Meridian Episodes Available now

Anton Chekhov
Exploring the Russian writer with VS Pritchett, author of Chekhov: A Spirit Set Free

Contemporary Architecture
With architects Terry Farrell, Richard Rogers and James Stirling

Mike Newell's Soursweet
New film Soursweet by British director Mike Newell

William Butler Yeats
Author Norman Jeffers on his biography of Irish poet WB Yeats

Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist, directed by Michael Apted and starring Sigourney Weaver

David Cronenberg - interview
Interview with the Canadian originator of body horror or venereal horror films

Arthur Miller's Two Way Mirror
Arthur Miller play Two Way Mirror opens at London's Young Vic, plus excerpt with Bob Peck

The Making of India
MJ Akbar on his biography of Jawaharlal Nehru, The Making of India

Stradivari's Secret
Special on the Stradivarius, a stringed instrument built by the Stradivari family

Turmoil at Opera de la Bastille
French Opera de la Bastille sack conductor Daniel Barenboim