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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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Martin Cruz Smith’s Tokyo Station
The American thriller writer and author of Gorky Park talks about his novel set in Japan
22 mins03 Oct 2002
How the West was Shot: Part 4
How the treatment of Native Americans in Hollywood westerns shifted in the 1970s
23 mins06 Oct 2002
Ode to Joy
The impact of Ludwig van Beethoven’s famous 9th Symphony
22 mins08 Oct 2002
Soul Music: Silent Night
An exploration of one of the world’s most popular Christmas carols
23 mins08 Oct 2002
Soul Music: Amazing Grace
An exploration of John Newton's hymn, which was inspired by a near-death experience at sea
23 mins08 Oct 2002
Iain Sinclair’s London Orbital
The British writer takes a walk around the perimeter of London
23 mins10 Oct 2002
Censorship In Theatre
Who is that wants to ban plays, and who resists them?
23 mins13 Oct 2002
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The continuing impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel
23 mins17 Oct 2002
Yann Martel
The Life of Pi author talks about winning 2002’s Man Booker Prize
23 mins22 Oct 2002
Anish Kapoor
The sculptor talks about his work for the vast turbine hall at the Tate Modern, London
23 mins23 Oct 2002
Wole Soyinka
The Nigerian playwright and poet talks about his poem In the Small Hours
23 mins04 Nov 2002
Michael Rosen interview
The poet talks about a collection of poems about the death of his 18-year-old son
23 mins12 Nov 2002
Michel Houellebecq interview
The French writer talks about his novel Platform
23 mins12 Nov 2002
Soul Music: Abide With Me
Why the hymn has so much significance to so many people
22 mins17 Nov 2002
Andy Warhol's Marilyn paintings
What Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe paintings say about the US pop artist
23 mins26 Nov 2002
Writing and Prison
The Nigerian author Helon Habila talks about his novel Waiting for an Angel
23 mins27 Nov 2002
Electronic music pioneers
The enormous impact of the early electronic music pioneers on the music of today
23 mins01 Dec 2002
World Book Club: Arundhati Roy
The Indian author answers your questions about her book The God of Small Things
23 mins02 Dec 2002
Nigerian teenagers’ favourite novels
How the sex lives of young Nigerians are influenced by the novels they’ve read. Also on th
23 mins05 Dec 2002
Picasso: Les Mademoiselles d'Avignon
The story behind Picasso’s disturbing, defiant masterpiece
22 mins13 Dec 2002
Eric Hobsbawm interview
The Marxist historian talks about his life and key events of the 20th century
23 mins17 Dec 2002
Youssou N’Dour interview
The Senegalese musician talks about the power of lyrics
23 mins19 Dec 2002
Waiting For Godot
A celebration of Samuel Beckett’s revolutionary play, 50 years after it was first performe
23 mins23 Dec 2002
Edvard Munch's The Scream
The story behind one of the most unsettling paintings ever created.
22 mins27 Dec 2002
World Book Club: Ben Okri
The Nigerian born writer discusses his novel The Famished Road
23 mins31 Dec 2002
Raja Shehadeh interview
The Palestinian lawyer and writer on his memoir, Stranger in the House
22 mins09 Jan 2003
The Art of Fireworks
How fireworks have appeared and influenced art across the world
22 mins12 Jan 2003
Shimmer Chinodya interview
The Zimbabwean novelist talks about writing for children
23 mins16 Jan 2003
Art and the marketplace
A discussion about market forces in two contrasting areas: pop music and fine art
23 mins19 Jan 2003
Anthony Julius and Hans Hacker
The British academic and the German-born artist discuss transgressive art
22 mins26 Jan 2003