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Bram Stoker's Dracula
An in depth look at Bram Stoker's Dracula and vampirism
Glasgow - European Capital of Culture
Special on Glasgow's International Arts Festival, includes writer director Bill Bryden
Moscow Gold
Moscow Gold by Howard Brenton and Tariq Ali with David Calder as Mikhail Gorbachev
remembering Patrick White
Remembering Australian writer Patrick White, winner of the 1973 Nobel Literature Prize
An Angel at My Table
New film about Kiwi novelist Janet Frame, An Angel at My Table
Athol Fugard
A special on South African playwright,Athol Fugard, author of Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
Stephen King; Nobel Prize for Literature winner Octavio Paz; Orham Pamuk
Nobel Prize for Literature winner Octavio Paz. Alastair Lack reports from the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Luc Besson's Nikita
Luc Besson's film Nikita where a French agent turns a drug punk into an assassin
Verdi's opera Attila
English conductor Edward Downes on his new production of Verdi's opera Attila
talking with Kurt Vonnegut
Interview with Kurt Vonnegut about his new novel Hocus Pocus or What's the Hurry, Son?
Martin Scorsese on Goodfellas
Director Martin Scorsese on the book behind his film Goodfellas
Elizabeth Taylor
New biography of Elizabeth Taylor by film critic Alexander Walker
Margaret Atwood and The Handmaid's Tale
Writer Margaret Atwood on her novel The Handmaid's Tale, plus review of the film
A new Richard II
The RSC's Richard II, plus dramatist David Edgar's The Shape of the Table
Race and Theatre
Exploring the issue of race in casting. With actresses Meera Syal and Yvonne Brewster
Macbeth directed by Wu Hsing-kuo
The Kingdom of Desire, a Taiwanese production of Macbeth directed by Wu Hsing-kuo
Kogi people - The Heart of the Worl
Alan Ereira on his film about South American Kogi people, The Heart of the World
Henry & June
Philip Kaufman's film about American writer Henry Miller his wife June
Matisse and Picasso: A Friendship in Art
Painter and writer Francoise Gilot on her book Matisse and Picasso: A Friendship in Art
Andrei Serban's Greek tragedies
Report from Bucharest on director Andrei Serban's trilogy of Greek tragedies
Manchester's Royal Exchange
Special programme on the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester
Come Beckoning Ghost
Exploring the ghost story with authors Peter Straub, Susan Hill, AS Byatt and Clive Barker
The Felix Winner is...
Winner of the European film of the year, Porte aperte directed by Italian Gianni Amelio
Thomas Hardy's Music
The folk, street, and church music that surrounded writer Thomas Hardy
Wind in the Willows
Alan Bennett's musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
Muir on humour
The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose by Frank Muir
Talking with Ursula K Le Guin
A special programme on award-winning American writer Ursula K Le Guin
Don Juan and Jasper Johns
A review of the latest stage version of Don Juan
The year that was - 1990
A review of 1990, including clips of the most memorable moments of Meridian over the year
Emily Bronte - biography
Review of new biographies
Mahabharata - the film
A three hour film version of the Mhabharata