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Tempo is a talk TV series that premiered on ITV1 on October 15, 1961. It has 7 seasons and 83 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 7 Episode 16 "Expendability", aired on June 24, 1968.
A long-running ITV arts and culture series that aired from 1961 to 1968, Tempo was a landmark British television programme dedicated to the performing and visual arts. With a flexible magazine format and an open editorial remit, the series explored cinema, music, dance, photography, literature, theatre, and contemporary cultural life. Combining intellectual ambition with accessible presentation, Tempo established a model for serious arts broadcasting on commercial television and laid the groundwork for later landmark programmes such as Aquarius and The South Bank Show.
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83 episodes · 7 seasons
1961 · 2 episodes · Last episode: 64 years ago
A specially commissioned film by Orson Welles examines bullfighting. Meanwhile, writer Truman Capote discusses the death of fiction.
1962 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 63 years ago
The author of the James Bond books, Ian Fleming, talks to Dan Farson.
Tempo visits France for a film about the abstract artist Graham Sutherland who is seen at work in his studio.
A look at modern architecture in Britain including interviews with the critic Iain Nairn and the architects Frederick Gibberd and Hubert Bennett.
1963 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 62 years ago
How artists bring terror into their pictures.
An attempt to explore the television technique in relation to modern ballet.
1964 · 20 episodes · Last episode: 61 years ago
Looking back on the past year since John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
A behind the scenes look at a production of the musical Maggie May.
The South African cast of the 'Wait a Minim' theatre show bring their sparkle and zest for life to the small screen.
A profile on Russian-American singer Sophie Tucker.
A profile of the American blues singer Odetta.
Songs, recitations, and Victorian melodrama are used for a series of vignettes on aspects of crime. From the righteous to the romantic and ultimately, the repellent.
The Great Shakespeare Exhibition at Stratford-upon-Avon takes you back to 23 April 1564, the day of the poet's birth.
Mods and Rockers is a dance created by Peter Darrell for the Western Theatre Ballet based on the music of the Beatles.
1965 · 14 episodes · Last episode: 61 years ago
Contrasting the professional life of Welsh pop singer Tom Jones who shot to fame last year with Canadian-born modern ballet dancer Lynne Seymour who performs with the Royal Ballet Company.
Playwright Harold Pinter talks about his background and influences in a documentary that also includes extracts from The Homecoming with the original Aldwych Theatre cast.
Tempo visits the booming film title making industry, where some have said that the titles are now a lot more interesting than the films they introduce.
1966 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 60 years ago
"Is music just a sound? Is a truck passing by music? Are sounds just sounds or are they Beethoven? Is there such a thing as silence?" John Cage, composer.
Awards presented by the Design and Art Directors Association.
A look at satirical magazines 'Krokodil' (USSR), 'Le Canard Enchaine' (France) and 'Private Eye' (UK).
At EMI Studios in London, Tempo films the pianist Stan Tracey as he works on a new jazz suite interpretation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
An interview with French comedian and director Jacques Tati on the set of his latest film 'Playtime'.
A profile of jazz musician Duke Ellington.
The evolution of London's community of street musicians.
An interview with actor/comedian Zero Mostel on the set of 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'.
1967 · 16 episodes · Last episode: 58 years ago
A discussion on expendability.
Michael Hordern stars as the exiled Prospero, who lives on a desolate island with his daughter Miranda. When his usurping brother Antonio sails by, Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm that wrecks the ship and torments the survivors, including the King of Naples and Antonio, thus changing all of their lives.
An attempt to explain and visualise the experience of a person undergoing an LSD trip. The film uses repetition and changes to audio and visual perception via avant garde techniques.
Nostalgia is.. Good..? Bad..? Is life today too hectic and rushed? Does nostalgia close one's eye to the present?
The old idea of a fixed, unchanging world has been thrown out. In today's world of information, can the artist provide a crucial early warning system of coming changes?
Created by Mike Hodges
Orson Welles
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Truman Capote
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Peter Cook
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Peter Sellers
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Alan Bennett
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Dudley Moore
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Joan Littlewood
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Jonathan Miller
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Franco Zeffirelli
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Tempo has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on June 24, 1968.
The most recent episode of Tempo, Season 7 Episode 16 "Expendability", aired on June 24, 1968.
Tempo has 7 seasons with 83 episodes in total.
Tempo first aired on ITV1 on October 15, 1961.
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