Contemporary Russian Art

A report into the current state of contemporary art in Russia

• 27 mins

William Golding obituary

Remembering William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies

• 28 mins

Venice Biennale

With German designer and painter Hans Hacker and English painter Richard Hamilton

• 29 mins

Song of Songs

Why have centuries of composers been inspired by the Song of Songs from the Hebrew Bible?

• 29 mins

Drama and the Dramatist

Programme about the craft, joy, and hardship of modern day playwriting

• 26 mins

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Documentary film-maker Marc Cousins visits Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay

• 26 mins

A Scots Quair

Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon's trilogy A Scots Quair

• 28 mins

Art in the new South African

What price freedom? The challenge facing writers and musicians in the new South Africa

• 29 mins

Talking with Garrison Keillor

Interview with American humorist and radio personality, Garrison Keillor

• 28 mins

Portraits

Exploring the history of portraiture with National Portrait Gallery curator Robin Gibson

• 27 mins

talking with Tom Stoppard

Extended interview with British playwright Tom Stoppard

• 28 mins

Amos Oz's latest novel Fima

Meridian book special with Israeli writer Amos Oz on his latest novel Fima

• 28 mins

Harold Pinter's Moonlight

"I am deeply sick and tired of hearing the name Harold Pinter"

• 28 mins

Derek Jarman's Blue

Derek Jarman's film Blue, plus an exhibition of portraits by Lucian Freud

• 29 mins

Consider Your Verdict

Exploring the formula of the courtroom drama on stage and film

• 28 mins

Japanese Designers

The rise of Japanese fashion designers, Issey Miyake and Rei Kawakubo

• 29 mins

Chilean Artists in Exile

The brutal repression writers, artists and actors experienced under the Pinochet regime

• 29 mins

Chicago Architecture

Special report with John Szarkowski of the Chicago Arts Institute

• 28 mins

The Waking Dream

The Waking Dream, an exhibition on the first 100 years of photography

• 28 mins

Michael Nyman

Interview with British composer Michael Nyman

• 28 mins

Wynton Marsalis

Talking with Wynton Marsalis: an American trumpeter with many styles

• 28 mins

Robert de Niro's A Bronx Tale

Robert de Niro challenges the glamour of the gangster

• 28 mins

The Booker Prize for Fiction

Special discussing the Booker Prize shortlist

• 29 mins

Remembering Federico Fellini

Remembering Federico Fellini, one of the most influential filmmakers of all time

• 29 mins

Treading the Boards

Actors who trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol reflect on their experiences

• 28 mins

The Louvre - 200 years

Two hundred years of The Louvre, the Mona Lisa celebrates its bi-centenary

• 28 mins

Perestroika - the play

A review of the premiere of 'Perestroika by Tony Kushner at the National Theatre

• 29 mins

The House of the Spirits

The Chilean-American novelist, Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits is now a film

• 28 mins

Post war US painters

The New York School of art is explored in the programme

• 29 mins

Asian-American Writers

This programme explores the growing number and popularity of Asian-American writers

• 29 mins