Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
The English National Opera's new production of Orpheus and Eurydice
08 Aug 1989,·28 mins
A review of Spike Lee's latest film Do the Right Thing
04 Aug 1989,·28 mins
American-themed programme with work from North and South of the continent
28 Jul 1989,·28 mins
Heathcote Williams plays homage to the elephants with a poem
27 Jul 1989,·28 mins
A version of The Man Who Came to Dinner by the RSC
22 Jul 1989,·28 mins
This programme explores the history of Australian cinema
A review of Nigel Barley's Native Land
20 Jul 1989,·29 mins
A look at the revolutionary values of liberty equality and fraternity
15 Jul 1989,·28 mins
A special on John le Carre featuring his new novel The Russia House
10 Jul 1989,·28 mins
An in-depth look at the saxophone
A biography of the Spanish poet Frederico Garcia Lorca
06 Jul 1989,·28 mins
Why nakedness is now in vogue
04 Jul 1989,·28 mins
Review of Steven Spielberg's new Indiana Jones film
30 Jun 1989,·29 mins
A special report featuring the Glasgow Citizens Theatre
29 Jun 1989,·28 mins
The death of the English philosopher A. J. Ayer
A new novel special, including books by Julian Barnes and Paul Theroux
22 Jun 1989,·29 mins
Kingsley Amis reviews the new James Bond film Licence to Kill
16 Jun 1989,·28 mins
The 100th anniversary of the death of Gerard Manley Hopkins
15 Jun 1989,·28 mins
Dustin Hoffman on the London stage as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice
09 Jun 1989,·29 mins
A programme featuring the work of Ray Bradbury
06 Jun 1989,·28 mins
An examination of the role of the designer in theatre
A tribute to C.L.R James who died last week
02 Jun 1989,·28 mins
Programme looking at the French Revolution
25 May 1989,·29 mins
A special programme on art schools
23 May 1989,·28 mins
A review of Hungarian theatre and the 'theatre of misery'
19 May 1989,·28 mins
The Royal Ballet, preparing for the first night of a classical Russian ballet
13 May 1989,·28 mins
A review of the opening film of this year's Cannes film festival
12 May 1989,·28 mins
Martin Sherman's apocalyptic play A Madhouse in Goa
05 May 1989,·28 mins
The critic and the legacy and function of criticism
02 May 1989,·28 mins
Israeli writer Joshua Sobol on his play Ghetto set in Lithuania during World War Two
28 Apr 1989,·28 mins
