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Ben Okri interview

An in-depth conversation with the Nigerian writer who won the Booker Prize aged 32

• 28 mins

Jonathan Swift

Victoria Glendinning talks about her biography of the author of Gulliver's Travels

• 28 mins

Turandot staged in China

A review of a spectacular production of Puccini's opera in Beijing's Forbidden City

• 29 mins

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger was an American Academy Award-winning actor known for his intense performances

• 28 mins

Stephen King

Profile of author Stephen Edwin King

• 28 mins

A week of awards - Venice, Emmy and MTV MVA

A week of awards

• 28 mins

Ben Elton - Blast from the Past

A review of Ben Elton's novel Blast From the Past

• 28 mins

Octavio Paz

A tribute to the Mexican writer Octavio Paz

• 28 mins

How to write

How do novelists physically write?

• 28 mins

Country music

How country music is taking the charts and silver screen by storm

• 28 mins

Steven Spielberg

A documentary on Steven Spielberg

• 28 mins

Penelope Fitzgerald

This programme examines Penelope Fitzgerald, who was an English poet, novelist and biographer

• 31 mins

Censorship and the Thai film industry

As the first Thai film festival ends, a look at the subject of censorship in Thailand

• 28 mins

Jose Saramago - winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

An interview with the translator of Portuguese winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

• 28 mins

Iraq arts festival

A report on an arts festival in Iraq

• 28 mins

Iris Murdoch

The husband of writer Iris Murdoch chronicles her descent into dementia

• 28 mins

Aga Khan Award - architecture

Winners announced for The Aga Khan Award for architecture

• 28 mins

George Bernard 's Pygmalion

A look at the life of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion

• 28 mins

Antony and Cleopatra analysed

A look at Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra

• 28 mins

Magnus Mills - The Restraint of Beasts

Magnus Mills talks about his first novel The Restraint of Beasts

• 28 mins

The 30th Booker Prize

The winner of the 30th Booker Prize for Fiction, Ian McEwan

• 28 mins

Booker Prize for Fiction

Nick Rankin reports from the Booker Prize for Fiction ceremony

• 28 mins

Charles Dickens - Hard Times

Discussing Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times

• 28 mins

V.S. Naipaul and Arthur Koestler

Attacks on the reputation of two giants

• 28 mins

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa was a prominent Japanese filmmaker, film producer, and screenwriter

• 27 mins

French Literary prize winner

The winner of a French literary prize

• 28 mins

Lorrie Moore

US writer Lorrie Moore talks about her collection of short stories - Birds of America

• 28 mins

African and Oceanic art

A sale of African and Oceanic art in London is discussed

• 28 mins

The Art of the Essay

How are essays defined?

• 28 mins

The Colour Purple

A review of the making of The Colour Purple, adapted from the novel by Alice Walker

• 28 mins