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A Scots Quair
Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon's trilogy A Scots Quair
Art in the new South African
What price freedom? The challenge facing writers and musicians in the new South Africa
Talking with Garrison Keillor
Interview with American humorist and radio personality, Garrison Keillor
Portraits
Exploring the history of portraiture with National Portrait Gallery curator Robin Gibson
talking with Tom Stoppard
Extended interview with British playwright Tom Stoppard
Amos Oz's latest novel Fima
Meridian book special with Israeli writer Amos Oz on his latest novel Fima
Harold Pinter's Moonlight
"I am deeply sick and tired of hearing the name Harold Pinter"
Derek Jarman's Blue
Derek Jarman's film Blue, plus an exhibition of portraits by Lucian Freud
Consider Your Verdict
Exploring the formula of the courtroom drama on stage and film
Japanese Designers
The rise of Japanese fashion designers, Issey Miyake and Rei Kawakubo
Chilean Artists in Exile
The brutal repression writers, artists and actors experienced under the Pinochet regime
Chicago Architecture
Special report with John Szarkowski of the Chicago Arts Institute
The Waking Dream
The Waking Dream, an exhibition on the first 100 years of photography
Michael Nyman
Interview with British composer Michael Nyman
Wynton Marsalis
Talking with Wynton Marsalis: an American trumpeter with many styles
Robert de Niro's A Bronx Tale
Robert de Niro challenges the glamour of the gangster
The Booker Prize for Fiction
Special discussing the Booker Prize shortlist
Remembering Federico Fellini
Remembering Federico Fellini, one of the most influential filmmakers of all time
Treading the Boards
Actors who trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol reflect on their experiences
The Louvre - 200 years
Two hundred years of The Louvre, the Mona Lisa celebrates its bi-centenary
Perestroika - the play
A review of the premiere of 'Perestroika by Tony Kushner at the National Theatre
The House of the Spirits
The Chilean-American novelist, Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits is now a film
Post war US painters
The New York School of art is explored in the programme
Asian-American Writers
This programme explores the growing number and popularity of Asian-American writers
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Documentary feature about The Wizard of Oz and its writer L. Frank Baum
Review of the year - 1993
A review of the arts during the 12 months of 1993
A Christmas Carol
An in-depth special on Charles Dickens' book A Christmas Carol
In the Name of the Father
Jim Sheridan's film In The Name Of The Father tells the tale of a miscarriage of justice
Anthony Burgess
An in-depth profile of the British writer Anthony Burgess
Martin Scorsese
Profile of American film director Martin Scorcese and review of his new film
The Skriker
A review of Carol Churchill's play The Skriker