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Dance Umbrella
Dance Umbrella opens in London, plus remembering actor Sir Anthony Quayle
Don Webb on his new play Mindrape
Don Webb on his new play Mindrape about notorious experiments on British servicemen
Glasgow Print and Sculpture Studios
Backstage at the Glasgow Print and Sculpture Studios with Scottish artist Ken Currie
Bristol Animation Festival
With Canadian Oscar winner Frederic Back and Japanese animator Kihachiro Kawamoto
Talking to Alice Walker
Profile of US author Alice Walker, the first black woman to ever win the Pulitzer prize
Animal at the ICA
Animal at the Institute for Contemporary Arts, written and starring artist Gary Stevens
Hungarian Culture Festival
Special from the Barbican's Magyarok Festival celebrating Hungary's art, music, and dance
Paul Mellon and the price of Art
The sale of works from American financier and philanthropist Paul Mellon's art collection
Art in a time of Change
How artists and writers have responded to changes in Eastern Europe
Community Theatre
Exploring plays where ordinary people produce and participate in an original work
Big Bands
With music from the Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw
Literary Prize-fighting in France
The winner of The Prix Goncourt, Un Grand pas vers le Bon Dieu by Jean Herman
The Good Person of Szechwan
Director Deborah Warner's The Good Person of Szechwan with Fiona Shaw
Writers in Education Movement.
The writers in education movement, where authors visit local schools
Vaclav Havel and the fall of communism
What role did the arts play in the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia?
Blue Note Records
Exploring Blue Note Records the jazz label established by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff
Violence in Films
Discussion on violence in films. Is there a case for regulation and censorship?
The Pleasure of Diaries
Each Returning Day: Pleasure of Diaries by Dr Ronald Blythe
Jonathan Miller and The Liar
Director Jonathan Miller on his production of The Liar by Pierre Corneille
Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye
Books about films, featuring directors Satyajit Ray, Andrei Tarkovsky and David Lean
Experimental Theatre in Britain
Is it simply new theatre, and how much of a challenge does it offer to the mainstream?
John Updike interview
A special programme on American novelist John Updike and his 'Rabbit' saga
Georgia special
The music, poetry and theatre of the Soviet republic of Georgia
Argentinian Theatre special
Exploring the state of Argentinian theatre amid the closure of 22 independent theatres
Glenda Jackson
Glenda Jackson as Galactica in Howard Barker's Scenes from an Execution
Chronicling the Crusades
Malcolm Billings reviews two new books about the Crusades
A look back at the 1890s
A look back at the 1890s, a decade of social upheaval in Britain
The Whitbread book of the year
Review of Richard Holmes biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
remembering Barbara Stanwyck and Ava Gardner
Tributes to late American actresses Barbara Stanwyck and Ava Gardner
Jesus of Montreal
Canadian film director Denys Arcand on his film Jesus of Montreal
David Grossman's See Under: Love
Talking with David Grossman about his Holocaust novel See Under: Love