Aquarius (British TV series)
Aquarius (1970-1977) is a British arts television series, produced by London Weekend Television for ITV. It was replaced by The South Bank Show.
Presented by Humphrey Burton, Peter Hall and Russell Harty amongst others, it had a magazine-style approach, with several features each week. Occasionally, single films were presented. These included a programme about Alfred Hitchcock, in London to shoot Frenzy, which was was screened in 1972, with the film director being interviewed by Burton, while surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, accompanied by Harty, was the subject of an hour long documentary broadcast the following year.
It was replaced at the beginning of 1978 by The South Bank Show, initially also in a magazine format, as ITV wanted a more accessible arts series.