On this day in 1962, the 100th edition of groundbreaking TV arts strand Monitor - a special episode, made by maverick director Ken Russell, about Edward Elgar.

Here's Russell (second from left) with his boss, Monitor Editor Huw Wheldon to his left, editing Monitor during 1961.

Ken Russell's 1987 Desert Island Discs is fascinating - and the castaway chose some Elgar, of course.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mlt4 | @BBCSounds

Ken Russell's consultation with Dr Anthony Clare, on In the Psychiatrist's Chair, is as extraordinary as you'd expect. An essential insight into the director-provocateur's life and art.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b061vc1w | @BBCSounds

From Ken Russell's wife Lisi Tribble Russell, on the FIlm Programme, we learnt about the remarkable film the director made about composer Richard Strauss, banned for 50 years.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f6bm | @BBCSounds

Here's an amazing clip about Russell's Elgar programme - a pioneering 'docu-drama'. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p027lqg4