Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
Author Fay Weldon on her novel The Shrapnel Academy
10 Jul 1986,·28 mins
New film survival-thriller Runaway Train by Andrei Konchalovsky
07 Jul 1986,·28 mins
The art of ballet including archive interviews with Marie Rambert and Agnes deMille
03 Jul 1986,·28 mins
A special edition reviewing new literature from or about Africa
02 Jul 1986,·28 mins
Leading cultural figure Bob Scott discusses the rise of galleries and theatres in Manchester
01 Jul 1986,·28 mins
A novel by Rebecca West, published three years after her death
27 Jun 1986,·28 mins
Three new London interpretations of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
23 Jun 1986,·28 mins
The Cannon Group releases its first film The Delta Force
20 Jun 1986,·27 mins
Review of a revival of The Entertainer at London's Shaftesbury Theatre
17 Jun 1986,·28 mins
A review of Freddie Francis's The Doctor and the Devils
13 Jun 1986,·28 mins
A review of Martin Scorsese's comedy After Hours
10 Jun 1986,·28 mins
A review of Euripides' Greek tragedy Medea
06 Jun 1986,·28 mins
A review of the re-working of Arthur Schnitzler's play Liebelei by Tom Stoppard
30 May 1986,·28 mins
Former British ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons talks about his memoirs
28 May 1986,·28 mins
Review of war drama Double Cross, a play showing in the West End
27 May 1986,·28 mins
A review of Sissy Spacek in the US film Marie
23 May 1986,·28 mins
Review of two Royal Shakespeare Company productions
20 May 1986,·28 mins
Tribute to the American singer Jessye Norman
19 May 1986,·28 mins
Special Edition devoted entirely to the musical
16 May 1986,·28 mins
Special edition of the programme, featuring American author George Higgins
14 May 1986,·28 mins
A theatrical fairy tale, the RSC in Stratford-Upon-Avon gets a new theatre
13 May 1986,·28 mins
Special edition celebrating the 30th birthday of The English Stage Company
09 May 1986,·28 mins
A tribute to 'old stone face' Robert Mitchum
06 May 1986,·28 mins
The Queen's 60th birthday celebrations, marked with a new portrait
29 Apr 1986,·28 mins
A review of Derek Jarman's film Caravaggio
25 Apr 1986,·29 mins
The winner of the Times/Jonathan Cape Young Writers Competition 1985
23 Apr 1986,·29 mins
A look at the London 'fringe' with a review of the work of the Half Moon Theatre
22 Apr 1986,·28 mins
Life and work of the great composer Giuseppe Verdi
18 Apr 1986,·28 mins
A review special of some of the most recently-published books
16 Apr 1986,·28 mins
A review of James Ivory's film version of A Room with a View
15 Apr 1986,·28 mins
