Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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So Long As Lobsters Swim The Sea | 19980110 | |||
01 | Arthur's Seat | 19980105 | ||
01 | Arthur's Seat | 19970529 | 19980110 | Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of their favoured other activity as they go about it.Arthur Miller, furniture-maker and author of such plays as `Death of a Salesman', builds a bench for his front porch. 'Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of their favoured other activity as they go about it.Arthur Miller, furniture-maker and author of such plays as `Death of a Salesman', builds a bench for his front porch.' 'Arthur Miller, furniture-maker and author of such plays as `Death of a Salesman', builds a bench for his front porch.' Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of another favourite activity. 1: Arthur's Seat. Arthur Miller builds a bench for his front porch. Producer JULIAN MAY |
02 | 19980109 | " "Occasional programmes in which men famous in one field consider another of their talents. 2: Roy Bailey, professor of sociology and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, has also spent the last 40 years on the road as an itinerant, radical folk singer." " | ||
02 | A Weaving Shed Full Of Grand Pianos | 19970605 | 19980117 | " "Sir Ernest Hall, better known as a textile magnate, remembers how at the age of eight he heard Sibelius's `Valse Triste' and his secret life as a pianist and composer began." Six programmes in which famous men consider their favourite activities. 2: A Weaving Shed Full of Grand Pianos. Sir Ernest Hall speaks of his love for the piano and composing. Producer Julian May " |
03 | Of Burning Gold | 19970612 | 19980124 | " "Robert Hardy, a leading authority on the ENGLISH longbow, an archer and an actor, draws parallels between shooting arrows and delivering lines." Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of another favourite activity as they go about it. 3: Of Burning Gold. Actor Robert Hardy draws parallels between shooting arrows and delivering lines. Producer Julian May " |
04 | And Did It Their Way | 19970619 | 19980131 | " "Roy Bailey reflects on his two careers - as a professor of sociology, and a radical folk singer who has spent forty years on the road." " |
04 | Dismal Trading | 19970619 | 19980131 | " "Thomas Lynch, poet and essayist, is also an undertaker in Milford, Michigan. He ponders living and dying while sitting by the turf fire in the house of his ancestors in County Clare." " |
05 | So Long As Lobsters Swim The Sea | 19970626 | 19980207 | " "Nick Darke, author of plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, looks to his nets and pots off Padstow." Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of another favourite activity. 5: So Long as Lobsters Swim the Sea. Playwright Nick Darke talks about the nets and pots he keeps off Padstow in Cornwall. Producer Julian May " |
06 LAST | Dismal Trading | 19970703 | 19980131 | " "Thomas Lynch, poet, essayist and town undertaker to Milford, Michigan, ponders living and dying by the turf fire in the house of his ancestors in County Clare." The last of the series in which famous men discuss another favourite activity. Dismal Trading. Thomas Lynch , poet, essayist and town undertaker, ponders living and dying in the house of his ancestors in County Clare. Producer Julian May "The last of the series in which famous men discuss another favourite activity. Dismal Trading. Thomas Lynch , poet, essayist and town undertaker, ponders living and dying in the house of his ancestors in County Clare. Producer Julian May" " |