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African Literature
A special edition reviewing new literature from or about Africa
The Art of Ballet
The art of ballet including archive interviews with Marie Rambert and Agnes deMille
Runaway Train by Andrei Konchalovsky
New film survival-thriller Runaway Train by Andrei Konchalovsky
Fay Weldon - The Shrapnel Academy
Author Fay Weldon on her novel The Shrapnel Academy
Lady Jane - the Nine Days' Queen
On the set of movie Lady Jane starring Helena Bonham Carter and directed by Trevor Nunn
Alice Walker and The Color Purple
American writer Alice Walker on her novel The Color Purple
Robert Altman's Fool for Love
American director's Robert Altman's film Fool For Love starring Sam Shepard
Caribbean Art in London
With artists Dr Isaiah James Boodhoo, Kenwyn Crichlow and Mallica 鈥淜apo鈥 Reynolds
The Commonwealth Arts Festival - the boycott
Artists withdraw from The Edinburgh Commonwealth Arts Festival
Sid and Nancy
Review of Alex Cox's film about British punk Sid Vicious, Sid and Nancy
Hannah and her Sisters
Writer-director Woody Allen's film Hannah and her Sisters
Samuel Beckett's I'll Go On
Actor Barry McGovern on performing Samuel Beckett's I'll Go On
Reviving The Cocktail Party
Theatre director John Dexter on reviving TS Eliot's play The Cocktail Party
In Search of Blandings
Writer Norman Murphy on PG Wodehouse and In Search of Blandings
The Saxon Shore
The Saxon Shore by David Rudkin, actress Anna Massey on Anita Brookner's Hotel du Lac
Jonathan Miller directs Jack Lemmon
Jonathan Miller directs Jack Lemmon in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night
Malcolm Bradbury
Profile of British author and television playwright Malcolm Bradbury
The 40th Arts Festival of Edinburgh
Includes theatre director Frank Dunlop and Douglas, a blank verse tragedy by John Home
Edinburgh Arts Festival - Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda's adaptation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment
The Oxford English Dictionary
Exploring the history of the Oxford English Dictionary
40th International Edinburgh Film Festival
Includes director Jane Campion's Two Friends and writer John McGrath's Blood Red Roses
Edinburgh International Festival
Report on world theatre including the Toho Company's production of Euripides' Medea
Remembering sculptor Henry Moore
Tribute to British sculptor Henry Moore including archive interviews
Hal Prince
Profile of American theatrical producer and director Hal Prince
Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa
Director Neil Jordan on his film Mona Lisa, plus the Tokyo Ballet arrive in Britain
Broken Ground
Special programme about youth theatre in Britain
The Bay at Nice and Wrecked Eggs
English playwright David Hare on his one act plays The Bay at Nice and Wrecked Eggs
The House of Bernarda Alba
Nuria Espert on directing The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca
Picasso
Life and work of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso
Zeffirelli's Otello
Franco Zeffirelli's film of opera Otello, starring Placido Domingo
Marion Hansel's film Dust
Belgian director Marion Hansel's film Dust plus actor John Matshikiza