A look at Steven Spielberg's new film Amistad Read more
now playing
Spielberg's Amistad
A look at Steven Spielberg's new film Amistad
John F. Kennedy biography
A sensational biography on John F. Kennedy is reviewed
Review of the year - 1997
Special edition of Meridian looking back at the past twelve months
Degenerate Art
A documentary about the Berlin cabaret scene
Tribute to Juzo Itami
A special tribute to the late Japanese director Juzo Itami
Children's literature
Children's literature - a look at what today's youngsters are reading
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
A documentary about the children's classic - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
International Arts Festival in Venice
News on the International Arts Festival in Venice
The Exorcist
First broadcast in 1998. Mark Kermode on the late William Friedkin's classic horror film
Hermann Nitsch
Controversy over an exhibition involving the slaughter of animals by Hermann Nitsch
Max Ernst
The life and work of surrealist painter Max Ernst.
The rebirth of American musical theatre
Celebrating the rebirth of American musical theatre from Broadway, New York
Who writes history - the victors or the losers?
Is there any truth in the statement 'history is written by the victors'?
Death of Klaus Tennstedt
A tribute to the German composer Klaus Tennstedt
'J'accuse....!'
The story behind Emile Zola's open letter, used in the famous newspaper headline J'accuse'
Kendall Geers and guilt
South African artist Kendall Geers and Guilty, a work of art on the legacy of Apartheid
Fay Weldon
The social upheaval caused by feminism captured by writer Faye Weldon
Don DeLillo
A documentary about the American writer Don DeLillo
Marie Antoinette - the opera
World premiere of the opera Marie Antoinette
Francis Bacon by George Melly
Number 4 Dean Street, Soho home of The Colony Room and a familiar haunt of Francis Bacon
Bertolt Brecht
A documentary on the work and life of Bertolt Brecht
War Primer - poems by Brecht
A review of Brecht's War Primer poems translated and published
Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian Lloyd Webber attacks lack of interest in classical music in the West
Robert Redford
Interview with Robert Redford, an Academy Award-winning American film director and actor
Barcelona in literature
A documentary on how Barcelona's transformation has been echoed in literature
Calcutta Book Fair
A report from this year's Calcutta Book Fair which attracted a record number of visitors
Oscar nominations 1998
News of this year's Oscar nominations
The Big Chill
A look at how the world's most extreme weather has inspired writing
Paradise by Toni Morrison
Review of Paradise by Toni Morrison
Berlin film festival
A review of the Berlin film festival, in its opening week
Are we what they say we are? Book special
Today's books explores the saying 'we are what other people we say we are'