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Howard Hodgkin
Discussing the work of Howard Hodgkin
Michael Crichton's Airframe
A review of Michael Crichton's latest novel
Maria Farantouri
Ancient and modern Greek poetry set to music and performed fby Maria Farantouri
Guys and Dolls
A review of the latest performance of Guys and Dolls with Imelda Staunton
Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett, whose latest Discworld book The Hog Father has just been published
A Streetcar Named Desire
A half century since Streetcar Named Desire by American playwright, Tennessee Williams
Snowman - and a debate over gender
Violence erupts in Iran over a film featuring a transvestite character
Les Murray - an Australian poet
A documentary on the Australian poet Les Murray
Peter Stein
A special program which takes an in depth look at the life of Peter Stein
Walter Mosley - the president's favourite
A documentary about the writer Walter Mosley
V. I Warshawski hits the screen
A review of Kathleen Turner as V. I. Warshawski in a film version of Sara Paretksy's books
A Streetcar Named Desire - reviewed
A look at a London revival of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Jeanette Winterson
A look at a new novel by Jeanette Winterson, launching her new publisher
Elsinore by Robert Lepage
A look at Elsinore by Robert Lepage, a one-man interpretation of Hamlet
The Portrait of a Lady
Review of The Portrait of a Lady starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Jane Campion
T.S Eliot Prize winner - Les Murray
The winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry, the Australian Les Murray
The Preacher's Wife
A review of Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington in the film The Preacher's Wife
The London International Mime Festival
A review of the outlandish and the improbable at the London International Mime Festival
Scottish literature's colourful tradition
A special programme which takes an in-depth look at modern Scottish literature
The Calcutta Chromosome
Tribute to late James Dickey, American writer whose death was announced at the age of 73
Letters from the slave trade - Ignatius Sancho
The role of slavery in the building of the British empire
The Homecoming
A review of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming
The Cairo Book Fair
The Cairo Book Fair, which has attracted a million and a half people this year
Palestrina at the Royal Opera House
The 50th anniversary of the Royal Opera House in London
Thessaloniki - where East meets West
A special programme, looking at the colourful and vibrant city of Thessaloniki, Greece
Chinese New Year - Year of the Ox
A look at Chinese New Year celebrations and a US debate on racism in the arts
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
A special show which takes an in depth look at Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Henry IV Part I and Part II
A look at two new Shakespeare productions
Anton Chekhov's Ivanov
A review of two new productions The Shallow End and Chekhov's Ivanov
Brian Cox and 'art is for itself'
The actor Brian Cox explains his sentence 'art is for itself'
The life of Bruce Lee
A new biography of Bruce Lee, who brought martial art to the big screen