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Monitor

Monitor (1958)★ 8.4/10

GB · 30 min · February 2, 1958 · 8 seasons

  • Documentary
  • Talk Show

Directed by: Ken Russell, John Schlesinger, Melvyn Bragg, Nancy Thomas, Michael Gill

Written by: Ken Russell, Melvyn Bragg, Alex Atkinson, Frank Duncan, John Betjeman

Fortnightly arts show from the BBC, covering the worlds of theatre, film, literature, painting, sculpture, architecture and music.

Directed by

Ken RussellJohn SchlesingerMelvyn BraggNancy ThomasMichael GillPeter ZadekDavid Hugh JonesPeter NewingtonPatrick GarlandJonathan Miller

Written by

Ken RussellMelvyn BraggAlex AtkinsonFrank DuncanJohn BetjemanJacquetta HawkesHuw WheldonPeter RedgroveJohn BergerPatrick Garland

Cast & crew

Huw WheldonSelf - PresenterJonathan MillerSelf - PresenterJohn BergerSelf - PresenterRobert RobinsonSelf - InterviewerJohn BetjemanSelfAnnette RobertsonAlfred JarryPeter BrettBluebeardPauline BotyProstituteIzabella TelezynskaJosephineOliver ReedClaude DebussyBoris RanevskyBéla BartókJames LloydHenri RousseauSusan SontagSelfPeggy AshcroftSelfBert HaanstraSelfHumphrey BurtonCommentatorOrson WellesSelfSpike MilliganSelfRobert ColquhounSelfDavid HurnSelfPhilip LarkinSelf - PoetDuke EllingtonSelf - 'Duke Ellington'Humphrey LytteltonSelf - Presenter, 'Duke Ellington'Peter NewingtonSelf - PresenterRobert MacBrydeSelfDouglas CooperSelf - Presenter, 'Picasso'John Douglas PringleSelf - Narrator, 'Man In A Landscape...'Michael CaineSelf - PresenterPeter BlakeSelfClive BarnesSelf - Presenter, 'Rudolf Nureyev'Alfred HitchcockSelf - IntervieweeVladek SheybalFilm DirectorAlberto GiacomettiSelf - 'Why So Thin'John DankworthSelf - 'Duke Ellington'Allan McClellandCommentatorSidney NolanSelf - 'Man In A Landscape...'Rudolf NureyevSelf - 'Rudolf Nureyev'Rowena GregoryMrs. ElgarDerek BoshierSelfSandor ElèsClientBryan PringlePere UbuGeorge MellySelf - Presenter 'The Middle-Class Magician'Pablo PicassoSelf - Subject, 'Picasso'George McGrathSir Edward ElgarPeter PhillipsSelfRené MagritteSelf - 'The Middle-Class Magician'Jacqui CookMere UbuThe Johnny Dankworth OrchestraThemselves - 'Duke Ellington'Friso ten HoltSelf - 'Friso ten Holt'Rosalind WatkinsJudithRoland MacLeodApollinairePenny ServiceLilyGeorgette MagritteSelf - 'The Middle-Class Magician'John LehmannSelf - Presenter, 'Aldous Huxley'Vernon DobtcheffThe ActorAldous HuxleySelf - 'Aldous Huxley'Andy WarholSelf - 'Cheese...Andy Warhol's Studio'Stephanie RandallSecretaryDorothy-Rose GribbleEugénieGerard MalangaSelf - 'Cheese...Andy Warhol's Studio'Jane LumbSaint SebastianSheila Van Bloemen1st NeighbourCilli WangSelf - 'Cilli Wang'Ann Mitchell2nd NeighbourYvonne AntrobusStage LilyVerity EdmettZohra, the slave girlJoanna RigbyDaughterJanet FairheadChouchou at 13Michael Van BloemenPicture DealerAlison FiskeMaeterlinck's girlfriendKenneth GoodareMusicianIan FlintoffStage DebussyPaul CameronMusicianElna PearlVasnier daughterPeter MathesonMusicianYvette ReesStage Madame BardacJane AndersonMusicianAudrey SearleMadame VasnierKeith SmithReporterFred TaylorMonsieur VasnierEmlyn WilliamsP.G. WodehouseSelfMogens WiethAaron CoplandSelfSimon RavenSelfKingsley AmisSelfRobert ArdreySelfBernard BuffetSelfPaddy ChayefskySelfBernard MilesSelfLeonard BernsteinSelfPaul RobesonSelfGeorges SimenonSelfJerome RobbinsIntervieweeChristopher IsherwoodSelfFritz KortnerSelfWilliam GoldingSelfRobert GravesSelfFrank DuncanNarratorT.H. WhiteSelfJoan LittlewoodSelfYehudi MenuhinSelfJacques DevalSelfCharles-Édouard Jeanneret-GrisSelfTyrone GuthrieSelfDavina DundasSinger guitaristGerry RafflesSelfGordon JacobSelfThomas BeechamSelfDavy GrahamSelfJacques LipchitzSelfTeresa PowerSpectatorEvelyn WildingCleanerThurston DartSelfWanda LandowskaSelfLen WilliamsInstructorJohn WiliamsConcert guitaristFrank DuncanCommentatorArvo BoysLaurie GriffithsBoy learning guitarMr. SkinnerInstructorAlfred WallisSelfRod SteigerSelfHarold PinterSelfShelagh DelaneySelfJohn MortimerSelfMary McCarthySelfW.H. AudenSelfMarie RambertSelfJoe DelaneySelfJohn CrankoSelfHenry MooreSelfRudolf BingSelfGeorge LammingSelfEdgar MittelholzerSelfIan BannenHamletLotte LenyaKatina PaxinouSelfHarold LangSelf - Acting TeacherPeter WoodSelf = IntervieweeAnnette MichelsonReading Russian scoreMichael ShawWalk onPhilip JenkinsHands playing pianoMiss VarnavidesYoung ProkofievV.P. GregoriyZhdanovJames FortyJoyce RathboneMusic TeacherJames Earl JonesPrince of MoroccoGeorge C. ScottShylockTony ChurchNarratorJoseph PappSelfPeter O'TooleSelfMichael HordernPreacher (The Sermon)Kenneth WilliamsSelfAlita NaughtonModelGillian LynneSelfErnest MiltonSelfBen ShahnSelfHans KellerSelfLukas FossSelfRobert JacobsenSelfTortelierSelfFrank McEwenSelfBarry HumphriesSelfEvelyn WaughSelfElizabeth Jane HowardSelfRobert RauschenbergSelfMargaret DaleSelfClaude Lévi-StraussSelfAnthony StorrSelfJoe TilsonSelfNorman MailerSelfMalcolm MuggeridgeSelfDon McCullinSelfJohn BarbirolliSelfEvelyn RothwellSelfNaum GaboSelfBarry EvansStudent (uncredited)Ken RussellBit part (uncredited)Janet LynnBit part (uncredited)Carmen DeneGirl (uncredited)Delia WicksGirl (uncredited)Maurice BushThug (uncredited)David Cleeve (uncredited)Lance GeorgeExtra (uncredited)Fran BrowneExtra (uncredited)Victoria RussellChouchou (uncredited)Peter MuntHorse-handler (uncredited)Kathy FitzgibbonExtra at funeral (uncredited)David BrewsterExtra at funeral (uncredited)Peter SinfieldDancer (uncredited)Frank SussmanExtra at funeral (uncredited)