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Old Story Time
A review of Trevor Rhone's play Old Story Time
The Bounty
Jim Hiley with news of some of the latest happenings in the arts
The East End of London
A special programme on arts in the rapidly changing east end of London
Once Upon a Time in America
Review of two films, a book, and a play, which critique recent American history
Stepping Out
A review of Richard Harris' version of the play Stepping Out
Nobel Prize for Literature
The announcement of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature
Booker Prize Winners Announced
Anita Brookner wins Booker Prize for Hotel du Lac
Tribute to Francois Truffaut
Tribute to film director Francois Truffaut, plus Money: A Suicide Note by Martin Amis
Ronald Harwood's Tramway Road
Discussion of Ronald Harwood's South African play Tramway Road
Irish writer Jennifer Johnston
Special on Irish writer Jennifer Johnston and her seventh novel: The Railway Station Man
Rough Crossing by Tom Stoppard
Director Peter Wood on Rough Crossing, by British playwright Tom Stoppard
John Lennon - the definitive biography
Ray Coleman talks about his biography of John Lennon
New musical Chess
New musical Chess, by Tim Rice and Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
Marlene Dietrich - a new biography
Film critic Alexander Walker on his biography of Marlene Dietrich
Breaking the Silence by Stephen Poliakoff
Director Ron Daniels on Breaking the Silence by playwright Stephen Poliakoff
Judith by Rolf Hochhuth
Director Robert David MacDonald on staging Judith by German playwright Rolf Hochhuth
Dance Umbrella 1984
Programme devoted to Britain's festival of modern dance, Dance Umbrella
British folk music
British folk music including Frankie Armstrong, Martin Carthy and John Tams
Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin
The life and work of the Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin
Machine Dreams by Jayne Anne Phillips
Machine Dreams by Jayne Anne Phillips, and director Roland Joffe on The Killing Fields
Alan Ayckbourn Special
Special edition with Richard Briers and excerpts from Tom Conti and Penelope Keith
National Theatre of Nigeria
The National Theatre of Nigeria perform at London's Commonwealth Institute
English playwright Ray Cooney
English playwright Ray Cooney discusses his life and work
Olivier Theatre Awards 1984
The Society of West End Theatre Awards are renamed the Olivier Awards
Brother from Another Planet
Review of the film Brother from Another Planet, and new musical The Wiz
David Hare interviewed
Associate director of the National Theatre, playwright and director David Hare
Alan Bennett's Private Function
Alan Bennett's film comedy A Private Function, Neil Tierney's biography of William Walton
The Box of Delights
Â鶹Éç TV adaptation of the children's fantasy book The Box of Delights by John Masefield
International Youth Year
Special programme on the realities of launching a career in the arts
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa
Exploring the life and work of the Peruvian writer, politician and journalist
Sir Hugh Casson
Richard Cork talks to the president of The Royal Academy of the Arts, Sir Hugh Casson