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Chronicling the Crusades

Malcolm Billings reviews two new books about the Crusades

• 28 mins

A look back at the 1890s

A look back at the 1890s, a decade of social upheaval in Britain

• 28 mins

The Whitbread book of the year

Review of Richard Holmes biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• 28 mins

remembering Barbara Stanwyck and Ava Gardner

Tributes to late American actresses Barbara Stanwyck and Ava Gardner

• 29 mins

Jesus of Montreal

Canadian film director Denys Arcand on his film Jesus of Montreal

• 28 mins

David Grossman's See Under: Love

Talking with David Grossman about his Holocaust novel See Under: Love

• 29 mins

Salman Rushdie interview

Interview with author Salman Rushdie on the first anniversary of the fatwa against him

• 28 mins

A Clockwork Orange - on stage

Phil Daniels in controversial play A Clockwork Orange at the Barbican Theatre

• 28 mins

Women directors in Hollywood

Talking to directors Lee Grant, Susan Seidelman, Amy Heckerling, and Mary Lambert

• 28 mins

CS Lewis - a new biography

New biography of provocative writer CS Lewis by AN Wilson (with interview of Lewis)

• 28 mins

Tribute to Norman Parkinson

Tribute to late photographer Norman Parkinson

• 28 mins

Don Giovanni and the state of opera

A look at the damning reviews of David Freeman's production of Don Giovanni

• 27 mins

Havel - the playwright turned president

How New York honoured Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright and now president

• 28 mins

Jazz-only radio

A series of jazz concerts to mark the launch of London's first jazz-only radio station

• 28 mins

Prokofiev and Rostropovich

A special in-depth look at two Russian musician exiles

• 28 mins

Talking God with the Navajos

A review of Tony Hillerman's Talking God

• 29 mins

Roland Joffe's Shadow Makers

The opening of film 'Shadow Makers' by Roland Joffe

• 28 mins

Marius Petipa

A look at Imperial Russian choreographer Marius Petipa and the Kirov Ballet

• 27 mins

Morris West's Lazarus

Interview with Morris West about his new novel Lazarus

• 29 mins

The work of Ray Harryhausen

A look at the work of Ray Harryhausen fantasy film producer

• 27 mins

Steven Spielberg's Always

Review of new film by Steven Spielberg Always

• 28 mins

Sex in the cinema

An in-depth look at the portrayal of sex in the cinema

• 28 mins

The harp

An in-depth look at the harp

• 28 mins

Kingsley Amis - The Folks That Live on the Hill

A review of the new Kingsley Amis novel The Folks That Live on the Hill

• 28 mins

The Oscars

Sandy Walsh reports on the Oscars

• 28 mins

Maria Ewing

A special in-depth programme about opera singer Maria Ewing

• 28 mins

Vienna

A special programme on Vienna

• 28 mins

Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar celebrates his 70th birthday

• 28 mins

Deborah Warner's King Lear

A look at the work and life of Deborah Warner

• 27 mins

Ben Jonson's Volpone

A review of Ben Jonson's play Volpone

• 29 mins