Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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The Copland Years: Return to America
Returning to America, composer Aaron Copland's career is launched with his Organ Symphony
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Edward Said interview
Edward Said discusses his often controversial work, including scholarship and journalism focusing on his native Palestine
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A Good Read: Mike Hodges and Mike Figgis
The two British filmmakers discuss books by Frederick Exley, James Blinn and Barbara Pym
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A Good Read: Giles Foden and B B Baskin
The novelist and journalist discuss work by Paul Muldoon, Patrick McCabe and Eric Newby
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A Good Read: Marina Warner and Jim Perrin
The writer and rock climber talk about books by Robert Graves, Maeve Binchy and J M Synge
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The Legacy of Sigmund Freud
How Freud's psychoanalytic theories and practices have been refined since his death
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Handel's Acis and Galatia
A review of a recording by Les Arts Florissants and conducted by William Christie
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A Good Read: Gillian Tyndall and Sir Ernest Hall
Gillian Tyndall and Sir Ernest Hall discuss Apsley Cherry-Garrard and Marguerite Youcenar
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James Turrell's Roden Crater
How the American sculptor made his famous work in an extinct volcano in Arizona
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Aaron Copland
A review of a recording of the American composers' three great ballet scores
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The American artist Robert Mangold
The artist talks about how and why he paints.
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Australia's history
The novelists Alexis Wright, Nikki Gemmell and Kate Grenville discuss Australian identity
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Traditional dance
Can traditional dance survive in the face of contemporary dance?
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Gone With The Wind
Examining the author Margaret Mitchell and her epic historical novel
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Jerome Robbins
A profile of the American film director and choreographer
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Writers' Workshop: Part 1
How to write novels, with advice from writers Eliot Perlman and Michele Roberts
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Slave Narratives: Part 3
How a handful of educated slaves expressed their ideas
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Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu interview
The tenor and his soprano wife talk about their chemistry on and off stage
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Chaucer
A profile of the first great poet to write in English, 600 years after his death
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Video games
How the video game industry is threatening traditional entertainment such as cinema and TV
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Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto
A close examination of the Norwegian composer's Piano Concerto
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With Great Pleasure: Donald Woods
The South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist introduces his favourite prose
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Strauss' Don Quixote
An examination of Strauss' tone poem based on the character created by Miguel de Cervantes
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A Bach Pilgrimage: Part 4
The life and work of JS Bach, from 1717 when he worked for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-K枚then
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Beethoven and Copeland symphonies
An examination and comparison of two symphonies written 150 years apart
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The Barbaric Comedies
Frank McGuinness' version of three plays by the Spanish playwright Ram贸n del Valle-Incl谩n
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Swedish choregrapher Mat Ek
The life and work of the leading dancer, choregrapher and stage director
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Felix Mendelssohn
A profile of the composer's prodigious talent, influences and early life.
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George Balanchine
A profile of the American choreographer and co-founder of New York City Ballet
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A Bach Pilgrimage: Part 2
The life and work of composer J S Bach, from 1703 when he was an organist at Arnstadt
