Tempo (1961)
ITV's seminal arts programme, Tempo ran for eight years through a decade which saw a creative explosion within all aspects of the performing arts. Its fluid style of presentation allowed an almost open-ended remit, enabling it to cover subjects as diverse as cinema, music, dance, photography, writing – and much more besides. At a time when television was being criticised for dumbing down, Tempo – more than any other series – showed that ITV could indeed go highbrow whilst still remaining populist – a philosophy and outlook that was to continue into the 1970s and beyond with its successors Aquarius and The South Bank Show.
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Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Episodes season 1
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1x1
Episode 1
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1x2
The art of bullfighting/the death of fiction
Episodes season 2
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2x1
The artist in france
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2x2
Episode 2
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2x3
The artist at work
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2x4
The negro spiritual
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2x5
Analysis of the hero
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2x6
The new glossy magazines
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2x7
The spoof prima donna
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2x8
The man with the moon
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2x9
A rose is a rose is a rose – but is it art?
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2x10
Choreography: the art of norman morrice
Episodes season 3
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3x1
Annie ross
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3x2
Art from australia
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3x3
Lions led by donkeys
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3x4
Dark descent
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3x5
The mark of feae
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3x6
The life i sing about
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3x7
The saltire in the wind
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3x8
Carols mean christmas
Episodes season 4
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4x1
Mods and rockers
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4x2
A dialogue of actors
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4x3
Postscript to the ballet
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4x4
A wind of change: the art of franco zeffirelli
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4x5
A vision of england
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4x6
The mime of jacques lecoq
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4x7
The christopher marlowe murder mystery
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4x8
Crime to remember
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4x9
Ice shows
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4x10
Odetta
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4x11
Some of these days
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4x12
Two-handers
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4x13
A star of india
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4x14
The prince maker
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4x15
More minim
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4x16
The making of a musical
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4x17
The music ladder
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4x18
A man of runnymede
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4x19
The blues came walkin': part 1
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4x20
The blues came walkin': part 2
Episodes season 5
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5x1
Look back at tomorrow
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5x2
Lee strasberg
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5x3
Boss guitar
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5x4
The knack
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5x5
Successful failure
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5x6
The title makers
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5x7
Profile no. 1: harold pinter
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5x8
Profile no. 2: jean-luc godard
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5x9
Profile no. 3: michael tippett
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5x10
Profile no. 4: charles eames
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5x11
Profile no. 5: alain robbe-grillet
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5x12
Profile no. 6: orson welles
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5x13
A tale of two talents
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5x14
Profile no. 7: andré courrèges
Episodes season 6
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6x1
A guided tour of zero mostel
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6x2
Entertainers: theatre
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6x3
You've got a nerve
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6x4
Entertainers: comedians
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6x5
Entertainers: jazz
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6x6
Tativille
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6x7
Blood, sweat & champagne
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6x8
Jazz in wonderland
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6x9
The offenders
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6x10
The image wizards
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6x11
Bauhaus
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6x12
The royal academy of dramatic art
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6x13
Sound
Episodes season 7
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7x1
Information
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7x2
Nostalgia
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7x3
Take a simple action and look at it
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7x4
Performer and composer: daniel barenboim on beethoven
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7x5
Performer and composer: george malcolm on scarlatti
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7x6
Performer and composer: gervase de peyer on brahms
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7x7
Performer and composer: vlado perlemuter on ravel
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7x8
Performer and composer: janet baker on schumann
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7x9
Contemporary drama: waiting for godot
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7x10
The actor and the role: irene worth
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7x11
The actor and the role: edith evans
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7x12
The actor and the role: donald pleasence
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7x13
The actor and the role: sybil thorndike
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7x14
The actor and the role: michael hordern
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7x15
The actor and the role: diane cilento – miss julie
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7x16
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