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Booker Prize for Fiction

Nick Rankin reports from the Booker Prize for Fiction ceremony

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Charles Dickens - Hard Times

Discussing Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times

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V.S. Naipaul and Arthur Koestler

Attacks on the reputation of two giants

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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

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Lorrie Moore

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

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African and Oceanic art

A sale of African and Oceanic art in London is discussed

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The Art of the Essay

How are essays defined?

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The Colour Purple

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

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Tom Wolfe - A Man in Full

Review of new novel A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe

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Censorship in music

Music banning debate at the first international conference on music and censorship

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C.S Lewis - centenary

A celebration of 100 years since the death of C.S Lewis

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The War of the Worlds

Feature on The War Of The Worlds by H. G Wells

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Antoni Gaudi

Documentary on Antoni Gaudi a Spanish Catalan architect, one of the most noted in Spain

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Rudolf Nureyev biography

First full length biography on ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev is published

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Japanese film in Korea

A Japanese movie showing in Korean theatres for the first time

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Chris Ofili - winner of the Turner Prize

This year's Turner Prize winner is announced

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Lillibullero

A special feature on the music Lilliburllero', a 17th-century English political song

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Nicole Kidman in The Blue Room

Nicole Kidman makes her Broadway debut in The Blue Room

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Alice Monro - The Love of a Good Woman

A review of Alice Monro's The Love of a Good Woman

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Interview with screenwriter and author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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Review of the year - 1998

A look back at the arts that provided the backdrop to the 12 months that was 1998

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Golden Globe nominations

Hollywood's Golden Globe film nominations are announced

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Alvin Ailey

A documentary on the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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Jane Smiley - Pulitzer prize winner

A feature-length programme on the novelist Jane Smiley

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The London Book Fair

A report from the annual international fair attended by 45 countries

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How do art thieves get away with it?

How are thieves able to sell on famous paintings?

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John Updike's novel Bech at Bay

The author and critic Stephen Amidon talks about the American writer's work

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European Capital of Culture 1999: Weimar, Germany

Gabriele Gerecke talks about why the German city has been chosen

• 29 mins

Northern Irish novelist Brian Moore

Professor Bob Welsh from the Univeristy of Ulster talks about the Irish author

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