Meridian

Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world

World Service,2413 episodes

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Maurice
Review of the new Merchant Ivory film Maurice
06 Nov 1987,29 mins
Paco's Story
Review of the new Larry Heinemann novel Paco's Story
04 Nov 1987,28 mins
The life and work of L.S. Lowry
The life and work of artist L.S. Lowry
03 Nov 1987,28 mins
Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger
The 1987 Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively on her book Moon Tiger
29 Oct 1987,28 mins
Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Brodsky
Interview with Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Russian poet Joseph Brodsky.
23 Oct 1987,28 mins
A Cup of Coffee with My Interrogator
A Cup of Coffee with My Interrogator by Czech dissident Ludvik Vaculik
21 Oct 1987,28 mins
Amsterdam special
A special show looking at the 1987 cultural capital of Europe, Amsterdam
20 Oct 1987,28 mins
Remembering Jacqueline du Pre
A special obituary show of the late English cello player Jacqueline du Pre
20 Oct 1987,28 mins
Peter Greenaway's The Belly of an Architect
English director Peter Greenaway on his film The Belly of an Architect
16 Oct 1987,28 mins
Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe
Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe on his novel Anthills of the Savannah
13 Oct 1987,28 mins
The Electrification of the Soviet Union
New British opera The Electrification of the Soviet Union by Nigel Osborne
09 Oct 1987,29 mins
William Boyd's New Confessions
Novelist William Boyd on his latest book The New Confessions
07 Oct 1987,28 mins
Too Many Orchestras?
Does London have too many orchestras?
06 Oct 1987,29 mins
Dublin Theatre Festival
Report from the 28th Dublin Theatre Festival and exhibition of late sculptor Henry Moore
02 Oct 1987,28 mins
Maeve Binchy's Firefly Summer
Maeve Binchy on her novel Firefly Summer plus Dick Francis' on his 26th novel Hot Money
30 Sep 1987,28 mins
South Africa's first black Othello
Talking to the first black actor to play Othello in South Africa, John Carney
25 Sep 1987,28 mins
Workshop Negative by Cont Mhlanga
Discussion of controversial Zimbabwean play Workshop Negative by Cont Mhlanga
25 Sep 1987,28 mins
Manuel Puig's Pubis Angelical
Acclaimed Argentine novelist Manuel Puig's novel Pubis Angelical
23 Sep 1987,28 mins
The Untouchables
American film The Untouchables, plus new material from Maria Callas, The Unknown Callas
19 Sep 1987,28 mins
Fay Weldon, Peter Ackroyd and Thomas Keneally
Interviews with three successful writers about their new novels
09 Sep 1987,28 mins
Vietnam War Films in London
The London Film Festival's first season of films devoted to the Vietnam War
04 Sep 1987,28 mins
Opera News
British opera news, including a new production of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures
04 Sep 1987,28 mins
The 45th World Science Fiction Convention
With English writers Doris Lessing and Ian Watson and US writers Ben Bova and Larry Niven
03 Sep 1987,28 mins
Ismail Merchant interview
Interview with the film producer and longtime partner of director James Ivory
02 Sep 1987,28 mins
The Art of Story Telling
Meridian special. With Irish storyteller John Campbell about storytelling as an art
01 Sep 1987,28 mins
The Art of St Ives
Meridian special on St Ives in Cornwall and the artists who have immortalised its views
25 Aug 1987,28 mins
The 40th Edinburgh Festival - final weekend
Includes Perrier Award winners Arnold Brown, Barb Jungr and Michael Parker
25 Aug 1987,29 mins
The 40th Edinburgh Festival - week three
Eithne Hannigan, Andrew Brown, Marshall Turkin and Jenny Killick discuss the festival
24 Aug 1987,28 mins
The 40th Edinburgh Festival - week two
News from the Edinburgh Jazz Festival including a Benny Goodman tribute band
21 Aug 1987,28 mins
Anita Brookner's A Friend From England
Review of Anita Brookner's novel A Friend From England
19 Aug 1987,28 mins