Chronicle of a Death Foretold - the movie

Film adaptation of Chronicle of a Death Foretold directed by Francesco Rosi

• 28 mins

James Bond - The Living Daylights

Review of latest James Bond film The Living Daylights

• 28 mins

The Restoration of Art

The practise and controversy of restoring classic works of art, with Sir Ernst Gombrich

• 28 mins

Brian Friel's Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons by Brian Friel at the National Theatre

• 28 mins

Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue

Interview with Denis Donoghue about his invitation to present this years Reith Lectures

• 28 mins

Arts funding in Britain

Discussion following Arts Minister Richard Luce's announcement of 'incentive funding'.

• 28 mins

Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod

Report on the annual festival of folk music, song and dance from around the world

• 28 mins

The Trial of Klaus Barbie

Review of the TV play The Trial of Klaus Barbie

• 29 mins

Black Theatre in Britain

Directors Yvonne Brewster and Sam Miller discuss the state of black theatre in Britain

• 28 mins

Dorothy Nelson's Tar and Feathers

Irish writer Dorothy Nelson on her new novel Tar and Feathers

• 28 mins

Stephen Sondheim's Follies

Director Mike Ockrent on his new production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies in London

• 28 mins

Perfect Murder: A Century of Unsolved Homicides

Writer Bernard Taylor on his book Perfect Murder: A Century of Unsolved Homicides

• 28 mins

The Kirov Opera in London

The Kirov Opera performs in London including The Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky

• 29 mins

Alan Ayckbourn's Henceforward

Prolific dramatist Alan Ayckbourn's on his new play Henceforward

• 28 mins

Michael Frayn special

Extended interview with English playwright, novelist and translator Michael Frayn

• 28 mins

Jazz Summer School

Report on a jazz summer school in Hull, England

• 30 mins

Stuart Hood's The Upper Hand

Author Stuart Hood on his novel The Upper Hand

• 28 mins

Museum Special

The changing face of British museums and the new 'hands-on' trend

• 28 mins

The 40th Edinburgh Festival

Includes Friedrich Schiller's play Mary Stuart and Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock

• 29 mins

Anita Brookner's A Friend From England

Review of Anita Brookner's novel A Friend From England

• 28 mins

The 40th Edinburgh Festival - week two

News from the Edinburgh Jazz Festival including a Benny Goodman tribute band

• 28 mins

The 40th Edinburgh Festival - week three

Eithne Hannigan, Andrew Brown, Marshall Turkin and Jenny Killick discuss the festival

• 28 mins

The Art of St Ives

Meridian special on St Ives in Cornwall and the artists who have immortalised its views

• 28 mins

The 40th Edinburgh Festival - final weekend

Includes Perrier Award winners Arnold Brown, Barb Jungr and Michael Parker

• 29 mins

The Art of Story Telling

Meridian special. With Irish storyteller John Campbell about storytelling as an art

• 28 mins

Ismail Merchant interview

Interview with the film producer and longtime partner of director James Ivory

• 28 mins

The 45th World Science Fiction Convention

With English writers Doris Lessing and Ian Watson and US writers Ben Bova and Larry Niven

• 28 mins

Opera News

British opera news, including a new production of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures

• 28 mins

Vietnam War Films in London

The London Film Festival's first season of films devoted to the Vietnam War

• 28 mins

Fay Weldon, Peter Ackroyd and Thomas Keneally

Interviews with three successful writers about their new novels

• 28 mins