Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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Ben Okri's Dangerous Love
Ben Okri talks about why he set his new book, Dangerous Love, in 1970s Lagos
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Ben Okri interview
An in-depth conversation with the Nigerian writer who won the Booker Prize aged 32
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Ben Kingsley Interview
Extended interview with actor Ben Kingsley about his Oscar winning performance in Gandhi
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Ben Kingsley in A Betrothal
Oscar-winning actor Ben Kingsley on stage in A Betrothal by Lanford Wilson
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Ben Jonson's Volpone
A review of Ben Jonson's play Volpone
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Ben Elton's Popcorn
A review of Ben Elton's novel Popcorn
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Ben Elton interview
The writer and comedian talks about his novel Inconceivable
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Ben Elton - Blast from the Past
A review of Ben Elton's novel Blast From the Past
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Belfast special
A special edition of the programme from Belfast in Northern Ireland
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Bela Bartok
The life and work of Hungarian composer Béla Viktor János Bartók
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Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre
Behind the scenes of Alfred de Musset's play Lorenzaccio directed by Michael Bogdanov
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Behaving Badly by Catherine Heath
Book review of Behaving Badly, plus interview with author Catherine Heath
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Beethoven and Copeland symphonies
An examination and comparison of two symphonies written 150 years apart
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Beauty and The Beast
We look at Disney fairytale Beauty and the Beast transformed from screen to stage
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Beauty – Who believes in it now?
When was the Western idea of beauty overturned – and why don't we believe in it anymore?
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Beauty – What is it?
What is beauty and whay do we crave it? What is the relationship between art and beauty?
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Beauty – Is it making a come-back?
Could beauty make a come-back in contemporary art?
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Beat Street - New York
Review of the American hip hop film Beat Street
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Short Story Competition
The judges announce the winning writers from Zambia, Italy and Belgium
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 World Music awards
How do you define world music?
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms 2001
A look ahead to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms season with the conductor Leonard Slatkin
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Cardiff Singer of the World Competition
Marius Brenciu is the first tenor to win the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Cardiff Singer of the World Competition
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Barton Fink
Period comedy-drama Barton Fink, written, produced and directed by the Coen brothers
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Baroque painter Bartolome Murillo, organist Jennifer Bate, film director Yilmaz Guney
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Barry Unsworth’s The Songs of the Kings
The author talks about his novel set during the Trojan War
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Barnum – a Musical Life of the Great Showman
"There's a sucker born every minute," sings Michael Crawford as the showman P.T.Barnum
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Barney Simon
A special report from Grahamstown, South Africa, paying tribute to Barney Simon
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Barcelona in literature
A documentary on how Barcelona's transformation has been echoed in literature
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Barbara Taylor Bradford – More than Romance
Bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford talks about her novel, A Sudden Change of Heart
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Ballet Rambert, Berlin Requiem
Choreographer Christopher Bruce plus the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch company