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Meridian Episodes

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    Ravi Shankar's guide to Indian instruments

    The Indian sitar virtuoso reveals the secrets of the tabla, tanbur and sitar

  2. Ravi Shankar

    Ravi Shankar celebrates his 70th birthday

  3. Ravel's Bolero

    What goes into a work of art? Special on the orchestral parts that make up Ravel's Bolero

  4. Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending

    A celebration of the English composer’s pastoral masterpiece

  5. Ralph Steadman on Hunter S Thompson

    Interviews with Ralph Steadman, Richard Pankhurst and Peter Maxwell Davies

  6. Ralph Ellison, Visible Man

    Life and work of writer Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man about black American life

  7. Raja Shehadeh interview

    The Palestinian lawyer and writer on his memoir, Stranger in the House

  8. Rage In Paris

    A look at the black community in the entertainment industry in Paris

  9. Radio - creating a drama

    Creating a radio play and the impact it can have on an audience

  10. Rachel Carson

    Deirdre Jansen-Smith reviews Linda Lear's biography of Rachel Carson

  11. Race and Theatre

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

  12. R.M Lammings

    A review of R.M Lammings new book The Notebook of Gismondo Cavaletti

  13. Queen of the Tamborine

    The decay of England's middle classes in Jane Gardem's novel Queen of the Tamborine

  14. Putting Time into Art: interview with Bill Viola

    American video artist Bill Viola talks about working with the dimension of time

  15. Putting History on the Stage

    How do you put history on to the modern stage?

  16. Punjabi pop star Daler Mehndi

    Punjabi pop star Daler Mehndi signed the biggest ever deal for an Indian singer, Canadian artist Joyce Wieland dies leaving a legacy of work; Bruce Willis film 'Armageddon'; an exhibition called 'The Art of the Motorcycle';

  17. Pulitzer Prize winners

    The winners include the play Wit by Margarert Edson and Michael Cunningham's The Hours

  18. Pulitzer Prize winner - Frank McCourt

    Winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize is Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

  19. Puccini's Tosca

    A review of a new film of the Italian opera, starring Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu

  20. Publishing politics

    The programme looks at recent controversy surrounding US publishing house Harper Collins

  21. Publishing - now and the future

    Publishing how it works, how it is changing and what its future is

  22. Protest to protect local Films in South Korea

    South Korean film-makers protest at American pressure to phase out the quota system

  23. Protest and succeed – interview with David Hare

    David Hare talks about his career, from politically-driven protester to feted playwright

  24. Protecting Intellectual Property in the Digital Age

    Protecting creators' rights to their artistic and literary works in a new digital age

  25. Prospero's Books

    Review of British filmmaker Peter Greenaway's fantasy drama Prospero's Book

  26. Prokofiev and Rostropovich

    A special in-depth look at two Russian musician exiles

  27. Progress and the middle classes - by Doug Lucie

    A review of the play Progress, about middle class North Londoners

  28. Prof. Roy Porter and a history of disease

    Professor Roy Porter talks about his new medical history book

  29. Prince Charles on architecture

    Prince of Wales attacks the "ugliness" of some modern British architecture

  30. Prince Charles by Anthony Holden

    A new biography of Prince Charles to mark his 40th birthday

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