Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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Literary hunt for the last Thylacine
Julia Lee's novel tracks a mysterious hunter on the trail of the last Tasmanian tiger
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Literary biographies
Michael Holroyd and Hilary Spurling discuss literary biographies
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Listening with Vermeer
Music in the time of Vermeer, plus an interview with American soprano Barbara Bonney
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Linton Quasi Johnson and Arthur Miller
The dub poet Linton Quasi Johnson narrates his latest work
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
An interview with the Jamaican reggae dub poet
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Lines from an Orkney fireside
Roger Fenby talks to the poet and novelist George Mackay Brown
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Lindsay Anderson directs Hamlet on stage in London
Lindsay Anderson applauds Hamlet's "extraordinary modernity of feeling and thought"
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Linda Kitson war-artist
War-artist Linda Kitson on her experience in the Falklands war
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Lina Wertmuller's Head of Alvise
Lina Wertmuller's first novel, Brahms' sonatas, director Nicholas Roeg on Eureka
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Lillibullero
A special feature on the music Lilliburllero', a 17th-century English political song
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Lili Marleen - The Song That Became a Legend
Film Lili Marleen by Fassbinder and novel The Bleaching Yard by Tarjei Vesaas
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Light Dimensions in Bath
An exhibition of holograms in Bath, England, plus American director Francis Ford Coppola
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Lift Festival
A report on the London International International Theatre Festival
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Life's a Dream
An adaptation of the Pedro Calderon de la Barca novel Life's A Dream
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Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
A look at the revolutionary values of liberty equality and fraternity
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Letters from the slave trade - Ignatius Sancho
The role of slavery in the building of the British empire
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Les Murray interview
The Australian poet talks about how his recovery from depression has affected his work
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Les Murray - an Australian poet
A documentary on the Australian poet Les Murray
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Les Miserables
A review of the film Les Miserables, directed by Claude Lelouch
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Leonardo's Horse completed after 500 Years
After 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci's proposal for a giant bronze horse becomes reality
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Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
A special programme which takes an in depth look at Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
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Leonard Bernstein's Candide
Special edition on Scottish Opera's revival of Bernstein's operetta
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Leon Kossoff – a Life in Paint
Leon Kossoff exhibition in London is this post-war British painter's first retrospective
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Learning the art of painting
A special programme on art schools
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Le Corbusier, Architect of modern Living
Why Le Corbusier was the most influential and most maligned architect of the 20th century
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Le Corbusier
A discussion about the French Swiss architect's controversial legacy
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Le Cid
A translation of Pierre Corneille's classic Le Cid
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti interview
The American poet talks about his new collection A Far Rockaway Of The Heart
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Lawrence Durrell interview
Exploring the life and work of novelist, poet, and travel writer Lawrence Durrell
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Laurie Lee - Edge of Day
A profile of Laurie Lee and his musical album Edge of Day