Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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Talking with Ursula K Le Guin
A special programme on award-winning American writer Ursula K Le Guin
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talking with Tom Stoppard
Extended interview with British playwright Tom Stoppard
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talking with Tom Courtenay
Interview with actor Tom Courtenay about his one-man show Moscow Stations
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talking with Sir John Gielgud
"I must play the part and not worry about the audience, or the critics"
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talking with Nicholas Hytner
Extended interview with Nicholas Hytner, associate director of the National Theatre
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talking with Merce Cunningham
The life, work, and influence of American dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham
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talking with Mario Vargas Llosa
In depth look at Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, and essayist Mario Vargas Llosa
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talking with Lindsay Kemp
A special programme on the iconic British dancer, actor, and choreographer, Lindsay Kemp
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talking with Kurt Vonnegut
Interview with Kurt Vonnegut about his new novel Hocus Pocus or What's the Hurry, Son?
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talking with John Fowles
"There is a strong parallel between writing and walking through an unknown wood"
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talking with Harrison Birtwistle
Exploring the life and work of British contemporary composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle
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Talking with Garrison Keillor
Interview with American humorist and radio personality, Garrison Keillor
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Talking with David Puttnam
A special looking at the career of Oscar-winning British film producer David Puttnam
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talking with Anthony Caro
Special programme from Poole Harbour talking to British sculptor Anthony Caro
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talking to Arthur Miller
"I have always felt the real public issues are the ones that are most private"
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Talking to Alice Walker
Profile of US author Alice Walker, the first black woman to ever win the Pulitzer prize
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Talking God with the Navajos
A review of Tony Hillerman's Talking God
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Taking slam Poetry to South Africa
New York Slam poets receive an enthusiastic welcome in Johannesburg
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Taking pictures - Tim Page and Richard Avedon
Interviews with photographers Tim Page and Richard Avedon
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Taking it slowly, with Milan Kundera
Critics are divided over Milan Kundera's novel Slowness, his first book written in French
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Taj Mahal
Special on the Taj Mahal, a mausoleum born of grief in Agra, India
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T.S Eliot Prize winner - Les Murray
The winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry, the Australian Les Murray
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T. E. Lawrence
Examining the life and work of Colonel T.E. Lawrence
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Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation
Book Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris by Noel Riley Fitch
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Swoon
A review of the US film Swoon
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Swiss writer Max Frisch
Max Frisch on his latest novel Bluebeard, James Mason on his role in US film The Verdict
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Swimming through Life like a Fish
Ruri Pilgrim's characters swim through life in her novel Fish of the Seto Inland Sea
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Swedish choregrapher Mat Ek
The life and work of the leading dancer, choregrapher and stage director
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Sweden wins the Eurovision Song Contest – again
Charlotte Nilsson wins the Eurovision song contest for Sweden
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Swashbucklers: Defending Honour with Rapiers and Wit
The Swashbuckler portrayed a romantic, cinematic world of witty gallantry and honour