Primary Title

• Contrasts

Secondary Title

• Malcolm Muggeridge interview with Alexander Chakovsky

Date Broadcast

• November 1968

Duration

• 19:19

Channel

• NZBC TV - AKTV-2

Broadcaster

• New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation

Station

• AKTV-2

Owning Organisation

• New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation

Programme Description

• This interview has the subtitle 'Concepts of Freedom'. In February 1966 the two Soviet writers Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel were sentenced under Article 70 of the Russian Criminal Code. This interview debates the freedom of writers and artists and their roles in both the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and Great Britain. Participants are Alexander Chakovsky, Chief Editor of the Literary Gazette in Moscow, and member of the Administrative Council of the Union of Soviet Writers and Malcolm Muggeridge, broadcaster and writer.

Episode Description

Classification

• Unknown

Owning Collection

• Chapman Archive

Broadcast Platform

• Television (Audio only)

Languages

• English

Captions

• None

Live Broadcast

• No

Rights Statement

• Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.

Notes

• Sources: http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5ce2b51e6a76443e98319193cec8ff93 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alexander-chakovsky-1395185.html

Genres

• Current affairs
• Debate
• Politics

Hosts

• Malcolm Muggerage (Interviewer)

Contributors

• Alexander Chakovsky (Interviewee)
• Christopher Burstall (Producer)
• Andrei Sinyavsky (Contributor)
• Yuli Daniel (Contributor)