Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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Vaclav Havel - imprisoned
Theatre director Roger Michell on the recently imprisoned Czech writer Vaclav Havel
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V.S. Naipaul and Arthur Koestler
Attacks on the reputation of two giants
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V.S. Naipaul 鈥� Narrator of the post-colonial World
The Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to V.S. Naipaul
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V. S. Pritchett tribute
A special obituary programme featuring the late British writer and critic V. S. Pritchett
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V. I Warshawski hits the screen
A review of Kathleen Turner as V. I. Warshawski in a film version of Sara Paretksy's books
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Utopias in literature
Professor John Carey and AC Grayling discuss the Faber Book of Utopias
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Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz
How the great Urdu writer bridged the divide between high art and popular culture.
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Unsuitable for Adults
A review of the play Unsuitable for Adults by Terry Johnson
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Uncle Vanya and the Edinburgh International Arts Festival
The closing of the 50th Edinburgh International Arts Festival
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
The continuing impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe鈥檚 anti-slavery novel
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Ulysses and Bloomsday
Harriett Gilbert joins the fans of James Joyce's Ulysses celebrating Bloomsday in Dublin
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UK Clause 28
Clashes and confrontations in the arts over plans to introduce Clause 28
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Two new Operas in Munich
Two new operas have their premieres at the Munich Biennale
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Two King Lears
Directors Adrian Noble and Barry Kyle on Shakespeare's and Edward Bond's King Lear
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Twin Town and Anaconda
A look at the new movie Twin Town, the Welsh 'Trainspotting'
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Twentieth Century Polly
John Gay's 18th Century opera Polly adapted for modern audiences
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TV Comedy 鈥撀燣arry David on how Seinfeld happened
Writer Larry David talks about how he and Jerry Seinfeld created the sitcom Seinfeld
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TV Comedy 鈥� James L. Brooks, 'father of the sitcom'
Meet the "father of the American sitcom", producer and screenwriter James L. Brooks
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TV Comedy 鈥� Diane English, creator of Murphy Brown
Diane English, top American comedy writer, reflects on her creation Murphy Brown
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TV Comedy 鈥� Dava Savel and Ellen
Dava Savel on being lead writer on the sitcom Ellen when Ellen DeGeneres came out on air
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TV Comedy 鈥� Behind the Scenes with Rob Long
How sitcom writer Rob Long cut his writing teeth on Cheers with Dan Staley
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Turner Prize
The Turner Prize winner 1998
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Turner Exhibition - painting and poems
The link between painting and music, an exhibition of Turner's painting and poetry
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Turmoil at Opera de la Bastille
French Opera de la Bastille sack conductor Daniel Barenboim
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Turkish literature - what does it mean to be a Turkish writer?
What does being a Turkish writer mean?
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Turandot staged in China
A review of a spectacular production of Puccini's opera in Beijing's Forbidden City
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Tucker by Francis Ford Coppola
The unravelling of an American legend in a film by Francis Ford Coppola
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Truly Madly Deeply
A review of the Anthony Minghella film, Truly Madly Deeply
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Trisha Brown talks theatre
Choreographer Trisha Brown talks about her work, and her move into theatre
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Tribute to Tony Richardson
The shock announcement of the death of director Tony Richardson
