Huw Wheldon Trailers
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Most Popular Huw Wheldon Trailers
Total trailers found: 17
The Alchemists of Sound Trailer (2003)
19 October 2003
A documentary about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, responsible for creating some of the most memorable television and radio music in British popular culture, including "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and Doctor Who (1963).
Elgar Trailer (1962)
11 November 1962
An astonishing documentary of the life of classical composer Sir Edward Elgar. This partly dramatised account is remarkable for its sensitive portrayal of the rise of a young musician from an underprivileged background to international fame.
Old Battersea House Trailer (1961)
04 June 1961
Mrs Wilhelmina Sterling shows her vast collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings, pottery and other artefacts at her home in Battersea.
Bela Bartók Trailer (1964)
24 May 1964
A portrait of the life and work of the great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, exploring both his music and his passionate interest in his country's folklore.
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today Trailer (2020)
12 October 2020
Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements, controversies and legacies.
JB: A Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli Trailer (1965)
11 March 1965
Interviews with and performance footage of conductor Sir John Barbirolli.
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill Trailer (1961)
21 April 1961
Ken Russell directed a short document of German actress (and widow of famed composer Kurt Weill) Lotte Lenya performing many of Weill's best known compositions for BBC TV series "Monitor.
Prokofiev Trailer (1961)
13 March 1961
Subtitled 'Portrait of a Soviet Composer', this is the second of Ken Russell's composer biopics.
Antonio Gaudí Trailer (1961)
12 March 1961
A study of Antoni Gaudí's architecture (especially the Church of the Holy Trinity in Barcelona), his sources of inspiration and his influence on Picasso.
The Preservation Man Trailer (1962)
20 May 1962
The Preservation Man is about useless objects but here they're part of the artist Bruce Lacey's collection of random junk that is incorporated into his art with their original function is irrelevant.
Pop Goes the Easel Trailer (1962)
25 March 1962
Pop Goes the Easel was Ken Russell’s first full-length documentary for the BBC’s arts series Monitor.
Portrait of a Goon Trailer (1959)
28 August 1959
Portrait of Spike Milligan, then part of The Goon Show examining his views on comedy,
Variations on a Mechanical Theme Trailer (1959)
21 April 1959
An illustration of various mechanical instruments, from the musical-box to 1950s electronica.
The Lonely Shore Trailer (1962)
14 January 1962
One of the most conceptually original of all the films that Ken Russell made for Monitor, this imagines an expedition of alien archaeologists (represented only by the soundtrack commentary) examining various artefacts strewn along a stretch of Britain's coastline and musing on their possible significance.
Larkin and Betjeman: Down Cemetery Road Trailer (1964)
15 December 1964
Philip Larkin talks to John Betjeman about his life, his poetry and the city of Hull where he lived and worked as university librarian.
Treasures of the British Crown Trailer (1979)
12 December 1979
Documentary hosted by the Royal Family, edited from Royal Heritage (1978).
Destination D-Day Trailer (1984)
29 May 1984
On a cold February night in 1944, two British frogmen crawled on to a Normandy beach from the freezing sea to take samples of sand for scientific analysis from under the noses of German sentries.
