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Georgia special
The music, poetry and theatre of the Soviet republic of Georgia
Argentinian Theatre special
Exploring the state of Argentinian theatre amid the closure of 22 independent theatres
Glenda Jackson
Glenda Jackson as Galactica in Howard Barker's Scenes from an Execution
Chronicling the Crusades
Malcolm Billings reviews two new books about the Crusades
A look back at the 1890s
A look back at the 1890s, a decade of social upheaval in Britain
The Whitbread book of the year
Review of Richard Holmes biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
remembering Barbara Stanwyck and Ava Gardner
Tributes to late American actresses Barbara Stanwyck and Ava Gardner
Jesus of Montreal
Canadian film director Denys Arcand on his film Jesus of Montreal
David Grossman's See Under: Love
Talking with David Grossman about his Holocaust novel See Under: Love
Salman Rushdie interview
Interview with author Salman Rushdie on the first anniversary of the fatwa against him
A Clockwork Orange - on stage
Phil Daniels in controversial play A Clockwork Orange at the Barbican Theatre
Women directors in Hollywood
Talking to directors Lee Grant, Susan Seidelman, Amy Heckerling, and Mary Lambert
CS Lewis - a new biography
New biography of provocative writer CS Lewis by AN Wilson (with interview of Lewis)
Tribute to Norman Parkinson
Tribute to late photographer Norman Parkinson
Don Giovanni and the state of opera
A look at the damning reviews of David Freeman's production of Don Giovanni
Havel - the playwright turned president
How New York honoured Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright and now president
Jazz-only radio
A series of jazz concerts to mark the launch of London's first jazz-only radio station
Prokofiev and Rostropovich
A special in-depth look at two Russian musician exiles
Talking God with the Navajos
A review of Tony Hillerman's Talking God
Roland Joffe's Shadow Makers
The opening of film 'Shadow Makers' by Roland Joffe
Marius Petipa
A look at Imperial Russian choreographer Marius Petipa and the Kirov Ballet
Morris West's Lazarus
Interview with Morris West about his new novel Lazarus
The work of Ray Harryhausen
A look at the work of Ray Harryhausen fantasy film producer
Steven Spielberg's Always
Review of new film by Steven Spielberg Always
Sex in the cinema
An in-depth look at the portrayal of sex in the cinema
The harp
An in-depth look at the harp
Kingsley Amis - The Folks That Live on the Hill
A review of the new Kingsley Amis novel The Folks That Live on the Hill
The Oscars
Sandy Walsh reports on the Oscars
Maria Ewing
A special in-depth programme about opera singer Maria Ewing
Vienna
A special programme on Vienna
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar celebrates his 70th birthday