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Buster - Phil Collins

Review of the film Buster, starring Phil Collins and Larry Lamb

• 29 mins

Christopher Nolan wins the Whitbread Prize

The Whitbread Prize plus a review of new books by American writers

• 28 mins

Gerry Anderson

This weeks Meridian is entirely devoted to Gerry Anderson

• 28 mins

Raymond Chandler

A special programme looking at the work of Raymond Thornton Chandler

• 28 mins

Raymond Williams

The legacy of Raymond Williams

• 28 mins

UK Clause 28

Clashes and confrontations in the arts over plans to introduce Clause 28

• 28 mins

White Mischief reviewed

A review of Kenyan film White Mischief directed by Michael Radford

• 28 mins

John Huston

Profile of the American film director and actor John Huston

• 28 mins

Sir John Gielgud

Sir John Gielgud returns to the London stage after an absence of 10 years

• 29 mins

The Hollywood Bowl

The history of the Hollywood Bowl

• 27 mins

White Boy Running

A review of Christopher Hope's biography White Boy Running

• 28 mins

Athol Fugard

South African playwright Athol Fugard talks about his new play

• 29 mins

The double bass

A history of the double bass

• 29 mins

The Discovery of India

The Discovery of India, a 44-hour long television documentary

• 29 mins

The Wedding

A review of the French novel The Wedding

• 28 mins

The Last Emperor

Bernardo Bertolucci's new film, The Last Emperor

• 28 mins

Politics and art in Israel

Politics and art in Israel

• 28 mins

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford, directed by Alan Ayckbourn at the National Theatre

• 30 mins

Egyptian culture today

Report from Egypt, visiting Cairo's new arts complex and opera house

• 29 mins

Tom Stoppard interview

Talking with British playwright Tom Stoppard as his latest play Hapgood opens in London

• 28 mins

Dangerous Liasons - the film

Dangerous Liasons starring John Malkovich and Glenn Close, directed by Stephen Frears

• 29 mins

Someone to Watch Over Me

Film Someone to Watch Over Me by English director Ridley Scott

• 29 mins

Sean O'Casey: A Life

Review of Sean O'Casey: A Life by biographer Garry O'Connor

• 28 mins

Pip Broughton - translating Brecht

English writer Pip Broughton on translating Bertolt Brecht

• 29 mins

Opera 80

The British touring company taking opera to places that don't normally have access

• 29 mins

Empire of the Sun

Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun, including interview with writer JG Ballard

• 28 mins

Sherlock Holmes Special

Arthur Conan Doyle's greatest creation and one of literature's greatest detective

• 28 mins

Nicholas Hytner's Magic Flute

Director Nicholas Hytner on his production of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute

• 29 mins

Taj Mahal

Special on the Taj Mahal, a mausoleum born of grief in Agra, India

• 28 mins

The life and work of Primo Levi

The life and work of Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi

• 28 mins