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Shakespeare at the Millennium – New Directions?

The challenges of directing Shakespeare for 21st-century audiences

• 23 mins

The Lyrics – Robert Browning and Jackie Kay

Scottish poet Jackie Kay draws inspiration from Browning for her new work about Maw Broon

• 23 mins

The Lyrics – Percy Shelley and Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon on Shelley's poen Ozymandias and his own work, The Stoic, written in response

• 23 mins

Sumi Jo – A Korean on the world opera Stage

Korean coloratura Sumi Jo talks about her life and international opera career

• 24 mins

Evelyn Glennie, ringing the Bells

Virtuoso percussionist Evelyn Glennie talks about the bells in her instrument collection

• 24 mins

Shakespeare at the Millennium – In Translation

How do other cultures and languages interpret the plays of Shakespeare?

• 23 mins

Political Journalism – Personalities and Pitfalls

What effect is the media emphasis on personalities over policies having on us as citizens?

• 23 mins

Margaret Atwood – On Duty and Decisions

Novelist Margaret Atwood talks about Iris, the central figure in The Blind Assassin

• 24 mins

Richard Tognetti and the ACO –ÌýAustralia's musical Ambassadors

Richard Tognetti talks about the rich programme of the Australian Chamber Orchestra

• 24 mins

TV Comedy – James L. Brooks, 'father of the sitcom'

Meet the "father of the American sitcom", producer and screenwriter James L. Brooks

• 23 mins

TV Comedy – Diane English, creator of Murphy Brown

Diane English, top American comedy writer, reflects on her creation Murphy Brown

• 24 mins

Salvador Dalí, a painted Life

Salvador Dalí's life and art, as seen through his painting The Burning Giraffe

• 14 mins

Ozu's own Tokyo Story

An appreciation of Yasujiro Ozu (1903-63), the great Japanese film director

• 14 mins

Conflict Journalism – Reporters in the Frame

Conflict journalists are now becoming part of the story, targets of bullets and propaganda

• 23 mins

Investigative Journalism – Digging for Truth

How are invstigative journalists adapting to globalisation and instant communication?

• 23 mins

Verdi's Life in Love and Politics

Politics, love affairs and music – the later years and work of composer Giuseppe Verdi

• 24 mins

Writers on Location – In pursuit of Wordsworth

Juliet Barker biographer of William Wordsworth visits the places he knew and loved

• 24 mins

The Lyrics – John Keats and Andrew Motion

Poet Laureate Andrew Motion talks about Keats and reads his own poem written in response

• 24 mins

Liv Ullman takes her Place behind the Camera

"I was born to be behind the camera," says Liv Ullman, distinguished actress and director

• 24 mins

Century Cities – Rio de Janeiro and Lagos

Exploring the cultural explosions of the 1950s and 1960s in Rio de Janeiro and Lagos

• 23 mins

TV Comedy –ÌýLarry David on how Seinfeld happened

Writer Larry David talks about how he and Jerry Seinfeld created the sitcom Seinfeld

• 24 mins

Century Cities – Tokyo and Mumbai

Exploring the contemporary cultural explosions in Tokyo and Bombay/Mumbai

• 23 mins

Pather Panchali –ÌýSatyajit Ray's first Masterpiece

Appreciation of director Satyjit Ray's masterpiece of Indian rural life, Pather Panchali

• 14 mins

Why was La Traviata's premiere a Flop in Venice?

How Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata was a total flop at its premiere in Venice

• 24 mins

TV Comedy – Behind the Scenes with Rob Long

How sitcom writer Rob Long cut his writing teeth on Cheers with Dan Staley

• 23 mins

Henry Moore – Shaping his Century

Henry Moore and his work, starting from his bronze Atom Piece

• 14 mins

Adventures in Poetry – The Owl and the Pussycat

Why Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat is such an enduring favourite

• 23 mins

Adventures in Poetry – Remember Christina Rossetti

Why we remember still the poem Remember by Christina Rossetti

• 23 mins

Adventures in Poetry – John Donne

Is the poem The Sunne Rising by John Donne the sexiest poem in English?

• 24 mins

Writers on Location – Hanif Kureishi in south London

Writer Hanif Kureishi on south London and how it has influenced his writing

• 23 mins