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Dorothy Nelson's Tar and Feathers

Irish writer Dorothy Nelson on her new novel Tar and Feathers

• 28 mins

Stephen Sondheim's Follies

Director Mike Ockrent on his new production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies in London

• 28 mins

Perfect Murder: A Century of Unsolved Homicides

Writer Bernard Taylor on his book Perfect Murder: A Century of Unsolved Homicides

• 28 mins

The Kirov Opera in London

The Kirov Opera performs in London including The Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky

• 29 mins

Alan Ayckbourn's Henceforward

Prolific dramatist Alan Ayckbourn's on his new play Henceforward

• 28 mins

Michael Frayn special

Extended interview with English playwright, novelist and translator Michael Frayn

• 28 mins

Jazz Summer School

Report on a jazz summer school in Hull, England

• 30 mins

Stuart Hood's The Upper Hand

Author Stuart Hood on his novel The Upper Hand

• 28 mins

Museum Special

The changing face of British museums and the new 'hands-on' trend

• 28 mins

The 40th Edinburgh Festival

Includes Friedrich Schiller's play Mary Stuart and Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock

• 29 mins

Anita Brookner's A Friend From England

Review of Anita Brookner's novel A Friend From England

• 28 mins

The 40th Edinburgh Festival - week two

News from the Edinburgh Jazz Festival including a Benny Goodman tribute band

• 28 mins

The 40th Edinburgh Festival - week three

Eithne Hannigan, Andrew Brown, Marshall Turkin and Jenny Killick discuss the festival

• 28 mins

The Art of St Ives

Meridian special on St Ives in Cornwall and the artists who have immortalised its views

• 28 mins

The 40th Edinburgh Festival - final weekend

Includes Perrier Award winners Arnold Brown, Barb Jungr and Michael Parker

• 29 mins

The Art of Story Telling

Meridian special. With Irish storyteller John Campbell about storytelling as an art

• 28 mins

Ismail Merchant interview

Interview with the film producer and longtime partner of director James Ivory

• 28 mins

The 45th World Science Fiction Convention

With English writers Doris Lessing and Ian Watson and US writers Ben Bova and Larry Niven

• 28 mins

Opera News

British opera news, including a new production of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures

• 28 mins

Vietnam War Films in London

The London Film Festival's first season of films devoted to the Vietnam War

• 28 mins

Fay Weldon, Peter Ackroyd and Thomas Keneally

Interviews with three successful writers about their new novels

• 28 mins

The Untouchables

American film The Untouchables, plus new material from Maria Callas, The Unknown Callas

• 28 mins

Manuel Puig's Pubis Angelical

Acclaimed Argentine novelist Manuel Puig's novel Pubis Angelical

• 28 mins

South Africa's first black Othello

Talking to the first black actor to play Othello in South Africa, John Carney

• 28 mins

Workshop Negative by Cont Mhlanga

Discussion of controversial Zimbabwean play Workshop Negative by Cont Mhlanga

• 28 mins

Maeve Binchy's Firefly Summer

Maeve Binchy on her novel Firefly Summer plus Dick Francis' on his 26th novel Hot Money

• 28 mins

Dublin Theatre Festival

Report from the 28th Dublin Theatre Festival and exhibition of late sculptor Henry Moore

• 28 mins

Too Many Orchestras?

Does London have too many orchestras?

• 29 mins

William Boyd's New Confessions

Novelist William Boyd on his latest book The New Confessions

• 28 mins

The Electrification of the Soviet Union

New British opera The Electrification of the Soviet Union by Nigel Osborne

• 29 mins