Monitor is a British arts television programme that was launched on 2 February 1958 on BBC and ran until 1965.
[2] 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.
The role as editor of the series was passed to Humphrey Burton in July 1962, lasting a year.
[5] The hundredth programme, made in 1962, was a film directed by Ken Russell and written by Wheldon, the celebrated Elgar.
Russell, however, still met resistance from Wheldon in allowing actors to play the subjects of his films.