Meridian

Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world

World Service,2413 episodes

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Edinburgh Arts Festival and the theatre of Africa
The theatre of Africa at the Edinburgh Arts Festival
23 Aug 1996,28 mins
China and the Cultural Revolution
China uncovered
20 Aug 1996,28 mins
Eve Arnold
A look at the life of Eve Arnold
19 Aug 1996,28 mins
Edinburgh International Festival
A report from the 50th Edinburgh International Festival
15 Aug 1996,28 mins
Pina Bausch
A profile of Philippine 'Pina Bausch
15 Aug 1996,27 mins
PEN International
A report on the work on PEN International
13 Aug 1996,27 mins
Samuel Beckett
A look at the life and times of Samuel Beckett
12 Aug 1996,28 mins
Writing about Writing about Sex
Why Must a Black Writer Write about Sex? – by Haitian-born writer Danny Laferriere
06 Aug 1996,28 mins
Dancing Hamlet in Denmark
Hamlet, a new ballet by Peter Schaufuss, receives its world premiere at Elsinore, Denmark
02 Aug 1996,28 mins
Lolita at 40
The story of how Lolita, the controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov, came to be published
01 Aug 1996,28 mins
View from the Eye of Desert Storm
Maj Gen Patrick Cordingley talks about his Gulf War diaries
30 Jul 1996,28 mins
Benedict Arnold – Hero or Villain?
RSC's premiere of The General from America by Richard Nelson
26 Jul 1996,30 mins
Who were Puccini's Bohemians?
Why is Puccini's Bohemia located in Paris – and who were these Bohemians really?
25 Jul 1996,28 mins
Fast Greens – Games of Golf and Life
Turk Pipkin's self-published golfing novel, Fast Greens, became an instant bestseller
23 Jul 1996,28 mins
Lulu joins Glyndborne's 'naughty girls'
Alban Berg's opera Lulu is staged for Glyndbourne by Graham Vick
19 Jul 1996,28 mins
Philip Pullman's Northern Lights has the winning 'tingle factor'
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman has won the Carnegie Medal
16 Jul 1996,28 mins
John Gabriel Borkman opens with a stellar Cast
Stellar cast for Ibsen's play John Gabriel Borkman at London's Royal National Theatre
12 Jul 1996,28 mins
Paul Theroux's novel double act
Where does the real Paul Theroux begin and end in his new novel, My Other Life?
09 Jul 1996,28 mins
How things came together for Chinua Achebe
Why Chinua Achebe's first novel, Things Fall Apart, made such a big impact in 1958
08 Jul 1996,28 mins
Four helpings of Sam Shepard
Season of four plays by debunker of American dreams, Sam Shepard
05 Jul 1996,28 mins
Mario Vargas Llosa – Death in the Andes
Mario Vargas Llosa's latest novel is a thrilling mix of modern politics and ancient myth
02 Jul 1996,28 mins
Francis Bacon is the toast of Paris
The Francis Bacon exhibition at the Pompidou is the hottest ticket in Paris
28 Jun 1996,31 mins
Claes Oldenburg – Larger than Life
Sculptor Claes Oldenburg talks about his life, work and his exhibition in London
24 Jun 1996,27 mins
Encounter between Skating and Dance
Classical ballet meets skating in Encounters, choreographed by ice dancer Christopher Dean
21 Jun 1996,28 mins
Gaader's new Philosophical Adventure
Norwegian Jostein Gaarder talks about his latest philosophical novel with a teenage hero
18 Jun 1996,28 mins
Leon Kossoff – a Life in Paint
Leon Kossoff exhibition in London is this post-war British painter's first retrospective
14 Jun 1996,28 mins
The World of Federico Fellini
Life and works of Italian film-maker Federico Fellini
08 Jun 1996,27 mins
Dramas at the Tony Awards
The 50th Annual Tony Awards in New York create as many dramas as prizes
07 Jun 1996,28 mins
Tolstoy's War and Peace
Discussing Leo Tolstoy's novel on a grand scale, War and Peace
06 Jun 1996,27 mins
God Bless John Wayne, says Kinky Friedman
Cult crime writer Kinky Friedman talks about his new novel, God Bless John Wayne
04 Jun 1996,28 mins