Alec Guinness in The Merchant of Venice

A review of the latest version of the Merchant of Venice starring Alec Guinness

• 28 mins

Disney's Splash

Review of the latest Disney film Splash

• 28 mins

Critics' Choice

Three critics give their take on this summer's offerings

• 28 mins

Music hall - history and tradition

A special edition looking at the history of the Music Hall tradition

• 28 mins

Progress and the middle classes - by Doug Lucie

A review of the play Progress, about middle class North Londoners

• 28 mins

Meridian - 500th edition

In the 500th edition of Meridian, presenters give their views on stand-out moments

• 28 mins

Anton Chekhov's Wild Honey

Review of Anton Chekhov's play Wild Honey

• 28 mins

Beat Street - New York

Review of the American hip hop film Beat Street

• 28 mins

The Happiest Days of your Life

Review of the RSC's production of The Happiest Days of Your Life

• 29 mins

Shakespeare special

The programme is devoted entirely to the plays of William Shakespeare

• 28 mins

El Norte - the American dream

Review of the film El Norte

• 28 mins

American Buffalo on the London stage

Review of Al Pacino in David Mamet's play American Buffalo

• 28 mins

Report from the 1984 Buxton Festival

Report from the 1984 Buxton Festival

• 28 mins

Michael Clark - dancing without limits

Emerging star choreographer Michael Clark talks to the programme

• 29 mins

Children's books - Dahl, Leeson and Aiken

An exploration of the world of children's books

• 28 mins

Live again on the Edinburgh Fringe

Pick of the 1984 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where theatrical resurrection is in vogue

• 25 mins

Tribute to J. B. Priestly

John Brayne pays tribute to the writer J. B. Priestly who has died

• 28 mins

The Edinburgh Festival

This week's programme is live from the Edinburgh Festival

• 28 mins

Broadway Danny Rose - Woody Allen

Review of Woody Allen's film Broadway Danny Rose

• 28 mins

Paris, Texas

Review of the film Paris, Texas, a winner at the Cannes Film Festival

• 28 mins

Steven Spielberg

This programme is devoted to an interview with the film director Steven Spielberg

• 28 mins

Edinburgh Festival

A report from this year's Edinburgh Festival as it enters its third week

• 28 mins

Hamlet special

Hamlet - the play, the character and a new production by the Royal Shakespeare Company

• 28 mins

Isaac Bashevis Singer

A programme about the work of the Polish-born American author Isaac Bashevis Singer

• 28 mins

Greek theatre - part one

A look at the explosion of Greek drama in the 5th Century BC

• 28 mins

Greek theatre - part two

A look at the explosion of Greek drama in the 5th Century BC

• 28 mins

Graham Greene

A season of Graham Greene's films, including the The Third Man

• 28 mins

The Devil and the Good Lord

Review of the epic play The Devil and the Good Lord by Jean-Paul Sartre

• 28 mins

Andre Brink - The Wall of the Plague

A review of the work of Andre Brink and The Wall of the Plague

• 28 mins

Frederick Forsyth - The Fourth Protocol

Frederick Forsyth's latest novel The Fourth Protocol

• 28 mins