Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
What effect is the media emphasis on personalities over policies having on us as citizens?
28 Dec 2000,·23 mins
How do other cultures and languages interpret the plays of Shakespeare?
22 Dec 2000,·23 mins
Virtuoso percussionist Evelyn Glennie talks about the bells in her instrument collection
22 Dec 2000,·24 mins
Korean coloratura Sumi Jo talks about her life and international opera career
Scottish poet Jackie Kay draws inspiration from Browning for her new work about Maw Broon
13 Dec 2000,·23 mins
Paul Muldoon on Shelley's poen Ozymandias and his own work, The Stoic, written in response
The challenges of directing Shakespeare for 21st-century audiences
11 Dec 2000,·23 mins
Julian Barnes on his new novel Love, Etc, in which he brings back characters from 1991
08 Dec 2000,·24 mins
How should Shakespeare's plays be performed in English for 21st-century audiences?
06 Dec 2000,·23 mins
"People book me for my ears," says repetiteur Helen Robertson-Barker about her work
05 Dec 2000,·24 mins
Malcolm Bradbury, the acclaimed British satirical novelist and academic, has died
04 Dec 2000,·24 mins
Claudia Stoltzer, head of make-up and wigs, at work in the Royal Opera House, London
How close to the original text can translators of literary works really get?
29 Nov 2000,·24 mins
An exploration of the role of the conductor and musical director in creating an opera
27 Nov 2000,·24 mins
An exploration of the role of the director in creating an opera. With David Pountney
A discussion about how to design cheap and appropriate dwellings
23 Nov 2000,·24 mins
A discussion about why international authors write in English or their native language
22 Nov 2000,·24 mins
The story of Art Nouveau's most famous practitioner who was best known for his poster art
21 Nov 2000,·24 mins
Retracing Brian Jones' 1967 journey to encounter the master musicians of Morocco
21 Nov 2000,·23 mins
How Indian writers use the English language with Arundhati Roy and Sagarika Ghose
20 Nov 2000,·23 mins
In his centenary year, Aaron Copland is still the most-played American composer
17 Nov 2000,·24 mins
Aaron Copland's fanfare for "the common man who was doing all the dirty work of this war"
14 Nov 2000,·24 mins
The British choreographer Siobhan Davies talks about how she works with music
14 Nov 2000,·23 mins
The British choregrapher talks about his relationship with music and how it inspires him
A report from the Canadian festival and the novelist David Adams Richards
13 Nov 2000,·24 mins
A discussion about one of the fiercest theorists of anti-colonialism
11 Nov 2000,·24 mins
Books by JM Coetzee, Patrick O'Brian and Jane Gardam are discussed
09 Nov 2000,·23 mins
Returning to America, composer Aaron Copland's career is launched with his Organ Symphony
08 Nov 2000,·24 mins
Edward Said discusses his often controversial work, including scholarship and journalism focusing on his native Palestine
08 Nov 2000,·23 mins
The two British filmmakers discuss books by Frederick Exley, James Blinn and Barbara Pym
07 Nov 2000,·23 mins
