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Dustin Hoffman as Shylock

Director Sir Peter Hall on casting US film star Dustin Hoffman in The Merchant of Venice

• 28 mins

The Satanic Verses

Writer Salman Rushdie on the controversy surrounding his new book The Satanic Verses

• 28 mins

Turmoil at Opera de la Bastille

French Opera de la Bastille sack conductor Daniel Barenboim

• 28 mins

Stradivari's Secret

Special on the Stradivarius, a stringed instrument built by the Stradivari family

• 28 mins

The Making of India

MJ Akbar on his biography of Jawaharlal Nehru, The Making of India

• 28 mins

Arthur Miller's Two Way Mirror

Arthur Miller play Two Way Mirror opens at London's Young Vic, plus excerpt with Bob Peck

• 29 mins

David Cronenberg - interview

Interview with the Canadian originator of body horror or venereal horror films

• 28 mins

Gorillas in the Mist

Gorillas in the Mist, directed by Michael Apted and starring Sigourney Weaver

• 28 mins

William Butler Yeats

Author Norman Jeffers on his biography of Irish poet WB Yeats

• 28 mins

Mike Newell's Soursweet

New film Soursweet by British director Mike Newell

• 29 mins

Contemporary Architecture

With architects Terry Farrell, Richard Rogers and James Stirling

• 29 mins

Anton Chekhov

Exploring the Russian writer with VS Pritchett, author of Chekhov: A Spirit Set Free

• 28 mins

Samuel Beckett

Special exploring the Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet

• 27 mins

Vaclav Havel - imprisoned

Theatre director Roger Michell on the recently imprisoned Czech writer Vaclav Havel

• 28 mins

The Guitar

Guitar documentary. Includes work by Andres Segovia and Joe Pass

• 28 mins

The Ian St James Awards

Announcement of the Ian St James Awards for unpublished writers

• 29 mins

Scandal

British film Scandal directed by Michael Caton-Jones with John Hurt

• 28 mins

William Wordsworth: A Life

Writer Stephen Gill on his new biography of the English poet William Wordsworth: A Life

• 28 mins

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Director Terry Gilliam on his fantasy comedy The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

• 28 mins

World Service Photographic Competition of 1989

The judging and winners of the World Service photographic competition of 1989

• 28 mins

Writing and Directing Films

Who is more powerful, the writer or director, and should one person do both?

• 28 mins

The Arts in Toronto

Special from Toronto, Canada, exploring its contemporary art scene

• 29 mins

Oscar Awards

The results of Oscar prize-giving week in Hollywood

• 28 mins

Further Secrets of the Freemasons

Writer Martin Short on his book Inside the Brotherhood-Further Secrets of the Freemasons

• 28 mins

The March on Russia by David Storey

English director Lindsay Anderson writer David Storey's play The March on Russia

• 29 mins

John Sayles' Matewan

Review of film Matewan by director John Sayles with Chris Cooper

• 28 mins

Tour of Paris

Special programme taking in the monuments and views of Paris

• 30 mins

Charlie Chaplin

The life and work of silent film comedian Charlie Chaplin

• 28 mins

Remembering Daphne du Maurier

Remembering British Daphne du Maurier, author of Rebecca, Jamaica Inn and Don't Look Now

• 29 mins

Aspects of Love by Andrew Lloyd Webber

New musical Aspects of Love by Andrew Lloyd Webber opens in London

• 29 mins