2nd House

1. E1. The Who

   Oct 5, 1974

   The first programme in a new series of 2nd House examines The Who phenomenon. In 1964 a rock group made their first public appearance at a pub in Harrow. Ten years later the same band hold an undisputed position among rock giants.

2. E2. Episode 2

   Oct 19, 1974

   An exhibition of painter Paul Klee's later works opened last week at the Bristol Art Gallery. Randy Newman talks to Charlie Gillett and sings from his album The Good Old Boys. In his New York home, author Isaac Bashevis Singer talks the Polish Jewish community he was brought up in.

3. E3. 45 Minutes Each Way

   Nov 2, 1974

   A documentary celebrating different aspects of our national sport in music, verse and drama.

4. E4. Episode 4

   Nov 16, 1974

   Willy Russell's hit musical at the Lyric Theatre charts the rise and fall of The Beatles. At the Royal Academy, the largest collection of J. M. W. Turner's work ever to be shown publicly opens today. To coincide with their current season at Sadler's Wells, the artistic directors of London's two leading modern dance companies were each invited to create an original work for television.

5. E5. Athol Fugard

   Nov 30, 1974

   On his recent visit to London, Athol Fugard was interviewed by Melvyn Bragg and tonight's programme brings together extracts from South Africa's finest playwright's most important plays to give a portrait of this formidable man of the theatre.

6. E6. Episode 6

   Dec 14, 1974

   A new selection of stories by the Brothers Grimm, translated and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, restores to these fairy tales their original strength and complexity. Interviewed in his New York studio, 40-year-old pop painter James Rosenquist talks about the current exhibition of his work at the Mayor Gallery in London. Poet Peter Redgrove and young author Penelope Shuttle talk about the ideas behind their book. At the Mermaid Theatre in London, Benny Green and Alan Strachan celebrates the spirit of Cole Porter.

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