Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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Wind in the Willows
Alan Bennett's musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
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Willy Russell's Stags and Hens
A new play by Willy Russell, Stags and Hens
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Willy Russell's Blood Brothers
New British musical by Willy Russell, plus the Joyce Trisler Danscompany from New York
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William Wordsworth: A Life
Writer Stephen Gill on his new biography of the English poet William Wordsworth: A Life
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William Saroyan – His Life and Times
Literary giant, writer of 'poetic shouts', novels and plays, William Saroyan, has died
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William S. Burroughs
A tribute to the American writer William S. Burroughs who died last week
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William Morris – Artist as Activist
Life and legacy of William Morris, English designer, writer and social activist
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William Least Heat-Moon talks
Interviews with US author William Least Heat-Moon and British writer Ian McEwan
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William Golding obituary
Remembering William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies
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William Golding - The Paper Men
William Golding's new novel The Paper Men, is reviewed
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William Golding
Discussion of author William Golding, Woody Allen on writing satire and his new film Zelig
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William Faulkner
A profile of the writer who defined how we see the American South
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William Faulkner
A special programme which looks at the work of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner
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William de Kooning
The death of William de Kooning, a pioneering abstract artists
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William Butler Yeats
Author Norman Jeffers on his biography of Irish poet WB Yeats
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William Burroughs Interview
Author William Burroughs, director Mike Figgis, and The London Sinfonietta
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William Boyd's New Confessions
Novelist William Boyd on his latest book The New Confessions
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Will We Always Have Paris?
Report on Paris' role in the world art scene
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Will Israeli pupils get to study Palestinian writers?
Furore over proposal putting Palestinians on the Israeli curriculum
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Wigmore Hall
The history behind Wigmore Hall and the artists who have performed there
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Why was La Traviata's premiere a Flop in Venice?
How Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata was a total flop at its premiere in Venice
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Why the Postman always Rang Twice
News of Jack Nicholson's new film, a tribute to the late Bob Marley, the opening of Cats
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Why do Friedrich Nietzsche's ideas still matter?
Why is the work of contentious philiosopher Friedrich Nietzsche still relevant?
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Why books mean business
A look at recent take overs in the book publishing industry
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Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Brian Clark discusses the screen adaptation of his play Whose Life Is It Anyway
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Whodunnit? The Femme Fatale
Sarah Paretsky identifies the "four Vs" of female characters in 1930s detective fiction
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Whodunnit? Corpses and Clues
Ian Rankin, creator of Rebus, on the appeal and tradecraft of detective fiction
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Whodunnit? Clever Pipe-Smokers
The most famous detective ever is a fictional character – Sherlock Holmes
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Who writes history - the victors or the losers?
Is there any truth in the statement 'history is written by the victors'?
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Who will carry off the Master Prize for composition?
Everyone can vote in the Master Prize for composers, worth £30,000 to the winner