Eye to Eye
(1957)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 2
Now We Are Married
Episode 5 - 4-11-1958
To what extent do husbands and wives live in separate worlds, even though they are happily married? Romany Bain and Richard Findlater, a married couple themselves, examine this problem, Lightheartedly, by taking a look at the married lives of a journalist, a lorry driver, and a businessman. Written and produced by Pamela Wilcox Bower.
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The Atom Men
Episode 4 - 4-04-1958
Two worlds clash on the remote shores of Caithness: An Atomic Research Station brings new people and a new way of life alongside the traditional world of fishermen and farmers. Narrated by Colin Wills. Written and produced by John Read.
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Never Never
Episode 3 - 3-21-1958
Six million people buy something or other on-hire purchases every year. How does H.P. work? What are the snags? How does the shopkeeper check up on his customers, and what happens if they don't keep up the payments? This programme looks at the instalment world and has a look under the counter as well. Introduced by Morris West. Written and produced by Richard Cawston.
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The More We Are Together
Episode 2 - 3-07-1958
For thirty minutes life is seen through the eyes of Mum and Dad, Vi, Lil, Nell, and Eileen - four sisters with four husbands. They are the Gladden family, and they all live within a stone's throw of each other in the East End of London, with eight children and a budgerigar. Introduced by Robert Reid. Written and produced by Stephen Hearst.
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On Tour
Episode 1 - 2-21-1958
An Impression of Backstage Life In the small world of a touring revue company: a world of land ladies and late suppers, of Sunday trains and Monday band calls, of high hopes and low billings.
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Season 1
Onion Johnnie
Episode 12 - 9-20-1957
Written by Stephen Hearst and Richard Cawston. Tonight, Eye to Eye compares the two ways of life of the familiar Breton onion-sellers. Commentary spoken by Jacques Brunius.
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So Long to Learn
Episode 11 - 9-13-1957
The life so short, the craft... So Long to Learn Chaucer's comment, written 600 years ago, provides the key to this week's Eye to Eye picture of present-day young people. It tells the story of a boat-load of students, from the rival colleges of Battersea and Chelsea, on a summer outing on the Thames; dancing, talking, and thinking about the past and the future.
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I Was a Stranger
Episode 10 - 9-06-1957
First transmitted in 1957, this documentary tells the stories of men who reside and work at the Salvation Army's factory and residential hostel in Spa Road, Bermondsey.
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The Big Gamble
Episode 9 - 8-30-1957
Documentary looking at holidaymakers who take the 'Big Gamble' every summer - those who are willing to risk their savings on a stay at a British seaside resort, which could very well be ruined by bad weather. Filmed at Broadstairs Beach.
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Climbing
Episode 8 - 8-23-1957
'Eye to Eye' watches some of Britain's leading rock climbers as they demonstrate their skill and daring among the mountains of England and Wales. Made by BBC North Region Film Unit. Written and directed by Stanley Williamson. Sequences from the film of the ascent of Kangchenjunga courtesy of Mr. Charles Evans.
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Elba Boomerang
Episode 7 - 8-16-1957
Being the lament of a barber on the island of Elba and the experiences of six customers having a shave in his shop. Written and produced by Stephen Hearst
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London-New York
Episode 6 - 6-21-1957
Tonight 'Eye to Eye' spans the Atlantic, and a musician who has lived in both cities interprets the scenes recorded by our cameras in streets 3,500 miles apart. Photographed in New York by Dick Bagley and in London by Charles Parnell. Piano accompaniment by Tom McCall
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Night in the City
Episode 5 - 6-14-1957
'Eye to Eye' looks at a provincial city from evening until dawn, and meets some of the people caught up in the restlessness and loneliness of the city night. Made by the BBC North Region Film Unit
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No Title to Life
Episode 4 - 6-07-1957
The Plight of the Illegitimate is examined with the cooperation of some of those who can speak authoritatively on the effect on the individual of being born out of wedlock. Every incident is based on an actual case history, but where it is necessary to preserve the anonymity of unmarried mothers and their children the faces seen are not those of the real people.
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Line of Defence
Episode 3 - 5-31-1957
Tonight Eye to Eye tells the story of the medical officers of the Port of London Health Authority who stand on guard as the first line of defence against infectious disease. A ship from Asia is heading for the Channel; one of the passengers is sick; 'query smallpox' is the message sent by the ship's surgeon; in thirty-six hours they will be in London, the capital of a country of fifty million people, only a quarter of whom are vaccinated.
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Crime in a Big City
Episode 2 - 5-24-1957
Tonight 'Eye to Eye' focuses on crime in Birmingham. You will meet real characters from the underworld who have been operating outside the law. They will tell you how they work and how they are caught, and you will see how the police act in the endless war against crime.
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The Man at Dover
Episode 1 - 5-17-1957
Tonight the Eye to Eye Documentary team has a look at life in this country as it strikes a newcomer to these shores.
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