Meridian Episodes Available now

Act of Darkness
Writer Francis King, Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega, Russian stage director Yuri Lyubimov

The Makioka Sisters
Novelist Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, The Sculpture Show '83, new musical Bashville

Alan Bates in A Patriot for Me
Director Ronald Eyre, Australian composer David Lumsdaine and opera singer Eilene Hannan

The Comedy of Errors
Director by Adrian Noble, Paul Klee exhibition, and the Children's Book of the Year Show

Death of Sir Ralph Richardson
With John Gielgud, Peter Hall and excerpts from Peer Gynt and David Copperfield

Fade to Black
Horror film Fade to Black, British set designer Carl Toms and You Can't Take it With You

Tribute to Luis Bunuel
Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel, director Charles Sturridge on new film Runners

Derek Jacobi is Cyrano de Bergerac
Actor Derek Jacobi, the poetry of Stevie Smith, plus portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh

The Art of Design
With design correspondent Peta Levi and designers Kenneth Grange and Sir Terence Conran

Twentieth Century Polly
John Gay's 18th Century opera Polly adapted for modern audiences