List of episodes of the series «Face to Face»

  • Seasons count: 4
  • Episodes count: 38
  • Total viewing time: 20 h.
Lord Birkett
Release date: 2/4/1959

Lord Birkett

  • Episode number: 1
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
Bertrand Russell
Release date: 3/4/1959

Bertrand Russell

  • Episode number: 2
  • Episode duration: 43 min.
  • Episode description:
    Philosopher Bertrand Russell is the second guest on the series, beginning the interview by reading from a fictitious obituary he'd written for himself. Among the topics discussed are guilt, sex, money, childhood, prison and loss of faith.
Dame Edith Sitwell
Release date: 5/6/1959

Dame Edith Sitwell

  • Episode number: 3
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    John Freeman interviews the first of just two female guests in the series - poet Dame Edith Sitwell. The Dame discusses her unhappy childhood, her working relationship with Dylan Thomas, and her unexpected diversion into Hollywood.
Lord Boothby
Release date: 5/27/1959

Lord Boothby

  • Episode number: 4
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
Nubar Gulbenkian
Release date: 7/15/1959

Nubar Gulbenkian

  • Episode number: 5
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Release date: 7/22/1959

Adlai E. Stevenson

  • Episode number: 6
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Adlai Stevenson relives his early life in journalism and law, and discusses losing two Presidential elections to Dwight Eisenhower. Among his other reflections are how others see him, and how he sees himself.
John Huston
Release date: 9/1/1959

John Huston

  • Episode number: 7
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    A cigar-puffing John Huston discusses his directing career, his desire to make films under the United Nations, his relationship with his father and fighting with Errol Flynn.
Professor Jung
Release date: 10/22/1959

Professor Jung

  • Episode number: 8
  • Episode duration: 38 min.
  • Episode description:
    John Freeman interviews Carl Jung at his Zürich home, asking the psychologist questions about consciousness, his friendship with Freud, his thoughts on death, and his own self-analysis.
Lord Morrison of Lambeth
Release date: 12/18/1959

Lord Morrison of Lambeth

  • Episode number: 9
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan
Release date: 1/1/1960

His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan

  • Episode number: 10
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
Lord Shawcross Q.C.
Release date: 1/10/1960

Lord Shawcross Q.C.

  • Episode number: 11
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
Tony Hancock
Release date: 2/7/1960

Tony Hancock

  • Episode number: 12
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Tony Hancock engages in self reflection, looking back at his childhood, his need to work, his health issues, and whether he could ever truly be happy.
Henry Moore
Release date: 2/21/1960

Henry Moore

  • Episode number: 13
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
Dr. Hastings Banda
Release date: 4/22/1960

Dr. Hastings Banda

  • Episode number: 14
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
Augustus John
Release date: 5/15/1960

Augustus John

  • Episode number: 15
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
Sir Roy Welensky
Release date: 5/29/1960

Sir Roy Welensky

  • Episode number: 16
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
Stirling Moss
Release date: 6/12/1960

Stirling Moss

  • Episode number: 17
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Racing driver Stirling Moss is called upon to ponder his career. Customary for the series, the questions go deeper than usual interviews: Does he think about mortality? Does he feel close to God? What about the breakdown of his marriage?
Evelyn Waugh
Release date: 6/26/1960

Evelyn Waugh

  • Episode number: 18
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Evelyn Waugh takes part in the series due to what he claims is "poverty", and that "everyone thinks ill of the BBC". Among the topics under discussion are religion, truth in fiction, and Waugh's own periods of mental illness.