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English Literature
A look at English literature
Tucker by Francis Ford Coppola
The unravelling of an American legend in a film by Francis Ford Coppola
Turner Prize
The Turner Prize winner 1998
Heroes
The book Heroes about the Nigerian civil war
First European Film Awards
An audience of millions watched the first European Film Awards ceremony
R.M Lammings
A review of R.M Lammings new book The Notebook of Gismondo Cavaletti
European Film Awards
Plus US stand-up comedian Charles Fleischer on voicing Roger in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Melvyn Tan - extended interview
Special programme dedicated to Singapore-born British classical pianist Melvyn Tan
Cultures in conflict
Film director Miguel Pereira on his Argentine and British co-production Veronico Cruz
Humbug! A Christmas Carol
Exploring the ghost story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
PL Travers - interview
The Australian-born British novelist who wrote a series of novels about Mary Poppins
Musical injuries
Special exploring the injuries suffered by musicians
Orpheus Descending with Vanessa Redgrave
Director Sir Peter Hall on Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending with Vanessa Redgrave
African music in Britain
Includes interviews with Jonah Moyo and Devera Ngwena Jazz Band, both from Zimbabwe
Book review of the year
Favourite books include Nora by Brenda Maddox and Doris Lessing's The Fifth Child
Writing for children
Trends in children's writing from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Matilda
Vanessa Redgrave interview
British actress Vanessa Redgrave on inviting the Russian Vakhtangov Theatre to London
Sophocles Electra with Fiona Shaw
Sophocles' Greek tragedy Electra directed by Deborah Warner
Roald Dahl - interview
Special programme talking to Britain's most popular children's writer, Roald Dahl
Dustin Hoffman as Shylock
Director Sir Peter Hall on casting US film star Dustin Hoffman in The Merchant of Venice
The Satanic Verses
Writer Salman Rushdie on the controversy surrounding his new book The Satanic Verses
Turmoil at Opera de la Bastille
French Opera de la Bastille sack conductor Daniel Barenboim
Stradivari's Secret
Special on the Stradivarius, a stringed instrument built by the Stradivari family
The Making of India
MJ Akbar on his biography of Jawaharlal Nehru, The Making of India
Arthur Miller's Two Way Mirror
Arthur Miller play Two Way Mirror opens at London's Young Vic, plus excerpt with Bob Peck
David Cronenberg - interview
Interview with the Canadian originator of body horror or venereal horror films
Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist, directed by Michael Apted and starring Sigourney Weaver
William Butler Yeats
Author Norman Jeffers on his biography of Irish poet WB Yeats
Mike Newell's Soursweet
New film Soursweet by British director Mike Newell
Contemporary Architecture
With architects Terry Farrell, Richard Rogers and James Stirling
Anton Chekhov
Exploring the Russian writer with VS Pritchett, author of Chekhov: A Spirit Set Free
