Tempo
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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Season 7
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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?
Jan 1, 1967 -
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Nostalgia
Nostalgia is.. Good..? Bad..? Is life today too hectic and rushed? Does nostalgia close one's eye to the present?
Jan 8, 1967 -
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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.
Feb 12, 1967 -
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Performer and Composer: Daniel Barenboim on Beethoven
Aug 6, 1967 -
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Performer and Composer: George Malcolm on Scarlatti
Aug 13, 1967 -
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Performer and Composer: Gervase de Peyer on Brahms
Aug 20, 1967 -
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E7
Performer and Composer: Vlado Perlemuter on Ravel
Sep 24, 1967 -
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E8
Performer and Composer: Janet Baker on Schumann
Oct 8, 1967 -
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E9
Contemporary Drama: Waiting for Godot
Dec 17, 1967 -
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E10
The Actor and the Role: Irene Worth
Mar 3, 1968 -
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The Actor and the Role: Edith Evans
Mar 17, 1968 -
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The Actor and the Role: Donald Pleasence
Mar 31, 1968 -
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The Actor and the Role: Sybil Thorndike
Apr 7, 1968 -
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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.
Apr 14, 1968 -
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The Actor and the Role: Diane Cilento – Miss Julie
Jun 3, 1968 -
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Expendability
A discussion on expendability.
Jun 24, 1968