Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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TV Comedy 鈥� James L. Brooks, 'father of the sitcom'
Meet the "father of the American sitcom", producer and screenwriter James L. Brooks
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Richard Tognetti and the ACO 鈥撀燗ustralia's musical Ambassadors
Richard Tognetti talks about the rich programme of the Australian Chamber Orchestra
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Margaret Atwood 鈥� On Duty and Decisions
Novelist Margaret Atwood talks about Iris, the central figure in The Blind Assassin
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Political Journalism 鈥� Personalities and Pitfalls
What effect is the media emphasis on personalities over policies having on us as citizens?
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Shakespeare at the Millennium 鈥� In Translation
How do other cultures and languages interpret the plays of Shakespeare?
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Evelyn Glennie, ringing the Bells
Virtuoso percussionist Evelyn Glennie talks about the bells in her instrument collection
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Sumi Jo 鈥� A Korean on the world opera Stage
Korean coloratura Sumi Jo talks about her life and international opera career
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The Lyrics 鈥� Percy Shelley and Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon on Shelley's poen Ozymandias and his own work, The Stoic, written in response
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The Lyrics 鈥� Robert Browning and Jackie Kay
Scottish poet Jackie Kay draws inspiration from Browning for her new work about Maw Broon
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Shakespeare at the Millennium 鈥� New Directions?
The challenges of directing Shakespeare for 21st-century audiences
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Julian Barnes revisits Love
Julian Barnes on his new novel Love, Etc, in which he brings back characters from 1991
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Shakespeare at the Millennium 鈥� Contemporary Performance
How should Shakespeare's plays be performed in English for 21st-century audiences?
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Inside Opera 鈥� The role of the Repetiteur
"People book me for my ears," says repetiteur Helen Robertson-Barker about her work
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Inside Opera! An unsung heroine?
Claudia Stoltzer, head of make-up and wigs, at work in the Royal Opera House, London
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Malcolm Bradbury 鈥� RIP, the History Man
Malcolm Bradbury, the acclaimed British satirical novelist and academic, has died
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What gets Lost in Literary Translation?
How close to the original text can translators of literary works really get?
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Inside Opera! The conductor
An exploration of the role of the conductor and musical director in creating an opera
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Inside Opera! The director
An exploration of the role of the director in creating an opera. With David Pountney
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Round Table: Building houses
A discussion about how to design cheap and appropriate dwellings
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Writing in English
A discussion about why international authors write in English or their native language
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Return To Joujouka
Retracing Brian Jones' 1967 journey to encounter the master musicians of Morocco
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Czech artist Alphonse Muchae
The story of Art Nouveau's most famous practitioner who was best known for his poster art
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Indian authors writing in English
How Indian writers use the English language with Arundhati Roy and Sagarika Ghose
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The Copland Years: A Lyrical and Radical Pioneer
In his centenary year, Aaron Copland is still the most-played American composer
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Musical Moves: David Bintley
The British choregrapher talks about his relationship with music and how it inspires him
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Musical Moves: Siobhan Davies
The British choreographer Siobhan Davies talks about how she works with music
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The Copland Years: Wartime and Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland's fanfare for "the common man who was doing all the dirty work of this war"
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Toronto Literary Festival
A report from the Canadian festival and the novelist David Adams Richards
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The Legacy of Frantz Fanon
A discussion about one of the fiercest theorists of anti-colonialism
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A Good Read: Tessa Blackstone and Julian Le Grand
Books by JM Coetzee, Patrick O'Brian and Jane Gardam are discussed
