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  Lord Birkett

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/4/1959

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  Bertrand Russell

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/1959

  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.

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  Dame Edith Sitwell

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/6/1959

  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.

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  Lord Boothby

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/27/1959

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  Nubar Gulbenkian

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/15/1959

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  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/22/1959

  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.

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  John Huston

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/1/1959

  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.

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  Professor Jung

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/1959

  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.

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  Lord Morrison of Lambeth

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/18/1959

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  His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/1/1960

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  Lord Shawcross Q.C.

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/1960

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  Tony Hancock

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/7/1960

  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.

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  Henry Moore

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/21/1960

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  Dr. Hastings Banda

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/22/1960

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  Augustus John

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/15/1960

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  Sir Roy Welensky

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/29/1960

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  Stirling Moss

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/12/1960

  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?

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  Evelyn Waugh

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 6/26/1960

  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.

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