Wide-ranging series exploring arts and cultural issues around the world
World Service,·126 episodes
Interview with Michael Frayn and his wife Claire Tomalin both nominated for the Whitbread Book of the Year Prize.
03 Dec 2003,·22 mins
Exploring our changing relationship with the media with a look at interactive media
23 Dec 2003,·22 mins
Examining the media in the modern world. Do we still need objective News media?
30 Dec 2003,·22 mins
Discussing how the media affects our lives and our fascination with celebrity
06 Jan 2004,·22 mins
Exploring the true story behind the novel and opera 'Porgy and Bess'
12 Jan 2004,·22 mins
Clint Eastwood is interviewed at the National Film Theatre, London by Michael Parkinson
26 Jan 2004,·22 mins
A look at the East Asian film industry and it's influence and popularity across the world
02 Feb 2004,·21 mins
2/4 programmes looking at the East Asian film industry and it's influence and popularity
09 Feb 2004,·22 mins
3/4 programmes looking at the East Asian film industry and it's influence and popularity
16 Feb 2004,·22 mins
4/4 programmes looking at the East Asian film industry and it's influence and popularity
23 Feb 2004,·22 mins
Interview with Toni Morrison as her latest novel 'Love' is published
26 Feb 2004,·22 mins
Profiles of the two pioneering African-American dancers and choreographers
08 Mar 2004,·22 mins
The power of one simple piece of music and why people love it
16 Mar 2004,·22 mins
Why people love Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony
22 Mar 2004,·22 mins
An interview with British artist Tracey Emin
05 Apr 2004,·24 mins
Reflections on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
12 Apr 2004,·22 mins
British sculptor Antony Gormley reflects on his life and career
13 May 2004,·22 mins
An exploration of how highlife music is evolving in Ghana
01 Jun 2004,·22 mins
Hip hop DJ Bola Ray, continues his look at hiplife music in Accra, Ghana
03 Jun 2004,·22 mins
A look at the music of the Baka people in the forests of South East Cameroon
21 Jun 2004,·22 mins
Life in South Africa's 'coloured' townships
28 Jun 2004,·22 mins,·
1/2 programmes celebrating poet Pablo Neruda who had 'a passion for love and life'
05 Jul 2004,·21 mins
Exploring Pablo Neruda's poetry of politics and social injustice
12 Jul 2004,·22 mins
A look at the beauty business in Kabul, Afghanistan
19 Jul 2004,·22 mins
Irish film director and writer Neil Jordan talks about his work
26 Jul 2004,·22 mins
The story of the English Concertina and it's inventor Charles Wheatstone
20 Aug 2004,·22 mins
A look at the life and work of conductor Daniel Barenboim
23 Aug 2004,·22 mins
'Justice, land and liberty', the Zapata slogan still being used by the women of Chiapas
30 Aug 2004,·22 mins
What happened to the 10,000 Hmong people evacuated from Vietnam to Thailand during the war
13 Sep 2004,·22 mins
Architect Daniel Libeskind talks about his life and work
27 Sep 2004,·22 mins
