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Tempo

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First Aired:October 15, 1961
Seasons:7 seasons
Episodes:83
Status:Ended

A long-running ITV arts and culture series that aired from 1961 to 1968, Tempo was a landmark British television programme dedicated to the performing and visual arts. With a flexible magazine format and an open editorial remit, the series explored cinema, music, dance, photography, literature, theatre, and contemporary cultural life. Combining intellectual ambition with accessible presentation, Tempo established a model for serious arts broadcasting on commercial television and laid the groundwork for later landmark programmes such as Aquarius and The South Bank Show.

Cast

Alan Dell

Self – Host

Seasons

E1Episode 1

30m

Oct 15, 1961

E2The Art of Bullfighting/The Death of Fiction

30m

Nov 26, 1961

A specially commissioned film by Orson Welles examines bullfighting. Meanwhile, writer Truman Capote discusses the death of fiction.

E1The Artist in France

30m

Feb 4, 1962

E2Episode 2

30m

Mar 25, 1962

A look at modern architecture in Britain including interviews with the critic Iain Nairn and the architects Frederick Gibberd and Hubert Bennett.

E3The Artist at Work

30m

Apr 8, 1962

Tempo visits France for a film about the abstract artist Graham Sutherland who is seen at work in his studio.

E4The Negro Spiritual

30m

Oct 7, 1962

E5Analysis of the Hero

30m

Oct 14, 1962

The author of the James Bond books, Ian Fleming, talks to Dan Farson.

E6The New Glossy Magazines

30m

Oct 21, 1962

E7The Spoof Prima Donna

30m

Oct 28, 1962

E8The Man with the Moon

30m

Nov 11, 1962

E9A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose – But Is It Art?

30m

Nov 25, 1962

E10Choreography: The Art of Norman Morrice

30m

Dec 16, 1962

E1Annie Ross

30m

Jan 27, 1963

E2Art from Australia

30m

Feb 10, 1963

E3Lions Led by Donkeys

30m

Apr 21, 1963

E4Dark Descent

30m

Sep 29, 1963

An attempt to explore the television technique in relation to modern ballet.

E5The Mark of Feae

30m

Oct 20, 1963

How artists bring terror into their pictures.

E6The Life I Sing About

30m

Oct 27, 1963

E7The Saltire in the Wind

30m

Dec 1, 1963

E8Carols Mean Christmas

30m

Dec 22, 1963

E1Mods and Rockers

30m

Mar 8, 1964

Mods and Rockers is a dance created by Peter Darrell for the Western Theatre Ballet based on the music of the Beatles.

E2A Dialogue of Actors

30m

Mar 22, 1964

E3Postscript to the Ballet

30m

Apr 5, 1964

E4A Wind of Change: The Art of Franco Zeffirelli

30m

Apr 12, 1964

E5A Vision of England

30m

May 3, 1964

The Great Shakespeare Exhibition at Stratford-upon-Avon takes you back to 23 April 1564, the day of the poet's birth.

E6The Mime of Jacques Lecoq

30m

May 24, 1964

E7The Christopher Marlowe Murder Mystery

30m

May 31, 1964

E8Crime to Remember

30m

Jun 14, 1946

Songs, recitations, and Victorian melodrama are used for a series of vignettes on aspects of crime. From the righteous to the romantic and ultimately, the repellent.

E9Ice Shows

30m

Jul 12, 1964

E10Odetta

30m

Jul 19, 1964

A profile of the American blues singer Odetta.

E11Some of These Days

30m

Aug 16, 1964

A profile on Russian-American singer Sophie Tucker.

E12Two-Handers

30m

Aug 23, 1964

E13A Star of India

30m

Aug 30, 1964

E14The Prince Maker

30m

Sep 13, 1964

E15More Minim

30m

Sep 20, 1964

The South African cast of the 'Wait a Minim' theatre show bring their sparkle and zest for life to the small screen.

E16The Making of a Musical

30m

Oct 10, 1964

A behind the scenes look at a production of the musical Maggie May.

E17The Music Ladder

30m

Nov 14, 1964

E18A Man of Runnymede

30m

Nov 22, 1963

Looking back on the past year since John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

E19The Blues Came Walkin': Part 1

30m

Dec 6, 1964

E20The Blues Came Walkin': Part 2

30m

Dec 13, 1964

E1Look Back at Tomorrow

30m

Apr 4, 1965

E2Lee Strasberg

30m

May 28, 1965

E3Boss Guitar

30m

Jun 6, 1965

E4The Knack

30m

Jun 11, 1965

E5Successful Failure

30m

Jul 18, 1965

E6The Title Makers

30m

Jul 25, 1965

Tempo visits the booming film title making industry, where some have said that the titles are now a lot more interesting than the films they introduce.

E7Profile No. 1: Harold Pinter

30m

Oct 3, 1965

Playwright Harold Pinter talks about his background and influences in a documentary that also includes extracts from The Homecoming with the original Aldwych Theatre cast.

E8Profile No. 2: Jean-Luc Godard

30m

Oct 10, 1965

E9Profile No. 3: Michael Tippett

30m

Oct 17, 1965

E10Profile No. 4: Charles Eames

30m

Oct 24, 1965

E11Profile No. 5: Alain Robbe-Grillet

30m

Oct 31, 1965

E12Profile No. 6: Orson Welles

30m

Nov 7, 1965

E13A Tale of Two Talents

30m

Nov 14, 1965

Contrasting the professional life of Welsh pop singer Tom Jones who shot to fame last year with Canadian-born modern ballet dancer Lynne Seymour who performs with the Royal Ballet Company.

E14Profile No. 7: André Courrèges

30m

Nov 21, 1965

E1A Guided Tour of Zero Mostel

30m

Jan 23, 1966

An interview with actor/comedian Zero Mostel on the set of 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'.

E2Entertainers: Theatre

30m

Jan 31, 1966

E3You've Got a Nerve

30m

Feb 13, 1966

The evolution of London's community of street musicians.

E4Entertainers: Comedians

30m

Feb 21, 1966

E5Entertainers: Jazz

30m

Mar 6, 1966

A profile of jazz musician Duke Ellington.

E6Tativille

30m

May 8, 1966

An interview with French comedian and director Jacques Tati on the set of his latest film 'Playtime'.

E7Blood, Sweat & Champagne

30m

May 22, 1966

E8Jazz in Wonderland

30m

May 30, 1966

At EMI Studios in London, Tempo films the pianist Stan Tracey as he works on a new jazz suite interpretation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.

E9The Offenders

30m

Jun 5, 1966

A look at satirical magazines 'Krokodil' (USSR), 'Le Canard Enchaine' (France) and 'Private Eye' (UK).

E10The Image Wizards

30m

Jun 19, 1966

Awards presented by the Design and Art Directors Association.

E11Bauhaus

30m

Jul 3, 1966

E12The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

30m

Oct 23, 1966

E13Sound

30m

Oct 30, 1966

"Is music just a sound? Is a truck passing by music? Are sounds just sounds or are they Beethoven? Is there such a thing as silence?" John Cage, composer.

E1Information

30m

Jan 1, 1967

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?

E2Nostalgia

30m

Jan 8, 1967

Nostalgia is.. Good..? Bad..? Is life today too hectic and rushed? Does nostalgia close one's eye to the present?

E3Take a Simple Action and Look at It

30m

Feb 12, 1967

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.

E4Performer and Composer: Daniel Barenboim on Beethoven

30m

Aug 6, 1967

E5Performer and Composer: George Malcolm on Scarlatti

30m

Aug 13, 1967

E6Performer and Composer: Gervase de Peyer on Brahms

30m

Aug 20, 1967

E7Performer and Composer: Vlado Perlemuter on Ravel

30m

Sep 24, 1967

E8Performer and Composer: Janet Baker on Schumann

30m

Oct 8, 1967

E9Contemporary Drama: Waiting for Godot

30m

Dec 17, 1967

E10The Actor and the Role: Irene Worth

30m

Mar 3, 1968

E11The Actor and the Role: Edith Evans

30m

Mar 17, 1968

E12The Actor and the Role: Donald Pleasence

30m

Mar 31, 1968

E13The Actor and the Role: Sybil Thorndike

30m

Apr 7, 1968

E14The Actor and the Role: Michael Hordern

30m

Apr 14, 1968

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.

E15The Actor and the Role: Diane Cilento – Miss Julie

30m

Jun 3, 1968

E16Expendability

30m

Jun 24, 1968

A discussion on expendability.

Storyline

A long-running ITV arts and culture series that aired from 1961 to 1968, Tempo was a landmark British television programme dedicated to the performing and visual arts. With a flexible magazine format and an open editorial remit, the series explored cinema, music, dance, photography, literature, theatre, and contemporary cultural life. Combining intellectual ambition with accessible presentation, Tempo established a model for serious arts broadcasting on commercial television and laid the groundwork for later landmark programmes such as Aquarius and The South Bank Show.

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