Hugh Burnett
Director
Face to Face (1959)
Season 1
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.
Released Feb. 4, 1959
Episode 35 min
None+
Genres: Talk Show
Keywords: tmdb.interview, imdb.body-part-in-title, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.repetition-in-title
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Lord Birkett
Feb. 4, 1959, midnight
S1E2 - Bertrand Russell
Philosopher 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.
March 4, 1959, midnight
S1E3 - Dame Edith Sitwell
John 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.
May 6, 1959, midnight
S1E4 - Lord Boothby
May 27, 1959, midnight
S1E5 - Nubar Gulbenkian
July 15, 1959, midnight
S1E6 - Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai 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.
July 22, 1959, midnight
S1E7 - John Huston
A 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.
Sept. 1, 1959, midnight
S1E8 - Professor Jung
John 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.
Oct. 22, 1959, midnight
S1E9 - Lord Morrison of Lambeth
Dec. 18, 1959, midnight
S1E10 - His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan
Jan. 1, 1960, midnight
S1E11 - Lord Shawcross Q.C.
Jan. 10, 1960, midnight
S1E12 - Tony Hancock
Tony 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.
Feb. 7, 1960, midnight
S1E13 - Henry Moore
Feb. 21, 1960, midnight
S1E14 - Dr. Hastings Banda
April 22, 1960, midnight
S1E15 - Augustus John
May 15, 1960, midnight
S1E16 - Sir Roy Welensky
May 29, 1960, midnight
S1E17 - Stirling Moss
Racing 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?
June 12, 1960, midnight
S1E18 - Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn 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.
June 26, 1960, midnight
BBC One
35 min/ep
35 min
Feb. 4, 1959
Nov. 6, 1995, midnight
Ended
NR
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