgia close one's eye to the present?
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3. Take a Simple Action and Look at It
An attempt to explain and visualise the experience of a person undergoing an LSD trip. The film uses repetition and changes to audio and visual perception via avant garde techniques.
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4. Performer and Composer: Daniel Barenboim on Beethoven
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5. Performer and Composer: George Malcolm on Scarlatti
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6. Performer and Composer: Gervase de Peyer on Brahms
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7. Performer and Composer: Vlado Perlemuter on Ravel
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8. Performer and Composer: Janet Baker on Schumann
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9. Contemporary Drama: Waiting for Godot
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10. The Actor and the Role: Irene Worth
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11. The Actor and the Role: Edith Evans
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12. The Actor and the Role: Donald Pleasence
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13. The Actor and the Role: Sybil Thorndike
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14. The Actor and the Role: Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern stars as the exiled Prospero, who lives on a desolate island with his daughter Miranda. When his usurping brother Antonio sails by, Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm that wrecks the ship and torments the survivors, including the King of Naples and Antonio, thus changing all of their lives.
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15. The Actor and the Role: Diane Cilento – Miss Julie
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16. Expendability
A discussion on expendability.
Episode information from TMDB. Air dates refer to the original broadcast or release.