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.

Cast & crew

H

Huw Wheldon

Creator

H

Hugo Dyson

Tyrone Guthrie

Oliver Reed

Claude Debussy

Vladek Sheybal

Pierre Louÿs / Film Director

K

Kingsley Amis

Sam Wanamaker

P.G. Wodehouse

Igor Stravinsky

Georges Simenon

Yehudi Menuhin

Robert Graves

Paddy Chayefsky

Fritz Kortner

C

Carl Ebert

W

Wanda Landowska

T

T.H. White

S

Sean O'Casey

William Golding

Christopher Isherwood

T

Thomas Beecham

Seasons

186 episodes

Season 11958 · 13 episodes

Season 21958 · 21 episodes

Season 31959 · 26 episodes

Season 41960 · 27 episodes

Season 51961 · 21 episodes

Season 61962 · 33 episodes

Season 71963 · 26 episodes

Season 81964 · 19 episodes