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Meridian Episodes

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    A new Richard II

    The RSC's Richard II, plus dramatist David Edgar's The Shape of the Table

  2. A Midsummer Night's Dream - Bill Bryden

    Stage director Bill Bryden, sculptor Henry Moore, and musician Eddy Grant

  3. A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A documentary about Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream

  4. A Man of No Importance

    A review of the film A Man of No Importance

  5. A look back at the 1890s

    A look back at the 1890s, a decade of social upheaval in Britain

  6. A Look Back at 1982

    Reviewing the arts of 1982 including the opening of the Barbican Centre in London

  7. A Look Back at 1981

    From Abel Gance's Napoleon (1927) to Salman Rushdie's Midnight Children

  8. A Life in Movies - Michael Powell

    Profile of British film director Michael Powell

  9. A History of the Superhero

    Exploring the history and popularity of comics, focusing on Batman and Superman

  10. A History of the N-word

    A programme devoted to one word: nigger. Author Randall Kennedy on his history of the word

  11. A history of horror

    Discussing the horror genre and why people are so fascinated with it

  12. A history of Australian cinema

    This programme explores the history of Australian cinema

  13. A Handful of Dust

    Director Charles Sturridge on his film A Handful of Dust

  14. A Good Read: Tessa Blackstone and Julian Le Grand

    Books by JM Coetzee, Patrick O'Brian and Jane Gardam are discussed

  15. A Good Read: Mike Hodges and Mike Figgis

    The two British filmmakers discuss books by Frederick Exley, James Blinn and Barbara Pym

  16. A Good Read: Marina Warner and Jim Perrin

    The writer and rock climber talk about books by Robert Graves, Maeve Binchy and J M Synge

  17. A Good Read: Gillian Tyndall and Sir Ernest Hall

    Gillian Tyndall and Sir Ernest Hall discuss Apsley Cherry-Garrard and Marguerite Youcenar

  18. A Good Read: Giles Foden and B B Baskin

    The novelist and journalist discuss work by Paul Muldoon, Patrick McCabe and Eric Newby

  19. A Future For Their Past

    Talking to South African writers Mike Nicol and Damon Galgut and Maishe Maponya

  20. A First Novel takes top Literary Prize

    English author Andrew Miller has won a $150,000 literary prize with his first novel

  21. A festival of Samuel Beckett

    A look at a new festival of Samuel Beckett's work in Dublin

  22. A Festival of Comics

    Batman and Dick Tracy are celebrated with other comic book heroes in France

  23. A Cup of Coffee with My Interrogator

    A Cup of Coffee with My Interrogator by Czech dissident Ludvik Vaculik

  24. A Clockwork Orange - on stage

    Phil Daniels in controversial play A Clockwork Orange at the Barbican Theatre

  25. A Christmas Carol

    An in-depth special on Charles Dickens' book A Christmas Carol

  26. A Borstal Girl

    Writer/director Mai Zetterling, Indian author RK Narayan, new stage-play Hard Feelings

  27. A Bitter Truth - Richard Cork

    Discussion with art historian Richard Cork on his war exhibition and book

  28. A Bequest of Old Masters on Show

    The Old Masters left to the nation by a Count are now on show at the Courtauld Institute

  29. A Bach Pilgrimage: Part 4

    The life and work of JS Bach, from 1717 when he worked for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-K枚then

  30. A Bach Pilgrimage: Part 3

    The life and work of JS Bach, from 1708 when he moved to Weimar

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