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Paradise
The play Paradise is reviewed
Treasure Island
A new adaptation of Treasure Island starring Charlton Heston
The clarinet
A special look at the clarinet
D.M. Thomas
Exploring the thin line between fiction and autobiography in latest novel from D.M. Thomas
Art and big business
A look at art as part of big business
Lost In Translation?
The programme asks, why bother with translation of literature?
Monday's Warriors
A review of Maurice Shadbolt's Monday's Warriors
The Dragon Can't Dance
A look at Earl Lovelace's The Dragon Can't Dance
Rod Steiger
A special show looking at the life and work of actor Rod Steiger
Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy
A review of Warren Beatty's presentation of detective Dick Tracy
Redcoats and Rebels
A review of Redcoats and Rebels by Christopher Hibbert
Paula Milne's Earwig
A review of Paula Milne's Earwig a new play about TV at the Barbican, London
Native Australians
A special programme on Aboriginality and native Australians
Comedy double acts
A special programme about legendary comedy double acts
Turner Exhibition - painting and poems
The link between painting and music, an exhibition of Turner's painting and poetry
Hollywood Hero
The changing face of the Hollywood hero from John Wayne to Michael J Fox
Erica Jong's Any Women's Blues
Paul Verhoeven on Total Recall
Director Paul Verhoeven on the dystopian science in his movie Total Recall
Derek Jacob as Edmund Keane
Derek Jacobi is Britain's greatest 19th Century actor Edmund Keane
British theatre design team Motley
British theatre design trio Margaret "Percy" Harris, Sophie Harris, Elizabeth Montgomery
Touching the Moon
Books Touching the Moon by John Preston and Changing Heaven by Jane Urquhart
Lord Young's Enterprise Years
Book reviews: The Enterprise Years by Lord Young and My Son's Story by Nadine Gordimer
The Gate of Angels
The Gate of Angels by British author Penelope Fitzgerald
The 44th Edinburgh Festival
Director Bernard Tavernier talks about his film These Foolish Things
Scott Turow's Burden of Proof
Four great names in novels: Scott Turow, James Joyce, DH Lawrence and Anita Brookner
Edinburgh International Festival
With director Frank Dunlop on adapting Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island for stage
National Theatre on tour
Includes directors Richard Eyre and Deborah Warner, and actors Ian McKellen and Brian Cox
Peter Viertel's White Hunter, Black Heart
Interview with the German author and screenwriter Peter Viertel
Charles Dickens
Author Peter Ackroyd looks at how Charles Dicken's life influenced his novels
An American Memphis Belle
David Puttnam's new film about a World War Two bombing crew, Memphis Belle
Talking with David Puttnam
A special looking at the career of Oscar-winning British film producer David Puttnam
