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Irving Berlin
Feature on the American composer and lyricist Irving Berlin
Andy Warhol
Profile of Andy Warhol, leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art
Dead Poets Society
Film Dead Poets Society by director Peter Weir starring Robin Williams
Remembering Bette Davis
Special programme dedicated to the life and work of the US film actress
Crap's Last Tape
Polish director Antoni Libera on his production of Samuel Beckett's Crap's Last Tape
Climbing the peaks with Chris Bonnington
British mountaineer Chris Bonington on his autobiography Mountaineer
Kurt Weill's Street Scene
Kurt Weill's American opera Street Scene revived by the English National Opera
Doris Lessing: The older I get…
Profile of author Doris Lessing to celebrate her 70th birthday
The History of Film Music
With work from Sergei Prokofiev, William Walton, Dmitri Shostakovich and Bernard Herrmann
1989 Booker Prize for Fiction
Christopher Bigsby reports from the 1989 Booker Prize for fiction
Dance Umbrella
Dance Umbrella opens in London, plus remembering actor Sir Anthony Quayle
Don Webb on his new play Mindrape
Don Webb on his new play Mindrape about notorious experiments on British servicemen
Glasgow Print and Sculpture Studios
Backstage at the Glasgow Print and Sculpture Studios with Scottish artist Ken Currie
Bristol Animation Festival
With Canadian Oscar winner Frederic Back and Japanese animator Kihachiro Kawamoto
Talking to Alice Walker
Profile of US author Alice Walker, the first black woman to ever win the Pulitzer prize
Animal at the ICA
Animal at the Institute for Contemporary Arts, written and starring artist Gary Stevens
Hungarian Culture Festival
Special from the Barbican's Magyarok Festival celebrating Hungary's art, music, and dance
Paul Mellon and the price of Art
The sale of works from American financier and philanthropist Paul Mellon's art collection
Art in a time of Change
How artists and writers have responded to changes in Eastern Europe
Community Theatre
Exploring plays where ordinary people produce and participate in an original work
Big Bands
With music from the Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw
Literary Prize-fighting in France
The winner of The Prix Goncourt, Un Grand pas vers le Bon Dieu by Jean Herman
The Good Person of Szechwan
Director Deborah Warner's The Good Person of Szechwan with Fiona Shaw
Writers in Education Movement.
The writers in education movement, where authors visit local schools
Vaclav Havel and the fall of communism
What role did the arts play in the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia?
Blue Note Records
Exploring Blue Note Records the jazz label established by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff
Violence in Films
Discussion on violence in films. Is there a case for regulation and censorship?
The Pleasure of Diaries
Each Returning Day: Pleasure of Diaries by Dr Ronald Blythe
Jonathan Miller and The Liar
Director Jonathan Miller on his production of The Liar by Pierre Corneille
Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye
Books about films, featuring directors Satyajit Ray, Andrei Tarkovsky and David Lean
Experimental Theatre in Britain
Is it simply new theatre, and how much of a challenge does it offer to the mainstream?