Joseph Losey - a celebration

Special programme about American film director and playwright Joseph Losey

• 28 mins

The Art of Islam

The Art of Islam exhibition featuring artistic opulence between 1500 and 1700

• 28 mins

Distant View of a Minaret

Review of Alifa Rifaat's book Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories

• 28 mins

Dream Flights

Review of the new Russian film Dream Flights

• 29 mins

William Golding - The Paper Men

William Golding's new novel The Paper Men, is reviewed

• 28 mins

Athol Fugard

Special edition devoted to Athol Fugard, South African playwright and actor

• 28 mins

Unsuitable for Adults

A review of the play Unsuitable for Adults by Terry Johnson

• 28 mins

Belfast special

A special edition of the programme from Belfast in Northern Ireland

• 28 mins

Frances de la Tour as Saint Joan

Portrait of actress Frances de la Tour as she takes on the role of GB Shaw's Saint Joan

• 28 mins

The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann

BBC television adaptation of The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann

• 28 mins

To Be or Not to Be - with Mel Brooks

Interview with US comedian Mel Brooks about his film To Be or Not to Be

• 29 mins

Live from Australia's Perth Festival

The first of Ota Shogo's wordless Japanese station plays, Mizu no Eki (The Water Station)

• 28 mins

Tribute to Italian opera singer Tito Gobbi

Tribute to Italian opera singer Tito Gobbi, plus interview with playwright Jack Klaff

• 28 mins

Theatre director Peter Brook special

Interview with multiple Tony and Emmy Award winning British director Peter Brook

• 28 mins

Soap Opera Special

A history of soap operas, beginning with the everyday story of Ma Perkins in 1933

• 28 mins

Soprano Emma Kirkby special

Special programme with English soprano Emma Kirkby

• 28 mins

Isaac Bashevis Singer's The Penitent

Review of Jewish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer's new book The Penitent

• 28 mins

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff, a film about the pilots and astronauts who first explored space

• 28 mins

The Arts in Sydney, Australia

With Gil Brealey's film Annie's Coming Out and new TV mini-series Bodyline

• 28 mins

The Pre-Raphaelites in Britain

Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at the Tate gallery in London

• 28 mins

Terms of Endearment

American film Terms of Endearment and The Art of Central Asia at the British Museum

• 28 mins

John Braine's The Two of Us

Interview with British writer John Braine about his new novel The Two of Us

• 28 mins

Black Mas by John Constable

John Constable on his play Black Mas, plus review of Harold Pinter's play One for the Road

• 28 mins

Reflections and Sir Isaac Newton

Reflections, a film about Sir Isaac Newton's biographer directed by Kevin Billington

• 28 mins

Henry V starring Kenneth Branagh

Shakespeare's Henry V starring Kenneth Branagh at Stratford Upon Avon

• 28 mins

David Wheldon's Course of Instruction

Novelist David Wheldon plus the life and work of Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti

• 28 mins

VS Naipaul's Finding The Centre

Interview with writer VS Naipaul about his latest novel Finding The Centre

• 28 mins

Vincenzo Bellini's The Capulets and the Montagues

Review of Bellini's opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi at London's Royal Opera House

• 28 mins

The Private Degas

The Private Degas, an exhibition of French artist Edgar Degas opens in Cambridge

• 28 mins

The 1984 Academy Awards

Review of the 1984 Academy Awards, plus US screenwriter William Goldman

• 28 mins