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Season 2, 17 episodes

Episode 1: The Who
- Now playing
- Oct 5, 1974
The first programme in a new series of 2nd House examines The Who phenomenon. In 1964 a rock group made their first public appearance at a pub in Harrow. Ten years later the same band hold an undisputed position among rock giants.
Episode 2: Episode 2
- Oct 19, 1974
An exhibition of painter Paul Klee's later works opened last week at the Bristol Art Gallery. Randy Newman talks to Charlie Gillett and sings from his album The Good Old Boys. In his New York home, author Isaac Bashevis Singer talks the Polish Jewish community he was brought up in.
Episode 3: 45 Minutes Each Way
- Nov 2, 1974
A documentary celebrating different aspects of our national sport in music, verse and drama.
Episode 4: Episode 4
- Nov 16, 1974
Willy Russell's hit musical at the Lyric Theatre charts the rise and fall of The Beatles. At the Royal Academy, the largest collection of J. M. W. Turner's work ever to be shown publicly opens today. To coincide with their current season at Sadler's Wells, the artistic directors of London's two leading modern dance companies were each invited to create an original work for television.
Episode 5: Athol Fugard
- Nov 30, 1974
On his recent visit to London, Athol Fugard was interviewed by Melvyn Bragg and tonight's programme brings together extracts from South Africa's finest playwright's most important plays to give a portrait of this formidable man of the theatre.
Episode 6: Episode 6
- Dec 14, 1974
A new selection of stories by the Brothers Grimm, translated and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, restores to these fairy tales their original strength and complexity. Interviewed in his New York studio, 40-year-old pop painter James Rosenquist talks about the current exhibition of his work at the Mayor Gallery in London. Poet Peter Redgrove and young author Penelope Shuttle talk about the ideas behind their book. At the Mermaid Theatre in London, Benny Green and Alan Strachan celebrates the spirit of Cole Porter.
Episode 7: Word of Mouth
- Jan 4, 1975
A documentary entertainment in England's forgotten language dialect performed in the accent of those for whom Barth will always be Bath and Coventry will never be Cuventry.
Episode 8: Episode 8
- Jan 18, 1975
This month, the Victoria and Albert Museum celebrates the great Vincent Van Gogh's years in England. 2nd House filmed Thorn Gunn, poet-hero of the British beat generation who now lives in San Francisco, reading from his latest collection in the Californian landscape which inspires his poetry.
Episode 9: The Man They Could Not Hang
- Feb 1, 1975
In January 1885 John Lee, a young servant, was condemned to death in Exeter for the murder of his employer. For reasons that have remained mysterious to this day he could not be hanged. The only recorded failure in the history of the drop system made Lee, convicted murderer, a popular hero, known all over the country.
Episode 10: Episode 10
- Feb 15, 1975
Melvyn Bragg talks to James Toback, the New York College lecturer and occasional sports-writer who has written the story and the script of Karel Reisz's new film The Gambler. This month, an exhibition of Swiss artist Henry Fuseli's work opens at the Tate Gallery. An adaptation of controversial R. D. Laing's book, Knots.
Episode 11: Imagine a City called Berlin
- Mar 1, 1975
A personal documentary written and presented by Michael Frayn.
Episode 12: Episode 12
- Mar 16, 1975
Trevor Griffiths's new play opened to rave notices at the Nottingham Play-house at the end of February. An exhibition devoted to the history and re-discovery of British photography opens at the Hayward Gallery. Tonight's film looks at a session unique to traditional Irish music.
Episode 13: Wife for Life?
- Apr 5, 1975
2nd House explores in verse, drama, cartoon, documentary and song how our views of wedlock have shifted in recent times from the Victorian belief in a life-long union entailing absolute fidelity and in which sex was primarily for begetting children.
Episode 14: Episode 14
- Apr 19, 1975
The first part of tonight's programme is devoted to artists and craftsmen who are brightening up our environment. Extracts from some of Julian Symons's award-winning crime novels are enacted.
Episode 15: The Sound of Laughter
- May 3, 1975
Tonight's programme takes an affectionate look at radio comedy from the earliest days of the British Broadcasting Company right up to the present day.
Episode 16: Episode 16
- May 17, 1975
Composer Gordon Crosse and Alan Garner have taken the Cheshire legend of Potter Thompson as the starting point for their children's opera. Edwin Mullins takes a look at the early years of Arthur Lasenby Liberty's famous store in Regent Street, London. Sonny Rollins, one of the great jazz saxophonists of all times, released his latest disc. As an experiment, 2nd House invited three dancers from the Ballet Rambert and three from the London Contemporary Dance Theatre to work together to see if they can create something different.
Episode 17: Remember Hiroshima? ... and Nagasaki?
- Aug 9, 1975
Exactly 30 years ago today, nuclear physicist Philip Morrison supervised the loading of the A-bomb which was dropped on Nagasaki. In conversation with Melvyn Bragg, he recalls for viewers how scientists like himself came to be involved in the manufacture of nuclear weapons and the campaign some of them have waged to limit the arms race.

2nd House

1973 to 1975
2 seasons

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Topical arts magazine introduced by Melvyn Bragg.

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Ran for 2 seasons and 33 episodes (1973 to 1975)
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Status: Ended
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 33
First aired: October 6, 1973
Last aired: August 9, 1975
Original language: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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Season 2, 17 episodes

Episode 1: The Who
- Now playing
- Oct 5, 1974
The first programme in a new series of 2nd House examines The Who phenomenon. In 1964 a rock group made their first public appearance at a pub in Harrow. Ten years later the same band hold an undisputed position among rock giants.
Episode 2: Episode 2
- Oct 19, 1974
An exhibition of painter Paul Klee's later works opened last week at the Bristol Art Gallery. Randy Newman talks to Charlie Gillett and sings from his album The Good Old Boys. In his New York home, author Isaac Bashevis Singer talks the Polish Jewish community he was brought up in.
Episode 3: 45 Minutes Each Way
- Nov 2, 1974
A documentary celebrating different aspects of our national sport in music, verse and drama.
Episode 4: Episode 4
- Nov 16, 1974
Willy Russell's hit musical at the Lyric Theatre charts the rise and fall of The Beatles. At the Royal Academy, the largest collection of J. M. W. Turner's work ever to be shown publicly opens today. To coincide with their current season at Sadler's Wells, the artistic directors of London's two leading modern dance companies were each invited to create an original work for television.
Episode 5: Athol Fugard
- Nov 30, 1974
On his recent visit to London, Athol Fugard was interviewed by Melvyn Bragg and tonight's programme brings together extracts from South Africa's finest playwright's most important plays to give a portrait of this formidable man of the theatre.
Episode 6: Episode 6
- Dec 14, 1974
A new selection of stories by the Brothers Grimm, translated and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, restores to these fairy tales their original strength and complexity. Interviewed in his New York studio, 40-year-old pop painter James Rosenquist talks about the current exhibition of his work at the Mayor Gallery in London. Poet Peter Redgrove and young author Penelope Shuttle talk about the ideas behind their book. At the Mermaid Theatre in London, Benny Green and Alan Strachan celebrates the spirit of Cole Porter.
Episode 7: Word of Mouth
- Jan 4, 1975
A documentary entertainment in England's forgotten language dialect performed in the accent of those for whom Barth will always be Bath and Coventry will never be Cuventry.
Episode 8: Episode 8
- Jan 18, 1975
This month, the Victoria and Albert Museum celebrates the great Vincent Van Gogh's years in England. 2nd House filmed Thorn Gunn, poet-hero of the British beat generation who now lives in San Francisco, reading from his latest collection in the Californian landscape which inspires his poetry.
Episode 9: The Man They Could Not Hang
- Feb 1, 1975
In January 1885 John Lee, a young servant, was condemned to death in Exeter for the murder of his employer. For reasons that have remained mysterious to this day he could not be hanged. The only recorded failure in the history of the drop system made Lee, convicted murderer, a popular hero, known all over the country.
Episode 10: Episode 10
- Feb 15, 1975
Melvyn Bragg talks to James Toback, the New York College lecturer and occasional sports-writer who has written the story and the script of Karel Reisz's new film The Gambler. This month, an exhibition of Swiss artist Henry Fuseli's work opens at the Tate Gallery. An adaptation of controversial R. D. Laing's book, Knots.
Episode 11: Imagine a City called Berlin
- Mar 1, 1975
A personal documentary written and presented by Michael Frayn.
Episode 12: Episode 12
- Mar 16, 1975
Trevor Griffiths's new play opened to rave notices at the Nottingham Play-house at the end of February. An exhibition devoted to the history and re-discovery of British photography opens at the Hayward Gallery. Tonight's film looks at a session unique to traditional Irish music.
Episode 13: Wife for Life?
- Apr 5, 1975
2nd House explores in verse, drama, cartoon, documentary and song how our views of wedlock have shifted in recent times from the Victorian belief in a life-long union entailing absolute fidelity and in which sex was primarily for begetting children.
Episode 14: Episode 14
- Apr 19, 1975
The first part of tonight's programme is devoted to artists and craftsmen who are brightening up our environment. Extracts from some of Julian Symons's award-winning crime novels are enacted.
Episode 15: The Sound of Laughter
- May 3, 1975
Tonight's programme takes an affectionate look at radio comedy from the earliest days of the British Broadcasting Company right up to the present day.
Episode 16: Episode 16
- May 17, 1975
Composer Gordon Crosse and Alan Garner have taken the Cheshire legend of Potter Thompson as the starting point for their children's opera. Edwin Mullins takes a look at the early years of Arthur Lasenby Liberty's famous store in Regent Street, London. Sonny Rollins, one of the great jazz saxophonists of all times, released his latest disc. As an experiment, 2nd House invited three dancers from the Ballet Rambert and three from the London Contemporary Dance Theatre to work together to see if they can create something different.
Episode 17: Remember Hiroshima? ... and Nagasaki?
- Aug 9, 1975
Exactly 30 years ago today, nuclear physicist Philip Morrison supervised the loading of the A-bomb which was dropped on Nagasaki. In conversation with Melvyn Bragg, he recalls for viewers how scientists like himself came to be involved in the manufacture of nuclear weapons and the campaign some of them have waged to limit the arms race.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: The Who

E2 Episode 2: Episode 2

E3 Episode 3: 45 Minutes Each Way

E4 Episode 4: Episode 4

E5 Episode 5: Athol Fugard

E6 Episode 6: Episode 6

E7 Episode 7: Word of Mouth

E8 Episode 8: Episode 8

E9 Episode 9: The Man They Could Not Hang

E10 Episode 10: Episode 10

E11 Episode 11: Imagine a City called Berlin

E12 Episode 12: Episode 12

E13 Episode 13: Wife for Life?

E14 Episode 14: Episode 14

E15 Episode 15: The Sound of Laughter

E16 Episode 16: Episode 16

E17 Episode 17: Remember Hiroshima? ... and Nagasaki?

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: The Who

E2 Episode 2: Episode 2

E3 Episode 3: 45 Minutes Each Way

E4 Episode 4: Episode 4

E5 Episode 5: Athol Fugard

E6 Episode 6: Episode 6

E7 Episode 7: Word of Mouth

E8 Episode 8: Episode 8

E9 Episode 9: The Man They Could Not Hang

E10 Episode 10: Episode 10

E11 Episode 11: Imagine a City called Berlin

E12 Episode 12: Episode 12

E13 Episode 13: Wife for Life?

E14 Episode 14: Episode 14

E15 Episode 15: The Sound of Laughter

E16 Episode 16: Episode 16

E17 Episode 17: Remember Hiroshima? ... and Nagasaki?

Episode 1: The Who

Episode 2: Episode 2

Episode 3: 45 Minutes Each Way

Episode 4: Episode 4

Episode 5: Athol Fugard

Episode 6: Episode 6

Episode 7: Word of Mouth

Episode 8: Episode 8

Episode 9: The Man They Could Not Hang

Episode 10: Episode 10

Episode 11: Imagine a City called Berlin

Episode 12: Episode 12

Episode 13: Wife for Life?

Episode 14: Episode 14

Episode 15: The Sound of Laughter

Episode 16: Episode 16

Episode 17: Remember Hiroshima? ... and Nagasaki?

Episode 1: The Who

Episode 2: Episode 2

Episode 3: 45 Minutes Each Way

Episode 4: Episode 4

Episode 5: Athol Fugard

Episode 6: Episode 6

Episode 7: Word of Mouth

Episode 8: Episode 8

Episode 9: The Man They Could Not Hang

Episode 10: Episode 10

Episode 11: Imagine a City called Berlin

Episode 12: Episode 12

Episode 13: Wife for Life?

Episode 14: Episode 14

Episode 15: The Sound of Laughter

Episode 16: Episode 16

Episode 17: Remember Hiroshima? ... and Nagasaki?