Hanif Kureishi - an 'angry middle aged man'

A look at the writer Hanif Kureishi and the film My Beautiful Laundrette

• 27 mins

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Why The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has become the most important memoir of the year

• 29 mins

Naomi Wolf and Promiscuities

The writer Naomi Wolf and her latest book Promiscuities

• 28 mins

Bertolt Brecht and Andy de la Tour

A look at plays by Bertolt Brecht and Andy de la Tour

• 28 mins

Spanish Civil War - the story behind Guernica

A programme about the destruction of the Spanish Basque town, Guernica,

• 28 mins

The Cannes Film Festival 1997

A special programme which takes an in depth look at The Cannes Film Festival

• 28 mins

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

The winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• 28 mins

Titanic the musical

A review of Titanic the musical

• 28 mins

Sir Richard Eyre

A special programme which takes an in depth look at Sir Richard Eyre

• 28 mins

Thomas Pynchon

Thomas Pynchon breaks seven years of silence with a vast historical novel

• 28 mins

The Things We Do for Love

Alan Ayckborn's new play The Things We do for Love

• 28 mins

The 13th Annual Birmingham Readers and Writers Festival.

A special programme which comes live from Birmingham

• 28 mins

Beauty and The Beast

We look at Disney fairytale Beauty and the Beast transformed from screen to stage

• 28 mins

The Cannes Film Festival - part 2

Second in a two-part series on the Cannes Film Festival

• 28 mins

Edmund White's The Farewell Symphony

A review of Edmund White's The Farewell Symphony

• 28 mins

George Bernard Shaw

Why George Bernard Shaw is the subject of an annual Shaw festival in Canada

• 28 mins

Index on Censorship - 25th anniversary

A look at the widely respected human rights magazine Index on Censorship

• 28 mins

Evita Bezuidenhout

The South African politician Evita Bezuidenhout and Peter-Dirk Uys

• 28 mins

Looking for William Bligh

The story of Captain William Bligh and his descendants on Pitcairn Island

• 29 mins

Writers that push buttons

A programme which takes a look at writers with the art of creating controversy

• 28 mins

The Tony Awards

Patrick Marber's new play Closer and the annual Tony Awards in New York

• 28 mins

Harlem Renaissance

A special programme which takes an in depth look at Harlem

• 28 mins

The Globe Theatre re opens

The revival of the Globe Theatre

• 29 mins

Arundhati Roy

Author special

• 28 mins

Venice Biennale

A report from contemporary art exhibition Venice Biennale

• 28 mins

The Rhone-Poulenc Prize for science books.

An in depth look at the announcement of the Rhone-Poulenc Prize for science books

• 28 mins

Frank Sinatra - in private

Donald Clarke talks about his biography of Frank Sinatra

• 28 mins

Thierry Noir

Thierry Noir attempts to recoup some financial reward for his life enhancing murals

• 28 mins

Men in Black

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and why it is so important

• 28 mins

Publishing politics

The programme looks at recent controversy surrounding US publishing house Harper Collins

• 28 mins