Are You Sitting Comfortably

Review of a play about adults who cannot read or write, by Sue Townsend

• 29 mins

Spies Like Us

Review of the John Landis film Spies Like Us starring Dan Aykroyd and Chevvy Chase

• 28 mins

Margaret Forster's Private Papers

A review of Margaret Forster's novel Private Papers

• 28 mins

Authors USA

Authors USA, a group of American novelists, is visiting London in a promotional campaign

• 28 mins

The Year of the Quiet Sun

A review of Krzysztof Zanussi's Polish film The Year of the Quiet Sun

• 28 mins

The Quiet Earth

A review of Geoff Murphy's apocalyptic movie The Quiet Earth

• 28 mins

London's architecture

Has London's post war architectural project gone too far?

• 28 mins

Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs

A review of Neil Simon's play Brighton Beach Memoirs, now showing in London

• 28 mins

John Cleese in Clockwise

A review of John Cleese's latest film Clockwise

• 28 mins

Across From the Garden of Allah

A review of Charles Wood's play starring Glenda Jackson and Nigel Hawthorn

• 28 mins

Blood, Sweat and Tears

A review of Blood, Sweat and Tears, directed by John Godber

• 28 mins

New York - art and culture

Special report from the island of Manhattan on the art and culture of New York city

• 29 mins

The Light Rough

Review of Brian Thompson's comedy The Light Rough

• 28 mins

E. L. Doctorow

A profile of the American novelist E. L. Doctorow

• 28 mins

Out of Africa

The film Out of Africa sweeps the boards at the Oscars

• 28 mins

Dusty Hughes - The Futurists

A review of The Futurists, by British playwright Dusty Hughes

• 28 mins

Eros returns to Piccadilly Circus

The statue of Eros returns to its home in Piccadilly Circus

• 28 mins

The life of Rebecca West

Review of Rebecca West: A Life by Victoria Glendinning

• 28 mins

Orphans - Lyle Kessler

A review of Lyle Kessler's play Orphans

• 28 mins

A Room with a View

A review of James Ivory's film version of A Room with a View

• 28 mins

All books special

A review special of some of the most recently-published books

• 28 mins

Giuseppe Verdi

Life and work of the great composer Giuseppe Verdi

• 28 mins

Half Moon Theatre

A look at the London 'fringe' with a review of the work of the Half Moon Theatre

• 28 mins

Meridian - book special

The winner of the Times/Jonathan Cape Young Writers Competition 1985

• 29 mins

Jarman's Caravaggio

A review of Derek Jarman's film Caravaggio

• 29 mins

The Queen's 60th birthday celebrations

The Queen's 60th birthday celebrations, marked with a new portrait

• 28 mins

Robert Mitchum

A tribute to 'old stone face' Robert Mitchum

• 28 mins

The English Stage Company

Special edition celebrating the 30th birthday of The English Stage Company

• 28 mins

A Theatrical Fairy Tale - RSC

A theatrical fairy tale, the RSC in Stratford-Upon-Avon gets a new theatre

• 28 mins

George Higgins

Special edition of the programme, featuring American author George Higgins

• 28 mins