Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Apathy | 20070226 | By Kenneth Tynan, selected by Dominic Shellard. Michael Sheen and David Horovitch read from a new selection of articles (written between 1944 and 1962) by one of the 20th Century's most influential theatre critics. Abridged by Doreen Estall.Kenneth Tynan is barely 20 when he writes his first audacious reviews, raging against the insular plays he feels are suffocating British theatre. |
| 02 | The Voice Of The Young | 20070227 | In May 1956, Kenneth Tynan writes an ecstatic review of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, and the play changes the face of British theatre. |
| 03 | Dodging The Ban | 20070228 | Kenneth Tynan's passionate campaign against theatre censorship is a high-definition performance - fearless and funny. |
| 04 | A Verbal Wizard | 20070301 | Tynan makes astonishingly accurate assessments of the first ever performances of The Entertainer (1957) and A Taste of Honey (1958), and heralds the work of Harold Pinter |
| 05 LAST | An Open Letter | 20070302 | In July 1962, just before leaving The Observer to join Laurence Olivier's New National Theatre, Kenneth Tynan writes a surprisingly negative review about his idol. |