About this season
Face To Face is a BBC television series originally broadcast between 1959 and 1962, created and produced by Hugh Burnett, which ran for 35 episodes. The insightful and often probing style of the interviewer, former politician John Freeman, separated it from other programmes of the time. The series was revived in 1989 with Jeremy Isaacs as the interviewer. This version ran until 1998.
Episodes (10)
1. Frank Cousins
Aired 15 October 1961 • 30 min
2. Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Aired 29 October 1961 • 30 min
"It is never easy for one to accept the role of symbolism without going through constant moments of self examination." Martin Luther King discusses his childhood in a segregated America, and the challenges he still faces in the present.
3. Lord Hailsham
Aired 12 November 1961 • 30 min
4. Jomo Kenyatta
Aired 26 November 1961 • 30 min
Jomo Kenyatta discusses his release from prison, and whether there was more he could have done to prevent his incarceration. Also discussed is Kenyatta's vision for the future of Kenya.
5. Sir Compton Mackenzie
Aired 7 January 1962 • 30 min
6. John Osborne
Aired 21 January 1962 • 30 min
7. Roy Thomson
Aired 4 February 1962 • 30 min
8. Cecil Beaton
Aired 18 February 1962 • 30 min
9. Albert Finney
Aired 4 March 1962 • 30 min
10. Danny Blanchflower
Aired 18 March 1962 • 30 min
In the final edition of the programme, footballer Danny Blanchflower faces what he calls the "challenge" of appearing, and describes why he fled from the studio when he was the planned subject of "This Is Your Life".