Meridian Episodes Available now

In the Image of Man
AS Byatt reviews Celeste plus Jonathan Spence talks about The Gate of Heavenly Peace

Philoctetes by Sophocles
Review of Philoctetes by Sophocles at Saul Bellow's new novel The Dean's December

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Brian Clark discusses the screen adaptation of his play Whose Life Is It Anyway

Jonathan Miller
Special edition on satirist, writer, director, and scientist Dr Jonathan Miller

Edna O'Brien
Irish novelist Edna O'Brien and a discussion of artists Tina Modotti and Frida Kahlo

The Festival of India
Singer MS Subbulakshmi, musician Ravi Shankar and English illustrator Raymond Briggs

The Adelaide Festival
Featuring artistic director Jim Sharman and former premier of South Australia Don Dunstan

Cannes Film Festival
Turkish film director Yılmaz Guney, plus the work of British artist Graham Sutherland

South Korean Special
Film director Lee Doo-yon, leading writer Yi Mun-yol and the Korean National Theatre

Ballet Rambert, Berlin Requiem
Choreographer Christopher Bruce plus the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch company