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Ariel Dorfman
An interview with Ariel Dorfman
Edinburgh's alternative festival
A report on street entertainers and the fringe festival at this year's Edinburgh Festival
Apollo
Discussing the role of Apollo and the music surrounding him
Peter Sellars
The work of American theatre director Peter Sellars
The Edinburgh Festival
A taste of the global offerings at this year's Edinburgh Festival
David Edgar
On playwright David Edgar - particularly active since the late 1970s
Africa 95
Nigerian sculptor and what African sculpture means to her
Shyam Benegal
Interview with Shyam Benegal, a prolific Indian director
Pride and Prejudice
Review of a new TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice
Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka discusses his play The Beatification of Area Boy
Booker Prize 1995
The winner of the Booker Prize 1995 was Pat Barker with The Ghost Road
Carlos Fuentes
This programme looks at Carlos Fuentes
Statues in bronze
The casting of artifacts in metal - Glyn Williams discusses his sculpture of Henry Purcell
Mother Courage
A new production of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage at the National Theatre
Malawi Prison Poetry
Malawi prisoners read their own poems, written whilst serving their time inside
Shanghai Triad
A review of the film, Shanghai Triad
Amos Oz
Christopher Cook presents a programme about Amos Oz, Israeli novelist and journalist
Peter Bogdanovich
The Last picture Show and it's director, Peter Bogdanovich
Robertson Davies
A tribute to Robertson Davies, Canadian writer and journalist
Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead
A revival of Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Seamus Heaney
A programme on the Irish poet, critic, playwright and Nobel laureate, Seamus Heaney
Orwell's Animal Farm
Profile of George Orwell's novel Animal Farm
Photographing the dead
What can the eye of the camera really tell us about the dead?
Review of the year - 1995
A round up of the year in the arts
Peter Pan
Children and adults alike, give their views on who Peter Pan is
Paul Robeson
The life and work of Paul Robeson
Dangerous Minds
A review of the film Dangerous Minds
Joseph Brodsky and Harold Brodkey tributes
Tribute to the Russian poet Joseph Brodsky
Les Miserables
A review of the film Les Miserables, directed by Claude Lelouch
Matthew Hart
British choreographer Matthew Hart
Spike Lee's Clockers
A review of film maker Spike Lee's latest movie Clockers