Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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Primo Levi's Literary Companions
Poet Peter Forbes talks about his English translation of Primo Levi's last book
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Primary Colors
Review of the political satire Primary Colors
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Pride and Prejudice
Review of a new TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice
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Pride and Prejudice
A special programme which takes an in depth look at Jane Austen's most frequently read novel: Pride And Prejudice
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Prehistoric Art discovered in a French Cave
Large prehistoric human and animal figures discovered engraved on a cave wall in France
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Prague International Book Fair
Report from Prague on the first book fair since the collapse of communism
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Post war US painters
The New York School of art is explored in the programme
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Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa
The life and work of the great national poet of Portugal
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Portraits
Exploring the history of portraiture with National Portrait Gallery curator Robin Gibson
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Portrait Miniatures at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Exhibition of 16th Century English portrait miniatures, plus the Houston Ballet
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Porgy and Bess: the world tour
The story of the 1950s international tour of George Gershwin’s opera
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Pop Music Videos
Why music is only as popular as the marketing behind it
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Politics and art in Israel
Politics and art in Israel
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Political theatre
A look at David Edgar and other political plays
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Political Journalism – Personalities and Pitfalls
What effect is the media emphasis on personalities over policies having on us as citizens?
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Polish film Vabank
London Film Festival, violinist Anthony Ritchie, Alan Bennett's Objects of Affection
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Poet Stevie Smith
Biography of English poet Stevie Smith featuring archive recordings
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Poet or criminal? How should we remember Ezra Pound?
How should Ezra Pound's fascist politics affect our appreciation of his poetry?
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Poems on the Underground
How an American writer came up with the idea to bring poetry to a wider audience
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Plays by Harold Pinter and Stephen Spender
New play by Harold Pinter, Mountain Language, plus interview with Pinter
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Playing The Game by Jeffrey Thomas
Playing The Game by Jeffrey Thomas and the ENO's Debussy's Pelleas and Melisande
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Platoon by Oliver Stone
Review of the film Platoon written and directed by Oliver Stone
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Placido Domingo as Otello
Placido Domingo on stage in Verdi's Opera Otello
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Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa interviewed
Puccini, African artist John Muafangejo, and Tony Parker's People of Providence
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PL Travers - interview
The Australian-born British novelist who wrote a series of novels about Mary Poppins
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Pip Broughton - translating Brecht
English writer Pip Broughton on translating Bertolt Brecht
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Pioneers of stage and screen
A look at the work of three influential people considered to be pioneers
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Pina Bausch
A profile of Philippine 'Pina Bausch
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Pierre de Marivaux
The 18th Century French playwright Pierre de Marivaux
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Pierre Boulez, a modern Maestro
Interview with the French composer, conductor, writer and activist, Pierre Boulez