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Taj Mahal
Special on the Taj Mahal, a mausoleum born of grief in Agra, India
The life and work of Primo Levi
The life and work of Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi
Young Playwright Festival
Report from the week long Young Playwright Festival at the Theatre Royal, London
Remembering Alan Paton
Remembering South African author and anti-apartheid activist Alan Paton
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Daniel Day-Lewis
Peter Levi on Shakespeare
Celebrating Shakespeare with Professor of Poetry at Oxford University Peter Levi
Tokyo Special
Includes Kabuki theatre Chushingura with Nakamura Kichiemon
Michael Douglas in Wall Street
Wall Street with Michael Douglas plus Cheek by Jowl's A Family Affair
D'Oyly Carte
Special on the company devoted to performing the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan
The Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian
Bluebeard: The Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian (1916–1988) by Kurt Vonnegut
Jim Allen's Perdition
Playwright Jim Allen on his controversial play Perdition at the Conway Hall
Mayfest with Bill Burdett-Coutts
Report on Glasgow's international arts festival Mayfest with Bill Burdett-Coutts
The Silk Road
Report on Japan's Silk Road Exhibition in Nara celebrating the great trade route
Who Killed Palomino Molero?
Review of Who Killed Palomino Molero? by Mario Vargas Llosa
Ironweed
US film Ironweed starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep directed by Hector Babenco
Biography special
Biographies of writer Leo Tolstoy, composer George Gershwin and actor Laurence Olivier
Sir Peter Hall on Shakespeare
Reviews of National Theatre productions of Cymbeline, A Winter's Tale and The Tempest
Women Writers
With Canadian writer Kate Pullinger and Russian dissident and writer Irina Ratushinskay
Remembering Raj Kapoor
Remembering Indian film actor, producer and director Raj Kapoor
Leonard Bernstein's Candide
Special edition on Scottish Opera's revival of Bernstein's operetta
The future of Turkish theatre with Yildiz Kenter
The uncertain future of theatre in Turkey with actress Yildiz Kenter
A Handful of Dust
Director Charles Sturridge on his film A Handful of Dust
The Taverner Consort and Players
Special edition on the period instrument ensemble founded by Andrew Parrott in 1973
"Crocodile" Dundee is back
The return of "Crocodile" Dundee with review by Australian literary scholar Peter Nicholls
Elia Kazan
The life and work of the controversial award-winning film and theatre director
Werner Herzog
The life and work of the German film director, screenwriter, actor, and opera director
First New York International Arts Festival
Report from the first New York International Arts Festival with artist Martha Clarke
The Work of Picasso
Exhibition of Picasso at London's Tate and new biography by Arianna Huffington
Indian music festival
New Ray of Light Festival in England featuring Indian music and dance
Israeli writer Amos Oz
Israeli writer Amos Oz on his novel Black Box
Ravel's Bolero
What goes into a work of art? Special on the orchestral parts that make up Ravel's Bolero