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A history of the double bass
The Discovery of India
The Discovery of India, a 44-hour long television documentary
The Wedding
A review of the French novel The Wedding
The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci's new film, The Last Emperor
Politics and art in Israel
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford, directed by Alan Ayckbourn at the National Theatre
Egyptian culture today
Report from Egypt, visiting Cairo's new arts complex and opera house
Tom Stoppard interview
Talking with British playwright Tom Stoppard as his latest play Hapgood opens in London
Dangerous Liasons - the film
Dangerous Liasons starring John Malkovich and Glenn Close, directed by Stephen Frears
Someone to Watch Over Me
Film Someone to Watch Over Me by English director Ridley Scott
Sean O'Casey: A Life
Review of Sean O'Casey: A Life by biographer Garry O'Connor
Pip Broughton - translating Brecht
English writer Pip Broughton on translating Bertolt Brecht
Opera 80
The British touring company taking opera to places that don't normally have access
Empire of the Sun
Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun, including interview with writer JG Ballard
Sherlock Holmes Special
Arthur Conan Doyle's greatest creation and one of literature's greatest detective
Nicholas Hytner's Magic Flute
Director Nicholas Hytner on his production of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute
Taj Mahal
Special on the Taj Mahal, a mausoleum born of grief in Agra, India
The life and work of Primo Levi
The life and work of Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi
Young Playwright Festival
Report from the week long Young Playwright Festival at the Theatre Royal, London
Remembering Alan Paton
Remembering South African author and anti-apartheid activist Alan Paton
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Daniel Day-Lewis
Peter Levi on Shakespeare
Celebrating Shakespeare with Professor of Poetry at Oxford University Peter Levi
Tokyo Special
Includes Kabuki theatre Chushingura with Nakamura Kichiemon
Michael Douglas in Wall Street
Wall Street with Michael Douglas plus Cheek by Jowl's A Family Affair
D'Oyly Carte
Special on the company devoted to performing the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan
The Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian
Bluebeard: The Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian (1916–1988) by Kurt Vonnegut
Jim Allen's Perdition
Playwright Jim Allen on his controversial play Perdition at the Conway Hall
Mayfest with Bill Burdett-Coutts
Report on Glasgow's international arts festival Mayfest with Bill Burdett-Coutts
The Silk Road
Report on Japan's Silk Road Exhibition in Nara celebrating the great trade route
Who Killed Palomino Molero?
Review of Who Killed Palomino Molero? by Mario Vargas Llosa
Ironweed
US film Ironweed starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep directed by Hector Babenco
