talking with Sir John Gielgud

"I must play the part and not worry about the audience, or the critics"

• 29 mins

Considering the Voice

Exploring how we use our voices and what it reveals about us

• 28 mins

remembering Richard Brooks

Remembering Richard Brooks, director of Blackboard Jungle and Elmer Gantry

• 28 mins

talking with Nicholas Hytner

Extended interview with Nicholas Hytner, associate director of the National Theatre

• 27 mins

My Own Private Idaho

Looking at My Own Private Idaho and its director Gus Van Sant

• 28 mins

Britten's Death in Venice

Exploring the juxtaposition of the beauty of Venice and the horror of death

• 28 mins

Silence of the Lambs

Oscar winning movie Silence of the Lambs

• 29 mins

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Argentine director Hector Babenco on his new film At Play in the Fields of the Lord

• 28 mins

The Arts of Ghana

Ghanian arts, theatre and music with Mau Mau Musiki and actor director Evans Omar Hunter

• 29 mins

Shadows and Fog

American director Woody Allen's film Shadows and Fog

• 28 mins

remembering Satyajit Ray

Remembering Oscar winning Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray who died this week

• 28 mins

Francis Bacon

Extended interview with legendary painter Francis Bacon recorded shortly before his death

• 28 mins

Howards End - the film

Producer Ismail Merchant talks about his new film Howards End

• 28 mins

For the love of Chekhov

Exploring the extraordinary affection felt for Russian author and dramatist Anton Chekhov

• 28 mins

Marlene Dietrich - a tribute

Remembering German-born actress, singer, and entertainer Marlene Dietrich

• 29 mins

Madrid - a profile

A profile of the Spanish capital Madrid, its people, culture and architecture

• 28 mins

Chris Lynam's Prognosis

Stand-up comedian Chris Lynam on his free-form play Prognosis

• 29 mins

Rembrandt

Special edition on one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art

• 28 mins

Report from Cannes

Fun, sun, chaos, madness, hard work, no sleep: opinions on the Cannes Film Festival

• 27 mins

Sir Harold Acton

Special on Anglo-Italian writer, scholar and dilettante Sir Harold Acton

• 28 mins

Ay, Carmela!

Director Tessa Schneideman on Spanish play Ay, Carmela! by Jose Sanchis Sinisterra

• 29 mins

Terence Davies' The Long Day Closes

A shy youngster copes with school and home life in The Long Day Closes

• 30 mins

Toni Morrison - interview

The African-American author of The Bluest Eye, Sula and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beloved

• 28 mins

Robert Morley obituary

Remembering English character actor Robert Morley, star of The African Queen

• 28 mins

Juliet Stevenson interview

Juliet Stevenson on her life and work including Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden

• 28 mins

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita adapted for stage

• 29 mins

High or Low Culture?

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the future of British arts and culture

• 28 mins

Glyndebourne - a home for opera

Special documentary on Britain's only privately owned opera house, Glyndebourne

• 28 mins

Native Americans since Columbus

Report on Home of the Brave, a Scottish exhibition about Native Americans

• 29 mins

talking with John Fowles

"There is a strong parallel between writing and walking through an unknown wood"

• 28 mins