Editing Ken Russell (section)

===Documentaries===
Between 1959 and 1970, Russell directed arts documentaries for ''[[Monitor (UK TV series)|Monitor]]'' and ''[[Omnibus (UK TV series)|Omnibus]]''.

He made ''Poet's London'' (1959, about [[John Betjeman]]), ''Portrait of a Goon'' (1959, about [[Spike Milligan]]), ''[[Gordon Jacob]]'' (1959), ''The Guitar Craze'' (1959), ''Variations on a Mechanical Theme'' (1959), ''Scottish Painters'' (1959), ''Marie Rambert Remembers'' (1960), ''The Strange World of Hieronymus Bosch'' (1960), ''The Miners' Picnic'' (1960), ''Architecture of Entertainment'' (1960), ''A House in Bayswater'' (1960), ''Shelagh Delaney's Salford'' (1960), ''Cranks at Work'' (1960, about [[John Cranko]]), ''The Light Fantastic'' (1960),  ''Journey Into a Lost World'' (1960), ''Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill'' (1961), ''Old Battersea House'' (1961), ''Portrait of a Soviet Composer'' (1961), ''London Moods'' (1961), ''Antonio Gaudi'' (1961), ''Preservation Man'' (1962), ''Mr. Chesher's Traction Engines'' (1962), ''The Lonely Shore'' (1962) and ''[[Watch the Birdie (documentary)|Watch the Birdie]]'' (1962).<ref>BRIEFING/ WHO & WHY: Beyond the Huw
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Russell's films began to get longer: ''[[Pop Goes the Easel (1962 film)|Pop Goes the Easel]]'' (1962) and the much admired ''[[Elgar (film)|Elgar]]'' (1962) about Sir [[Edward Elgar]]. ''Elgar'' was the first time that a television arts programme (''Monitor'') was dedicated to one artistic figure, rather than having a magazine format. It was also the first time that re-enactments were used. Russell fought with the BBC over using actors to portray different ages of the same character, instead of the traditional photograph stills and documentary footage.<ref>John Walker. (1993) [http://www.artdesigncafe.com/Monitor-BBC-TV-programme-1958-1965 "''Monitor'' BBC TV programme - 1958-1965"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124025750/http://www.artdesigncafe.com/Monitor-BBC-TV-programme-1958-1965 |date=24 November 2016 }}. ''Arts TV'' / ''artdesigncafe''. Retrieved 29 November 2011.</ref>