Meridian

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

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Comedy at the Edinburgh Festival 1991
Highlights include Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson as singer-songwriters Victor and Barry
20 Aug 1991,27 mins
Edinburgh Festival 1991
Includes performer Roy Hutchins on Heathcote Williams' poem Autogeddon
16 Aug 1991,27 mins
Woody Allen - interview
Exended interview with writer-director Woody Allen
13 Aug 1991,28 mins
Isadora Duncan - When She Danced
New play about Isadora Duncan starring Vanessa Redgrave and Michael Sheen
09 Aug 1991,28 mins
Around the Spanish Main
Talking with Hugh O'Shaughnessy about his book Around the Spanish Main
08 Aug 1991,28 mins
Patrick Kavanaugh and The Great Dance
Patrick Kavanaugh, composer of a new work based on CS Lewis' The Great Dance
06 Aug 1991,28 mins
Interview With Francis Bacon
Talking with Francis Bacon in his 82nd year: "I've painted because it excited me to try"
02 Aug 1991,28 mins
Nubian arts in Aswan
Controversial festival of Nubian arts in Aswan, Egypt, with musician Ali Koban
02 Aug 1991,28 mins
The Manchurian Candidate - on stage
New play of the novel The Manchurian Candidate with Sian Phillips
26 Jul 1991,28 mins
Avignon Festival
In depth look at the music and the people of the Festival d'Avignon
23 Jul 1991,27 mins
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Reviews of Madonna's new movie Madonna: Truth or Dare, and Boyz n the Hood
19 Jul 1991,28 mins
talking with Mario Vargas Llosa
In depth look at Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, and essayist Mario Vargas Llosa
18 Jul 1991,28 mins
The Sainsbury Wing opens
The Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London opens
12 Jul 1991,28 mins
Robin Hood
Exploring the history and legend of England's heroic outlaw
11 Jul 1991,28 mins
Exhibiting Dr Who
Exploring the success of cult BBC TV series Dr Who with producer John Nathan-Turner
05 Jul 1991,28 mins
Dublin's new wave
Exploring the city and its new wave of young writers, artists, and musicians
02 Jul 1991,27 mins
Max Ernst: Artist of the Unconscious
Profile of German-born surrealist painter, sculptor and printmaker Max Ernst
30 Jun 1991,28 mins
Tosca in Earl's Court
Impresario Harvey Goldsmith's arena production of Verdi's Tosca
28 Jun 1991,28 mins
Kettle's Yard
Special on Kettle's Yard in Cambridge and its distinctive collection of 20th Century art
26 Jun 1991,28 mins
new films in Singapore
New films on show as Singapore relaxes its censorship laws
21 Jun 1991,28 mins
Remembering Dame Peggy
Remembering actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft with Sir John Gielgud
14 Jun 1991,28 mins
Walker Art Center
A visit to one of Middle America's most innovative cultural institutions
11 Jun 1991,28 mins
London International Festival of Theatre special
Exploring the sixth festival with its founding directors, Lucy Neal and Rose Fenton
09 Jun 1991,28 mins
Remembering Stan Getz
Remembering the tenor saxophonist and his bossa nova classic Girl From Ipanema
07 Jun 1991,28 mins
Juan Martin and Dr N Rajam
A Spanish and an Indian musician liberate their stringed instruments
04 Jun 1991,28 mins
Guilty by Suspicion and the Hollywood witch-hunt
Director Irwin Winkler and blacklisted actor Sam Wanamaker on Guilty by Suspicion
31 May 1991,28 mins
Prague International Book Fair
Report from Prague on the first book fair since the collapse of communism
30 May 1991,28 mins
Misery is here
Review of Misery, the film based on Stephen King's psychological horror novel
24 May 1991,28 mins
Italian Journeys
Jonathan Keates on his Italian Journeys and Maggie Gee on her novel Where Are the Snows?
23 May 1991,29 mins
talking with Harrison Birtwistle
Exploring the life and work of British contemporary composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle
17 May 1991,28 mins