Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
A look at Spike Lee's documentary feature in New York
15 Jul 1997,·28 mins
A review of Kenneth Brannagh's version of Hamlet
13 Jul 1997,·27 mins
A report following the news that thousands of Vincent van Gogh paintings may be fake
08 Jul 1997,·28 mins
Interview with Frank McCourt and his groundbreaking book Angela's Ashes
Tribute to the late French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli
02 Jul 1997,·29 mins
Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and why it is so important
01 Jul 1997,·28 mins
The programme looks at recent controversy surrounding US publishing house Harper Collins
Thierry Noir attempts to recoup some financial reward for his life enhancing murals
28 Jun 1997,·28 mins
Donald Clarke talks about his biography of Frank Sinatra
24 Jun 1997,·28 mins
A report from contemporary art exhibition Venice Biennale
17 Jun 1997,·28 mins
An in depth look at the announcement of the Rhone-Poulenc Prize for science books
Author special
10 Jun 1997,·28 mins
The revival of the Globe Theatre
06 Jun 1997,·29 mins
A special programme which takes an in depth look at Harlem
04 Jun 1997,·28 mins
A programme which takes a look at writers with the art of creating controversy
03 Jun 1997,·28 mins
Patrick Marber's new play Closer and the annual Tony Awards in New York
The story of Captain William Bligh and his descendants on Pitcairn Island
27 May 1997,·29 mins
The South African politician Evita Bezuidenhout and Peter-Dirk Uys
27 May 1997,·28 mins
A look at the widely respected human rights magazine Index on Censorship
23 May 1997,·28 mins
Why George Bernard Shaw is the subject of an annual Shaw festival in Canada
20 May 1997,·28 mins
A review of Edmund White's The Farewell Symphony
Second in a two-part series on the Cannes Film Festival
17 May 1997,·28 mins
We look at Disney fairytale Beauty and the Beast transformed from screen to stage
13 May 1997,·28 mins
A special programme which comes live from Birmingham
12 May 1997,·28 mins
Alan Ayckborn's new play The Things We do for Love
06 May 1997,·28 mins
Thomas Pynchon breaks seven years of silence with a vast historical novel
A special programme which takes an in depth look at Sir Richard Eyre
01 May 1997,·28 mins
A review of Titanic the musical
29 Apr 1997,·28 mins
The winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize
A special programme which takes an in depth look at The Cannes Film Festival
