Meridian

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

World Service,2413 episodes

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Derek Jarman's Blue
Derek Jarman's film Blue, plus an exhibition of portraits by Lucian Freud
17 Sep 1993,29 mins
Harold Pinter's Moonlight
"I am deeply sick and tired of hearing the name Harold Pinter"
10 Sep 1993,28 mins
Amos Oz's latest novel Fima
Meridian book special with Israeli writer Amos Oz on his latest novel Fima
09 Sep 1993,28 mins
talking with Tom Stoppard
Extended interview with British playwright Tom Stoppard
07 Sep 1993,28 mins
Portraits
Exploring the history of portraiture with National Portrait Gallery curator Robin Gibson
28 Aug 1993,27 mins
Talking with Garrison Keillor
Interview with American humorist and radio personality, Garrison Keillor
23 Aug 1993,28 mins
Art in the new South African
What price freedom? The challenge facing writers and musicians in the new South Africa
21 Aug 1993,29 mins
A Scots Quair
Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon's trilogy A Scots Quair
20 Aug 1993,28 mins
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Documentary film-maker Marc Cousins visits Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay
11 Aug 1993,26 mins
Drama and the Dramatist
Programme about the craft, joy, and hardship of modern day playwriting
27 Jul 1993,26 mins
Song of Songs
Why have centuries of composers been inspired by the Song of Songs from the Hebrew Bible?
06 Jul 1993,29 mins
Venice Biennale
With German designer and painter Hans Hacker and English painter Richard Hamilton
29 Jun 1993,29 mins
William Golding obituary
Remembering William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies
24 Jun 1993,28 mins
Contemporary Russian Art
A report into the current state of contemporary art in Russia
23 Jun 1993,27 mins
Jurassic Park and Dinosaurs
Special on the cultural depictions of dinosaurs since the word dinosaur was coined in 1842
15 Jun 1993,28 mins
Stallone's Cliffhanger
Reviewing the movie Cliffhanger with Sylvester Stallone
28 May 1993,29 mins
French artist Henri Matisse
Are his paintings merely pleasing wallpaper or did he possess a revolutionary quality?
28 May 1993,29 mins
The Cannes Film Festival
With New Zealand director Jane Campion and Bengali director Goutam Ghose
25 May 1993,28 mins
film in post-communist Russia
Given the choice, what do Russian audiences want to watch - realism or escapism?
11 May 1993,26 mins
How Much Violence is Enough?
Big screen violence can be thrilling and spectacular. But is there too much of it?
04 May 1993,28 mins
Another Kettle of Fish
Another Kettle of Fish by South African dramatist Susan Pam-Grant
02 May 1993,28 mins
Billy Crystal is Mr Saturday Night
New film Mr Saturday Night by American comedian Billy Crystal
23 Apr 1993,27 mins
sculptor and printmaker Elisabeth Frink
"I think that is the job of artists, to comment on what is going on"
20 Apr 1993,28 mins
Tom Stoppard and Arcadia
Talking with dramatist Tom Stoppard about the roots of his latest play Arcadia
16 Apr 1993,28 mins
talking to Arthur Miller
"I have always felt the real public issues are the ones that are most private"
26 Mar 1993,27 mins
Cowboy Poetry
Meridian explores one of the great icons of the modern world - the cowboy
23 Mar 1993,27 mins
Bombay
Exploring the cultural life of Bombay. With director of Maya Memsaab, Ketan Mehta
16 Mar 1993,29 mins
Theatre in Pakistan
Documentary on the challenges facing writers, directors and performers in Lahore, Pakistan
02 Mar 1993,28 mins
Eddie Izzard in the studio
Talking with comedian Eddie Izzard and reviewing film drama Lorenzo's Oil
26 Feb 1993,28 mins
A Future For Their Past
Talking to South African writers Mike Nicol and Damon Galgut and Maishe Maponya
22 Feb 1993,28 mins