Face to Face (1959)
Face To Face is a BBC television series originally broadcast between 1959 and 1962, created and produced by Hugh Burnett, which ran for 35 episodes. The insightful and often probing style of the interviewer, former politician John Freeman, separated it from other programmes of the time. The series was revived in 1989 with Jeremy Isaacs as the interviewer. This version ran until 1998.
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Episode 1 - Lord Birkett
Release Date: 1959-02-04 -
Episode 2 - Bertrand Russell
Release Date: 1959-03-04Philosopher Bertrand Russell is the second guest on the series, beginning the interview by reading from a fictitious obituary he'd written for himself. Among the topics discussed are guilt, sex, money, childhood, prison and loss of faith.
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Episode 3 - Dame Edith Sitwell
Release Date: 1959-05-06John Freeman interviews the first of just two female guests in the series - poet Dame Edith Sitwell. The Dame discusses her unhappy childhood, her working relationship with Dylan Thomas, and her unexpected diversion into Hollywood.
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Episode 4 - Lord Boothby
Release Date: 1959-05-27 -
Episode 5 - Nubar Gulbenkian
Release Date: 1959-07-15 -
Episode 6 - Adlai E. Stevenson
Release Date: 1959-07-22Adlai Stevenson relives his early life in journalism and law, and discusses losing two Presidential elections to Dwight Eisenhower. Among his other reflections are how others see him, and how he sees himself.
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Episode 7 - John Huston
Release Date: 1959-09-01A cigar-puffing John Huston discusses his directing career, his desire to make films under the United Nations, his relationship with his father and fighting with Errol Flynn.
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Episode 8 - Professor Jung
Release Date: 1959-10-22John Freeman interviews Carl Jung at his Zürich home, asking the psychologist questions about consciousness, his friendship with Freud, his thoughts on death, and his own self-analysis.
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Episode 9 - Lord Morrison of Lambeth
Release Date: 1959-12-18 -
Episode 10 - His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan
Release Date: 1960-01-01 -
Episode 11 - Lord Shawcross Q.C.
Release Date: 1960-01-10 -
Episode 12 - Tony Hancock
Release Date: 1960-02-07Tony Hancock engages in self reflection, looking back at his childhood, his need to work, his health issues, and whether he could ever truly be happy.
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Episode 13 - Henry Moore
Release Date: 1960-02-21 -
Episode 14 - Dr. Hastings Banda
Release Date: 1960-04-22 -
Episode 15 - Augustus John
Release Date: 1960-05-15 -
Episode 16 - Sir Roy Welensky
Release Date: 1960-05-29 -
Episode 17 - Stirling Moss
Release Date: 1960-06-12Racing driver Stirling Moss is called upon to ponder his career. Customary for the series, the questions go deeper than usual interviews: Does he think about mortality? Does he feel close to God? What about the breakdown of his marriage?
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Episode 18 - Evelyn Waugh
Release Date: 1960-06-26Evelyn Waugh takes part in the series due to what he claims is "poverty", and that "everyone thinks ill of the BBC". Among the topics under discussion are religion, truth in fiction, and Waugh's own periods of mental illness.