Face to Face - Season 1
1 - Lord Birkett
Air Date: February 4, 1959
2 - Bertrand Russell
Air Date: March 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.
3 - Dame Edith Sitwell
Air Date: May 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.
4 - Lord Boothby
Air Date: May 27, 1959
5 - Nubar Gulbenkian
Air Date: July 15, 1959
6 - Adlai E. Stevenson
Air Date: July 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.
7 - John Huston
Air Date: September 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.
8 - Professor Jung
Air Date: October 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.
9 - Lord Morrison of Lambeth
Air Date: December 18, 1959
10 - His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan
Air Date: January 1, 1960
11 - Lord Shawcross Q.C.
Air Date: January 10, 1960
12 - Tony Hancock
Air Date: February 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.
13 - Henry Moore
Air Date: February 21, 1960
14 - Dr. Hastings Banda
Air Date: April 22, 1960
15 - Augustus John
Air Date: May 15, 1960
16 - Sir Roy Welensky
Air Date: May 29, 1960
17 - Stirling Moss
Air Date: June 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?
18 - Evelyn Waugh
Air Date: June 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.