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  1. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

    Professor Jason Wilson and Patrick Kane discuss 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'.

  2. Ezra Pound - The Cantos

    Ezra's Cantos are one of 20th century English poetry's greatest achievements.

  3. Arthur Miller - Death of a Salesman

    Christopher Bigsby and director David Thacker discuss Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winner.

  4. Yasujiro Ozu - Tokyo Story

    A seminal Japanese film of the fifties comes under scrutiny.

  5. Francis Bacon - Innocent Screams

    Exploration of the impact of the artist's 1953 study after Velazquez's portrait.

  6. Piet Mondrian - Composition with Red, Black, Blue and Yellow

    The Dutch Artist's abstract work of 1921 discussed by Anna Moszynska and David Batchelor.

  7. Konstantin Stanislavski

    The co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre and director of 'The Three Sisters' is discussed.

  8. Kandinsky - Composition IV

    A pioneer of the abstract style, Vassily Kandinsky was a hugely influential artist.

  9. Damien Hirst

    Love him or loath him, he has, in a very real sense, put animals in formaldehyde.

  10. Bernard Leach - Dish, Slipware Dish and Jam

    Edmund de Waal, Rosemary Hill and Christopher Cook discuss the controversial potter.

  11. WH Auden - In Memory of WB Yeats

    Stan Smith and Blake Morrison discuss the importance of the unfashionable poet.

  12. Vassili Nijinsky - The Rite of Spring

    Lynn Garafola, Sir John Drummond and Simon Barnes discuss Nijinsky's choreography.

  13. Matisse - The Red Studio

    Patrick Heron, AS Byatt and Jack Flam discuss the significance of the famous 1911 painting

  14. Martha Graham - Appalachian Spring

    The Graham dancers and Judith Mackrell discuss the 1944 dance.

  15. Jean-Luc Godard - A Bout de Souffle

    The film seen as the greatest work of French New Wave cinema is discussed by a panel.

  16. Ingmar Bergman - The Seventh Seal

    Philip French and Melvyn Bragg reassess the Swedish director's story of a medieval knight.

  17. Chinua Achebe

    Thw subject is Chinua Achebe and his capacity to portray corruption while offering hope.

  18. Albert Camus: The Outsider

    Ray Davison and Oliver Todd discuss the impact of the author's pioneering novel.

  19. Buster Keaton: The General

    David Robinson and David Thomson celebrate Buster Keaton and his movie machine.

  20. Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali

    Critics discuss the renowned Indian film director's debut.

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