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Meridian

Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world

World Service,2413 episodes

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TV Comedy – Behind the Scenes with Rob Long
How sitcom writer Rob Long cut his writing teeth on Cheers with Dan Staley
23 mins25 Jan 2001
Henry Moore – Shaping his Century
Henry Moore and his work, starting from his bronze Atom Piece
14 mins26 Jan 2001
Adventures in Poetry – The Owl and the Pussycat
Why Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat is such an enduring favourite
23 mins29 Jan 2001
Adventures in Poetry – Remember Christina Rossetti
Why we remember still the poem Remember by Christina Rossetti
23 mins29 Jan 2001
Adventures in Poetry – John Donne
Is the poem The Sunne Rising by John Donne the sexiest poem in English?
24 mins29 Jan 2001
Writers on Location – Hanif Kureishi in south London
Writer Hanif Kureishi on south London and how it has influenced his writing
23 mins29 Jan 2001
TV Comedy – Dava Savel and Ellen
Dava Savel on being lead writer on the sitcom Ellen when Ellen DeGeneres came out on air
23 mins01 Feb 2001
Le Corbusier, Architect of modern Living
Why Le Corbusier was the most influential and most maligned architect of the 20th century
14 mins01 Feb 2001
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians goes Online
The online version of Grove Dictionary reviewed, plus Evelyn Glennie's cymbals
24 mins09 Feb 2001
Masterpiece – Picasso's Mademoiselles
Discussing Picasso's masterpiece of 1907, Les Mademoiselles d'Avignon
13 mins12 Feb 2001
Casanova – the Great Seducer
Should we think of Casanova as hero or villain?
23 mins14 Feb 2001
Walt Disney's Snow White
How the landmark animated film was made
14 mins22 Feb 2001
Traditional Chinese music
Is Chinese music being preserved intact? Or is it embracing western traditions?
24 mins23 Feb 2001
Dancer Martha Graham
A profile of the American modern dancer and choreographer
14 mins28 Feb 2001
Azerbaijani author Lev Nussimbaum
An exploration of Nussimbaum's novel Ali and Nino: A Love Story
23 mins02 Mar 2001
Irish writer Billy Roche
The Irish playwright and actor visits his home town of Wexford
23 mins02 Mar 2001
Anna Karenina
Are the great issues found in Tolstoy's novel still to be found in Russia today?
24 mins03 Mar 2001
Crime and Punishment
A tour of St Petersburg where the world of Fyodor Dostoevsky's masterpiece is all around
23 mins03 Mar 2001
Chekhov's Three Sisters
An exploration of the Anton Chekhov's masterpiece
24 mins03 Mar 2001
The writer Alan Sillitoe
The author of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning visits his home town of Nottingham
23 mins04 Mar 2001
The British composer John Taverner
A profile of the composer, famous for his moving, religious work
24 mins12 Mar 2001
Sir Colin Davis and Berlioz
The British conductor talks about his championing of the French composer Hector Berlioz
24 mins13 Mar 2001
Evelyn Glennie in her studio
The Scottish virtuoso percussionist demonstrates different kinds of frame drum
24 mins15 Mar 2001
Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa
The life and work of the great national poet of Portugal
23 mins21 Mar 2001
German composer Hildegard von Bingen
Fiona Maddox discusses her book about the medieval German nun and visionary
24 mins29 Mar 2001
Flute player Emmanuel Pahud interview
The Franco-Swiss musician talks about when he first started playing and his love of Mozart
23 mins29 Mar 2001
The CALMA Project
How a music software programme could revolutionise how students learn to listen
24 mins29 Mar 2001
Bach's St Matthew Passion
A review of a recording of Bach's choral work, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
24 mins29 Mar 2001
Composer and pianist Percy Grainger
The pianist Penelope Thwaites talks about the work of the Australian-born composer
24 mins04 Apr 2001
Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz
How the great Urdu writer bridged the divide between high art and popular culture.
24 mins05 Apr 2001