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Best Episodes of Orson Welles' Sketch Book
Critics
S1 Ep2
7.0
8th May 1955
Welles talks about a Boston performance of Five Kings, the consequences of Percy Hammond's negative review of the Voodoo Macbeth, and a curse placed on the film It's All True.
Worst Episodes of Orson Welles' Sketch Book
The Early Days
S1 Ep1
3.0
24th Apr 1955
Welles discusses a timely earthquake, first-night audiences at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and how he came to be an actor.
Orson Welles' Sketch Book Episode Guide
The Early Days
S1 Ep1
3.0
24th Apr 1955
Welles discusses a timely earthquake, first-night audiences at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and how he came to be an actor.
Critics
S1 Ep2
7.0
8th May 1955
Welles talks about a Boston performance of Five Kings, the consequences of Percy Hammond's negative review of the Voodoo Macbeth, and a curse placed on the film It's All True.
The Police
S1 Ep3
22nd May 1955
Welles relates the story of Isaac Woodard, a decorated black World War II veteran who was blinded in a brutal 1946 beating by South Carolina police.
Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed
S1 Ep4
5th Jun 1955
Prompts used by actors and others; remembering Harry Houdini; observations on gender differences in the appreciation of magic tricks; John Barrymore.
The War Of The Worlds
S1 Ep5
19th Jun 1955
The famous 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast mistaken by many listeners for a real Martian invasion, and the consequent skepticism during the presentation of Norman Corwin's Between Americans on December 7, 1941; and the opening night of the Mercury stage flop, Danton's Death.
Bullfighting
S1 Ep6
3rd Jul 1955
Welles tells the true story of Bonito the bull. Robert Flaherty's story was partially filmed in 1942 for Welles's unfinished film, It's All True.
Orson Welles' Sketch Book is a series of six short television commentaries by Orson Welles for the BBC in 1955. Written and directed by Welles, the 15-minute episodes present the filmmaker's commentaries on a range of subjects. Welles frequently draws from his own experiences and often illustrates the episodes with his own sketches.
The best rated episodes of Orson Welles' Sketch Book are:
Critics S1E2 rated 7.0
The lowest rated episodes of Orson Welles' Sketch Book are:
The Early Days S1E1 rated 3.0
The first episode of Orson Welles' Sketch Book aired on April 24, 1955.
The last episode of Orson Welles' Sketch Book aired on July 03, 1955.
There are 7 episodes of Orson Welles' Sketch Book.
