Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
A programme about the destruction of the Spanish Basque town, Guernica,
26 Apr 1997,·28 mins
A look at plays by Bertolt Brecht and Andy de la Tour
22 Apr 1997,·28 mins
The writer Naomi Wolf and her latest book Promiscuities
Why The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has become the most important memoir of the year
18 Apr 1997,·29 mins
A look at the writer Hanif Kureishi and the film My Beautiful Laundrette
17 Apr 1997,·27 mins
Harold Pinter's play The Lover is reviewed
15 Apr 1997,·28 mins
A special programme which takes an in-depth look at the director Anthony Minghella
11 Apr 1997,·28 mins
A look at the new movie Twin Town, the Welsh 'Trainspotting'
Winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize is Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
08 Apr 1997,·28 mins
The enduring appeal of the legend of the Faust story
A special Programme which takes an in-depth look at Augusto Boal
04 Apr 1997,·28 mins
Will Smith talks about his role in the alien film Men In Black
03 Apr 1997,·28 mins
Young American author Peter Landesman and his prize winning novel The Raven
01 Apr 1997,·28 mins
A special programme which takes an in depth look at director Fred Zinneman
27 Mar 1997,·28 mins
Crime writer Patricia Cornwell talks about her new novel Hornet's Nest
25 Mar 1997,·28 mins
A special obituary programme featuring the late British writer and critic V. S. Pritchett
24 Mar 1997,·27 mins
The death of William de Kooning, a pioneering abstract artists
21 Mar 1997,·28 mins
A review of George Bernard Shaw's play Heartbreak House
20 Mar 1997,·28 mins
A review of Kate Atkinson's new novel Human Croquet
18 Mar 1997,·28 mins
A look at a new series of Biblical plays from the Royal Shakespeare Company
14 Mar 1997,·28 mins
An interview with Arthur C Clarke, the British science fiction author
Graham Swift, winner of last year's Booker prize, is charged with plagiarism
11 Mar 1997,·28 mins
Celebration of 50 years of India's independence
07 Mar 1997,·28 mins
A new biography of Bruce Lee, who brought martial art to the big screen
04 Mar 1997,·28 mins
The actor Brian Cox explains his sentence 'art is for itself'
28 Feb 1997,·28 mins
A review of two new productions The Shallow End and Chekhov's Ivanov
21 Feb 1997,·28 mins
A look at two new Shakespeare productions
14 Feb 1997,·28 mins
A special show which takes an in depth look at Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
13 Feb 1997,·28 mins
A look at Chinese New Year celebrations and a US debate on racism in the arts
07 Feb 1997,·28 mins
A special programme, looking at the colourful and vibrant city of Thessaloniki, Greece
03 Feb 1997,·28 mins
