2nd House (1973) is a series web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch 2nd House online in HD.
2nd House — Storyline
Topical arts magazine introduced by Melvyn Bragg.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Melvyn Bragg
2nd House — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1973-10-06 |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 33 |
| Genre | series |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 7/10 (2 votes) |
2nd House — Episode Guide
Series 1
- E1: October (1973-10-06) — An anthology for October, highlighting some of the month's events in music, theatre, visual arts, books and film.
- E2: National Service (1973-10-20) — A documentary entertainment spoken, sung, written and performed by former National Servicemen including Acker Bilk, Ronnie Corbett, Nicholas Harman , Michael Parkinson , novelist G
- E3: November (1973-11-03) — An anthology for November, highlighting some of the month's events in music, theatre, visual arts, books, and film.
- E4: In Liverpool (1973-11-10) — Features some of the personalities and activities that are thriving in the city of Liverpool today, ten years after the birth of the ' Liverpool scene '.
- E5: Mailer's Marilyn (1973-12-01) — A special edition featuring Norman Mailer's recently published biography of Marilyn Monroe.
- E6: Some views of the British Theatre (1973-12-15) — In the spring of 1975 the new National Theatre opens on London's South Bank. Melvyn Bragg looks at the British Theatre, the people who go to it and those who don't.
- E7: January (1974-01-05) — An anthology for January highlighting some of the month's events in music, books, theatre, film and the visual arts.
- E8: Episode 8 (1974-01-20) — The first TV appearance of a newly formed trio, S.O.S., which combines three of the finest British jazz saxophonists. Edwin Mullins reviews the current exhibition at the Tate Galle
- E9: An Artist's Story (1974-02-03) — A short story by Chekhov, revolving around the confrontation of ideas between Anton, a landscape painter, and Lydia, a young aristocratic girl who devotes her life to good works, i
- E10: Frank's for the Memory (1974-02-16) — A disagreement with the Arts Council has brought to an end Frank Hauser's association with the Oxford Playhouse, and the winding up of the company he founded 17 years ago to put on
- E11: Episode 11 (1974-03-02) — Jack Common's classic account of a northern working-class childhood – Kiddar's Luck – is soon to be republished. 2nd House looks at some original H. M. Bateman drawings from the cu
- E12: The First Freedom (1974-03-16) — All over the world writers and artists are in conflict with authoritarian rule. 2nd House presents the work of four individuals whose freedom of expression has, for differing reas
- E13: Episode 13 (1974-03-30) — Comedian Les Dawson, a W. C. Fields devotee, presents a collection of hitherto unpublished letters, speeches and sketches from Fields's intended autobiography, due to be published
- E14: Episode 14 (1974-04-21) — Charlie Gillett presents highlights from this year's Sixth International Festival of Country Music at Wembley. Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of the death of the poet Lord Byr
- E15: Episode 15 (1974-05-04) — Melvin Bragg introduces a Cornish poet, an electronic painting, the music of Horslips and The Great Money Trick.
- E16: On Film (1974-05-18) — Tonight's 2nd House is devoted entirely to showing the work of independent filmmakers, and discussing their problems, their achievements and their future aims.
Series 2
- E1: The Who (1974-10-05) — The first programme in a new series of 2nd House examines The Who phenomenon. In 1964 a rock group made their first public appearance at a pub in Harrow. Ten years later the same b
- E2: Episode 2 (1974-10-19) — An exhibition of painter Paul Klee's later works opened last week at the Bristol Art Gallery. Randy Newman talks to Charlie Gillett and sings from his album The Good Old Boys. In h
- E3: 45 Minutes Each Way (1974-11-02) — A documentary celebrating different aspects of our national sport in music, verse and drama.
- E4: Episode 4 (1974-11-16) — Willy Russell's hit musical at the Lyric Theatre charts the rise and fall of The Beatles. At the Royal Academy, the largest collection of J. M. W. Turner's work ever to be shown pu
- E5: Athol Fugard (1974-11-30) — On his recent visit to London, Athol Fugard was interviewed by Melvyn Bragg and tonight's programme brings together extracts from South Africa's finest playwright's most important
- E6: Episode 6 (1974-12-14) — A new selection of stories by the Brothers Grimm, translated and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, restores to these fairy tales their original strength and complexity. Interviewed in
- E7: Word of Mouth (1975-01-04) — A documentary entertainment in England's forgotten language dialect performed in the accent of those for whom Barth will always be Bath and Coventry will never be Cuventry.
- E8: Episode 8 (1975-01-18) — This month, the Victoria and Albert Museum celebrates the great Vincent Van Gogh's years in England. 2nd House filmed Thorn Gunn, poet-hero of the British beat generation who now l
- E9: The Man They Could Not Hang (1975-02-01) — In January 1885 John Lee, a young servant, was condemned to death in Exeter for the murder of his employer. For reasons that have remained mysterious to this day he could not be ha
- E10: Episode 10 (1975-02-15) — Melvyn Bragg talks to James Toback, the New York College lecturer and occasional sports-writer who has written the story and the script of Karel Reisz's new film The Gambler. This
- E11: Imagine a City called Berlin (1975-03-01) — A personal documentary written and presented by Michael Frayn.
- E12: Episode 12 (1975-03-16) — Trevor Griffiths's new play opened to rave notices at the Nottingham Play-house at the end of February. An exhibition devoted to the history and re-discovery of British photography
- E13: Wife for Life? (1975-04-05) — 2nd House explores in verse, drama, cartoon, documentary and song how our views of wedlock have shifted in recent times from the Victorian belief in a life-long union entailing abs
- E14: Episode 14 (1975-04-19) — The first part of tonight's programme is devoted to artists and craftsmen who are brightening up our environment. Extracts from some of Julian Symons's award-winning crime novels a
- E15: The Sound of Laughter (1975-05-03) — Tonight's programme takes an affectionate look at radio comedy from the earliest days of the British Broadcasting Company right up to the present day.
- E16: Episode 16 (1975-05-17) — Composer Gordon Crosse and Alan Garner have taken the Cheshire legend of Potter Thompson as the starting point for their children's opera. Edwin Mullins takes a look at the early y
- E17: Remember Hiroshima? … and Nagasaki? (1975-08-09) — Exactly 30 years ago today, nuclear physicist Philip Morrison supervised the loading of the A-bomb which was dropped on Nagasaki. In conversation with Melvyn Bragg, he recalls for
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does 2nd House have? 2 season(s) with 33 episodes.
Where can I watch 2nd House? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
