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Disney's Splash
Review of the latest Disney film Splash
Critics' Choice
Three critics give their take on this summer's offerings
Music hall - history and tradition
A special edition looking at the history of the Music Hall tradition
Progress and the middle classes - by Doug Lucie
A review of the play Progress, about middle class North Londoners
Meridian - 500th edition
In the 500th edition of Meridian, presenters give their views on stand-out moments
Anton Chekhov's Wild Honey
Review of Anton Chekhov's play Wild Honey
Beat Street - New York
Review of the American hip hop film Beat Street
The Happiest Days of your Life
Review of the RSC's production of The Happiest Days of Your Life
Shakespeare special
The programme is devoted entirely to the plays of William Shakespeare
El Norte - the American dream
Review of the film El Norte
American Buffalo on the London stage
Review of Al Pacino in David Mamet's play American Buffalo
Report from the 1984 Buxton Festival
Michael Clark - dancing without limits
Emerging star choreographer Michael Clark talks to the programme
Children's books - Dahl, Leeson and Aiken
An exploration of the world of children's books
Live again on the Edinburgh Fringe
Pick of the 1984 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where theatrical resurrection is in vogue
Tribute to J. B. Priestly
John Brayne pays tribute to the writer J. B. Priestly who has died
The Edinburgh Festival
This week's programme is live from the Edinburgh Festival
Broadway Danny Rose - Woody Allen
Review of Woody Allen's film Broadway Danny Rose
Paris, Texas
Review of the film Paris, Texas, a winner at the Cannes Film Festival
Steven Spielberg
This programme is devoted to an interview with the film director Steven Spielberg
Edinburgh Festival
A report from this year's Edinburgh Festival as it enters its third week
Hamlet special
Hamlet - the play, the character and a new production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
Isaac Bashevis Singer
A programme about the work of the Polish-born American author Isaac Bashevis Singer
Greek theatre - part one
A look at the explosion of Greek drama in the 5th Century BC
Greek theatre - part two
Graham Greene
A season of Graham Greene's films, including the The Third Man
The Devil and the Good Lord
Review of the epic play The Devil and the Good Lord by Jean-Paul Sartre
Andre Brink - The Wall of the Plague
A review of the work of Andre Brink and The Wall of the Plague
Frederick Forsyth - The Fourth Protocol
Frederick Forsyth's latest novel The Fourth Protocol
Old Story Time
A review of Trevor Rhone's play Old Story Time
The Bounty
Jim Hiley with news of some of the latest happenings in the arts