About this season
One of the triumvirate of Frost programmes that dominated ITV weekends in the late 1960s and early 70s, Frost on Friday concentrated on current affairs often creating the headlines, as well as reporting on them. Made at a time when David Frost was hosting a chat show in the US and then jetting back to the UK to do three shows over the weekend, Frost on Friday concentrates this energy into forty minutes worth of incisive and insightful commentary on current affairs as well as a number of remarkable interviews with often controversial, high-profile public figures.
Episodes (9)
1. Moshe Dayan
Aired 23 August 1968
General Moshe Dayan discussing his role in the Six Day War
2. Baldur von Schirach
Aired 13 September 1968
War criminal Baldur von Schirach on his relationship with Hitler.
3. Ian Smith
Aired 20 September 1968
David Frost interviews Ian Smith, former Prime Minister of Rhodesia.
4. James Callaghan
Aired 18 October 1968
James Callaghan gives a bullish and frank interview in his position as then-Home Secretary.
5. Cardinal Heenan
Aired 6 December 1968
Cardinal Heenan outlines his position on contraception.
6. Muhammad Ali
Aired 13 December 1968
Muhammad Ali is interviewed in New York (during a period when he had been stripped of his title and boxing licence for refusing to be drafted into the Vietnam conflict).
7. Enoch Powell
Aired 3 January 1969
A highly emotional interview with Conservative politician Enoch Powell.
8. Christiaan Barnard
Aired 10 October 1969
David Frost interviews Christiaan Barnard the South African cardiac surgeon.
9. Debate on Capital Punishment
Aired 24 October 1969
A powerful debate on capital punishment includes contributions from the father of Derek Bentley who was hanged for murder in 1953 (and pardoned three decades after this debate was recorded).