Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
A special programme which takes an in depth look at the life of the dramatist Caryl Churchill
18 Sep 1997,·28 mins
How nations shape their authors - a profile of South African novelist Christopher Hope
A special programme which looks at the work of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner
17 Sep 1997,·29 mins
This year's Booker Prize shortlist
16 Sep 1997,·28 mins
A look at the best of young British art and its controversial stars
16 Sep 1997,·27 mins
A special programme which takes an in depth look at the Bollywood film industry
12 Sep 1997,·28 mins
A tribute to the conductor Sir Georg Solti who died last week age 84
09 Sep 1997,·28 mins
Why Christian Jacq's blockbusters about Egyptian king Ramses have sold so well
Interview with Elmore Leonard at the National Film Theatre in London
04 Sep 1997,·28 mins
02 Sep 1997,·28 mins
A review of a new novel by Saul Bellow, The Actual
The ups and downs of performing at festivals such as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
26 Aug 1997,·28 mins
Book review special featuring Amos Oz, Carol Shields, Helen Garner, John Updike
A special programme which takes an in depth look at Cyrano De Bergerac
21 Aug 1997,·28 mins
A review of the film She's So Lovely starring Sean Penn and real-life wife Robin Wright
This programme comes from the eighth Edinburgh Book Festival
20 Aug 1997,·28 mins
It is the second week of the Edinburgh International Arts Festival
19 Aug 1997,·28 mins
A special programme which takes an in depth look at the Edinburgh festival
Review of Northern Irish novel Grace Notes
12 Aug 1997,·28 mins
The world's biggest arts festival in Edinburgh, celebrates its 50th anniversary
The work of James Patrick Donleavy
08 Aug 1997,·28 mins
A documentary looking at the life and work of Steve Reich
07 Aug 1997,·27 mins
A tribute to the American writer William S. Burroughs who died last week
05 Aug 1997,·28 mins
A review of Charles Frazier's novel Cold Mountain about the American civil war
29 Jul 1997,·28 mins
How controversy has dogged the Bayreuth festival, which celebrates the work of Wagner
29 Jul 1997,·27 mins
Review of the latest novel by Chinese novelist Wang Shuo, Playing For Thrills
22 Jul 1997,·28 mins
A documentary of the Israeli whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu
A special programme which takes an in depth look at the work of John Schlesinger
21 Jul 1997,·29 mins
A special programme which celebrates the centenary of the Tate Gallery
18 Jul 1997,·28 mins
A surprise new novel from Gabriel Garcia Marquez
15 Jul 1997,·28 mins
