Tempo

Name: Tempo
Genre: Talk
Released: 1961-10-15
Cast: Alan Dell, David Mahlowe

— Oct 1961 7 Seasons 83 Episodes

Ended

Talk

Overview

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.

Created by Mike Hodges

ABC Weekend Television

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Alan Dell

Self – Host

David Mahlowe

Self – Host

Key Crew

Orson Welles

Director

Orson Welles

Writer

Mike Hodges

Producer

Information

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?

Jan 1, 1967 30m

Nostalgia

Nostalgia is.. Good..? Bad..? Is life today too hectic and rushed? Does nostalgia close one's eye to the present?

Jan 8, 1967 30m

Take a Simple Action and Look at It

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.

Feb 12, 1967 30m

The Actor and the Role: Michael Hordern

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.

Apr 14, 1968 30m

E15