Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
Special edition of Meridian looking back at the past twelve months
16 Dec 1997,·28 mins
A sensational biography on John F. Kennedy is reviewed
09 Dec 1997,·28 mins
A look at Steven Spielberg's new film Amistad
A special tribute to the late novelist Kathy Acker
01 Dec 1997,·28 mins
The alienation of young people as exemplified by the work of Jack Kerouac
28 Nov 1997,·28 mins
A look at the shortlist for the 1997 Russian Booker Prize
25 Nov 1997,·28 mins
An opera based on a slave ship rebellion and their fight for victory - Armistad
A look at the black community in the entertainment industry in Paris
20 Nov 1997,·28 mins
A special programme which takes an in-depth look at Stanley Kubrick
19 Nov 1997,·28 mins
Professor Roy Porter talks about his new medical history book
18 Nov 1997,·28 mins
An exhibition of rare Russian treasures goes on show in China
18 Nov 1997,·29 mins
A remake of Fred Zimmerman's Day of the Jackal
11 Nov 1997,·28 mins
A review of David Grossman's new novel The Zigzag Kid
A special programme which takes an in depth look at Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
06 Nov 1997,·28 mins
Is Neil Simon about to pack up his typewriter? Is Proposals, his latest play, his last?
04 Nov 1997,·28 mins
The novelist Doris Lessing on her experiences in Africa
A documentary about the play, The Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
30 Oct 1997,·28 mins
A 600-page biography of Salvador Dali
28 Oct 1997,·28 mins
A look at the life of Jane Austen through two new biographies
Hollywood and Beijing fall out over a number of films about Tibet
21 Oct 1997,·28 mins
Is the arts moving into an era dominated by computers and women?
A special programme which takes an in depth look at the artist Canaletto
17 Oct 1997,·28 mins
The winner of the 1997 Booker Prize is announced
14 Oct 1997,·29 mins
A tribute to the writer Harold Robbins who died last week
14 Oct 1997,·28 mins
US feminist Andrea Dworkin talks to the programme
07 Oct 1997,·28 mins
The new Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, which has already stirred up controversy
Peter Carey talks about his novel Jack Maggs
30 Sep 1997,·28 mins
Israeli's are left reeling at a shocking new play called Murder
30 Sep 1997,·29 mins
Two fictionalised versions of Christ's life fight it out
23 Sep 1997,·28 mins
Review of a film version of Lolita
