Episodes
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| 20000604 | JOHN TUSA, managing director of London's Barbican Centre, presents the second of nine monthly programmes in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. His guest today is sculptor Anthony Caro, whose large steel abstract sculptures have earned him acclaim internationally. He was recently awarded the Order of Merit for the piece he created in response to the war in the Balkans. John Tusa, managing director of London's Barbican Centre, presents the second of nine monthly programmes in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. | ||
| 20000702 | JOHN TUSA, managing director of London's Barbican Centre, presents the third of nine monthly programmes in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. Today he talks to American composer ELLIOTT CARTER, who at 91 is increasing his output at a prodigious rate and has just had his first opera performed. John Tusa, managing director of London's Barbican Centre, presents the third of nine monthly programmes in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. Today he talks to American composer Elliott Carter, who at 91 is increasing his output at a prodigious rate and has just had his first opera performed. | ||
| 20010603 | JOHN TUSA talks to leading creative figures about their work. In this edition, he meets the Portuguese painter Paula Rego, who has lived in London for many years and built up an international reputation as a figurative artist. Rego's work forms a powerful critique of contemporary life, drawing on such diverse sources as family relationships, Disney films and life under the Salazar regime in her native Portugal. John Tusa talks to leading creative figures about their work. | ||
| 20010701 | JOHN TUSA talks to leading creative figures about their work. In this edition, he is joined by the composer HARRISON BIRTWISTLE, whose music eschews the popularist gestures of minimalism for an uncompromisingly modernist path that provides a vital link between the English pastoral tradition and the European avant-garde. In recent years, his output has been considerable, and his current Work In Progress includes an orchestral piece for the Cleveland Orchestra and an opera for Covent Garden. John Tusa talks to leading creative figures about their work. | ||
| 20011202 | JOHN TUSA, managing director of London's Barbican Centre, talks to a creative artist about their work and career. John Tusa, managing director of London's Barbican Centre, talks to a creative artist about their work and career. | ||
| 20020203 | JOHN TUSA, managing director of London's Barbican Centre, talks to photographer Don McCullin. John Tusa, managing director of London's Barbican Centre, talks to photographer Don McCullin. | ||
| 20020303 | With John Tusa With John Tusa | ||
| 20030406 | The John Tusa Interview: Series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators. This week John meets the painter, teacher and father of Brit Art, Michael Craig-Martin. | ||
| Anthony Gormley | 20030601 | The John Tusa Interview: John Tusa continues his series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators. This week he meets the sculptor Anthony Gormley. | |
| Atom Egoyan | 20040307 | John Tusa talks to director Atom Egoyan about his work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. John Tusa continues his series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators. This week, he meets Canadian film director Atom Egoyan. The John Tusa Interview: John Tusa continues his series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators. | |
| Bill Viola | 20020313 | 20030822 (R3) | John Tusa talks to artist Bill Viola about his work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. |
| David Hare | 20041107 | John Tusa interviews leading British playwright David Hare. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. The John Tusa Interview: John Tusa continues his series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators. This week he meets leading British playwright David Hare The John Tusa Interview: John Tusa continues his series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators. This week he meets leading British playwright David Hare. | |
| David Hockney | 20040502 | John Tusa talks to artist David Hockney about his work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. John Tusa continues his series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators. This week, he meets David Hockney | |
| David Sylvester | 20001203 | John Tusa talks to art critic David Sylvester about his work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. JOHN TUSA presents a series in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. In this edition, he meets celebrated art critic and curator David Sylvester. John Tusa presents a series in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. | |
| Deborah Warner | 20010401 | John Tusa talks to director Deborah Warner about her work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. JOHN TUSA talks to leading creative figures about their work. In this edition, he talks to director Deborah Warner, whose work encompasses classical drama, opera, poetry, oratorio and song, and who has just made her first foray into film. John Tusa talks to leading creative figures about their work. | |
| Edmund De Waal | 20041010 | John Tusa meets British potter Edmund De Waal. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. The John Tusa Interview: A series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators. This week, John meets leading British potter Edmund De Waal. | |
| Edward Bond | 20010107 | John Tusa talks to playwright Edward Bond about his work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. JOHN TUSA talks to leading creative figures about their work. Here he meets playwright EDWARD BOND, who has said, `I think that what concerns me most is the inhuman', but whose plays deal with some of the most profound questions of human existence. John Tusa talks to leading creative figures about their work. Here he meets playwright Edward Bond, who has said, `I think that what concerns me most is the inhuman', but whose plays deal with some of the most profound questions of human existence. | |
| Eve Arnold | 20001105 | John Tusa talks to photographer Eve Arnold about her work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. JOHN TUSA presents a series in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. In this edition, he meets American photographer Eve Arnold, who in the 1950s became one of the first women to join the celebrated Magnum photo agency. John Tusa presents a series in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. | |
| Frank Auerbach | 20011007 | 'John Tusa talks to artist Frank Auerbach who, in a rare interview, discusses life and work in his adopted country of England.' JOHN TUSA talks to artist Frank Auerbach who, in a rare interview, discusses life and work in his adopted country of England. | |
| Frank Gehry | 20050109 | John Tusa talks to architect Frank Gehry about his work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. | |
| George Szirtes | 20050306 | John Tusa talks to poet George Szirtes. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. | |
| Gilbert And George | 20020407 | John Tusa talks to arts duo Gilbert and George. They discuss the development of their work and the controversy surrounding it. JOHN TUSA talks to arts duo Gilbert and George. | |
| Gyorgy Ligeti | 20010304 | 20060716 (R3) | John Tusa talks to composer Gyorgy Ligeti about his work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. JOHN TUSA talks to leading creative figures about their work. In this edition, he meets the great Hungarian composer GYORGY LIGETI, who talks about his early experiences under Nazism and Communism, his involvement with the European avant-garde, and the place of the composer in society today. John Tusa talks to leading creative figures about their work. In this edition, he meets the great Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti, who talks about his early experiences under Nazism and Communism, his involvement with the European avant-garde, and the place of the composer in society today. |
| Howard Hodgkin | 20000507 | JOHN TUSA, managing director of London's Barbican Centre, presents the first of nine monthly programmes in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. His guest today is the English painter Howard Hodgkin, who has described his paintings as `representational pictures of emotional situations'. John Tusa, managing director of London's Barbican Centre, presents the first of nine monthly programmes in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. | |
| Ivan Klima | 20050130 | John Tusa meets the Czech novelist Ivan Klima. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. | |
| Luc Tuymans | 20041212 | John Tusa talks to artist Luc Tuymans about his work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. | |
| Merce Cunningham | 20031207 | John Tusa meets choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. John Tusa continues his series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators. This week, he meets the veteran New York choreographer and dancer, Merce Cunningham. | |
| Michael Frayn | 20040404 | John Tusa talks to playwright Michael Frayn about his work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. | |
| Michal Rovner | 20031102 | John Tusa meets the Israeli-born video artist, Michal Rovner. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. JOHN TUSA talks to Israeli-born video artist Michal Rovner. The John Tusa Interview. | |
| Milos Forman | 20010506 | JOHN TUSA talks to leading creative figures about their work. In this edition, he talks to the Czech-born film director Milos Forman, who left his homeland following the 1968 Soviet invasion, having already received international acclaim for his films `Loves of a Blonde' and `Fireman's Ball'. He settled in America and his subsequent films have included the critical and popular successes `One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' and `Amadeus'. John Tusa talks to leading creative figures about their work. | |
| Mona Hatoum | 20050904 | John Tusa talks to artist Mona Hatoum about her work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. | |
| Muriel Spark | 20020106 | 20020816 (R3) | John Tusa interviews writer Muriel Spark about her long career. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. JOHN TUSA talks to acclaimed fiction writer Dame MURIEL SPARK, who is in her eighties and still writing. John Tusa talks to acclaimed fiction writer Dame Muriel Spark, who is in her eighties and still writing. |
| Nicholas Grimshaw | 20010204 | John Tusa talks to architect Nicholas Grimshaw about his work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. JOHN TUSA meets the architect Nicholas Grimshaw, whose high-profile projects include the Waterloo Channel Tunnel Terminal and Cornwall's Eden Project. John Tusa meets the architect Nicholas Grimshaw, whose high-profile projects include the Waterloo Channel Tunnel Terminal and Cornwall's Eden Project. | |
| Norman Davies | 20001001 | John Tusa talks to historian Professor Norman Davies. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. JOHN TUSA presents a series in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. In this edition, he meets historian Norman Davies, whose publications include surveys of Poland, Europe and, most recently, the British Isles. John Tusa presents a series in which he talks to leading creative figures about their work. | |
| Paul Muldoon | 20040201 | John Tusa talks to Irish poet Paul Muldoon. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. JOHN TUSA continues his series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators. This week, he meets the eminent Irish poet and Oxford Professor of Poetry, Paul Muldoon. | |
| Rachel Whiteread | 20040104 | John Tusa meets the Turner prize-winning sculptor, Rachel Whiteread. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. The John Tusa Interview: In his series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators, John Tusa meets the Turner prize-winning sculptor, Rachel Whiteread. | |
| Renzo Piano | 20030504 | The John Tusa Interview: Continuing his series of conversations with some of the world's greatest artistic originators. This week he meets the architect Renzo Piano. | |
| Robert Lepage | 20050501 | John Tusa talks to Canadian director and playwright Robert Lepage. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. | |
| Santiago Calatrava | 20051002 | John Tusa talks to Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. | |
| Simon Mcburney | 20031005 | John Tusa meets the British theatre director Simon McBurney. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. | |
| Tony Cragg | 20050403 | John Tusa talks to Tony Cragg about his work. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. | |
| Tony Harrison | 20011104 | JOHN TUSA talks to leading creative figures about their work, and today is in discussion with poet TONY HARRISON, whose printed, stage and film work aims to be `a public poetry'. John Tusa talks to leading creative figures about their work, and today is in discussion with poet Tony Harrison, whose printed, stage and film work aims to be `a public poetry'. | |
| William Forsythe | 20030202 | 'John Tusa meets choreographer William Forsythe, whose controversial work has been said to have replaced ballet's classical line with an aesthetic of perfect disorder.' | |
| William Trevor | 20050612 | John Tusa talks to novelist William Trevor. John Tusa discusses the creative process with major practitioners in the arts. |