Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
A special tribute to the Muppet producer Jim Henson
18 May 1990,·28 mins
Review of David Rice's book, Shattered Vows: Exodus from the Priesthood
17 May 1990,·29 mins
An in-depth look at art, music and the environment in New Zealand
A look at Thomas Hardy's portrait of South West England
15 May 1990,·28 mins
A look at Romania, including a trip to its oldest theatre
13 May 1990,·28 mins
A look at films and plays that tackle the wars of human history
11 May 1990,·28 mins
Innocence and experience - two writers look back to the days of their youth
10 May 1990,·28 mins
Why teenagers across the world have gone turtle crazy
04 May 1990,·28 mins
A special show which looks at the flourishing film industry in New Zealand
17 Apr 1990,·28 mins
A special obituary programme about Greta Garbo
17 Apr 1990,·26 mins
A review of Ben Jonson's play Volpone
12 Apr 1990,·29 mins
A look at the work and life of Deborah Warner
11 Apr 1990,·27 mins
Ravi Shankar celebrates his 70th birthday
06 Apr 1990,·28 mins
A special programme on Vienna
03 Apr 1990,·28 mins
A special in-depth programme about opera singer Maria Ewing
02 Apr 1990,·28 mins
Sandy Walsh reports on the Oscars
30 Mar 1990,·28 mins
A review of the new Kingsley Amis novel The Folks That Live on the Hill
29 Mar 1990,·28 mins
An in-depth look at the harp
27 Mar 1990,·28 mins
An in-depth look at the portrayal of sex in the cinema
26 Mar 1990,·28 mins
Review of new film by Steven Spielberg Always
23 Mar 1990,·28 mins
A look at the work of Ray Harryhausen fantasy film producer
23 Mar 1990,·27 mins
Interview with Morris West about his new novel Lazarus
22 Mar 1990,·29 mins
A look at Imperial Russian choreographer Marius Petipa and the Kirov Ballet
19 Mar 1990,·27 mins
The opening of film 'Shadow Makers' by Roland Joffe
09 Mar 1990,·28 mins
A review of Tony Hillerman's Talking God
08 Mar 1990,·29 mins
A special in-depth look at two Russian musician exiles
05 Mar 1990,·28 mins
A series of jazz concerts to mark the launch of London's first jazz-only radio station
02 Mar 1990,·28 mins
How New York honoured Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright and now president
23 Feb 1990,·28 mins
A look at the damning reviews of David Freeman's production of Don Giovanni
20 Feb 1990,·27 mins
Tribute to late photographer Norman Parkinson
16 Feb 1990,·28 mins
