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Charlie Chaplin
A programme devoted to the English comedy actor Charlie Chaplin
Edinburgh International Festival
A review of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The Edinburgh Book Festival
The magic of Edinburgh and the third Edinburgh book festival
Alan Ayckbourn at 50
The programme marks the 50th birthday of playwright Alan Ayckbourn
Branagh's Henry V
The programme follows the filming of Kenneth Branagh's version of Henry V
Laurie Lee - Edge of Day
A profile of Laurie Lee and his musical album Edge of Day
World War II - fifty years on
Marking a half century since the beginning of the World War II
My Left Foot
A review of My Left Foot with the director Jim Sheridan
The lives of writers
A look at the turbulent lives of some famous writers
Music from the Orkney Islands
Music inspired by the Orkney Islands.
Miss Saigon opens in London
The musical Miss Saigon in London
Irving Berlin
Feature on the American composer and lyricist Irving Berlin
Andy Warhol
Profile of Andy Warhol, leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art
Dead Poets Society
Film Dead Poets Society by director Peter Weir starring Robin Williams
Remembering Bette Davis
Special programme dedicated to the life and work of the US film actress
Crap's Last Tape
Polish director Antoni Libera on his production of Samuel Beckett's Crap's Last Tape
Climbing the peaks with Chris Bonnington
British mountaineer Chris Bonington on his autobiography Mountaineer
Kurt Weill's Street Scene
Kurt Weill's American opera Street Scene revived by the English National Opera
Doris Lessing: The older I get…
Profile of author Doris Lessing to celebrate her 70th birthday
The History of Film Music
With work from Sergei Prokofiev, William Walton, Dmitri Shostakovich and Bernard Herrmann
1989 Booker Prize for Fiction
Christopher Bigsby reports from the 1989 Booker Prize for fiction
Dance Umbrella
Dance Umbrella opens in London, plus remembering actor Sir Anthony Quayle
Don Webb on his new play Mindrape
Don Webb on his new play Mindrape about notorious experiments on British servicemen
Glasgow Print and Sculpture Studios
Backstage at the Glasgow Print and Sculpture Studios with Scottish artist Ken Currie
Bristol Animation Festival
With Canadian Oscar winner Frederic Back and Japanese animator Kihachiro Kawamoto
Talking to Alice Walker
Profile of US author Alice Walker, the first black woman to ever win the Pulitzer prize
Animal at the ICA
Animal at the Institute for Contemporary Arts, written and starring artist Gary Stevens
Hungarian Culture Festival
Special from the Barbican's Magyarok Festival celebrating Hungary's art, music, and dance
Paul Mellon and the price of Art
The sale of works from American financier and philanthropist Paul Mellon's art collection
Art in a time of Change
How artists and writers have responded to changes in Eastern Europe
Community Theatre
Exploring plays where ordinary people produce and participate in an original work