Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
A special programme looking at the work of Raymond Thornton Chandler
22 Jan 1988,·28 mins
This weeks Meridian is entirely devoted to Gerry Anderson
21 Jan 1988,·28 mins
The Whitbread Prize plus a review of new books by American writers
20 Jan 1988,·28 mins
Review of the film Buster, starring Phil Collins and Larry Lamb
16 Jan 1988,·29 mins
A review of the apocalyptic TV drama The Vision
15 Jan 1988,·28 mins
A step back in time to the 17th century
13 Jan 1988,·28 mins
Meridian looks back to the year 1968
A special edition of Meridian, devoted to the life and work of actor Ian McKellen
12 Jan 1988,·29 mins
A tribute to Trevor Howard
08 Jan 1988,·28 mins
Over the last 30 years, cookery writing has become a genre in its own right
01 Jan 1988,·29 mins
Four books about other people's lives reviewed
01 Jan 1988,·28 mins
A new production of The Tutor by Reinhold Lenz
Shakespeare's The Tempest at the National Theatre directed by Sir Peter Hall
The health hazards and conditions musicians have experienced through the ages
Discussing the horror genre and why people are so fascinated with it
Life and work of groundbreaking black Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge
31 Dec 1987,·28 mins
Review of the RSC production of The Wizard Of Oz
18 Dec 1987,·27 mins
Traverse Theatre Club in Edinburgh Scotland
15 Dec 1987,·29 mins
Florence Nightingale's Letters from Egypt
12 Dec 1987,·28 mins
Tribute to late Russian violinist Jascha Heifetz
11 Dec 1987,·28 mins
The 50th anniversary of Walt Disney's Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
08 Dec 1987,·28 mins
Prince of Wales attacks the "ugliness" of some modern British architecture
04 Dec 1987,·28 mins
Special obituary show for Black-American writer James Baldwin
02 Dec 1987,·28 mins
Richard Attenborough's film Cry Freedom
27 Nov 1987,·28 mins
Review of Gabriel Josipovici's In the Fertile Land
25 Nov 1987,·28 mins
A new ENO production of The Barber of Seville by Jonathan Miller
20 Nov 1987,·28 mins
A review of Mikhail Gorbachev's book Perestroika
18 Nov 1987,·28 mins
Review of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim
13 Nov 1987,·28 mins
A movie biography special
11 Nov 1987,·28 mins
A review of female theatre directors and the theatre scene in 1987
10 Nov 1987,·28 mins
