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Pop Goes the Easel (Original title)
Date: 25 March 1962 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Ken Russell

Production company billing: ©none [end] BBC TV
Synopsis: Arts documentary series. This programme looks at four young artists who between them have won critical acclaim, exhibition prizes and Arts Council awards: Peter Blake, Derek Boshier, Pauline Boty, and Peter Phillips.Synopsis: A day with four pop artists Peter Blake, Derek Bashier, Pauline Boty, and Peter Phillips.

Genre:
Documentary

Subject:
Pop Art

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 25 March 1962Broadcast company: BBC TelevisionCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:55-22:40Runtime: 45 mins Network - Language: English - Black and White - Sound

Credits (9)
Production Company: BBC TV, Produced by: Huw Wheldon, Associate Producer: Nancy Thomas, Associate Producer: Humphrey Burton, Film Cameraman: Ken Higgins, Film Editor: Allan Tyrer, Sound: Bill Searle, Sound: Bob Saunders
Cast (5)
Huw Wheldon (introduced by), Peter Blake, Derek Boshier, Peter Phillips, Pauline Boty
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
In: Journal of British cinema and television v12 n4 2015  Pages: 438-451
Title: filmic fugue of Ken Russell's Pop Goes the EaselAuthor: WYVER, John Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines Ken Russell's 'Pop Goes the Easel' (1962), a profile of four British pop artists broadcast as part of the BBC's 'Monitor' series, and seeks to situate the programme within the context of television's engagement with the visual arts in the medium's first 25 years. Part of a special issue generated by the conference 'Imagining the Past: Ken Russell, Biography, and the Art of Making History', held in Brussels on 19-20 March 2014.


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
Title: Ken Russell: re-viewing England's last mannerist
Author: FLANAGAN, Kevin M.  Pages: xxv, 279 p.


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(11)
Accessible materials to view(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4106 FeetBFI identifier: C-130193
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 43.45 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1231205
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 43.45 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1231204
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: Betacam SPLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1472657
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - TX date: 1962-03-25BFI identifier: N-97171
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI


Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 00:43:45 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1962-03-25BFI identifier: N-499117
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Digital materials(2)
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - TX date: 1962-03-25BFI identifier: N-97171
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI


Description: MOVDuration: 43.40 minutesUncompressed - BFI identifier: N-6931973
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file



Video materials(5)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 43.45 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1231205
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 43.45 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1231204
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: C-1354687
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape


Description: Betacam SPLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1472657
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 00:43:45 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1962-03-25BFI identifier: N-499117
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Film materials(4)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 1636 FeetStock date: 1972BFI identifier: C-1223545
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4106 FeetBFI identifier: C-130193
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 4091 FeetStock date: 1975BFI identifier: C-130194
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 4218 FeetBFI identifier: C-130195
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film