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Meridian Episodes

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    Society of West End Theatre Awards

    Wins include Michael Crawford, Mark Medoff and film director John Schlesinger

  2. Soap Opera Special

    A history of soap operas, beginning with the everyday story of Ma Perkins in 1933

  3. Snowman - and a debate over gender

    Violence erupts in Iran over a film featuring a transvestite character

  4. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs - 50 year anniversary

    The 50th anniversary of Walt Disney's Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs

  5. Snoo Wilson's Loving Reno

    Actor Simon Callow on directing Snoo Wilson's play, Loving Reno, plus writer Clive James

  6. Slave ship opera

    An opera based on a slave ship rebellion and their fight for victory - Armistad

  7. Slave Narratives: Part 3

    How a handful of educated slaves expressed their ideas

  8. Slave Narratives: Part 2

    How slaves fought for their own emancipation

  9. Slave Narratives

    How writers have conveyed the injustices and truths of the lives of slaves in America

  10. Skirmishes by Catherine Hayes

    A play, Skirmishes by Catherine Hayes, plus the novel Angel of Light by Joyce Carol Oates

  11. SJ Perelman

    A movie biography special

  12. Six Days Seven Nights review

    A review of the American film Six Days Seven Nights starring Anne Heche and Harrison Ford

  13. Sitting on the Porch: storytelling in the American South

    An exploration of the different forms of storytelling in the American South

  14. Sissy Spacek in Marie

    A review of Sissy Spacek in the US film Marie

  15. Sir Sidney Nolan

    A tribute to Australain artist Sir Sidney Nolan, who died last week aged 75

  16. Sir Richard Eyre

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

  17. Sir Peter Hall on Shakespeare

    Reviews of National Theatre productions of Cymbeline, A Winter's Tale and The Tempest

  18. Sir Peter Hall

    Shakespeare's The Tempest at the National Theatre directed by Sir Peter Hall

  19. Sir Kenneth MacMillan

    A tribute to the British Choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan

  20. Sir John Gielgud

    Sir John Gielgud returns to the London stage after an absence of 10 years

  21. Sir Ian McKellen

    A special edition of Meridian, devoted to the life and work of actor Ian McKellen

  22. Sir Hugh Casson

    Richard Cork talks to the president of The Royal Academy of the Arts, Sir Hugh Casson

  23. Sir Harold Acton

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

  24. Sir Georg Solti

    A tribute to the conductor Sir Georg Solti who died last week age 84

  25. Sir Frederick Ashton

    A look at the life and work of one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th Century

  26. Sir Frederic Ashton 鈥� Illuminations

    Sir Frederic Ashton, Twiggy's Eliza Doolittle and Richard Bonynge's The Beggar's Opera

  27. Sir Dirk Bogarde and his memoirs

    Sir Dirk Bogarde's new novel A Period of Adjustment

  28. Sir David Lean

    Tribute to the late Sir David Lean, the director of many films including Doctor Zhivago

  29. Sir Colin Davis and Berlioz

    The British conductor talks about his championing of the French composer Hector Berlioz

  30. Sir Christopher Wren

    Looking at the three careers of Sir Christopher Wren: astronomer, politician, architect

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