Huw Wheldon was the editor from 1958 to 1962. He was also the principal interviewer and anchor until 1964. Wheldon set about moulding a team of talents, including
W. G. Archer,
Melvyn Bragg,
Humphrey Burton,
John Berger,
Patrick Garland, Peter Newington,
Ken Russell,
John Schlesinger,
Nancy Thomas, and
Alan Tyrer.
Monitor ranged in subject over all the arts. The role as editor of the series was passed to
Humphrey Burton in July 1962, lasting a year. He was succeeded by
David Jones who had worked on the series since the beginning. The hundredth programme, made in 1962, was a film directed by Ken Russell and written by Wheldon, the celebrated
Elgar. The
Elgar film was innovative because it was the first time that an arts programme showed one long film about an artistic figure instead of short items, and it was the first time that re-enactments were used. Before this, only photos or location shots had been used in programmes. Russell, however, still met resistance from Wheldon in allowing actors to play the subjects of his films. Wheldon's
Monitor lasted until he had "interviewed everyone [he was] interested in interviewing", and he was succeeded by
Jonathan Miller for the series' last season in 1964/65. Miller was both presenter and editor. The theme tune was "Marcia" from
Serenade for String Orchestra (Op. 11, 1937) by
Dag Wirén. The book
Monitor: An Anthology, edited by Huw Wheldon, was published by Macdonald in 1962. == References ==