Meridian

Interviews with environmentalist Jonathon Porritt and illustrator Raymond Briggs

27 Apr 1989,·28 mins

Profile of the British conductor Simon Rattle

25 Apr 1989,·28 mins

New musical Aspects of Love by Andrew Lloyd Webber opens in London

21 Apr 1989,·29 mins

Remembering British Daphne du Maurier, author of Rebecca, Jamaica Inn and Don't Look Now

20 Apr 1989,·29 mins

The life and work of silent film comedian Charlie Chaplin

19 Apr 1989,·28 mins

Special programme taking in the monuments and views of Paris

18 Apr 1989,·30 mins

Review of film Matewan by director John Sayles with Chris Cooper

14 Apr 1989,·28 mins

English director Lindsay Anderson writer David Storey's play The March on Russia

07 Apr 1989,·29 mins

Writer Martin Short on his book Inside the Brotherhood-Further Secrets of the Freemasons

01 Apr 1989,·28 mins

The results of Oscar prize-giving week in Hollywood

31 Mar 1989,·28 mins

Special from Toronto, Canada, exploring its contemporary art scene

30 Mar 1989,·29 mins

Who is more powerful, the writer or director, and should one person do both?

22 Mar 1989,·28 mins

The judging and winners of the World Service photographic competition of 1989

21 Mar 1989,·28 mins

Director Terry Gilliam on his fantasy comedy The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

17 Mar 1989,·28 mins

Writer Stephen Gill on his new biography of the English poet William Wordsworth: A Life

08 Mar 1989,·28 mins

British film Scandal directed by Michael Caton-Jones with John Hurt

03 Mar 1989,·28 mins

Announcement of the Ian St James Awards for unpublished writers

01 Mar 1989,·29 mins

Guitar documentary. Includes work by Andres Segovia and Joe Pass

28 Feb 1989,·28 mins

Theatre director Roger Michell on the recently imprisoned Czech writer Vaclav Havel

24 Feb 1989,·28 mins

Special exploring the Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet

21 Feb 1989,·27 mins

Exploring the Russian writer with VS Pritchett, author of Chekhov: A Spirit Set Free

15 Feb 1989,·28 mins

With architects Terry Farrell, Richard Rogers and James Stirling

14 Feb 1989,·29 mins

New film Soursweet by British director Mike Newell

10 Feb 1989,·29 mins

Author Norman Jeffers on his biography of Irish poet WB Yeats

08 Feb 1989,·28 mins

Gorillas in the Mist, directed by Michael Apted and starring Sigourney Weaver

03 Feb 1989,·28 mins

Interview with the Canadian originator of body horror or venereal horror films

31 Jan 1989,·28 mins

Arthur Miller play Two Way Mirror opens at London's Young Vic, plus excerpt with Bob Peck

27 Jan 1989,·29 mins

MJ Akbar on his biography of Jawaharlal Nehru, The Making of India

25 Jan 1989,·28 mins

Special on the Stradivarius, a stringed instrument built by the Stradivari family

24 Jan 1989,·28 mins

French Opera de la Bastille sack conductor Daniel Barenboim

20 Jan 1989,·28 mins