Meridian

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

World Service,2413 episodes

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The Felix Winner is...
Winner of the European film of the year, Porte aperte directed by Italian Gianni Amelio
07 Dec 1990,29 mins
Come Beckoning Ghost
Exploring the ghost story with authors Peter Straub, Susan Hill, AS Byatt and Clive Barker
06 Dec 1990,28 mins
Manchester's Royal Exchange
Special programme on the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester
04 Dec 1990,28 mins
Andrei Serban's Greek tragedies
Report from Bucharest on director Andrei Serban's trilogy of Greek tragedies
30 Nov 1990,28 mins
Matisse and Picasso: A Friendship in Art
Painter and writer Francoise Gilot on her book Matisse and Picasso: A Friendship in Art
29 Nov 1990,28 mins
Henry & June
Philip Kaufman's film about American writer Henry Miller his wife June
23 Nov 1990,28 mins
Kogi people - The Heart of the Worl
Alan Ereira on his film about South American Kogi people, The Heart of the World
22 Nov 1990,28 mins
Macbeth directed by Wu Hsing-kuo
The Kingdom of Desire, a Taiwanese production of Macbeth directed by Wu Hsing-kuo
16 Nov 1990,28 mins
Race and Theatre
Exploring the issue of race in casting. With actresses Meera Syal and Yvonne Brewster
13 Nov 1990,28 mins
A new Richard II
The RSC's Richard II, plus dramatist David Edgar's The Shape of the Table
09 Nov 1990,29 mins
Margaret Atwood and The Handmaid's Tale
Writer Margaret Atwood on her novel The Handmaid's Tale, plus review of the film
02 Nov 1990,28 mins
Elizabeth Taylor
New biography of Elizabeth Taylor by film critic Alexander Walker
01 Nov 1990,29 mins
Martin Scorsese on Goodfellas
Director Martin Scorsese on the book behind his film Goodfellas
26 Oct 1990,28 mins
talking with Kurt Vonnegut
Interview with Kurt Vonnegut about his new novel Hocus Pocus or What's the Hurry, Son?
25 Oct 1990,28 mins
Verdi's opera Attila
English conductor Edward Downes on his new production of Verdi's opera Attila
19 Oct 1990,28 mins
Luc Besson's Nikita
Luc Besson's film Nikita where a French agent turns a drug punk into an assassin
12 Oct 1990,28 mins
Stephen King; Nobel Prize for Literature winner Octavio Paz; Orham Pamuk
Nobel Prize for Literature winner Octavio Paz. Alastair Lack reports from the Frankfurt Book Fair.
11 Oct 1990,28 mins,
Athol Fugard
A special on South African playwright,Athol Fugard, author of Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
10 Oct 1990,28 mins
An Angel at My Table
New film about Kiwi novelist Janet Frame, An Angel at My Table
05 Oct 1990,28 mins
remembering Patrick White
Remembering Australian writer Patrick White, winner of the 1973 Nobel Literature Prize
04 Oct 1990,29 mins
Moscow Gold
Moscow Gold by Howard Brenton and Tariq Ali with David Calder as Mikhail Gorbachev
28 Sep 1990,28 mins
Glasgow - European Capital of Culture
Special on Glasgow's International Arts Festival, includes writer director Bill Bryden
21 Sep 1990,28 mins
Bram Stoker's Dracula
An in depth look at Bram Stoker's Dracula and vampirism
19 Sep 1990,28 mins
medical movie Paper Mask
Dr John Collee on his screenplay for the medical movie Paper Mask
14 Sep 1990,29 mins
Talking with David Puttnam
A special looking at the career of Oscar-winning British film producer David Puttnam
11 Sep 1990,28 mins
An American Memphis Belle
David Puttnam's new film about a World War Two bombing crew, Memphis Belle
07 Sep 1990,29 mins
Charles Dickens
Author Peter Ackroyd looks at how Charles Dicken's life influenced his novels
06 Sep 1990,28 mins
Peter Viertel's White Hunter, Black Heart
Interview with the German author and screenwriter Peter Viertel
05 Sep 1990,28 mins
National Theatre on tour
Includes directors Richard Eyre and Deborah Warner, and actors Ian McKellen and Brian Cox
04 Sep 1990,27 mins
Edinburgh International Festival
With director Frank Dunlop on adapting Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island for stage
31 Aug 1990,27 mins