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The lives of writers

A look at the turbulent lives of some famous writers

• 28 mins

Music from the Orkney Islands

Music inspired by the Orkney Islands.

• 28 mins

Miss Saigon opens in London

The musical Miss Saigon in London

• 29 mins

Irving Berlin

Feature on the American composer and lyricist Irving Berlin

• 27 mins

Andy Warhol

Profile of Andy Warhol, leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art

• 28 mins

Dead Poets Society

Film Dead Poets Society by director Peter Weir starring Robin Williams

• 29 mins

Remembering Bette Davis

Special programme dedicated to the life and work of the US film actress

• 28 mins

Crap's Last Tape

Polish director Antoni Libera on his production of Samuel Beckett's Crap's Last Tape

• 28 mins

Climbing the peaks with Chris Bonnington

British mountaineer Chris Bonington on his autobiography Mountaineer

• 28 mins

Kurt Weill's Street Scene

Kurt Weill's American opera Street Scene revived by the English National Opera

• 28 mins

Doris Lessing: The older I get…

Profile of author Doris Lessing to celebrate her 70th birthday

• 24 mins

The History of Film Music

With work from Sergei Prokofiev, William Walton, Dmitri Shostakovich and Bernard Herrmann

• 28 mins

1989 Booker Prize for Fiction

Christopher Bigsby reports from the 1989 Booker Prize for fiction

• 28 mins

Dance Umbrella

Dance Umbrella opens in London, plus remembering actor Sir Anthony Quayle

• 28 mins

Don Webb on his new play Mindrape

Don Webb on his new play Mindrape about notorious experiments on British servicemen

• 28 mins

Glasgow Print and Sculpture Studios

Backstage at the Glasgow Print and Sculpture Studios with Scottish artist Ken Currie

• 29 mins

Bristol Animation Festival

With Canadian Oscar winner Frederic Back and Japanese animator Kihachiro Kawamoto

• 28 mins

Talking to Alice Walker

Profile of US author Alice Walker, the first black woman to ever win the Pulitzer prize

• 28 mins

Animal at the ICA

Animal at the Institute for Contemporary Arts, written and starring artist Gary Stevens

• 28 mins

Hungarian Culture Festival

Special from the Barbican's Magyarok Festival celebrating Hungary's art, music, and dance

• 31 mins

Paul Mellon and the price of Art

The sale of works from American financier and philanthropist Paul Mellon's art collection

• 26 mins

Art in a time of Change

How artists and writers have responded to changes in Eastern Europe

• 28 mins

Community Theatre

Exploring plays where ordinary people produce and participate in an original work

• 28 mins

Big Bands

With music from the Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw

• 28 mins

Literary Prize-fighting in France

The winner of The Prix Goncourt, Un Grand pas vers le Bon Dieu by Jean Herman

• 28 mins

The Good Person of Szechwan

Director Deborah Warner's The Good Person of Szechwan with Fiona Shaw

• 28 mins

Writers in Education Movement.

The writers in education movement, where authors visit local schools

• 28 mins

Vaclav Havel and the fall of communism

What role did the arts play in the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia?

• 28 mins

Blue Note Records

Exploring Blue Note Records the jazz label established by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff

• 28 mins

Violence in Films

Discussion on violence in films. Is there a case for regulation and censorship?

• 27 mins