Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
Four great names in novels: Scott Turow, James Joyce, DH Lawrence and Anita Brookner
30 Aug 1990,·28 mins
Director Bernard Tavernier talks about his film These Foolish Things
24 Aug 1990,·28 mins
The Gate of Angels by British author Penelope Fitzgerald
23 Aug 1990,·29 mins
Book reviews: The Enterprise Years by Lord Young and My Son's Story by Nadine Gordimer
20 Aug 1990,·28 mins
Books Touching the Moon by John Preston and Changing Heaven by Jane Urquhart
16 Aug 1990,·28 mins
British theatre design trio Margaret "Percy" Harris, Sophie Harris, Elizabeth Montgomery
14 Aug 1990,·27 mins
Derek Jacobi is Britain's greatest 19th Century actor Edmund Keane
10 Aug 1990,·29 mins
Director Paul Verhoeven on the dystopian science in his movie Total Recall
03 Aug 1990,·27 mins
02 Aug 1990,·28 mins
The changing face of the Hollywood hero from John Wayne to Michael J Fox
28 Jul 1990,·28 mins
The link between painting and music, an exhibition of Turner's painting and poetry
20 Jul 1990,·28 mins
A special programme about legendary comedy double acts
17 Jul 1990,·28 mins
A special programme on Aboriginality and native Australians
16 Jul 1990,·28 mins
A review of Paula Milne's Earwig a new play about TV at the Barbican, London
13 Jul 1990,·28 mins
A review of Redcoats and Rebels by Christopher Hibbert
12 Jul 1990,·28 mins
A review of Warren Beatty's presentation of detective Dick Tracy
06 Jul 1990,·28 mins
A special show looking at the life and work of actor Rod Steiger
05 Jul 1990,·28 mins
A look at Earl Lovelace's The Dragon Can't Dance
03 Jul 1990,·28 mins
A review of Maurice Shadbolt's Monday's Warriors
28 Jun 1990,·29 mins
The programme asks, why bother with translation of literature?
26 Jun 1990,·28 mins
A look at art as part of big business
22 Jun 1990,·28 mins
Exploring the thin line between fiction and autobiography in latest novel from D.M. Thomas
21 Jun 1990,·28 mins
A special look at the clarinet
20 Jun 1990,·29 mins
A new adaptation of Treasure Island starring Charlton Heston
15 Jun 1990,·29 mins
The play Paradise is reviewed
08 Jun 1990,·28 mins
Why A. A Milne was more than just a children's writer
07 Jun 1990,·29 mins
The sculptor Anish Kapoor wins a prize in Venice
01 Jun 1990,·29 mins
A review of new film based on Roald Dahl's The Witches
25 May 1990,·28 mins
An in-depth look at the concept of Islamic art and its origins
23 May 1990,·28 mins
A special in-depth look at the life and work of Thomas Hardy, including his poetry
22 May 1990,·28 mins
