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  • Monitor (1958–1965)
  • TV Series | Documentary, Talk-Show
Monitor (1958–1965)
TV Series | Documentary, Talk-Show

Fortnightly arts show from the BBC, covering the worlds of theatre, film, literature, painting, sculpture, architecture and music.
Seasons
8   |   7   |   6   |   5   |   4   |   3   |   2   |   1  | …   See all
Writers
Ken Russell (scenario) (written by) | Melvyn Bragg (scenario) (dialogue) | Alex Atkinson (commentary) | Frank Duncan (Commentary Writer) & 6 more
Production Designers
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Status
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Updated Feb 2, 1958

Release date (First episode)
Feb 2, 1958 (United Kingdom)
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Cast

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189 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Huw Wheldon
Self - Presenter / Self - Commentator / Self - Introduction / Self - Interviewer / Self - Narrator Self - Presenter / Self - Commentator / Self - Introduction / Self - Interviewer / Self - Narrator   See fewer
44
Jonathan Miller
Self - Presenter / Self Self - Presenter / Self   See fewer
11
John Berger
Self - Presenter / Self - Presenter 'Why So Thin' / Self - Presenter, 'Friso ten Holt' / Self - Presenter, 'Picasso' Self - Presenter / Self - Presenter 'Why So Thin' / Self - Presenter, 'Friso ten Holt' / Self - Presenter, 'Picasso'   See fewer
5
Robert Robinson
Self - Interviewer / Self / Self - Presenter Self - Interviewer / Self / Self - Presenter   See fewer
4
John Betjeman
Self / Self - Poet Self / Self - Poet   See fewer
3
Annette Robertson
Alfred Jarry / Gaby Dupont Alfred Jarry / Gaby Dupont   See fewer
2
Peter Brett
Bluebeard / Mr. Elgar Bluebeard / Mr. Elgar   See fewer
2
Pauline Boty
Prostitute / Self Prostitute / Self   See fewer
2
Izabella Telezynska
Josephine / Madame Bardac Josephine / Madame Bardac   See fewer
2
Oliver Reed
Claude Debussy / Narrator Claude Debussy / Narrator   See fewer
2
Boris Ranevsky
Béla Bartók / Prokofiev / Rimsky-Korsakov Béla Bartók / Prokofiev / Rimsky-Korsakov   See fewer
2
James Lloyd
Henri Rousseau / Self Henri Rousseau / Self   See fewer
2
Susan Sontag
Self / Self - Presenter 'Cheese...Andy Warhol's Studio' Self / Self - Presenter 'Cheese...Andy Warhol's Studio'   See fewer
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Philip Larkin
Self - Poet Self - Poet   See fewer
1
Duke Ellington
Self - 'Duke Ellington' Self - 'Duke Ellington'   See fewer
1
Humphrey Lyttelton
Self - Presenter, 'Duke Ellington' Self - Presenter, 'Duke Ellington'   See fewer
1
Peter Newington
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
1
Douglas Cooper
Self - Presenter, 'Picasso' Self - Presenter, 'Picasso'   See fewer
1
John Douglas Pringle
Self - Narrator, 'Man In A Landscape...' Self - Narrator, 'Man In A Landscape...'   See fewer
1
Michael Caine
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
1
Clive Barnes
Self - Presenter, 'Rudolf Nureyev' Self - Presenter, 'Rudolf Nureyev'   See fewer
1
Alfred Hitchcock
Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee   See fewer
1
Vladek Sheybal
Film Director / Pierre Louÿs Film Director / Pierre Louÿs   See fewer
1
Alberto Giacometti
Self - 'Why So Thin' Self - 'Why So Thin'   See fewer
1
John Dankworth
Self - 'Duke Ellington' Self - 'Duke Ellington'   See fewer
1
Allan McClelland
Commentator Commentator   See fewer
1
Sidney Nolan
Self - 'Man In A Landscape...' Self - 'Man In A Landscape...'   See fewer
1
Rudolf Nureyev
Self - 'Rudolf Nureyev' Self - 'Rudolf Nureyev'   See fewer
1
1
Rowena Gregory
Mrs. Elgar Mrs. Elgar   See fewer
1
Sandor Elès
Client Client   See fewer
1
Bryan Pringle
Pere Ubu Pere Ubu   See fewer
1
George Melly
Self - Presenter 'The Middle-Class Magician' Self - Presenter 'The Middle-Class Magician'   See fewer
1
Pablo Picasso
Self - Subject, 'Picasso' Self - Subject, 'Picasso'   See fewer
1
George McGrath
Sir Edward Elgar Sir Edward Elgar   See fewer
1
1
René Magritte
Self - 'The Middle-Class Magician' Self - 'The Middle-Class Magician'   See fewer
1
Jacqui Cook
Mere Ubu Mere Ubu   See fewer
1
The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra
Themselves - 'Duke Ellington' Themselves - 'Duke Ellington'   See fewer
1
Friso ten Holt
Self - 'Friso ten Holt' Self - 'Friso ten Holt'   See fewer
1
1
Roland MacLeod
Apollinaire Apollinaire   See fewer
1
1
Georgette Magritte
Self - 'The Middle-Class Magician' Self - 'The Middle-Class Magician'   See fewer
1
John Lehmann
Self - Presenter, 'Aldous Huxley' Self - Presenter, 'Aldous Huxley'   See fewer
1
Vernon Dobtcheff
The Actor The Actor   See fewer
1
Aldous Huxley
Self - 'Aldous Huxley' Self - 'Aldous Huxley'   See fewer
1
Andy Warhol
Self - 'Cheese...Andy Warhol's Studio' Self - 'Cheese...Andy Warhol's Studio'   See fewer
1
Stephanie Randall
Secretary Secretary   See fewer
1
1
Jane Lumb
Saint Sebastian Saint Sebastian   See fewer
1
Gerard Malanga
Self - 'Cheese...Andy Warhol's Studio' Self - 'Cheese...Andy Warhol's Studio'   See fewer
1
Sheila Van Bloemen
1st Neighbour 1st Neighbour   See fewer
1
Cilli Wang
Self - 'Cilli Wang' Self - 'Cilli Wang'   See fewer
1
Ann Mitchell
2nd Neighbour 2nd Neighbour   See fewer
1
Yvonne Antrobus
Stage Lily Stage Lily   See fewer
1
Verity Edmett
Zohra, the slave girl Zohra, the slave girl   See fewer
1
Joanna Rigby
Daughter Daughter   See fewer
1
Michael Van Bloemen
Picture Dealer Picture Dealer   See fewer
1
Janet Fairhead
Chouchou at 13 Chouchou at 13   See fewer
1
Alison Fiske
Maeterlinck's girlfriend Maeterlinck's girlfriend   See fewer
1
Kenneth Goodare
Musician Musician   See fewer
1
Ian Flintoff
Stage Debussy Stage Debussy   See fewer
1
Paul Cameron
Musician Musician   See fewer
1
Elna Pearl
Vasnier daughter Vasnier daughter   See fewer
1
Peter Matheson
Musician Musician   See fewer
1
Yvette Rees
Stage Madame Bardac Stage Madame Bardac   See fewer
1
Jane Anderson
Musician Musician   See fewer
1
Audrey Searle
Madame Vasnier Madame Vasnier   See fewer
1
Keith Smith
Reporter Reporter   See fewer
1
Fred Taylor
Monsieur Vasnier Monsieur Vasnier   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Jerome Robbins
Interviewee Interviewee   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Frank Duncan
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Humphrey Burton
Commentator Commentator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Davina Dundas
Singer guitarist Singer guitarist   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Teresa Power
Spectator Spectator   See fewer
1
Evelyn Wilding
Cleaner Cleaner   See fewer
1
Arvo Boys
Actor Actor   See fewer
1
1
John Wiliams
Concert guitarist Concert guitarist   See fewer
1
Mr. Skinner
Instructor Instructor   See fewer
1
Frank Duncan
Commentator Commentator   See fewer
1
Laurie Griffiths
Boy learning guitar Boy learning guitar   See fewer
1
1
Len Williams
Instructor Instructor   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Ian Bannen
Hamlet / Self - Interviewee Hamlet / Self - Interviewee   See fewer
1
Lotte Lenya
Actress Actress   See fewer
1
1
Harold Lang
Self - Acting Teacher Self - Acting Teacher   See fewer
1
Peter Wood
Self = Interviewee Self = Interviewee   See fewer
1
Miss Varnavides
Young Prokofiev Young Prokofiev   See fewer
1
Joyce Rathbone
Music Teacher Music Teacher   See fewer
1
Michael Shaw
Walk on Walk on   See fewer
1
Annette Michelson
Reading Russian score Reading Russian score   See fewer
1
1
Philip Jenkins
Hands playing piano Hands playing piano   See fewer
1
V.P. Gregoriy
Zhdanov Zhdanov   See fewer
1
James Earl Jones
Prince of Morocco Prince of Morocco   See fewer
1
George C. Scott
Shylock Shylock   See fewer
1
1
1
Michael Hordern
Preacher (The Sermon) Preacher (The Sermon)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Barry Evans
Student (uncredited) Student (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Ken Russell
Bit part (uncredited) Bit part (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Janet Lynn
Bit part (uncredited) Bit part (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Carmen Dene
Girl (uncredited) Girl (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Delia Wicks
Girl (uncredited) Girl (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Maurice Bush
Thug (uncredited) Thug (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Lance George
Extra (uncredited) Extra (uncredited)   See fewer
1
David Williscroft
Extra (uncredited) Extra (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Fran Browne
Extra (uncredited) Extra (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Victoria Russell
Chouchou (uncredited) Chouchou (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Peter Munt
Horse-handler (uncredited) Horse-handler (uncredited)   See fewer
1
David Brewster
Extra at funeral / war sequence (uncredited) Extra at funeral / war sequence (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Kathy Fitzgibbon
Extra at funeral / war sequence (uncredited) Extra at funeral / war sequence (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Frank Sussman
Extra at funeral / war sequence (uncredited) Extra at funeral / war sequence (uncredited)   See fewer
1
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