Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
Documentary looking at musical instrument the mandolin
03 Mar 1992,·29 mins
Reminiscences of Philip K. Dick, science-fiction's most startling talent
29 Feb 1992,·28 mins
Warren Beatty and Annette Bening in Bugsy directed by Barry Levinson
Music journalist Greil Marcus remembers Elvis Presley, who died 15 years ago
27 Feb 1992,·29 mins
The trombone and its role in the orchestra, with trombonists John Sibley and Ian Bousfield
25 Feb 1992,·28 mins
Review of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
21 Feb 1992,·28 mins
Special programme from Poole Harbour talking to British sculptor Anthony Caro
18 Feb 1992,·27 mins
Period comedy-drama Barton Fink, written, produced and directed by the Coen brothers
14 Feb 1992,·28 mins
"Nothing like this has ever happened to any book. Ever." Salman Rushdie
14 Feb 1992,·16 mins
"If literature isn't an argument with the world, it's nothing." Salman Rushdie
13 Feb 1992,·31 mins
Special edition dedicated to the weather in English literature
11 Feb 1992,·28 mins
Exporing the cultural life of the city of Peking in northern China
11 Feb 1992,·27 mins
Controversy over the film Europa Europa and the Oscars
07 Feb 1992,·30 mins
A look at the life of Paula Rego, a Portugese painter who lives in England
04 Feb 1992,·28 mins
A review of the film The Lover, or L'Amant
31 Jan 1992,·28 mins
A review of Dance While You Can by Shirley MacLaine
30 Jan 1992,·28 mins
Review of the film Mississippi Masala by Mira Nair.
24 Jan 1992,·29 mins
London's fifteenth international mime festival
22 Jan 1992,·28 mins
The Gulf Between Us, a ply by Trevor Grffiths, the first play about the Gulf War
17 Jan 1992,·29 mins
Report from an Egyptian art festival
10 Jan 1992,·28 mins
A review of Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear
01 Jan 1992,·28 mins
A report from the Venice Film Festival where there are concerns about Hollywood
01 Jan 1992,·29 mins
New York - special report
24 Dec 1991,·28 mins
A special programme which reviews the events in the art world over the past 12 months
22 Dec 1991,·28 mins
How Christians across the world celebrate Christmas with theatre and music
19 Dec 1991,·28 mins
A special programme which looks at the author J. R. R Tolkien
18 Dec 1991,·28 mins
A special programme which takes an in-depth look at the hit one-man show Mambo Mouth
17 Dec 1991,·28 mins
A special programme which takes an in depth look at Jane Austen's most frequently read novel: Pride And Prejudice
17 Dec 1991,·13 mins
A look at the British writer J G Ballard
12 Dec 1991,·28 mins
The decay of England's middle classes in Jane Gardem's novel Queen of the Tamborine