Face to Face
(1959)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 4
Ken Dodd
Episode 7 - 3-13-1995
In this television interview, comedian Ken Dodd discusses his career and approach to comedy.
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JG Ballard
Episode 6 - 11-07-1989
In one of a series of occasional revivals of the BBC's classic Face to Face series, first broadcast in 1989, Jeremy Isaacs talks to science writer JG Ballard about his life, writing and fascination with the violence of the 20th century.
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Bernardo Bertolucci
Episode 5 - 9-26-1989
Interview With Bernardo Bertolucci
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Anthony Burgess
Episode 1 - 3-21-1989
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Season 3
Danny Blanchflower
Episode 10 - 3-18-1962
In the final edition of the programme, footballer Danny Blanchflower faces what he calls the "challenge" of appearing, and describes why he fled from the studio when he was the planned subject of "This Is Your Life".
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Albert Finney
Episode 9 - 3-04-1962
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Cecil Beaton
Episode 8 - 2-18-1962
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Roy Thomson
Episode 7 - 2-04-1962
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John Osborne
Episode 6 - 1-21-1962
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Sir Compton Mackenzie
Episode 5 - 1-07-1962
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Jomo Kenyatta
Episode 4 - 11-26-1961
Jomo Kenyatta discusses his release from prison, and whether there was more he could have done to prevent his incarceration. Also discussed is Kenyatta's vision for the future of Kenya.
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Lord Hailsham
Episode 3 - 11-12-1961
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Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Episode 2 - 10-29-1961
31m
"It is never easy for one to accept the role of symbolism without going through constant moments of self examination." Martin Luther King discusses his childhood in a segregated America, and the challenges he still faces in the present.
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Frank Cousins
Episode 1 - 10-15-1961
30m
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Season 2
Otto Klemperer
Episode 7 - 1-08-1961
29m
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Adam Faith
Episode 6 - 12-11-1960
45-year-old John Freeman admits that he's been "consulting some teenage friends of mine" as he interviews his first pop star, Adam Faith. Faith talks about the difference between his showbusiness persona and his real self, Terry Nelhams.
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Victor Gollancz
Episode 5 - 11-27-1960
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Simone Signoret
Episode 4 - 11-13-1960
John Freeman and Simone Signoret play a verbal game of cat and mouse, as he wants to know "the woman behind the actor's mask." However, Simone is deliberate in what she reveals, answering one question with "I think that's my own business."
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Lord Reith
Episode 3 - 10-30-1960
John Freeman talks to a former director-general of his own employer, as ex-BBC head Lord John Reith discusses his early life and time with the corporation. Debated among the two is the value of the BBC in Reith's time, and in the present.
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General von Senger und Etterlin
Episode 2 - 10-02-1960
Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin discusses his role in the second World War, including whether he was ever accused of war crimes, and whether he was given any orders he felt were unacceptable.
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Gilbert Harding
Episode 1 - 9-18-1960
29m
Arguably the most famous episode of the series, as Gilbert Harding verges on breaking down under John Freeman's questioning. "I shall be very glad to be dead" remains a poignant response - Harding died less than two months after broadcast.
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Season 1
Evelyn Waugh
Episode 18 - 6-26-1960
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.
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Stirling Moss
Episode 17 - 6-12-1960
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?
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Sir Roy Welensky
Episode 16 - 5-29-1960
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Augustus John
Episode 15 - 5-15-1960
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Dr. Hastings Banda
Episode 14 - 4-22-1960
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Henry Moore
Episode 13 - 2-21-1960
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Tony Hancock
Episode 12 - 2-07-1960
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.
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Lord Shawcross Q.C.
Episode 11 - 1-10-1960
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His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan
Episode 10 - 1-01-1960
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Lord Morrison of Lambeth
Episode 9 - 12-18-1959
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Professor Jung
Episode 8 - 10-22-1959
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.
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John Huston
Episode 7 - 9-01-1959
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.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Episode 6 - 7-22-1959
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.
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Nubar Gulbenkian
Episode 5 - 7-15-1959
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Lord Boothby
Episode 4 - 5-27-1959
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Dame Edith Sitwell
Episode 3 - 5-06-1959
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.
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Bertrand Russell
Episode 2 - 3-04-1959
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.
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Lord Birkett
Episode 1 - 2-04-1959
29m
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Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Episode 2 - 10-29-1961
31m
"It is never easy for one to accept the role of symbolism without going through constant moments of self examination." Martin Luther King discusses his childhood in a segregated America, and the challenges he still faces in the present.
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