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Hollywood, China and Tibet

Hollywood and Beijing fall out over a number of films about Tibet

• 28 mins

Jane Austen - a life of pride and prejudice

A look at the life of Jane Austen through two new biographies

• 28 mins

Salvador Dali biography

A 600-page biography of Salvador Dali

• 28 mins

Dario Fo's - The Accidental Death of an Anarchist

A documentary about the play, The Accidental Death Of An Anarchist

• 28 mins

Doris Lessing - out of Africa

The novelist Doris Lessing on her experiences in Africa

• 28 mins

Neil Simon's Proposals - is it his last play?

Is Neil Simon about to pack up his typewriter? Is Proposals, his latest play, his last?

• 28 mins

Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

A special programme which takes an in depth look at Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

• 28 mins

The Day of the Jackal

A remake of Fred Zimmerman's Day of the Jackal

• 28 mins

David Grossman and The Zigzag Kid

A review of David Grossman's new novel The Zigzag Kid

• 28 mins

Russia's past goes on show in China

An exhibition of rare Russian treasures goes on show in China

• 29 mins

Prof. Roy Porter and a history of disease

Professor Roy Porter talks about his new medical history book

• 28 mins

Stanley Kubrick

A special programme which takes an in-depth look at Stanley Kubrick

• 28 mins

Rage In Paris

A look at the black community in the entertainment industry in Paris

• 28 mins

Slave ship opera

An opera based on a slave ship rebellion and their fight for victory - Armistad

• 28 mins

The Russian Booker Prize

A look at the shortlist for the 1997 Russian Booker Prize

• 28 mins

Jack Kerouac

The alienation of young people as exemplified by the work of Jack Kerouac

• 28 mins

A tribute to Kathy Acker

A special tribute to the late novelist Kathy Acker

• 28 mins

Spielberg's Amistad

A look at Steven Spielberg's new film Amistad

• 28 mins

John F. Kennedy biography

A sensational biography on John F. Kennedy is reviewed

• 28 mins

Review of the year - 1997

Special edition of Meridian looking back at the past twelve months

• 28 mins

Degenerate Art

A documentary about the Berlin cabaret scene

• 29 mins

Tribute to Juzo Itami

A special tribute to the late Japanese director Juzo Itami

• 28 mins

Children's literature

Children's literature - a look at what today's youngsters are reading

• 28 mins

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

A documentary about the children's classic - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

• 28 mins

International Arts Festival in Venice

News on the International Arts Festival in Venice

• 28 mins

The Exorcist

First broadcast in 1998. Mark Kermode on the late William Friedkin's classic horror film

• 28 mins

Hermann Nitsch

Controversy over an exhibition involving the slaughter of animals by Hermann Nitsch

• 27 mins

Max Ernst

The life and work of surrealist painter Max Ernst.

• 28 mins

The rebirth of American musical theatre

Celebrating the rebirth of American musical theatre from Broadway, New York

• 29 mins

Who writes history - the victors or the losers?

Is there any truth in the statement 'history is written by the victors'?

• 28 mins