Mike Hodges
Director
Tempo (1961)
Season 7
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.
Released Oct. 15, 1961
Episode 42 min
None+
S7E1 - 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, midnight
S7E2 - Nostalgia
Nostalgia is.. Good..? Bad..? Is life today too hectic and rushed? Does nostalgia close one's eye to the present?
Jan. 8, 1967, midnight
S7E3 - 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, midnight
S7E4 - Performer and Composer: Daniel Barenboim on Beethoven
None
Aug. 6, 1967, midnight
S7E5 - Performer and Composer: George Malcolm on Scarlatti
None
Aug. 13, 1967, midnight
S7E6 - Performer and Composer: Gervase de Peyer on Brahms
None
Aug. 20, 1967, midnight
S7E7 - Performer and Composer: Vlado Perlemuter on Ravel
None
Sept. 24, 1967, midnight
S7E8 - Performer and Composer: Janet Baker on Schumann
None
Oct. 8, 1967, midnight
S7E9 - Contemporary Drama: Waiting for Godot
None
Dec. 17, 1967, midnight
S7E10 - The Actor and the Role: Irene Worth
None
March 3, 1968, midnight
S7E11 - The Actor and the Role: Edith Evans
None
March 17, 1968, midnight
S7E12 - The Actor and the Role: Donald Pleasence
None
March 31, 1968, midnight
S7E13 - The Actor and the Role: Sybil Thorndike
None
April 7, 1968, midnight
S7E14 - 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.
April 14, 1968, midnight
S7E15 - The Actor and the Role: Diane Cilento – Miss Julie
None
June 3, 1968, midnight
S7E16 - Expendability
A discussion on expendability.
June 24, 1968, midnight
ITV1
42 min/ep
30 min
Oct. 15, 1961
June 24, 1968, midnight
Ended
NR
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