Manchester and the arts

Leading cultural figure Bob Scott discusses the rise of galleries and theatres in Manchester

• 28 mins

African Literature

A special edition reviewing new literature from or about Africa

• 28 mins

The Art of Ballet

The art of ballet including archive interviews with Marie Rambert and Agnes deMille

• 28 mins

Runaway Train by Andrei Konchalovsky

New film survival-thriller Runaway Train by Andrei Konchalovsky

• 28 mins

Fay Weldon - The Shrapnel Academy

Author Fay Weldon on her novel The Shrapnel Academy

• 28 mins

Lady Jane - the Nine Days' Queen

On the set of movie Lady Jane starring Helena Bonham Carter and directed by Trevor Nunn

• 28 mins

Alice Walker and The Color Purple

American writer Alice Walker on her novel The Color Purple

• 28 mins

Robert Altman's Fool for Love

American director's Robert Altman's film Fool For Love starring Sam Shepard

• 29 mins

Caribbean Art in London

With artists Dr Isaiah James Boodhoo, Kenwyn Crichlow and Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds

• 29 mins

The Commonwealth Arts Festival - the boycott

Artists withdraw from The Edinburgh Commonwealth Arts Festival

• 28 mins

Sid and Nancy

Review of Alex Cox's film about British punk Sid Vicious, Sid and Nancy

• 28 mins

Hannah and her Sisters

Writer-director Woody Allen's film Hannah and her Sisters

• 28 mins

Samuel Beckett's I'll Go On

Actor Barry McGovern on performing Samuel Beckett's I'll Go On

• 28 mins

Reviving The Cocktail Party

Theatre director John Dexter on reviving TS Eliot's play The Cocktail Party

• 28 mins

In Search of Blandings

Writer Norman Murphy on PG Wodehouse and In Search of Blandings

• 28 mins

The Saxon Shore

The Saxon Shore by David Rudkin, actress Anna Massey on Anita Brookner's Hotel du Lac

• 28 mins

Jonathan Miller directs Jack Lemmon

Jonathan Miller directs Jack Lemmon in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night

• 28 mins

Malcolm Bradbury

Profile of British author and television playwright Malcolm Bradbury

• 27 mins

The 40th Arts Festival of Edinburgh

Includes theatre director Frank Dunlop and Douglas, a blank verse tragedy by John Home

• 28 mins

Edinburgh Arts Festival - Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda's adaptation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

• 29 mins

The Oxford English Dictionary

Exploring the history of the Oxford English Dictionary

• 28 mins

40th International Edinburgh Film Festival

Includes director Jane Campion's Two Friends and writer John McGrath's Blood Red Roses

• 28 mins

Edinburgh International Festival

Report on world theatre including the Toho Company's production of Euripides' Medea

• 29 mins

Remembering sculptor Henry Moore

Tribute to British sculptor Henry Moore including archive interviews

• 28 mins

Hal Prince

Profile of American theatrical producer and director Hal Prince

• 28 mins

Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa

Director Neil Jordan on his film Mona Lisa, plus the Tokyo Ballet arrive in Britain

• 28 mins

Broken Ground

Special programme about youth theatre in Britain

• 28 mins

The Bay at Nice and Wrecked Eggs

English playwright David Hare on his one act plays The Bay at Nice and Wrecked Eggs

• 29 mins

The House of Bernarda Alba

Nuria Espert on directing The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca

• 28 mins

Picasso

Life and work of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso

• 27 mins