麻豆社

talking with Kurt Vonnegut

Interview with Kurt Vonnegut about his new novel Hocus Pocus or What's the Hurry, Son?

• 28 mins

Martin Scorsese on Goodfellas

Director Martin Scorsese on the book behind his film Goodfellas

• 28 mins

Elizabeth Taylor

New biography of Elizabeth Taylor by film critic Alexander Walker

• 29 mins

Margaret Atwood and The Handmaid's Tale

Writer Margaret Atwood on her novel The Handmaid's Tale, plus review of the film

• 28 mins

A new Richard II

The RSC's Richard II, plus dramatist David Edgar's The Shape of the Table

• 29 mins

Race and Theatre

Exploring the issue of race in casting. With actresses Meera Syal and Yvonne Brewster

• 28 mins

Macbeth directed by Wu Hsing-kuo

The Kingdom of Desire, a Taiwanese production of Macbeth directed by Wu Hsing-kuo

• 28 mins

Kogi people - The Heart of the Worl

Alan Ereira on his film about South American Kogi people, The Heart of the World

• 28 mins

Henry & June

Philip Kaufman's film about American writer Henry Miller his wife June

• 28 mins

Matisse and Picasso: A Friendship in Art

Painter and writer Francoise Gilot on her book Matisse and Picasso: A Friendship in Art

• 28 mins

Andrei Serban's Greek tragedies

Report from Bucharest on director Andrei Serban's trilogy of Greek tragedies

• 28 mins

Manchester's Royal Exchange

Special programme on the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester

• 28 mins

Come Beckoning Ghost

Exploring the ghost story with authors Peter Straub, Susan Hill, AS Byatt and Clive Barker

• 28 mins

The Felix Winner is...

Winner of the European film of the year, Porte aperte directed by Italian Gianni Amelio

• 29 mins

Thomas Hardy's Music

The folk, street, and church music that surrounded writer Thomas Hardy

• 28 mins

Wind in the Willows

Alan Bennett's musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows

• 28 mins

Muir on humour

The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose by Frank Muir

• 27 mins

Talking with Ursula K Le Guin

A special programme on award-winning American writer Ursula K Le Guin

• 29 mins

Don Juan and Jasper Johns

A review of the latest stage version of Don Juan

• 29 mins

The year that was - 1990

A review of 1990, including clips of the most memorable moments of Meridian over the year

• 28 mins

Emily Bronte - biography

Review of new biographies

• 28 mins

Mahabharata - the film

A three hour film version of the Mhabharata

• 28 mins

The Runaway Soul

Review of Harold Brodkey's latest novel The Runaway Soul

• 28 mins

Mexican art

An exhibition of Mexican art is Los Angeles

• 28 mins

African storytelling

An African storytelling special

• 29 mins

The Faust story

A review of the latest interpretation of Faust, an opera

• 27 mins

Maori culture special

A special programme which takes an in-depth look at Maori culture

• 28 mins

Muir on humour - part two

The second of a series of programmes about Frank Muir and his take on comedy

• 28 mins

Kuwaiti musicians

David Lodge reports from Cairo on the response of Kuwaiti musicians to the crisis there

• 28 mins

Aids and the arts

A special programme which takes a look at how the arts world is responding to Aids

• 28 mins