A history of Australian cinema

This programme explores the history of Australian cinema

• 28 mins

The Sacred Elephant

Heathcote Williams plays homage to the elephants with a poem

• 28 mins

Running on Empty - Sidney Lumet

American-themed programme with work from North and South of the continent

• 28 mins

Do the Right Thing

A review of Spike Lee's latest film Do the Right Thing

• 28 mins

Orpheus and Eurydice

The English National Opera's new production of Orpheus and Eurydice

• 28 mins

London's poetry row

A report on a row in the poetry world

• 28 mins

Why books mean business

A look at recent take overs in the book publishing industry

• 29 mins

Edinburgh International Festival - Salome

Oscar Wilde's Salome is featuring in two productions at the Edinburgh Festival

• 28 mins

Anthony Burgess - Any Old Iron

Author Anthony Burgess talks about his new novel Any Old Iron

• 28 mins

Charlie Chaplin

A programme devoted to the English comedy actor Charlie Chaplin

• 28 mins

Edinburgh International Festival

A review of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

• 28 mins

The Edinburgh Book Festival

The magic of Edinburgh and the third Edinburgh book festival

• 29 mins

Alan Ayckbourn at 50

The programme marks the 50th birthday of playwright Alan Ayckbourn

• 29 mins

Branagh's Henry V

The programme follows the filming of Kenneth Branagh's version of Henry V

• 30 mins

Laurie Lee - Edge of Day

A profile of Laurie Lee and his musical album Edge of Day

• 28 mins

World War II - fifty years on

Marking a half century since the beginning of the World War II

• 28 mins

My Left Foot

A review of My Left Foot with the director Jim Sheridan

• 28 mins

The lives of writers

A look at the turbulent lives of some famous writers

• 28 mins

Music from the Orkney Islands

Music inspired by the Orkney Islands.

• 28 mins

Miss Saigon opens in London

The musical Miss Saigon in London

• 29 mins

Irving Berlin

Feature on the American composer and lyricist Irving Berlin

• 27 mins

Andy Warhol

Profile of Andy Warhol, leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art

• 28 mins

Dead Poets Society

Film Dead Poets Society by director Peter Weir starring Robin Williams

• 29 mins

Remembering Bette Davis

Special programme dedicated to the life and work of the US film actress

• 28 mins

Crap's Last Tape

Polish director Antoni Libera on his production of Samuel Beckett's Crap's Last Tape

• 28 mins

Climbing the peaks with Chris Bonnington

British mountaineer Chris Bonington on his autobiography Mountaineer

• 28 mins

Kurt Weill's Street Scene

Kurt Weill's American opera Street Scene revived by the English National Opera

• 28 mins

Doris Lessing: The older I get…

Profile of author Doris Lessing to celebrate her 70th birthday

• 24 mins

The History of Film Music

With work from Sergei Prokofiev, William Walton, Dmitri Shostakovich and Bernard Herrmann

• 28 mins

1989 Booker Prize for Fiction

Christopher Bigsby reports from the 1989 Booker Prize for fiction

• 28 mins