Eye to Eye

All Episodes 1957 - 1958

  • 2018-01-12T08:45:00Zs at 2018-01-12T08:45:00Z on BBC One
  • 1957-05-17T07:45:00Z
  • 30m
  • 8h 30m (17 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
Documentary programmes looking at aspects of contemporary British life.

17 episodes

Series Premiere

1957-05-17T07:45:00Z

1x01 The Man at Dover

Series Premiere

1x01 The Man at Dover

  • 1957-05-17T07:45:00Z30m

Tonight the Eye to Eye Documentary team has a look at life in this country as it strikes a newcomer to these shores.

1957-05-24T07:45:00Z

1x02 Crime in a Big City

1x02 Crime in a Big City

  • 1957-05-24T07:45:00Z30m

Tonight 'Eye to Eye' focuses on crime in Birmingham. You will meet real characters from the underworld who have been operating outside the law. They will tell you how they work and how they are caught, and you will see how the police act in the endless war against crime.

1957-05-31T07:45:00Z

1x03 Line of Defence

1x03 Line of Defence

  • 1957-05-31T07:45:00Z30m

Tonight Eye to Eye tells the story of the medical officers of the Port of London Health Authority who stand on guard as the first line of defence against infectious disease. A ship from Asia is heading for the Channel; one of the passengers is sick; 'query smallpox' is the message sent by the ship's surgeon; in thirty-six hours they will be in London, the capital of a country of fifty million people, only a quarter of whom are vaccinated.

1957-06-07T07:45:00Z

1x04 No Title to Life

1x04 No Title to Life

  • 1957-06-07T07:45:00Z30m

The Plight of the Illegitimate is examined with the cooperation of some of those who can speak authoritatively on the effect on the individual of being born out of wedlock. Every incident is based on an actual case history, but where it is necessary to preserve the anonymity of unmarried mothers and their children the faces seen are not those of the real people.

1957-06-14T07:45:00Z

1x05 Night in the City

1x05 Night in the City

  • 1957-06-14T07:45:00Z30m

'Eye to Eye' looks at a provincial city from evening until dawn, and meets some of the people caught up in the restlessness and loneliness of the city night. Made by the BBC North Region Film Unit

1957-06-21T07:45:00Z

1x06 London-New York

1x06 London-New York

  • 1957-06-21T07:45:00Z30m

Tonight 'Eye to Eye' spans the Atlantic, and a musician who has lived in both cities interprets the scenes recorded by our cameras in streets 3,500 miles apart. Photographed in New York by Dick Bagley and in London by Charles Parnell. Piano accompaniment by Tom McCall

1957-08-16T07:45:00Z

1x07 Elba Boomerang

1x07 Elba Boomerang

  • 1957-08-16T07:45:00Z30m

Being the lament of a barber on the island of Elba and the experiences of six customers having a shave in his shop. Written and produced by Stephen Hearst

1957-08-23T07:45:00Z

1x08 Climbing

1x08 Climbing

  • 1957-08-23T07:45:00Z30m

'Eye to Eye' watches some of Britain's leading rock climbers as they demonstrate their skill and daring among the mountains of England and Wales. Made by BBC North Region Film Unit. Written and directed by Stanley Williamson. Sequences from the film of the ascent of Kangchenjunga courtesy of Mr. Charles Evans.

1957-08-30T07:45:00Z

1x09 The Big Gamble

1x09 The Big Gamble

  • 1957-08-30T07:45:00Z30m

Documentary looking at holidaymakers who take the 'Big Gamble' every summer - those who are willing to risk their savings on a stay at a British seaside resort, which could very well be ruined by bad weather. Filmed at Broadstairs Beach.

1957-09-06T07:45:00Z

1x10 I Was a Stranger

1x10 I Was a Stranger

  • 1957-09-06T07:45:00Z30m

First transmitted in 1957, this documentary tells the stories of men who reside and work at the Salvation Army's factory and residential hostel in Spa Road, Bermondsey.

1957-09-13T07:45:00Z

1x11 So Long to Learn

1x11 So Long to Learn

  • 1957-09-13T07:45:00Z30m

The life so short, the craft... So Long to Learn Chaucer's comment, written 600 years ago, provides the key to this week's Eye to Eye picture of present-day young people. It tells the story of a boat-load of students, from the rival colleges of Battersea and Chelsea, on a summer outing on the Thames; dancing, talking, and thinking about the past and the future.

1957-09-20T07:45:00Z

1x12 Onion Johnnie

1x12 Onion Johnnie

  • 1957-09-20T07:45:00Z30m

Written by Stephen Hearst and Richard Cawston. Tonight, Eye to Eye compares the two ways of life of the familiar Breton onion-sellers. Commentary spoken by Jacques Brunius.

Season Premiere

1958-02-21T08:45:00Z

2x01 On Tour

Season Premiere

2x01 On Tour

  • 1958-02-21T08:45:00Z30m

An Impression of Backstage Life In the small world of a touring revue company: a world of land ladies and late suppers, of Sunday trains and Monday band calls, of high hopes and low billings.

1958-03-07T08:45:00Z

2x02 The More We Are Together

2x02 The More We Are Together

  • 1958-03-07T08:45:00Z30m

For thirty minutes life is seen through the eyes of Mum and Dad, Vi, Lil, Nell, and Eileen - four sisters with four husbands. They are the Gladden family, and they all live within a stone's throw of each other in the East End of London, with eight children and a budgerigar. Introduced by Robert Reid. Written and produced by Stephen Hearst.

1958-03-21T08:45:00Z

2x03 Never Never

2x03 Never Never

  • 1958-03-21T08:45:00Z30m

Six million people buy something or other on-hire purchases every year. How does H.P. work? What are the snags? How does the shopkeeper check up on his customers, and what happens if they don't keep up the payments? This programme looks at the instalment world and has a look under the counter as well. Introduced by Morris West. Written and produced by Richard Cawston.

1958-04-04T08:45:00Z

2x04 The Atom Men

2x04 The Atom Men

  • 1958-04-04T08:45:00Z30m

Two worlds clash on the remote shores of Caithness: An Atomic Research Station brings new people and a new way of life alongside the traditional world of fishermen and farmers. Narrated by Colin Wills. Written and produced by John Read.

1958-04-11T08:45:00Z

2x05 Now We Are Married

2x05 Now We Are Married

  • 1958-04-11T08:45:00Z30m

To what extent do husbands and wives live in separate worlds, even though they are happily married? Romany Bain and Richard Findlater, a married couple themselves, examine this problem, Lightheartedly, by taking a look at the married lives of a journalist, a lorry driver, and a businessman. Written and produced by Pamela Wilcox Bower.

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