Meridian Episodes Available now

Author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice, directed by Alan J. Pakula; An exciting record which is the collaboration between brass players in France and Britain, conducted by Richard Harvey; new novel by Ruth Prawer, In Search of Love and Beauty.

Yehudi Menuhin's Violin Competition
Yehudi Menuhin on his International Violin Competition plus winner Leland Chen

The National Theatre of Brent
British stage comedy The Messiah plus David Wheldon's first novel The Viaduct

Laurence Olivier's Lear
Michael Elliot on directing Laurence Olivier in King Lear for British television

Arts in Russia
Michael Billington, Waldemar Januszczak, and Tim Radford - report on their visit to Moscow

John le Carre - The Little Drummer Girl
Review of John le Carre's The Little Drummer Girl, plus British sculptor Anthony Caro

Russell Hoban's Pilgermann
Author Russell Hoban, plus critic Marina Vaizey on Polish artist Gershon Iskowitz

Artists at War
The diaries of Siegfried Sassoon and British war correspondent Michael Nicholson

Remembering Dame Rebecca West
Tribute to Dame Rebecca West, Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset at the National Theatre

Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre
Behind the scenes of Alfred de Musset's play Lorenzaccio directed by Michael Bogdanov