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The Booker Prize
The Booker prize winner Graham Swift
Andrew Davies
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We look at Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood and her fans
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The dub poet Linton Quasi Johnson narrates his latest work
Happy Days
A review of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days
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Horror movie discussion
James Herbert's 48
A review of James Herbert's latest novel 48
Margaret Drabble
A documentary on the writer Margaret Drabble
Everyman
A review of the morality play Everyman by the Royal Shakespeare Company
Bob Hoskins
An interview with the actor Bob Hoskins
Jesus Christ Superstar
The resurrection in London of 1970s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar
Terry Pratchett
A review of Terry Pratchett's twentieth Discworld novel
Shakespeare's Henry VIII
A review of Gregory Doran's production of Henry VIII
Arts and the former Soviet Union
The collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union and the arts
Ken Saro-Wiwa
A review of Ken Saro-Wiwa's posthumously published novel
Howard Hawks - part one
The film director, producer and writer, Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks - part two
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn's Christmas play for children is reviewed
Howard Hodgkin
Discussing the work of Howard Hodgkin
Michael Crichton's Airframe
A review of Michael Crichton's latest novel
Maria Farantouri
Ancient and modern Greek poetry set to music and performed fby Maria Farantouri
Guys and Dolls
A review of the latest performance of Guys and Dolls with Imelda Staunton
Terry Pratchett, whose latest Discworld book The Hog Father has just been published
A Streetcar Named Desire
A half century since Streetcar Named Desire by American playwright, Tennessee Williams
Snowman - and a debate over gender
Violence erupts in Iran over a film featuring a transvestite character
Les Murray - an Australian poet
A documentary on the Australian poet Les Murray
Peter Stein
A special program which takes an in depth look at the life of Peter Stein
Walter Mosley - the president's favourite
A documentary about the writer Walter Mosley
V. I Warshawski hits the screen
A review of Kathleen Turner as V. I. Warshawski in a film version of Sara Paretksy's books
A Streetcar Named Desire - reviewed
A look at a London revival of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Jeanette Winterson
A look at a new novel by Jeanette Winterson, launching her new publisher