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E1TheatreOct 1, 1975E2Art and DesignOct 8, 1975E3TheatreOct 15, 1975E4Art and DesignOct 22, 1975E5TheatreOct 29, 197590mE6Art and DesignNov 5, 197590mE7TheatreNov 12, 197590mE8Art and DesignNov 19, 197590mE9TheatreNov 26, 197590mE10Art and DesignDec 3, 1975E11TheatreDec 10, 1975E12Art and DesignDec 17, 1975E13TheatreJan 7, 1976E14Art and DesignJan 14, 1976E15TheatreJan 21, 1976E16Art and DesignJan 28, 1976E17TheatreFeb 4, 1976E18Art and DesignFeb 11, 1976E19TheatreFeb 18, 1976E20Art and DesignFeb 25, 1976E21TheatreMar 3, 1976E22Art and DesignMar 10, 1976E23TheatreMar 17, 1976E24Art and DesignMar 24, 1976E25Theatre: Happy Birthday Royal CourtMar 31, 1976E26Art and Design: Art for Money's Sake?Apr 7, 1976E27Edinburgh International Festival 1976: Part 1Aug 25, 1976E28Edinburgh International Festival 1976: Part 2Sep 1, 1976E29Edinburgh International Festival 1976: Part 3Sep 8, 1976E30Theatre: A Dream Come TrueSep 15, 1976E31Robert AltmanSep 22, 1976E32Art and Design: After Samuel PalmerSep 29, 1976E33Frank WestmoreOct 6, 1976E34TheatreOct 13, 1976E35Cinema: Eric RohmerOct 20, 1976E36Art and Design: The Illustrators: The Work of Mick Brownfield and Allan ManhaOct 27, 1976E37Cinema: Don SiegelNov 3, 1976E38Theatre: The Cultural Common MarketNov 10, 1976E39CinemaNov 17, 1976E40Art and Design: Sculpture for the Blind/Linda Benedict-Jones/James BoswellNov 24, 1976E41CinemaDec 1, 1976E42Theatre: Brecht in NewcastleDec 8, 1976E43Cinema: Christmas SpecialDec 15, 1976E44CinemaJan 5, 1977E45Art and Design: Sam Smith: Genuine England/Arena ReviewJan 12, 1977E46CinemaJan 19, 1977E47Theatre: Spokesong/At Home with MoleJan 26, 1977E48CinemaFeb 2, 1977E49Art and Design: Ralph SteadmanFeb 9, 1977E50CinemaFeb 16, 1977E51Theatre: The Cultural Common Market: Peter Stein and the SchaubuhneFeb 23, 1977E52CinemaMar 2, 1977E53Art and Design: What Is a Hologram?/Kit Williams - Ring Around the MoonMar 9, 1977E54CinemaMar 16, 1977E55Theatre: A Night OutMar 23, 1977E56CinemaMar 30, 1977E57Art and Design: Family Pieces/Both Sides of the Line/The Divine and the FantasticApr 6, 1977E58CinemaApr 13, 1977E59Theatre: The Prospect Before UsApr 20, 1977E60CinemaApr 27, 1977E61Art and Design: The Continuous Diary/Dine's DrawingsMay 4, 1977E62CinemaMay 11, 1977E63CinemaMay 25, 1977E64CinemaJun 8, 1977E65Theatre: Playwrights of the 70'sJun 15, 1977E66Edinburgh FestivalSep 7, 1977E67CinemaSep 14, 1977E68CinemaSep 21, 1977E69Art and DesignSep 28, 1977E70CinemaOct 5, 1977E71TheatreOct 12, 1977E72Cinema: GreeceOct 19, 1977E73Art and Design: Richard SeifertOct 26, 1977E74CinemaNov 2, 1977E75Theatre: Hands Off the ClassicsNov 9, 1977E76Cinema: 21st London Film FestivalNov 16, 1977E77Art and Design: The Family/Wrapping up the ReichstagNov 23, 1977E78Cinema: 21st London Film Festival - Part 2Nov 30, 1977E79Theatre: Leonard RossiterDec 7, 1977E80Cinema: The DeepDec 14, 1977E81Cinema: The Force is with us?Jan 11, 1978E82Art and Design: 'The Journey' or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed SurrealistJan 18, 1978E83Cinema: The Force is with us? - Part 2/Howard HawksJan 25, 1978E84Theatre: ' But please, this is a farce! ' The story of The Cherry OrchardFeb 1, 1978E85Cinema: Joseph ConradFeb 8, 1978E86Art and Design: CarringtonFeb 15, 1978E87Cinema: Claude RenoirFeb 22, 1978E88Theatre: Hey Kids! Let's Do the Show Right Here ...Mar 1, 1978E89Close Encounters of the Third KindMar 8, 1978E90Art and Design: Carl AndreMar 15, 1978E91Cinema: Dancing YearsMar 22, 1978E92Theatre: Taking Our TimeMar 29, 1978E93Art and Design: Way Out WestApr 5, 1978E94Theatre: Children of the GodsApr 12, 1978E95Television: When Is A Play Not A Play?Apr 17, 1978E96Art and Design: George MellyMay 3, 1978E97Theatre: Arnold WeskerMay 10, 1978E98Rock: Tubes on TourMay 24, 1978E99Episode 99Oct 11, 1978E100Vanessa RedgraveOct 18, 1978E101Arena: CinemaOct 25, 1978E102Arena: CinemaNov 22, 1978E103Arena: CinemaDec 6, 1978E104Arena: The Museum of DrawersJan 8, 1979E105On PhotographyJan 15, 1979E106Arena: CinemaJan 17, 1979E107Arena: CinemaJan 21, 1979E108Who is Poly Styrene?Jan 22, 1979E109Athol Fugard: A Lesson from AloesJan 29, 1979E110Arena: CinemaJan 31, 1979E111Maler's Requiem - Words and ImagesFeb 5, 1979E112Piaf AND What Did You Do in 'The Warp' Daddy?Feb 12, 1979E113Arena: CinemaFeb 14, 1979E114Other Writers Will Tell You Different and The Moving Picture Mime ShowFeb 26, 1979E115Arena: CinemaFeb 28, 1979E116UbuMar 5, 1979E117My WayMar 12, 1979E118Arena: CinemaMar 14, 1979E119La Dame aux GladiolasMar 19, 1979E120'Let Us Now Praise Famous Men ': Alabama 40 Years OnMar 26, 1979E121Arena: CinemaMar 28, 1979E122Tell Us the TruthApr 2, 1979E123The King and I AND Journey to the Surface of the EarthApr 9, 1979E124Their Lips are SealedApr 15, 1979E125Steel PulseMay 21, 1979E126Ring Around the MoonJun 11, 1979E127Pictures of the MindJun 14, 1979E128Six Days in SeptemberSep 29, 1979E129Building for ChangeJan 16, 1979E130Athol Fugard A Lesson from AloesJan 17, 1980E131Lene Lovich Sleeping BeautyJan 23, 1980E132Mentioned in DispatchesJan 30, 1980E133Isaac Singer's Nightmare and Mrs Pupko's BeardFeb 6, 1980E134Peggy Taub, the Learned Goat and Other People ...Feb 13, 1980E135Bring Me Back a SongFeb 27, 1980E136' I talk about me - I am Africa'Mar 5, 1980E137Rudies Come Back or The Rise and Rise of 2-ToneMar 12, 1980E138Working At ItMar 19, 1980E139Victoria Wood and Andrea DunbarMar 26, 1980E140Climb Every Mountain or Nothing Succeeds Like FailureApr 2, 1980E141Double VisionApr 9, 1980E142Dedicated Followers of FashionApr 16, 1980E143Luck and FlawMay 21, 1980E144In Their Own Image AND Facing Up to MyselfMay 28, 1980E145Making 'The Shining'Oct 4, 1980E146Dire StraitsDec 22, 1980E147Chelsea HotelJan 3, 1981E148Hazell Meets His MakersJan 10, 1981E149Getting Away from SidneyJan 17, 1981E150Private WorldsJan 24, 1981E151Today Carshalton Beaches ... Tomorrow CroydonJan 31, 1981E153StagesFeb 28, 1981E154The Smallest TheatreMar 7, 1981E155Huston's HobbyMar 14, 1981E156A Walk with Amos OzMar 21, 1981E157God's Fifth ColumnistMar 28, 1981E158Did You Miss Me ...?Apr 4, 1981E159The Return of Lupino LaneApr 15, 1981E160The Comic Strip HeroApr 18, 1981E161Arena on ClairMay 2, 1981E162Somewhere Over the RainbowMay 9, 1981E163If the Music Had to StopMay 16, 1981E164Curtains? The Future of the National Youth TheatreAug 16, 1981E165The Cinema of Andrzej WajdaSep 6, 1981E166'I Thought I Was Taller' A Short History of Mel BrooksOct 2, 1981E167Have You Seen the Mona Lisa...?Nov 3, 1981E168Let Them Know We're HereNov 10, 1981E169A Pretty British AffairNov 17, 1981E170The Art of Radio Times AND The Eye of the 'Eye'Nov 24, 1981E171A Tall Story: How Salman Rushdie Pickled All IndiaDec 8, 1981E172Brixton to BarbadosDec 15, 1981E173Private Life of the Ford CortinaJan 19, 1982E174What Makes Rabbit Run?Jan 26, 1982E175Here They Kill People for ItFeb 2, 1982E176True to Life?Feb 9, 1982E177Desert Island DiscsFeb 23, 1982E178Listen to Britain AND Housing ProblemsMar 9, 1982E179The Orson Welles Story: Part OneMay 18, 1982E180The Orson Welles Story: Part TwoMay 21, 1982E181Mike Leigh Making PlaysSep 4, 1982E182A Genius Like UsNov 9, 1982E183A Play for BridportNov 16, 1982E184Upon Westminster BridgeNov 23, 1982E185Three Steps to HeavenNov 30, 1982E186Angus McBeanDec 8, 1982E187Happy Days (Samuel Beckett Season)Dec 11, 1982E188Eh Joe (Samuel Beckett Season)Dec 13, 1982E189Rockaby (Samuel Beckett Season)Dec 14, 1982E190Not I (Samuel Beckett Season)Dec 15, 1982E191Quad (Samuel Beckett Season)Dec 16, 1982E192Krapp's Last Tape (Samuel Beckett Season)Dec 17, 1982E193Guernica: The Long ExileDec 28, 1982E194Classically Cuban: Alicia Alonso and the Cuban National BalletJan 18, 1983E195HairFeb 1, 1983E196Boulez NowFeb 8, 1983E197Jazz Juke BoxFeb 15, 1983E198BurroughsFeb 22, 1983E199The Catherine WheelMar 1, 1983E200Kurt VonnegutMar 8, 1983E201It's All TrueMay 9, 1983E202Luis BunuelAug 19, 1983E203Bette Davis - The Benevolent VolcanoNov 2, 1983E204Anthony Powell - An Invitation to the DanceNov 9, 1983E205The Ghost WriterNov 12, 1983E206Jazz Juke-Box IINov 23, 1983E207Roman VishniacNov 30, 1983E208Classic British DocumentariesDec 7, 1983E209The GPO StoryDec 14, 1983E210The Everly Brothers Reunion ConcertDec 23, 1983E211George Orwell 1: Such Such Were the JoysDec 29, 1983E212George Orwell 2: The Road to Wigan PierDec 30, 1983E213George Orwell 3: Homage to CataloniaJan 2, 1984E214George Orwell 4: The Lion and the UnicornJan 3, 1984E215George Orwell 4: Nineteen Eighty-fourJan 4, 1984E216Say Amen SomeoneFeb 4, 1984E217Four RoomsFeb 21, 1984E218The Theatre of Dario FoFeb 28, 1984E219Sunset PeopleMar 3, 1984E220The Caravaggio ConspiracyMar 6, 1984E221Between Dreaming and WakingMar 13, 1984E222Ken Russell 's ElgarMar 20, 1984E223Jerry Lee LewisMar 27, 1984E224True Confessions of an Albino TerroristApr 3, 1984E225My Dinner with LouisMay 6, 1984E226Milan Kundera- Laughter and ForgettingMay 19, 1984E227A Tribute to Joseph LoseyJul 7, 1984E228Beat This! A Hip Hop HistoryJul 12, 1984E229The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and ExperienceNov 2, 1984E230Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady DayNov 9, 1984E231Eubie BlakeNov 10, 1984E232Francis BaconNov 16, 1984E233We Don't Like Your House Either!Nov 23, 1984E234Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense: The Music of Fela KutiNov 30, 1984E235After the RehearsalDec 7, 1984E236What's Cuba Playing At?Dec 21, 1984E237Music of the other AmericasDec 22, 1984E238Pavarotti at Madison Square GardenDec 26, 1984E239My Son the NovelistFeb 18, 1985E240Painting for Pleasure ... and Profit: Five Artists of the 80sFeb 25, 1985E241Marcel CarneFeb 27, 1985E242From an Immigrant's Notebook: Karen Blixen in AfricaMar 11, 1985E243How Glorious is the Garden?Mar 18, 1985E244Old Kent RoadMar 25, 1985E245LigmalionApr 8, 1985E246Them and Uz: A film about Tony HarrisonApr 15, 1985E247Marc ChagallApr 22, 1985E248Watch Me Move...Apr 29, 1985E249Hugh Masekela: The African AmbassadorMay 6, 1985E250The Theatre of Robert WilsonJul 25, 1985E251Blues Night: IntroductionJul 27, 1985E252Blues Night: Sonny Boy Williamson SingsJul 27, 1985E253Blues Night: B.B. King SpeaksJul 27, 1985E254Blues Night: Chicago BluesJul 27, 1985E255Blues Night: Blind John DavisJul 28, 1985E256Blues Night: Blues MedleyJul 28, 1985E257Blues Night: Big Bill BluesJul 28, 1985E258Buddy HollySep 12, 1985E259Saint GenetNov 12, 1985E260The Accordion Strikes BackNov 19, 1985E261The Cinema of Francesco RosiNov 26, 1985E262The Strange Case of Yukio MishimaDec 3, 1985E263The Apollo Story: part 1Dec 10, 1985E264The Apollo Story: part 2Dec 17, 1985E265Tosca's KissJan 8, 1986E266The New BabylonJan 11, 1986E267Tango MioJan 18, 1986E268CinderellaJan 21, 1986E269The Journey ManJan 28, 1986E270Go-Go in Washington DCFeb 4, 1986E271Marguerite YourcenarFeb 11, 1986E272Louise BrooksFeb 18, 1986E273KurosawaMar 4, 1986E274Two Painters AmazedMar 11, 1986E275Home FrontMar 25, 1986E276Caribbean Nights: Caribbean JourneyJun 14, 1986E277Caribbean Nights: MedleyJun 14, 1986E278Caribbean Nights: PoetryJun 14, 1986E279Caribbean Nights: SkaJun 14, 1986E280Caribbean Nights: The Latin CaribbeanJun 14, 1986E281Caribbean Nights: Maytime on the Mosquito CoastJun 14, 1986E282Caribbean Nights: Calypso and CarnivalJun 15, 1986E283Caribbean Nights: Whicker's Caribbean WorldJun 15, 1986E284Caribbean Nights: Latin SoundJun 15, 1986E285Caribbean Nights: God's ChillunJun 15, 1986E286Caribbean Nights Bob MarleyJun 15, 1986E287Caribbean Nights: C.L.R. James's First Cricket XIJun 16, 1986E288Caribbean Nights: DanzonJun 16, 1986E289Caribbean Nights: Rasta and the BallJun 17, 1986E290Caribbean Nights: Arturo SandovalJun 18, 1986E291Caribbean Nights: KapoJun 19, 1986E292Henry MooreSep 7, 1986E293Salvador DaliNov 21, 1986E294The Life and Times of Don Luis BunuelNov 22, 1986E295The Spirit of LorcaNov 28, 1986E296Cambodian WitnessDec 5, 1986E297Scarfe on ScarfeDec 12, 1986E298Night MovesDec 19, 1986E299DylanJan 2, 1987E300Stand by Your Dream: Tammy WynetteJan 16, 1987E301Night and DayJan 23, 1987E302Dennis PotterJan 30, 1987E303Martin Chambi and the Heirs of the IncasFeb 6, 1987E304The Confessions of Robert CrumbFeb 13, 1987E305Ruth, Roses and RevolverFeb 20, 1987E306A Brother with Perfect TimingFeb 27, 1987E307Tarkovsky's CinemaMar 13, 1987E308Putting Ourselves in the PictureMar 20, 1987E309How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?Mar 27, 1987E310Bayan Ko PilipinasApr 3, 1987E311Talk is CheapApr 10, 1987E312The Waugh Trilogy: Bright Young ThingApr 18, 1987E313The Waugh Trilogy: Mayfair and the JungleApr 19, 1987E314The Waugh Trilogy: An Englishman's HomeApr 20, 1987E315German Festival: Joseph BeuysJun 6, 1987E316ScreenPlay: Cariani and the CourtesansAug 5, 1987E317Revolutionary with a PaintboxNov 20, 1987E318Invisible InkDec 4, 1987E319Of Cats and MiceDec 18, 1987E320Woody GuthrieJan 8, 1988E321The Dandy-Beano StoryJan 15, 1988E322Broadway - The Great White WayJan 22, 1988E323Ryszard Kapuscinski: Your Man Who is ThereJan 29, 1988E324The EmperorFeb 5, 1988E325My Name Is Celia CruzFeb 12, 1988E326All on a Mardi Gras Day Part OneFeb 16, 1988E327All on a Mardi Gras Day: Part TwoFeb 16, 1988E328KerouacFeb 26, 1988E329An Andalucian Journey: Gypsies and Flamenco 1Mar 4, 1988E330An Andalucian Journey: Gypsies and Flamenco 2Mar 5, 1988E331Robert MapplethorpeMar 18, 1988E332The English ThoroughbredMar 25, 1988E333Byrne About ByrneApr 1, 1988E334Rhythms of the World: Randy Travis at the Albert HallOct 2, 1988E335Ten Green BottlesNov 25, 1988E336Clint Eastwood: The Man with No Name.Dec 2, 1988E337Moving Across the World on HorsesDec 9, 1988E338History Boys on the RampageDec 16, 1988E339The Unforgettable Nat King ColeDec 23, 1988E340Tales from BarcelonaJan 6, 1989E341BlackpoolJan 13, 1989E342The Tip of the IcebergJan 27, 1989E343Laurens van der Post and Albert SampleFeb 3, 1989E344New York - The Secret African CityFeb 10, 1989E345Eugene Ionesco : the Joke's on UsFeb 17, 1989E346John CassavetesFeb 24, 1989E347Power in the BloodMar 3, 1989E348The Old Brass Plate Rattle Test - the Englishman and his JukeboxMar 17, 1989E349Juke Box JuryMar 19, 1989E350Berthold LubetkinMar 31, 1989E351Heavy MetalApr 7, 1989E352The Other Graham GreeneApr 21, 1989E353Slim Gaillard's Civilisation 1: A Traveller's TaleOct 22, 1989E354Slim Gaillard's Civilisation 2: How High the MoonOct 29, 1989E355Slim Gaillard's Civilisation 3: My Dinner with DizzyNov 5, 1989E356Animal Night: Smashing PigsDec 16, 1989E357Animal Night: Sacred ElephantDec 16, 1989E358Animal Night: Great Wildlife Presenters Through the AgesDec 16, 1989E359Animal Night: John Daniel the FirstDec 16, 1989E360Animal Night: A Day in the Life of Sam the DogDec 16, 1989E361Animal Night: Animals on TrialDec 16, 1989E362Animal Night: The Animal Night DebateDec 16, 1989E36325 x 5: the Continuing Adventures of the Rolling StonesDec 27, 1989E364NumbersJan 19, 1990E365OblomovJan 26, 1990E366Jerry Lee LewisFeb 2, 1990E367Roberto RosselliniFeb 9, 1990E368Next Time Dear God Please Choose Someone ElseFeb 23, 1990E369Salif KeitaMar 2, 1990E370Fred Zinnemann: A Director's LifeMar 9, 1990E371Spike and Company - Do It a CappellaMar 16, 1990E372Peggy and Her PlaywrightsMar 23, 1990E373The English RoseMar 30, 1990E374Paris Is BurningApr 6, 1990E375Dear America: Letters Home from VietnamApr 13, 1990E376HavanaApr 15, 1990E377The PrincessApr 20, 1990E378The Ten Commandments of Krzysztof KieslowskiMay 4, 1990E379Le Paris BlackMay 11, 1990E380Kino PerestroikaMay 18, 1990E381The Daily Worker StoryMay 25, 1990E382Oooh Er, Missus! - The Frankie Howerd StoryJun 1, 1990E383Agatha Christie - Unfinished PortraitSep 20, 1990E384The FeverSep 29, 1990E385Food Night: IntroductionDec 15, 1990E386Food Night: Modern FoodDec 15, 1990E387Food Night: Great Moments in Food HistoryDec 15, 1990E388Food Night: The Story of Food in 27 Minutes and 43 SecondsDec 15, 1990E389Food Night: Good MannersDec 15, 1990E390Food Night: What's Kosher?Dec 15, 1990E391Food Night: The Last SupperDec 15, 1990E392Food Night: The Complete History of the PotatoDec 15, 1990E393Food Night: I Just Happen to Have One Here I Made EarlierDec 15, 1990E394Food Night: Movable Feast - the Politics of DisgustDec 15, 1990E395Food Night: Eating for OneDec 15, 1990E396Food Night: Fasting and AbstinenceDec 15, 1990E397Food Night: DebateDec 15, 1990E398Lifepulse - a Natural ThrillerDec 28, 1990E399Miller Meets MandelaJan 18, 1991E400Derek Jarman - a PortraitJan 25, 1991E401Anselm Kiefer : Operation SealionFeb 1, 1991E402The Strange Story of Joe MeekFeb 8, 1991E403The Other RociFeb 22, 1991E404Caroline 199 - A Pirate's TaleMar 1, 1991E405Staring at the CeilingMar 8, 1991E406Three Irish WritersMar 15, 1991E407One Irish RoverMar 16, 1991E408The Importance of Being OscarMar 17, 1991E409The OtherMar 22, 1991E410Kenneth Anger's Hollywood BabylonApr 5, 1991E411Elmore Leonard 's Criminal RecordsApr 12, 1991E412The Human FaceApr 19, 1991E413Texas Saturday NightApr 24, 1991E414The Grass ArenaJan 19, 1992E415Billy, How Did You Do It? 1Jan 23, 1992E416Billy, How Did You Do It? 2Jan 24, 1992E417Billy, How Did You Do It? 3Jan 25, 1992E418Masters of the CanvasJan 31, 1992E419Oliver StoneFeb 7, 1992E420FatwaFeb 14, 1992E421Six Degrees of Separation: a New York TaleFeb 21, 1992E422The Incredible Case of ComradeFeb 28, 1992E423Croatia - the Artists' WarMar 6, 1992E424Otto Dix : a Tale of Two GermaniesMar 13, 1992E425Chi-Chi the PandaMar 20, 1992E426Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt UpMar 27, 1992E427Last Supper - Frank on FrankApr 3, 1992E428A Spanish Odyssey - a Portrait of Javier MariscalApr 10, 1992E429An Argentinian Journey: 1: The Gaucho and the PampasApr 17, 1992E430An Argentinian Journey: 2: Zamba, Chacarera and ChamameApr 18, 1992E431An Argentinian Journey: 3: Pacha Mama - Sacred LandApr 19, 1992E432Sportswriter: the Fight, the Match and the RaceJul 18, 1992E433Linda McCartney, behind the LensDec 26, 1992E434The Graham Green Trilogy: England Made Me (1904-39)Jan 8, 1993E435The Graham Greene Trilogy: The Dangerous Edge (1940-60)Jan 9, 1993E436The Graham Greene Trilogy: A World of My Own (1961-91)Jan 10, 1993E437On the Road with BoggsJan 15, 1993E438The Grateful and the DeadJan 22, 1993E439A Tribute to Dizzy GillespieJan 29, 1993E440Larry KramerJan 5, 1993E441Edward Said: the Idea of EmpireFeb 12, 1993E442The Last Soviet CitizenFeb 19, 1993E443Derek WalcottFeb 20, 1993E444Zhang YimouMar 12, 1993E445Philip RothMar 19, 1993E446Only the Names Have Been ChangedMar 26, 1993E447WeegeeApr 2, 1993E448Duchamp's FountainApr 2, 1993E449Edgar Reitz: Return to HeimatApr 12, 1993E450Tales Of Rock And Roll: Peggy SueApr 17, 1993E451Not a Bad GirlApr 18, 1993E452Heartbreak HotelApr 24, 1993E453Walk on the Wild SideMay 1, 1993E454Highway 61 RevisitedMay 8, 1993E455Arena: Radio Night: IntroductionDec 18, 1993E456Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio: First: the Infant.Dec 18, 1993E457Radio Night: TV Talk, Radio Rabbit What does the voice reveal?Dec 18, 1993E458Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 2: The Schoolboy.Dec 18, 1993E459Radio Night: Heard But Not SeenDec 18, 1993E460Radio Night: Back to Square OneDec 18, 1993E461Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 3: The Lover.Dec 18, 1993E462Radio Night: Sunday DinnerDec 18, 1993E463Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 4: The Soldier.Dec 18, 1993E464Radio Night: PiratesDec 31, 1993E465Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 5: The Judge.Dec 18, 1993E466Radio Night: TV Theft, Radio Rip-OffDec 18, 1993E467Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 6: The Old Man.Dec 18, 1993E468Radio Night: The Spot FX ManDec 18, 1993E469Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 7: Senility.Dec 18, 1993E470Radio Night: It's Life, JimDec 18, 1993E471Radio Night: The Time SignalDec 18, 1993E472Radio Night: The Two Voyages of Donald CrowhurstDec 18, 1993E473Radio Night: The Shipping ForecastDec 19, 1993E474The Next Voice You HearDec 19, 1993E475In Search of OzJan 29, 1994E476Who Is Vladimir Pozner?Feb 5, 1994E477The Dark Side of BlackFeb 12, 1994E478The Ring - a South London TaleFeb 26, 1994E479GlitterbugMar 5, 1994E480Theatre without ActorsMar 12, 1994E481KalashnikovMar 19, 1994E482Trouble Man - the Last Years of Marvin GayeMar 26, 1994E483Relics IntroductionMar 31, 1994E484Relics: Einstein's BrainApr 1, 1994E485Relics: Curse of the FirebeetleApr 2, 1994E486Relics: The Grave Case of Charlie ChaplinApr 3, 1994E487Philip K Dick - a Day In the AfterlifeApr 9, 1994E488Voices from the IslandApr 23, 1994E489Cindy Sherman - Nobody's Here but MeApr 24, 1994E490Bahia of all the SaintsMay 7, 1994E491Sandra Bernhard - Confession of a Pretty LadyMay 20, 1994E492Louise BourgeoisAug 6, 1994E493The Peter Sellers Story 1Feb 11, 1995E494The Peter Sellers Story: 2: Jack to JacquesFeb 18, 1995E495The Peter Sellers Story: 3: I Am Not a Funny ManFeb 25, 1995E496Punk and the PistolsAug 20, 1995E497The Burger and the KingJan 1, 1996E498Stories My Country Told MeJul 14, 1996E499Tony Bennett's New YorkDec 22, 1996E500Caesar's WritersDec 24, 1996E501There's No Such Thing as a Small Head of StateJan 2, 1997E502Dear AntonioniJan 18, 1997E503Busby, Stein and Shankly - the Football Men: UndergroundMar 28, 1997E504Busby, Stein and Shankly - the Football Men: Football is the FaithMar 29, 1997E505Busby, Stein and Shankly - the Football Men: The Price of GloryMar 30, 1997E506The BananaDec 24, 1997E507Cigars - out of the HumidorDec 25, 1997E508The Noel Coward Trilogy: The Boy ActorApr 11, 1998E509The Noel Coward Trilogy: Captain CowardApr 12, 1998E510The Noel Coward Trilogy: Sail AwayApr 13, 1998E511Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the CenturyMay 15, 1998E512The Brian Epstein Story: The Sun Will Shine TomorrowMay 25, 1998E513The Brian Epstein Story: Tomorrow Never KnowsDec 26, 1998E514Cuba Night: the 40-Year Face-offJan 2, 1999E515Cuba Night: Eisenhower, Kennedy and Khrushchev: How It All BeganJan 2, 1999E516Cuba Night: A Diamond in the RoughJan 2, 1999E517Cuba Night: LBJ, Nixon and Brezhnev: the Middle YearsJan 2, 1999E518Cuba Night: The Simpsons: The Trouble with TrillionsJan 2, 1999E519Cuba Night: Reagan and Gorbachev: Castro, Cuba and the Fall of CommunismJan 2, 1999E520Cuba Night: Who Owns Che? The Importance of Not Being ErnestoJan 2, 1999E521Cuba Night: The Clinton Years: Cuba Today and TomorrowJan 2, 1999E522Salman Rushdie and the Ground beneath His FeetApr 22, 1999E523Looking for the Iron CurtainNov 7, 1999E524CasanovaDec 20, 1999E525Blondes - Jayne MansfieldDec 24, 1999E526Blondes - Diana DorsDec 26, 1999E527Blondes - Anita EkbergDec 27, 1999E528The Fine Art of Separating People from Their MoneyJan 2, 2000E529The VeilMay 20, 2000E530Wisconsin Death TripJul 2, 2000E531Clint Eastwood: Out of the WestDec 24, 2000E532Clint Eastwood: American Film-makerDec 25, 2000E533James Ellroy's Feast of DeathMay 6, 2001E534And the Winner Is ...May 13, 2001E535Budd Schulberg - a ContenderMay 19, 2001E536The SourceMay 28, 2001E537Salgado - the Spectre of HopeMay 30, 2001E538Stalin - the Red GodMay 31, 2001E539According to BerylOct 6, 2001E540Night of Entertainers: Sykes and a DayDec 26, 2001E541Night of Entertainers: Drake's ProgressDec 25, 2001E542Night of Entertainers: The 1812 Overture in E Flat Major Opus 49Dec 25, 2001E543Night of Entertainers: Max Bygraves - I Wanna Tell You a StoryDec 25, 2001E544The Private Dirk Bogarde: Part 1Dec 26, 2001E545The Private Dirk Bogarde: Part 2Dec 26, 2001E546Estonia Dreams of EurovisionMay 18, 2002E547Kurosawa: Part OneJun 15, 2002E548Kurosawa: Part TwoJun 22, 2002E549The Peter Sellers Story: As He Filmed ItAug 24, 2002E550Harold Pinter: 1: The RoomOct 26, 2002E551Harold Pinter: 2: CelebrationOct 26, 2002E552One for the RoadOct 26, 2002E553Politics and PinterOct 30, 2002E554The RoomNov 5, 2002E555Radio Ha! Meet the Dead RingersDec 26, 2002E556Radio Ha! It's Time for Just a MinuteDec 26, 2002E557I Am from NowhereJan 14, 2003E558The Real Jane AustenJun 12, 2003E559The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough: Part OneAug 24, 2003E560The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough: Part TwoAug 25, 2003E561Imagine ImagineSep 20, 2003E562Dylan Thomas - from Grave to CradleNov 22, 2003E563Buffalo Bill's Wild West: How the Myth Was MadeDec 19, 2003E564Alec Guinness, a Secret ManDec 29, 2003E565Pavarotti - the Last TenorMay 29, 2004E566Searching for the Wrong-Eyed JesusJul 9, 2004E567Shadowing the Third ManOct 2, 2004E568Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?Dec 9, 2004E569Painting the Clouds - a Portrait of Dennis PotterDec 25, 2004E570Dennis Potter: It's In the Songs! It's In the Songs!Jan 2, 2005E571Potter on TelevisionJan 9, 2005E572Hank Williams - Honky Tonk BluesFeb 5, 2005E573Calling Hedy LamarrFeb 12, 2005E574Francis Bacon's ArenaMar 19, 2005E575Arena at 30Sep 3, 2005E576Bob Dylan: No Direction Home: Part 1Sep 26, 2005E577Bob Dylan: No Direction Home: Part 2Sep 27, 2005E578Dylan in the MadhouseSep 28, 2005E579The Princess and PanoramaNov 8, 2005E580Routemasters! The Double Decker Bus ConductorsDec 10, 2005E581Galton and SimpsonDec 25, 2005E582Pete DohertyNov 12, 2006E583SaintsDec 17, 2006E584The ArchersJan 1, 2007E585The UndergroundMar 18, 2007E586Bob Marley - Exodus 77Jun 3, 2007E587Encountering BergmanJul 13, 2007E588Bergman and Faro IslandJul 13, 2007E589Bergman and the CinemaJul 14, 2007E590Flames of Passion: the Other Side of British CinemaSep 2, 2007E591The Original ArchersOct 4, 2007E592Tribute Bands - into the LimelightOct 6, 2007E593Tribute Bands - Live at the LimelightOct 6, 2007E594Dylan's Folk - the Pure, the Bad and the HolyOct 14, 2007E595The Other Side of the Mirror - Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk FestivalOct 14, 2007E596Dylan in the MadhouseOct 14, 2007E597Ken Dodd's HappinessDec 24, 2007E598The Strange Luck of V.S. NaipaulApr 10, 2008E599Cab DriverJul 26, 2008E600The Hunt for Moby-DickSep 20, 2008E601Whale Night: The Whale in the MuseumSep 21, 2008E602Whale Night: Philip Hoare's Guide to Whales: Episode 1: BaleenSep 21, 2008E603Whale Night: Philip Hoare's Guide to Whales: Episode 2: ToothedSep 21, 2008E604Whale Night: Philip Hoare's Guide to Whales: Episode 3: ArcticSep 21, 2008E605The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil SpectorOct 25, 2008E606Paul ScofieldDec 24, 2008E607Tony Bennett: the Music Never EndsFeb 14, 2009E608CoolApr 3, 2009E609TS EliotJun 6, 2009E610Harold Pinter Night: The Birthday PartyJul 26, 2009E611Brian Eno - Another Green WorldJan 22, 2010E612Harold Pinter - A CelebrationJan 24, 2010E613Johnny Mercer - The Dream's on MeApr 4, 2010E614Dave Brubeck - In His Own Sweet WayDec 3, 2010E615Rolf Harris Paints His DreamDec 29, 2010E616Produced by George MartinApr 25, 2011E617George Harrison: Living in the Material World: Part 1Nov 12, 2011E618George Harrison: Living in the Material World: Part 2Nov 13, 2011E619Dickens on FilmJan 10, 2012E620Sonny Rollins: Beyond the NotesFeb 17, 2012E621Sonny Rollins '74: Rescued!Feb 17, 2012E622The Dreams of William GoldingMar 17, 2012E623Jonathan MillerMar 31, 2012E624Amy Winehouse - The Day She Came to DingleJul 23, 2012E625The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour: Episode 1: Magical Mystery Tour RevisitedOct 6, 2012E626The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour: Episode 2: 'The Beatles' Magical Mystery TourOct 6, 2012E627Screen GoddessesDec 22, 2012E628Sister Wendy and the Art of the GospelDec 25, 2012E629aka Norman ParkinsonApr 21, 2013E630Arena: The National Theatre: Part One - The DreamOct 24, 2013E631Arena: The National Theatre: Part Two - War and PeaceOct 31, 2013E632Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?Mar 20, 2014E633The National Theatre: Learning ZoneApr 2, 2014E634The 50 Year Argument - The New York Review of BooksJun 29, 2014E635Nicolas Roeg - It's About TimeJun 26, 2015E636Night and DayNov 22, 2015E637Loretta Lynn - Still a Mountain GirlMar 18, 2016E638All the World's a Screen - Shakespeare on FilmApr 24, 2016E6391966 - 50 Years Ago TodayJul 24, 2016E640The Roundhouse - The People's PalaceOct 23, 2016E641Alone with Chrissie HyndeFeb 10, 2017E642American Epic: Episode 1: The Big BangMay 21, 2017E643American Epic: Episode 2: Blood and SoilMay 28, 2017E644Kirsty Young: 75 Years of Desert Island DiscsMay 29, 2017E645American Epic: Episode 3: Out of the Many, the OneJun 4, 2017E646American Epic: Episode 4: The SessionsJun 9, 2017E647Stanley and his DaughtersFeb 4, 2018E648Bob Dylan – Trouble No MoreMar 30, 2018E649Nothing Like a DameJun 2, 2018E650Make Me Up!Nov 4, 2018E651Unstoppable: Sean Scully and the Art of EverythingApr 6, 2019E652That SummerJul 7, 2019E653Cindy Sherman #untitledJul 28, 2019E654Kusama: InfinitySep 1, 2019E655Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce ChatwinSep 21, 2019E656Bergman: A Year in the LifeSep 22, 2019E657The $50 Million Art SwindleSep 23, 2019E658A British Guide to the End of the WorldNov 4, 2019E659Everything Is Connected - George Eliot's LifeNov 10, 2019E660Seamus Heaney and the Music of What HappensDec 30, 2019E661Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf HallMar 7, 2020E662The Changin’ Times of Ike WhiteMay 18, 2020E663I Am Not Your NegroJun 20, 2020E664Keith Haring: Street Art BoyJul 4, 2020E665Fela Kuti: Father of AfrobeatNov 21, 2020E666My Father and MeMar 21, 2021E667Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary TapesMay 16, 2021E668African ApocalypseMay 22, 2021E669Dark Matter: A History of the AfrofutureMay 29, 2021E670Painted with My HairOct 31, 2021E671B. Catling: Where Does It All Come From?Nov 21, 2021E672The Vasulka EffectNov 28, 2021E673The Most Beautiful Boy in the WorldFeb 13, 2022E674RiverJul 25, 2022E675James Joyce’s UlyssesSep 7, 2022E676T.S. Eliot: Into the Waste LandOct 22, 2022E677Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six ChaptersNov 27, 2022E678Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' RollApr 22, 2023E679The Mysterious Mr LagerfeldApr 26, 2023E680The Stones and Brian JonesMay 15, 2023E681All the Beauty and the BloodshedJun 4, 2023E682Coco Chanel UnbuttonedSep 15, 2023E683Being Kae TempestNov 29, 2023E684Caroline Aherne: Queen of ComedyDec 25, 2023E685Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward StoryDec 26, 2023E686Maria Callas: The Final ActDec 29, 2024E687Alan Bennett 90 Years OnDec 13, 2024E688Loaded: Lads, Mags and MayhemDec 14, 2024E689From Roger Moore with LoveDec 15, 2024E690Steven McRae: Dancing Back to the LightDec 16, 2024E691My Brain: After the RuptureDec 17, 2024E692McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost BassDec 18, 2024
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Arena
19757
Documentary
Released
Oct 01, 1975
Country
United Kingdom
Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has run since 1 October 1975 with over five hundred episodes made, directed by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alan Yentob, Roly Keating, Frederick Baker, Volker Schlondorff and Vikram Jayanti. Arena's subjects are a roll-call of the world's best known cultural figures from the 20th and 21st centuries, from singers Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse to academics Edward Said and Eric Hobsbawm, from writers Jean Genet and V S Naipaul to artists Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois. The current series editor is Anthony Wall.
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