Face to Face

1. Lord Birkett

Air Date: 1959-02-04

2. Bertrand Russell

Air Date: 1959-03-04

Philosopher Bertrand Russell is the second guest on the series, beginning the interview by reading from a fictitious obituary he'd written for himself. Among the topics discussed are guilt, sex, money, childhood, prison and loss of faith.

3. Dame Edith Sitwell

Air Date: 1959-05-06

John Freeman interviews the first of just two female guests in the series - poet Dame Edith Sitwell. The Dame discusses her unhappy childhood, her working relationship with Dylan Thomas, and her unexpected diversion into Hollywood.

4. Lord Boothby

Air Date: 1959-05-27

5. Nubar Gulbenkian

Air Date: 1959-07-15

6. Adlai E. Stevenson

Air Date: 1959-07-22

Adlai Stevenson relives his early life in journalism and law, and discusses losing two Presidential elections to Dwight Eisenhower. Among his other reflections are how others see him, and how he sees himself.

7. John Huston

Air Date: 1959-09-01

A cigar-puffing John Huston discusses his directing career, his desire to make films under the United Nations, his relationship with his father and fighting with Errol Flynn.

8. Professor Jung

Air Date: 1959-10-22

John Freeman interviews Carl Jung at his Zürich home, asking the psychologist questions about consciousness, his friendship with Freud, his thoughts on death, and his own self-analysis.

9. Lord Morrison of Lambeth

Air Date: 1959-12-18

10. His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan

Air Date: 1960-01-01

11. Lord Shawcross Q.C.

Air Date: 1960-01-10

12. Tony Hancock

Air Date: 1960-02-07

Tony Hancock engages in self reflection, looking back at his childhood, his need to work, his health issues, and whether he could ever truly be happy.

13. Henry Moore

Air Date: 1960-02-21

14. Dr. Hastings Banda

Air Date: 1960-04-22

15. Augustus John

Air Date: 1960-05-15

16. Sir Roy Welensky

Air Date: 1960-05-29

17. Stirling Moss

Air Date: 1960-06-12

Racing driver Stirling Moss is called upon to ponder his career. Customary for the series, the questions go deeper than usual interviews: Does he think about mortality? Does he feel close to God? What about the breakdown of his marriage?

18. Evelyn Waugh

Air Date: 1960-06-26

Evelyn Waugh takes part in the series due to what he claims is "poverty", and that "everyone thinks ill of the BBC". Among the topics under discussion are religion, truth in fiction, and Waugh's own periods of mental illness.

1. Gilbert Harding

Air Date: 1960-09-18

Arguably the most famous episode of the series, as Gilbert Harding verges on breaking down under John Freeman's questioning. "I shall be very glad to be dead" remains a poignant response - Harding died less than two months after broadcast.

2. General von Senger und Etterlin

Air Date: 1960-10-02

Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin discusses his role in the second World War, including whether he was ever accused of war crimes, and whether he was given any orders he felt were unacceptable.

3. Lord Reith

Air Date: 1960-10-30

John Freeman talks to a former director-general of his own employer, as ex-BBC head Lord John Reith discusses his early life and time with the corporation. Debated among the two is the value of the BBC in Reith's time, and in the present.

4. Simone Signoret

Air Date: 1960-11-13

John Freeman and Simone Signoret play a verbal game of cat and mouse, as he wants to know "the woman behind the actor's mask." However, Simone is deliberate in what she reveals, answering one question with "I think that's my own business."

5. Victor Gollancz

Air Date: 1960-11-27

6. Adam Faith

Air Date: 1960-12-11

45-year-old John Freeman admits that he's been "consulting some teenage friends of mine" as he interviews his first pop star, Adam Faith. Faith talks about the difference between his showbusiness persona and his real self, Terry Nelhams.

7. Otto Klemperer

Air Date: 1961-01-08

1. Frank Cousins

Air Date: 1961-10-15

2. Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Air Date: 1961-10-29

"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

Air Date: 1961-11-12

4. Jomo Kenyatta

Air Date: 1961-11-26

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

Air Date: 1962-01-07

6. John Osborne

Air Date: 1962-01-21

7. Roy Thomson

Air Date: 1962-02-04

8. Cecil Beaton

Air Date: 1962-02-18

9. Albert Finney

Air Date: 1962-03-04

10. Danny Blanchflower

Air Date: 1962-03-18

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".

1. Anthony Burgess

Air Date: 1989-03-21

5. Bernardo Bertolucci

Air Date: 1989-09-26

Interview With Bernardo Bertolucci

6. JG Ballard

Air Date: 1989-11-07

In one of a series of occasional revivals of the BBC's classic Face to Face series, first broadcast in 1989, Jeremy Isaacs talks to science writer JG Ballard about his life, writing and fascination with the violence of the 20th century.

7. Ken Dodd

Air Date: 1995-03-13

In this television interview, comedian Ken Dodd discusses his career and approach to comedy.