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Humphrey Burton: The Huw Wheldon Lecture

Humphrey Burton gives a first-hand account of the achievements of Monitor, the 麻豆社's first television arts magazine. First broadcast in 1991.

Huw Wheldon was founding editor and presenter of Monitor, the 麻豆社's first television arts magazine. In a lecture to the Royal Television Society, first broadcast in 1991, music and arts broadcaster Humphrey Burton, who worked closely with Wheldon in the late 50s and early 60s, gives a first-hand account of the achievements of Monitor.

Among the examples used by Burton are films commissioned by Wheldon from two young directors who went on to greater things, Ken Russell and John Schlesinger, and studio interviews with Orson Welles and Ninette de Valois.

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Mon 9 Mar 2026 01:25

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Role Contributor
Presenter Humphrey Burton
Director Denis W Gartside
Producer Keith Alexander

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