The Venice Film Festival

The State of Things by Wim Wenders, and Imperative by Krzysztof Zanussi

• 29 mins

Brimstone and Treacle

Dennis Potter, Joan Plowright, Carol Churchill, and Graham Payn on Noel Coward

• 28 mins

Graham Greene Talks

Graham Greene on his novel Monsignor Quixote, director Jerzy Skolimowski on Moonlighting

• 28 mins

Cuban poet Heberto Padilla

Heberto Padilla, actors Peter Egan and John Alderton, critic and author Marina Vaizey

• 28 mins

New Zealand film Pictures

Pictures from New Zealand, Judi Dench, and An Ice-Cream War by William Boyd

• 29 mins

Maeve Binchy Lights a Penny Candle

Author Maeve Binchy talks about her first novel Light a Penny Candle

• 28 mins

Estelle Parsons in Miss Margarida's Way

American actress Estelle Parsons, author Alan Sillitoe, and art critic Geeta Kapoor

• 28 mins

John le Carré special

First broadcast in 1982. The author discusses his life, work and characters

• 28 mins

William Burroughs Interview

Author William Burroughs, director Mike Figgis, and The London Sinfonietta

• 28 mins

On the Black Hill

Bruce Chatwin's On the Black Hill, plus Brian Smithies and director Peter Yates

• 28 mins

John Fowles Interview

Author John Fowles, the Jubilee Art Competition, and Peter Nichol's musical play Poppy

• 28 mins

The Dublin Theatre Festival

With artistic director Michael Colgan, writer Hugh Leonard, and director Garry Hynes

• 28 mins

The World According to Garp

The film of John Irving's novel, plus Lent by Michael Wilcox and Bonchi by Toyoko Yamasaki

• 29 mins

PD James - The Skull Beneath the Skin

PD James talks about her new detective novel and Nicolas Nabokov celebrates Stravinsky

• 28 mins

Alan Ayckbourn's Way Up Stream

Alan Ayckbourn's new play at The National plus a new biography of actor Ralph Richardson

• 28 mins

Constance, or, Solitary Practises

Lawrence Durrell's new novel, pianist Geoffrey Parsons and film director Martin Rosen

• 29 mins

Schindler's Ark

With writer Thomas Keneally, actress Janet Suzman and artist Philip Castle

• 28 mins

L'Os by Birago Diop

Seneglese writer Birago Diop's play L'Os, Thomas Keneally on his novel Schindler's Ark

• 28 mins

Anthony Grey's Saigon

Writers Anthony Grey and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and singers Pete Seeger and The Weavers

• 28 mins

Paul Theroux's The London Embassy

Wrier Paul Theroux, US film director Steven Lisberger, the music of Heinrich Schutz

• 28 mins

Philip Glass interview

Composer Philip Glass, film director Karl Francis, poet John Clare

• 28 mins

Fred Zinnemann's Five Days One Summer

Five Days One Summer, novelist Rosamond Lehman, pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque

• 28 mins

The Hard Shoulder

New play by Stephen Fagan, Jordanian artists Princess Wijdan Ali and Muhanna Durra

• 28 mins

Anthony Burgess talks - and sings!

Writer Anthony Burgess on his novel The End of the World News

• 28 mins

Channel 4 launch special

Report on the launch of new British national TV network Channel 4

• 28 mins

A Borstal Girl

Writer/director Mai Zetterling, Indian author RK Narayan, new stage-play Hard Feelings

• 28 mins

Dance Umbrella in London

Interviews with Bill T Jones, Geoffrey Burgon, and Emilyn Claid

• 30 mins

The Best of Sci-fi Writing

Stage director Mike Ockrent, composer Michael Nyman and director Peter Greenaway

• 28 mins

Neil Jordan's Angel

Irish writer/director Neil Jordan on his film Angel, starring Stephen Rea

• 28 mins

Yakety-Yak - Leiber and Stoller

New 50s musical, plus interviews with writer Stephen Spender and artist David Hockney

• 28 mins