Season 6

1. Leeds International Piano Competition

1972-09-17 • ? min

2. The Last Samurai

1972-09-24 • ? min

3. The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw

Christopher Plummer invites the audience into the world of great playwright, George Bernard Shaw, at his home with fellow actors and an actress playing St. Joan.

1972-10-01 • ? min

4. Vincent the Dutchman

1972-10-15 • ? min

5. Who Needs a Conductor?

1972-10-22 • ? min

6. The Performers-Goya

1972-10-29 • ? min

7. Artists in Wartime

1972-11-12 • ? min

8. Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1972-11-19 • ? min

9. Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan

A journey across Australia through the paintings of Sidney Nolan. Earlier this year Sidney Nolan revisited the country where he was born. He likes long journeys and cannot help painting pictures, and every picture tells a story. In this adventure through myth and imagery Nolan looks again at the Australia of Ned Kelly, Mrs Fraser and the convicts, Burke and Wills.

1972-11-26 • ? min

10. Max Beerbohm Remembers

1972-12-10 • ? min

11. Judy: Impressions of Garland

Memories of Judy Garland, from people who knew and worked with her.

1972-12-24 • ? min

12. The Savage Image

1973-01-14 • ? min

13. Why Culture?

1973-01-21 • ? min

14. But the People Are Beautiful: Andy Warhol

1973-02-04 • ? min

15. Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise

This film for Omnibus follows the two weeks of rehearsal that led up to the recording of a Morecambe and Wise Show that aired on 16 February 1973. 'Fools Rush In' was Eric and Ernie's billing in their early days. Thirty years later, they had become Britain's best-known comedians, with regular audiences of nearly 20 million people. Producer John Ammonds, writer Eddie Braben, as well as Eric and Ernie talk about the skill and sheer hard work of comedy.

1973-02-18 • 49 min

16. The Name Grierson: The Word Documentary

1973-02-25 • ? min

17. Master of the Cello

1973-03-11 • ? min

18. It Must Be Something in the Water

1973-03-18 • ? min

19. Sir Noel Coward

1973-03-25 • ? min

20. Colette 1873-1954: A Window in the War

1973-04-15 • ? min

21. That's My Little Masterpiece

1973-05-06 • ? min

22. The Passing of the Year

An Omnibus calendar of tribal England. This film traces how the passing of the seasons is still celebrated with folk song, dance and-ritual. For 12 months cameras have been recording the genuinely surviving ceremonies associated with May Day marches. Summer Dances, Harvest Festivals, Christmas, New Year and Easter.

1973-05-13 • ? min

23. British Jazz

1973-06-03 • ? min

24. Leonardo-To Know How to See

1973-07-08 • ? min

25. Ginger Baker in Africa

The former Cream drummer travels to Nigeria to build a recording studio.

1973-07-15 • ? min