The double bass

A history of the double bass

• 29 mins

The Discovery of India

The Discovery of India, a 44-hour long television documentary

• 29 mins

The Wedding

A review of the French novel The Wedding

• 28 mins

The Last Emperor

Bernardo Bertolucci's new film, The Last Emperor

• 28 mins

Politics and art in Israel

Politics and art in Israel

• 28 mins

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford, directed by Alan Ayckbourn at the National Theatre

• 30 mins

Egyptian culture today

Report from Egypt, visiting Cairo's new arts complex and opera house

• 29 mins

Tom Stoppard interview

Talking with British playwright Tom Stoppard as his latest play Hapgood opens in London

• 28 mins

Dangerous Liasons - the film

Dangerous Liasons starring John Malkovich and Glenn Close, directed by Stephen Frears

• 29 mins

Someone to Watch Over Me

Film Someone to Watch Over Me by English director Ridley Scott

• 29 mins

Sean O'Casey: A Life

Review of Sean O'Casey: A Life by biographer Garry O'Connor

• 28 mins

Pip Broughton - translating Brecht

English writer Pip Broughton on translating Bertolt Brecht

• 29 mins

Opera 80

The British touring company taking opera to places that don't normally have access

• 29 mins

Empire of the Sun

Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun, including interview with writer JG Ballard

• 28 mins

Sherlock Holmes Special

Arthur Conan Doyle's greatest creation and one of literature's greatest detective

• 28 mins

Nicholas Hytner's Magic Flute

Director Nicholas Hytner on his production of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute

• 29 mins

Taj Mahal

Special on the Taj Mahal, a mausoleum born of grief in Agra, India

• 28 mins

The life and work of Primo Levi

The life and work of Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi

• 28 mins

Young Playwright Festival

Report from the week long Young Playwright Festival at the Theatre Royal, London

• 29 mins

Remembering Alan Paton

Remembering South African author and anti-apartheid activist Alan Paton

• 28 mins

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Daniel Day-Lewis

• 28 mins

Peter Levi on Shakespeare

Celebrating Shakespeare with Professor of Poetry at Oxford University Peter Levi

• 28 mins

Tokyo Special

Includes Kabuki theatre Chushingura with Nakamura Kichiemon

• 29 mins

Michael Douglas in Wall Street

Wall Street with Michael Douglas plus Cheek by Jowl's A Family Affair

• 28 mins

D'Oyly Carte

Special on the company devoted to performing the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan

• 29 mins

The Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian

Bluebeard: The Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian (1916–1988) by Kurt Vonnegut

• 28 mins

Jim Allen's Perdition

Playwright Jim Allen on his controversial play Perdition at the Conway Hall

• 29 mins

Mayfest with Bill Burdett-Coutts

Report on Glasgow's international arts festival Mayfest with Bill Burdett-Coutts

• 28 mins

The Silk Road

Report on Japan's Silk Road Exhibition in Nara celebrating the great trade route

• 28 mins

Who Killed Palomino Molero?

Review of Who Killed Palomino Molero? by Mario Vargas Llosa

• 28 mins