Monitor (1958)

Documentary · Talk-Show

Monitor was a BBC arts programme that was launched on 2 February 1958 and ran until 1965. Huw Wheldon was the first editor from 1958 to 1965. He was also the principal interviewer and anchor. Wheldon set about moulding a team of talents, including John Schlesinger, Ken Russell, Patrick Garland, David Jones, Humphrey Burton, John Berger, Peter Newington, Melvyn Bragg, Nancy Thomas and Alan Tyrer. Monitor ranged in subject over all the arts. Wheldon's Monitor lasted until he had "interviewed everyone I am interested in interviewing", and he was succeeded by Jonathan Miller for the series' last season.

IMDb rating: 8.4 (114 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -0.9 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 4 (1960)

7.28 avg 4 episodes 7.5 → 7.3 35 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Shelagh Delaney's Salford/Themes and Variations	7.5	13
8	The Light Fantastic	6.6	14
15	Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill/Jack Yeats	7.7	17
21	Prokofiev: Portrait of a Soviet Composer/Daumier: A Double Life.	7.3	11

Season 5 (1961)

7.53 avg 4 episodes 6.9 → 7.6 42 min avg

Slow burn

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
4	London Moods	6.9	31
6	Big Soft Nellie	7.2	7
8	The Lonely Shore	8.4	10
13	Pop Goes the Easel	7.6	56

Season 8 (1964)

7.60 avg 3 episodes 7.7 → 7.5 64 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	Larkin and Betjeman - Down Cemetery Road	7.7	13
15	Monitor Special: The Debussy Film	7.6	404
18	Always on Sunday	7.5	260

Monitor (1958)

Seasons

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