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CALEDONIA A FRAGMENT Anthony Powell's poem, CALEDONIA a Fragment, was originally published in 1934.

Directed by Tristram Powell in 1972. Patrick Garland talks to Ralph Richardson in the year of his 70th birthday. More information and examples of the work of television and film director Tristram Powell can be found at www.tristrampowell.com

In Memoriam Philip Roth (1933 - 2018). Posted by Tristram Powell. An adaptation of Roth's novel 'The Ghost Writer'. Screenplay by the author. Directed by Tristram Powell in 1983. Starring Claire Bloom, Sam Wanamaker & Mark Linn-Baker. More information and examples of the work of television and film director Tristram Powell can be found at www.tristrampowell.com

Directed by Tristram Powell in 1972. Patrick Garland talks to Ralph Richardson in the year of his 70th birthday. More information and examples of the work of television and film director Tristram Powell can be found at www.tristrampowell.com

The writtings of Joe Ackerley dramatised by Paul Bailey. Starring Benjamin Whitrow , Saeed Jaffrey and John Moffatt. Directed by Tristram Powell BBC Omnibus, 1980. BAFTA Award Winner 1981. More information on the work of film and television director Tristram Powell, can be found at www.tristrampowell.com

The story of Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-General of the United Nations , who was killed in an air crash in September 1961 This programme portrayed the events in the Congo and Hammarskjold's attempt to pacify the situation after its Belgian colonisers abruptly pulled out. The film includes interviews with Brian Urquhart and Conor Cruise O'Brien, with scenes from his play Murderous Angels. BBC 2n...

A film made by the film and television director Tristram Powell, when he was a teenager in 1956. Shot on an Standard 8mm camera the film includes footage of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, then Patriarch of Venice, who was to become Pope John XXIII in 1958. More about Tristram Powell and his work can be seen here: www.tristrampowell.com.

This BBC Timewatch documentary was written and directed by Tristram Powell and explores the trial of Adolf EIchmann through a controversial book, Eichmann in Jerusalem, by Hannah Arendt. Arendt, a political theorist, had written with insight on the historical position of Jews in modern western society and on the rise of Nazism. It was therefore with a sense of deep hurt and outrage that many Je...

Jones talks to his old friend Sauders Lewis, at his home and studio in Harrow-on-the-Hill. This unique interview was produced by Melvyn Bragg and directed by Tirstram Powell in 1965 for the BBC magazine series Writers' World. More about Tristram Powell and his work can be seen here: www.tristrampowell.com.

"The Almost Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp" Tate Gallery 1966 A film, made by Tristram Powell in 1966, marking the first retrospective exhibition in Europe of the works of Marcel Duchamp at the Tate Gallery, London. The film includes an interview with Duchamp and unique behind the scenes footage from the Tate. The film also features interviews with the show's curator, Richard Hamilton, the ar...

Alphonse Mucha

This is a rare television interview with the author Natalie Clifford Barney. Filmed in 1966 at her home in the Latin Quarter of Paris, she talks about her life and the great writers and personalities she met and entertained in her salon. Transmitted in 1966 as part of Second Release on BBC 2. This is a rare piece of film, a time machine introducing you to an extraordinary woman. Natalie Cliffor...

Ashington Miners - 1972

Patti Smith in West Side Stories with Jonathan Miller - 1972