Face to Face
Season 1
195918 episodes
Episodes
- E1
Lord Birkett
1959-02-04 · 30m
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E2
Bertrand Russell
1959-03-04 · 43m
Philosopher Bertrand Russell is the second guest on the series, beginning the interview by reading from a fictitious obituary he'd written for himself. Among the topics discussed are guilt, sex, money, childhood, prison and loss of faith.
- E3
Dame Edith Sitwell
1959-05-06 · 30m
John Freeman interviews the first of just two female guests in the series - poet Dame Edith Sitwell. The Dame discusses her unhappy childhood, her working relationship with Dylan Thomas, and her unexpected diversion into Hollywood.
- E4
Lord Boothby
1959-05-27 · 30m
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E5
Nubar Gulbenkian
1959-07-15 · 30m
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E6
Adlai E. Stevenson
1959-07-22 · 30m
Adlai Stevenson relives his early life in journalism and law, and discusses losing two Presidential elections to Dwight Eisenhower. Among his other reflections are how others see him, and how he sees himself.
- E7
John Huston
1959-09-01 · 30m
A cigar-puffing John Huston discusses his directing career, his desire to make films under the United Nations, his relationship with his father and fighting with Errol Flynn.
- E8
Professor Jung
1959-10-22 · 38m
John Freeman interviews Carl Jung at his Zürich home, asking the psychologist questions about consciousness, his friendship with Freud, his thoughts on death, and his own self-analysis.
- E9
Lord Morrison of Lambeth
1959-12-18 · 30m
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E10
His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan
1960-01-01 · 30m
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E11
Lord Shawcross Q.C.
1960-01-10 · 30m
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E12
Tony Hancock
1960-02-07 · 30m
Tony Hancock engages in self reflection, looking back at his childhood, his need to work, his health issues, and whether he could ever truly be happy.
- E13
Henry Moore
1960-02-21 · 30m
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E14
Dr. Hastings Banda
1960-04-22 · 30m
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E15
Augustus John
1960-05-15 · 30m
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E16
Sir Roy Welensky
1960-05-29 · 30m
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E17
Stirling Moss
1960-06-12 · 30m
Racing driver Stirling Moss is called upon to ponder his career. Customary for the series, the questions go deeper than usual interviews: Does he think about mortality? Does he feel close to God? What about the breakdown of his marriage?
- E18
Evelyn Waugh
1960-06-26 · 30m
Evelyn Waugh takes part in the series due to what he claims is "poverty", and that "everyone thinks ill of the BBC". Among the topics under discussion are religion, truth in fiction, and Waugh's own periods of mental illness.