Episodes
2. Episode 2
February 19, 1974
Barry Norman reviews some of the new films which have opened in recent weeks, including The Way We Were, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Also, a look at late night cinema shows.
3. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell/From Beyond the Grave/The Satanic Rites of Dracula
February 26, 1974
Guest Stars:
Peter Cushing
6. Episode 6
March 19, 1974
Zardoz, written, produced and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery, is a vision of the world in 2293. Barry Norman talks to John Boorman about his new film. Also, Richard Lester talks about The Three Musketeers, this year's choice for the Royal Film Performance.
Guest Stars:
John Boorman, Richard Lester
7. Episode 7
March 26, 1974
Barry Norman looks at the new films, including Blume in Love starring George Segal, Papillon starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, and Mean Streets.
10. Episode 10
April 16, 1974
Barry Norman interviews director Jack Clayton about his film version of The Great Gatsby; Frederic Raphael discusses the problems of adapting novels to the screen; and Sidney Lumet talks about filming the true story of Serpico.
21. Episode 21
July 9, 1974
Francis Ford Coppola, director of The Godfather (1972) and winner of this year's Cannes Grand Prix for The Conversation (1974) talks about his films and his future. "I'm not going to work for money anymore." Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland introduce their new film S*P*Y*S (1974) and Barry Norman reviews the new releases.
28. Episode 28
September 3, 1974
How long can super-stardom last? Richard Burton was 26 when he was hailed as the great actor of his generation. But, as he says, that was all BC - 'before Cleopatra' - and before Elizabeth Taylor. Earlier this year, in Italy, where Burton was filming The Voyage for Vittorio
30. Episode 30
September 10, 1974
Barry Norman looks at the new films and reports on the American Film Theatre: this is a new way, already very successful in America of seeing major plays on film. Film 74 shows extracts from The Homecoming, directed by Peter Hall, and Butley, directed by Harold Pinter,
31. Episode 31
September 17, 1974
Barry Norman reviews The Internecine Project (1974) starring James Coburn, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) starring Clint Eastwood, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder 's prize-winning Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), and talks to Lillian Gish about D. W. Griffith
38. Episode 38
November 12, 1974
Barry Norman looks at two new films made by British directors: The Abdication directed by Anthony Harvey which stars Peter Finch and Liv Ullman and was made on location in Italy last year. Akenfield directed by Peter Hall
43. Episode 43
December 17, 1974
Barry Norman reviews the new films and looks at the Paramount Part 2 Season at the National Film Theatre.