Meridian Episodes Available now

artistic freedom in Chile
Talking artistic freedom with Chilean painters following the end of the Pinochet regime

Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations
Historian Simon Schama talks about his novel Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations

Gillian Weir and the art of organ playing
From JS Bach to Olivier Messiaen, with acclaimed concert organist Gillian Weir

The making of an Indian epic
Special dedicated to the TV adaptation of the ancient 500 page Hindi poem the Mahabharata

The Well of Ignorance
Tomio Tada on his controversial new Noh drama, The Well of Ignorance

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas
In Praise of the Stepmother, an erotic novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas

talking with Lindsay Kemp
A special programme on the iconic British dancer, actor, and choreographer, Lindsay Kemp

Was God a Woman?
The Book of J, a new translation of biblical texts by Harold Bloom

Yehudi Menuhin
An in-depth look at the American-born British violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin

Will We Always Have Paris?
Report on Paris' role in the world art scene