Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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Irish writer Billy Roche
The Irish playwright and actor visits his home town of Wexford
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Azerbaijani author Lev Nussimbaum
An exploration of Nussimbaum's novel Ali and Nino: A Love Story
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Dancer Martha Graham
A profile of the American modern dancer and choreographer
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Traditional Chinese music
Is Chinese music being preserved intact? Or is it embracing western traditions?
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Walt Disney's Snow White
How the landmark animated film was made
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Casanova 鈥� the Great Seducer
Should we think of Casanova as hero or villain?
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Masterpiece 鈥� Picasso's Mademoiselles
Discussing Picasso's masterpiece of 1907, Les Mademoiselles d'Avignon
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Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians goes Online
The online version of Grove Dictionary reviewed, plus Evelyn Glennie's cymbals
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Le Corbusier, Architect of modern Living
Why Le Corbusier was the most influential and most maligned architect of the 20th century
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TV Comedy 鈥� Dava Savel and Ellen
Dava Savel on being lead writer on the sitcom Ellen when Ellen DeGeneres came out on air
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Writers on Location 鈥� Hanif Kureishi in south London
Writer Hanif Kureishi on south London and how it has influenced his writing
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Adventures in Poetry 鈥� John Donne
Is the poem The Sunne Rising by John Donne the sexiest poem in English?
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Adventures in Poetry 鈥� Remember Christina Rossetti
Why we remember still the poem Remember by Christina Rossetti
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Adventures in Poetry 鈥� The Owl and the Pussycat
Why Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat is such an enduring favourite
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Henry Moore 鈥� Shaping his Century
Henry Moore and his work, starting from his bronze Atom Piece
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TV Comedy 鈥� Behind the Scenes with Rob Long
How sitcom writer Rob Long cut his writing teeth on Cheers with Dan Staley
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Why was La Traviata's premiere a Flop in Venice?
How Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata was a total flop at its premiere in Venice
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Pather Panchali 鈥撀燬atyajit Ray's first Masterpiece
Appreciation of director Satyjit Ray's masterpiece of Indian rural life, Pather Panchali
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Century Cities 鈥� Tokyo and Mumbai
Exploring the contemporary cultural explosions in Tokyo and Bombay/Mumbai
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TV Comedy 鈥撀燣arry David on how Seinfeld happened
Writer Larry David talks about how he and Jerry Seinfeld created the sitcom Seinfeld
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Century Cities 鈥� Rio de Janeiro and Lagos
Exploring the cultural explosions of the 1950s and 1960s in Rio de Janeiro and Lagos
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Liv Ullman takes her Place behind the Camera
"I was born to be behind the camera," says Liv Ullman, distinguished actress and director
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The Lyrics 鈥� John Keats and Andrew Motion
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion talks about Keats and reads his own poem written in response
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Writers on Location 鈥� In pursuit of Wordsworth
Juliet Barker biographer of William Wordsworth visits the places he knew and loved
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Verdi's Life in Love and Politics
Politics, love affairs and music 鈥� the later years and work of composer Giuseppe Verdi
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Investigative Journalism 鈥� Digging for Truth
How are invstigative journalists adapting to globalisation and instant communication?
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Conflict Journalism 鈥� Reporters in the Frame
Conflict journalists are now becoming part of the story, targets of bullets and propaganda
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Ozu's own Tokyo Story
An appreciation of Yasujiro Ozu (1903-63), the great Japanese film director
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Salvador Dal铆, a painted Life
Salvador Dal铆's life and art, as seen through his painting The Burning Giraffe
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TV Comedy 鈥� Diane English, creator of Murphy Brown
Diane English, top American comedy writer, reflects on her creation Murphy Brown
