Arena 1975
★ TMDB users: 7.2/10 from 9 votes NR Documentary 4 seasons · 695 eps Returning Series
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Arena is a British television documentary series produced and broadcast by the BBC. The program premiered on October 1, 1975, and is recognized as a wide-ranging arts series.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1975
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 695
- Runtime
- 90 minutes
- First aired
- Oct 1, 1975
- Last aired
- Dec 29, 2024
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- GB
- Networks
- BBC Four, BBC Two
- Genres
- Documentary
- Updated
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- 4 seasons · 695 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~90 minutes
- Status
- Returning Series
- Networks
- BBC Four, BBC Two
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Arena is a British television documentary series produced and broadcast by the BBC. The program premiered on October 1, 1975, and is recognized as a wide-ranging arts series. Over the course of its run, the show has produced more than five hundred episodes, with some sources noting the total exceeds six hundred. The series has been directed by various filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese, Alan Yentob, Roly Keating, Frederick Baker, Volker Schlondorff, Vikram Jayanti, and Jana Bokova. The program was created by Anthony Haas, Duke Erikson, Bernard MacMahon, and Allison McGourty. Arena focuses on a wide array of cultural figures from the 20th and 21st centuries, featuring subjects such as Bob Dylan, Amy Winehouse, Edward Said, Eric Hobsbawm, Jean Genet, Paul McCartney, and Kenneth Tynan. Leading television executives polled by Broadcast magazine have voted the series as one of the top 50 most influential programs of all time. The show continues to be documented as an ongoing production.
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Season 1 · 692 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Theatre Mytharc Oct 1, 1975
- E2 Art and Design Core Oct 8, 1975
- E3 Theatre Core Oct 15, 1975
- E4 Art and Design Core Oct 22, 1975
- E5 Theatre Core Oct 29, 1975
- E6 Art and Design Core Nov 5, 1975
- E7 Theatre Core Nov 12, 1975
- E8 Art and Design Core Nov 19, 1975
- E9 Theatre Core Nov 26, 1975
- E10 Art and Design Core Dec 3, 1975
- E11 Theatre Core Dec 10, 1975
- E12 Art and Design Core Dec 17, 1975
- E13 Theatre Core Jan 7, 1976
- E14 Art and Design Core Jan 14, 1976
- E15 Theatre Core Jan 21, 1976
- E16 Art and Design Core Jan 28, 1976
- E17 Theatre Core Feb 4, 1976
- E18 Art and Design Core Feb 11, 1976
- E19 Theatre Core Feb 18, 1976
- E20 Art and Design Core Feb 25, 1976
- E21 Theatre Core Mar 3, 1976
- E22 Art and Design Core Mar 10, 1976
- E23 Theatre Filler Mar 17, 1976
- E24 Art and Design Core Mar 24, 1976
- E25 Theatre: Happy Birthday Royal Court Core Mar 31, 1976
- E26 Art and Design: Art for Money's Sake? Core Apr 7, 1976
- E27 Edinburgh International Festival 1976: Part 1 Mytharc Aug 25, 1976
- E28 Edinburgh International Festival 1976: Part 2 Mytharc Sep 1, 1976
- E29 Edinburgh International Festival 1976: Part 3 Mytharc Sep 8, 1976
- E30 Theatre: A Dream Come True Core Sep 15, 1976
- E31 Robert Altman Core Sep 22, 1976
- E32 Art and Design: After Samuel Palmer Core Sep 29, 1976
- E33 Frank Westmore Core Oct 6, 1976
- E34 Theatre Core Oct 13, 1976
- E35 Cinema: Eric Rohmer Core Oct 20, 1976
- E36 Art and Design: The Illustrators: The Work of Mick Brownfield and Allan Manha Core Oct 27, 1976
- E37 Cinema: Don Siegel Core Nov 3, 1976
- E38 Theatre: The Cultural Common Market Core Nov 10, 1976
- E39 Cinema Core Nov 17, 1976
- E40 Art and Design: Sculpture for the Blind/Linda Benedict-Jones/James Boswell Core Nov 24, 1976
- E41 Cinema Core Dec 1, 1976
- E42 Theatre: Brecht in Newcastle Core Dec 8, 1976
- E43 Cinema: Christmas Special Filler Dec 15, 1976
- E44 Cinema Core Jan 5, 1977
- E45 Art and Design: Sam Smith: Genuine England/Arena Review Core Jan 12, 1977
- E46 Cinema Core Jan 19, 1977
- E47 Theatre: Spokesong/At Home with Mole Core Jan 26, 1977
- E48 Cinema Core Feb 2, 1977
- E49 Art and Design: Ralph Steadman Core Feb 9, 1977
- E50 Cinema Core Feb 16, 1977
- E51 Theatre: The Cultural Common Market: Peter Stein and the Schaubuhne Core Feb 23, 1977
- E52 Cinema Core Mar 2, 1977
- E53 Art and Design: What Is a Hologram?/Kit Williams - Ring Around the Moon Core Mar 9, 1977
- E54 Cinema Core Mar 16, 1977
- E55 Theatre: A Night Out Core Mar 23, 1977
- E56 Cinema Core Mar 30, 1977
- E57 Art and Design: Family Pieces/Both Sides of the Line/The Divine and the Fantastic Core Apr 6, 1977
- E58 Cinema Core Apr 13, 1977
- E59 Theatre: The Prospect Before Us Core Apr 20, 1977
- E60 Cinema Core Apr 27, 1977
- E61 Art and Design: The Continuous Diary/Dine's Drawings Core May 4, 1977
- E62 Cinema Core May 11, 1977
- E63 Cinema Core May 25, 1977
- E64 Cinema Core Jun 8, 1977
- E65 Theatre: Playwrights of the 70's Core Jun 15, 1977
- E66 Edinburgh Festival Core Sep 7, 1977
- E67 Cinema Core Sep 14, 1977
- E68 Cinema Core Sep 21, 1977
- E69 Art and Design Core Sep 28, 1977
- E70 Cinema Core Oct 5, 1977
- E71 Theatre Core Oct 12, 1977
- E72 Cinema: Greece Core Oct 19, 1977
- E73 Art and Design: Richard Seifert Core Oct 26, 1977
- E74 Cinema Core Nov 2, 1977
- E75 Theatre: Hands Off the Classics Core Nov 9, 1977
- E76 Cinema: 21st London Film Festival Core Nov 16, 1977
- E77 Art and Design: The Family/Wrapping up the Reichstag Core Nov 23, 1977
- E78 Cinema: 21st London Film Festival - Part 2 Mytharc Nov 30, 1977
- E79 Theatre: Leonard Rossiter Core Dec 7, 1977
- E80 Cinema: The Deep Core Dec 14, 1977
- E81 Cinema: The Force is with us? Core Jan 11, 1978
- E82 Art and Design: 'The Journey' or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist Core Jan 18, 1978
- E83 Cinema: The Force is with us? - Part 2/Howard Hawks Mytharc Jan 25, 1978
- E84 Theatre: ' But please, this is a farce! ' The story of The Cherry Orchard Core Feb 1, 1978
- E85 Cinema: Joseph Conrad Core Feb 8, 1978
- E86 Art and Design: Carrington Core Feb 15, 1978
- E87 Cinema: Claude Renoir Core Feb 22, 1978
- E88 Theatre: Hey Kids! Let's Do the Show Right Here ... Core Mar 1, 1978
- E89 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Core Mar 8, 1978
- E90 Art and Design: Carl Andre Core Mar 15, 1978
- E91 Cinema: Dancing Years Core Mar 22, 1978
- E92 Theatre: Taking Our Time Core Mar 29, 1978
- E93 Art and Design: Way Out West Core Apr 5, 1978
- E94 Theatre: Children of the Gods Core Apr 12, 1978
- E95 Television: When Is A Play Not A Play? Core Apr 17, 1978
- E96 Art and Design: George Melly Core May 3, 1978
- E97 Theatre: Arnold Wesker Core May 10, 1978
- E98 Rock: Tubes on Tour Core May 24, 1978
- E99 Episode 99 Core Oct 11, 1978
- E100 Vanessa Redgrave Core Oct 18, 1978
- E101 Arena: Cinema Core Oct 25, 1978
- E102 Arena: Cinema Core Nov 22, 1978
- E103 Arena: Cinema Core Dec 6, 1978
- E104 Arena: The Museum of Drawers Core Jan 8, 1979
- E105 On Photography Core Jan 15, 1979
- E106 Arena: Cinema Core Jan 17, 1979
- E107 Arena: Cinema Core Jan 21, 1979
- E108 Who is Poly Styrene? Core Jan 22, 1979
- E109 Athol Fugard: A Lesson from Aloes Core Jan 29, 1979
- E110 Arena: Cinema Core Jan 31, 1979
- E111 Maler's Requiem - Words and Images Core Feb 5, 1979
- E112 Piaf AND What Did You Do in 'The Warp' Daddy? Core Feb 12, 1979
- E113 Arena: Cinema Core Feb 14, 1979
- E114 Other Writers Will Tell You Different and The Moving Picture Mime Show Core Feb 26, 1979
- E115 Arena: Cinema Core Feb 28, 1979
- E116 Ubu Core Mar 5, 1979
- E117 My Way Core Mar 12, 1979
- E118 Arena: Cinema Core Mar 14, 1979
- E119 La Dame aux Gladiolas Core Mar 19, 1979
- E120 'Let Us Now Praise Famous Men ': Alabama 40 Years On Core Mar 26, 1979
- E121 Arena: Cinema Core Mar 28, 1979
- E122 Tell Us the Truth Core Apr 2, 1979
- E123 The King and I AND Journey to the Surface of the Earth Core Apr 9, 1979
- E124 Their Lips are Sealed Core Apr 15, 1979
- E125 Steel Pulse Core May 21, 1979
- E126 Ring Around the Moon Core Jun 11, 1979
- E127 Pictures of the Mind Core Jun 14, 1979
- E128 Six Days in September Core Sep 29, 1979
- E129 Building for Change Core Jan 16, 1979
- E130 Athol Fugard A Lesson from Aloes Core Jan 17, 1980
- E131 Lene Lovich Sleeping Beauty Core Jan 23, 1980
- E132 Mentioned in Dispatches Core Jan 30, 1980
- E133 Isaac Singer's Nightmare and Mrs Pupko's Beard Core Feb 6, 1980
- E134 Peggy Taub, the Learned Goat and Other People ... Core Feb 13, 1980
- E135 Bring Me Back a Song Core Feb 27, 1980
- E136 ' I talk about me - I am Africa' Core Mar 5, 1980
- E137 Rudies Come Back or The Rise and Rise of 2-Tone Mytharc Mar 12, 1980
- E138 Working At It Core Mar 19, 1980
- E139 Victoria Wood and Andrea Dunbar Core Mar 26, 1980
- E140 Climb Every Mountain or Nothing Succeeds Like Failure Core Apr 2, 1980
- E141 Double Vision Core Apr 9, 1980
- E142 Dedicated Followers of Fashion Core Apr 16, 1980
- E143 Luck and Flaw Core May 21, 1980
- E144 In Their Own Image AND Facing Up to Myself Core May 28, 1980
- E145 Making 'The Shining' Core Oct 4, 1980
- E146 Dire Straits Core Dec 22, 1980
- E147 Chelsea Hotel Mytharc Jan 3, 1981
- E148 Hazell Meets His Makers Core Jan 10, 1981
- E149 Getting Away from Sidney Core Jan 17, 1981
- E150 Private Worlds Core Jan 24, 1981
- E151 Today Carshalton Beaches ... Tomorrow Croydon Core Jan 31, 1981
- E152 Edward Hopper Core
- E153 Stages Core Feb 28, 1981
- E154 The Smallest Theatre Core Mar 7, 1981
- E155 Huston's Hobby Core Mar 14, 1981
- E156 A Walk with Amos Oz Core Mar 21, 1981
- E157 God's Fifth Columnist Core Mar 28, 1981
- E158 Did You Miss Me ...? Core Apr 4, 1981
- E159 The Return of Lupino Lane Core Apr 15, 1981
- E160 The Comic Strip Hero Core Apr 18, 1981
- E161 Arena on Clair Core May 2, 1981
- E162 Somewhere Over the Rainbow Core May 9, 1981
- E163 If the Music Had to Stop Core May 16, 1981
- E164 Curtains? The Future of the National Youth Theatre Core Aug 16, 1981
- E165 The Cinema of Andrzej Wajda Core Sep 6, 1981
- E166 'I Thought I Was Taller' A Short History of Mel Brooks Mytharc Oct 2, 1981
- E167 Have You Seen the Mona Lisa...? Core Nov 3, 1981
- E168 Let Them Know We're Here Core Nov 10, 1981
- E169 A Pretty British Affair Core Nov 17, 1981
- E170 The Art of Radio Times AND The Eye of the 'Eye' Core Nov 24, 1981
- E171 A Tall Story: How Salman Rushdie Pickled All India Core Dec 8, 1981
- E172 Brixton to Barbados Core Dec 15, 1981
- E173 Private Life of the Ford Cortina Core Jan 19, 1982
- E174 What Makes Rabbit Run? Core Jan 26, 1982
- E175 Here They Kill People for It Core Feb 2, 1982
- E176 True to Life? Core Feb 9, 1982
- E177 Desert Island Discs Core Feb 23, 1982
- E178 Listen to Britain AND Housing Problems Core Mar 9, 1982
- E179 The Orson Welles Story: Part One Mytharc May 18, 1982
- E180 The Orson Welles Story: Part Two Mytharc May 21, 1982
- E181 Mike Leigh Making Plays Core Sep 4, 1982
- E182 A Genius Like Us Mytharc Nov 9, 1982
- E183 A Play for Bridport Core Nov 16, 1982
- E184 Upon Westminster Bridge Core Nov 23, 1982
- E185 Three Steps to Heaven Core Nov 30, 1982
- E186 Angus McBean Core Dec 8, 1982
- E187 Happy Days (Samuel Beckett Season) Core Dec 11, 1982
- E188 Eh Joe (Samuel Beckett Season) Core Dec 13, 1982
- E189 Rockaby (Samuel Beckett Season) Core Dec 14, 1982
- E190 Not I (Samuel Beckett Season) Core Dec 15, 1982
- E191 Quad (Samuel Beckett Season) Core Dec 16, 1982
- E192 Krapp's Last Tape (Samuel Beckett Season) Core Dec 17, 1982
- E193 Guernica: The Long Exile Core Dec 28, 1982
- E194 Classically Cuban: Alicia Alonso and the Cuban National Ballet Core Jan 18, 1983
- E195 Hair Core Feb 1, 1983
- E196 Boulez Now Core Feb 8, 1983
- E197 Jazz Juke Box Core Feb 15, 1983
- E198 Burroughs Core Feb 22, 1983
- E199 The Catherine Wheel Core Mar 1, 1983
- E200 Kurt Vonnegut Core Mar 8, 1983
- E201 It's All True Core May 9, 1983
- E202 Luis Bunuel Core Aug 19, 1983
- E203 Bette Davis - The Benevolent Volcano Core Nov 2, 1983
- E204 Anthony Powell - An Invitation to the Dance Core Nov 9, 1983
- E205 The Ghost Writer Core Nov 12, 1983
- E206 Jazz Juke-Box II Core Nov 23, 1983
- E207 Roman Vishniac Core Nov 30, 1983
- E208 Classic British Documentaries Core Dec 7, 1983
- E209 The GPO Story Core Dec 14, 1983
- E210 The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert Core Dec 23, 1983
- E211 George Orwell 1: Such Such Were the Joys Core Dec 29, 1983
- E212 George Orwell 2: The Road to Wigan Pier Core Dec 30, 1983
- E213 George Orwell 3: Homage to Catalonia Mytharc Jan 2, 1984
- E214 George Orwell 4: The Lion and the Unicorn Core Jan 3, 1984
- E215 George Orwell 4: Nineteen Eighty-four Core Jan 4, 1984
- E216 Say Amen Someone Core Feb 4, 1984
- E217 Four Rooms Core Feb 21, 1984
- E218 The Theatre of Dario Fo Core Feb 28, 1984
- E219 Sunset People Core Mar 3, 1984
- E220 The Caravaggio Conspiracy Mytharc Mar 6, 1984
- E221 Between Dreaming and Waking Core Mar 13, 1984
- E222 Ken Russell 's Elgar Core Mar 20, 1984
- E223 Jerry Lee Lewis Core Mar 27, 1984
- E224 True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist Core Apr 3, 1984
- E225 My Dinner with Louis Core May 6, 1984
- E226 Milan Kundera- Laughter and Forgetting Core May 19, 1984
- E227 A Tribute to Joseph Losey Core Jul 7, 1984
- E228 Beat This! A Hip Hop History Core Jul 12, 1984
- E229 The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience Core Nov 2, 1984
- E230 Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day Core Nov 9, 1984
- E231 Eubie Blake Core Nov 10, 1984
- E232 Francis Bacon Core Nov 16, 1984
- E233 We Don't Like Your House Either! Core Nov 23, 1984
- E234 Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense: The Music of Fela Kuti Mytharc Nov 30, 1984
- E235 After the Rehearsal Core Dec 7, 1984
- E236 What's Cuba Playing At? Core Dec 21, 1984
- E237 Music of the other Americas Core Dec 22, 1984
- E238 Pavarotti at Madison Square Garden Core Dec 26, 1984
- E239 My Son the Novelist Core Feb 18, 1985
- E240 Painting for Pleasure ... and Profit: Five Artists of the 80s Core Feb 25, 1985
- E241 Marcel Carne Core Feb 27, 1985
- E242 From an Immigrant's Notebook: Karen Blixen in Africa Core Mar 11, 1985
- E243 How Glorious is the Garden? Core Mar 18, 1985
- E244 Old Kent Road Mytharc Mar 25, 1985
- E245 Ligmalion Core Apr 8, 1985
- E246 Them and Uz: A film about Tony Harrison Core Apr 15, 1985
- E247 Marc Chagall Core Apr 22, 1985
- E248 Watch Me Move... Core Apr 29, 1985
- E249 Hugh Masekela: The African Ambassador Core May 6, 1985
- E250 The Theatre of Robert Wilson Core Jul 25, 1985
- E251 Blues Night: Introduction Core Jul 27, 1985
- E252 Blues Night: Sonny Boy Williamson Sings Core Jul 27, 1985
- E253 Blues Night: B.B. King Speaks Core Jul 27, 1985
- E254 Blues Night: Chicago Blues Core Jul 27, 1985
- E255 Blues Night: Blind John Davis Core Jul 28, 1985
- E256 Blues Night: Blues Medley Core Jul 28, 1985
- E257 Blues Night: Big Bill Blues Core Jul 28, 1985
- E258 Buddy Holly Core Sep 12, 1985
- E259 Saint Genet Core Nov 12, 1985
- E260 The Accordion Strikes Back Core Nov 19, 1985
- E261 The Cinema of Francesco Rosi Core Nov 26, 1985
- E262 The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima Core Dec 3, 1985
- E263 The Apollo Story: part 1 Mytharc Dec 10, 1985
- E264 The Apollo Story: part 2 Mytharc Dec 17, 1985
- E265 Tosca's Kiss Core Jan 8, 1986
- E266 The New Babylon Core Jan 11, 1986
- E267 Tango Mio Core Jan 18, 1986
- E268 Cinderella Core Jan 21, 1986
- E269 The Journey Man Core Jan 28, 1986
- E270 Go-Go in Washington DC Core Feb 4, 1986
- E271 Marguerite Yourcenar Core Feb 11, 1986
- E272 Louise Brooks Core Feb 18, 1986
- E273 Kurosawa Core Mar 4, 1986
- E274 Two Painters Amazed Core Mar 11, 1986
- E275 Home Front Mytharc Mar 25, 1986
- E276 Caribbean Nights: Caribbean Journey Core Jun 14, 1986
- E277 Caribbean Nights: Medley Core Jun 14, 1986
- E278 Caribbean Nights: Poetry Core Jun 14, 1986
- E279 Caribbean Nights: Ska Core Jun 14, 1986
- E280 Caribbean Nights: The Latin Caribbean Core Jun 14, 1986
- E281 Caribbean Nights: Maytime on the Mosquito Coast Core Jun 14, 1986
- E282 Caribbean Nights: Calypso and Carnival Core Jun 15, 1986
- E283 Caribbean Nights: Whicker's Caribbean World Core Jun 15, 1986
- E284 Caribbean Nights: Latin Sound Core Jun 15, 1986
- E285 Caribbean Nights: God's Chillun Core Jun 15, 1986
- E286 Caribbean Nights Bob Marley Core Jun 15, 1986
- E287 Caribbean Nights: C.L.R. James's First Cricket XI Mytharc Jun 16, 1986
- E288 Caribbean Nights: Danzon Core Jun 16, 1986
- E289 Caribbean Nights: Rasta and the Ball Core Jun 17, 1986
- E290 Caribbean Nights: Arturo Sandoval Core Jun 18, 1986
- E291 Caribbean Nights: Kapo Core Jun 19, 1986
- E292 Henry Moore Core Sep 7, 1986
- E293 Salvador Dali Core Nov 21, 1986
- E294 The Life and Times of Don Luis Bunuel Core Nov 22, 1986
- E295 The Spirit of Lorca Core Nov 28, 1986
- E296 Cambodian Witness Core Dec 5, 1986
- E297 Scarfe on Scarfe Core Dec 12, 1986
- E298 Night Moves Core Dec 19, 1986
- E299 Dylan Core Jan 2, 1987
- E300 Stand by Your Dream: Tammy Wynette Core Jan 16, 1987
- E301 Night and Day Core Jan 23, 1987
- E302 Dennis Potter Core Jan 30, 1987
- E303 Martin Chambi and the Heirs of the Incas Core Feb 6, 1987
- E304 The Confessions of Robert Crumb Core Feb 13, 1987
- E305 Ruth, Roses and Revolver Core Feb 20, 1987
- E306 A Brother with Perfect Timing Core Feb 27, 1987
- E307 Tarkovsky's Cinema Core Mar 13, 1987
- E308 Putting Ourselves in the Picture Core Mar 20, 1987
- E309 How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? Core Mar 27, 1987
- E310 Bayan Ko Pilipinas Core Apr 3, 1987
- E311 Talk is Cheap Core Apr 10, 1987
- E312 The Waugh Trilogy: Bright Young Thing Core Apr 18, 1987
- E313 The Waugh Trilogy: Mayfair and the Jungle Core Apr 19, 1987
- E314 The Waugh Trilogy: An Englishman's Home Core Apr 20, 1987
- E315 German Festival: Joseph Beuys Core Jun 6, 1987
- E316 ScreenPlay: Cariani and the Courtesans Core Aug 5, 1987
- E317 Revolutionary with a Paintbox Core Nov 20, 1987
- E318 Invisible Ink Core Dec 4, 1987
- E319 Of Cats and Mice Core Dec 18, 1987
- E320 Woody Guthrie Core Jan 8, 1988
- E321 The Dandy-Beano Story Core Jan 15, 1988
- E322 Broadway - The Great White Way Core Jan 22, 1988
- E323 Ryszard Kapuscinski: Your Man Who is There Core Jan 29, 1988
- E324 The Emperor Core Feb 5, 1988
- E325 My Name Is Celia Cruz Core Feb 12, 1988
- E326 All on a Mardi Gras Day Part One Mytharc Feb 16, 1988
- E327 All on a Mardi Gras Day: Part Two Mytharc Feb 16, 1988
- E328 Kerouac Core Feb 26, 1988
- E329 An Andalucian Journey: Gypsies and Flamenco 1 Core Mar 4, 1988
- E330 An Andalucian Journey: Gypsies and Flamenco 2 Core Mar 5, 1988
- E331 Robert Mapplethorpe Core Mar 18, 1988
- E332 The English Thoroughbred Core Mar 25, 1988
- E333 Byrne About Byrne Core Apr 1, 1988
- E334 Rhythms of the World: Randy Travis at the Albert Hall Core Oct 2, 1988
- E335 Ten Green Bottles Filler Nov 25, 1988
- E336 Clint Eastwood: The Man with No Name. Core Dec 2, 1988
- E337 Moving Across the World on Horses Core Dec 9, 1988
- E338 History Boys on the Rampage Core Dec 16, 1988
- E339 The Unforgettable Nat King Cole Core Dec 23, 1988
- E340 Tales from Barcelona Core Jan 6, 1989
- E341 Blackpool Core Jan 13, 1989
- E342 The Tip of the Iceberg Core Jan 27, 1989
- E343 Laurens van der Post and Albert Sample Core Feb 3, 1989
- E344 New York - The Secret African City Core Feb 10, 1989
- E345 Eugene Ionesco : the Joke's on Us Core Feb 17, 1989
- E346 John Cassavetes Core Feb 24, 1989
- E347 Power in the Blood Mytharc Mar 3, 1989
- E348 The Old Brass Plate Rattle Test - the Englishman and his Jukebox Core Mar 17, 1989
- E349 Juke Box Jury Core Mar 19, 1989
- E350 Berthold Lubetkin Core Mar 31, 1989
- E351 Heavy Metal Core Apr 7, 1989
- E352 The Other Graham Greene Core Apr 21, 1989
- E353 Slim Gaillard's Civilisation 1: A Traveller's Tale Filler Oct 22, 1989
- E354 Slim Gaillard's Civilisation 2: How High the Moon Core Oct 29, 1989
- E355 Slim Gaillard's Civilisation 3: My Dinner with Dizzy Core Nov 5, 1989
- E356 Animal Night: Smashing Pigs Core Dec 16, 1989
- E357 Animal Night: Sacred Elephant Core Dec 16, 1989
- E358 Animal Night: Great Wildlife Presenters Through the Ages Core Dec 16, 1989
- E359 Animal Night: John Daniel the First Core Dec 16, 1989
- E360 Animal Night: A Day in the Life of Sam the Dog Core Dec 16, 1989
- E361 Animal Night: Animals on Trial Core Dec 16, 1989
- E362 Animal Night: The Animal Night Debate Core Dec 16, 1989
- E363 25 x 5: the Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones Core Dec 27, 1989
- E364 Numbers Core Jan 19, 1990
- E365 Oblomov Core Jan 26, 1990
- E366 Jerry Lee Lewis Core Feb 2, 1990
- E367 Roberto Rossellini Core Feb 9, 1990
- E368 Next Time Dear God Please Choose Someone Else Core Feb 23, 1990
- E369 Salif Keita Core Mar 2, 1990
- E370 Fred Zinnemann: A Director's Life Core Mar 9, 1990
- E371 Spike and Company - Do It a Cappella Core Mar 16, 1990
- E372 Peggy and Her Playwrights Core Mar 23, 1990
- E373 The English Rose Core Mar 30, 1990
- E374 Paris Is Burning Core Apr 6, 1990
- E375 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Core Apr 13, 1990
- E376 Havana Core Apr 15, 1990
- E377 The Princess Core Apr 20, 1990
- E378 The Ten Commandments of Krzysztof Kieslowski Core May 4, 1990
- E379 Le Paris Black Core May 11, 1990
- E380 Kino Perestroika Core May 18, 1990
- E381 The Daily Worker Story Core May 25, 1990
- E382 Oooh Er, Missus! - The Frankie Howerd Story Core Jun 1, 1990
- E383 Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait Core Sep 20, 1990
- E384 The Fever Core Sep 29, 1990
- E385 Food Night: Introduction Core Dec 15, 1990
- E386 Food Night: Modern Food Core Dec 15, 1990
- E387 Food Night: Great Moments in Food History Core Dec 15, 1990
- E388 Food Night: The Story of Food in 27 Minutes and 43 Seconds Core Dec 15, 1990
- E389 Food Night: Good Manners Core Dec 15, 1990
- E390 Food Night: What's Kosher? Core Dec 15, 1990
- E391 Food Night: The Last Supper Core Dec 15, 1990
- E392 Food Night: The Complete History of the Potato Core Dec 15, 1990
- E393 Food Night: I Just Happen to Have One Here I Made Earlier Core Dec 15, 1990
- E394 Food Night: Movable Feast - the Politics of Disgust Core Dec 15, 1990
- E395 Food Night: Eating for One Core Dec 15, 1990
- E396 Food Night: Fasting and Abstinence Core Dec 15, 1990
- E397 Food Night: Debate Core Dec 15, 1990
- E398 Lifepulse - a Natural Thriller Core Dec 28, 1990
- E399 Miller Meets Mandela Core Jan 18, 1991
- E400 Derek Jarman - a Portrait Core Jan 25, 1991
- E401 Anselm Kiefer : Operation Sealion Mytharc Feb 1, 1991
- E402 The Strange Story of Joe Meek Core Feb 8, 1991
- E403 The Other Roci Core Feb 22, 1991
- E404 Caroline 199 - A Pirate's Tale Core Mar 1, 1991
- E405 Staring at the Ceiling Core Mar 8, 1991
- E406 Three Irish Writers Core Mar 15, 1991
- E407 One Irish Rover Core Mar 16, 1991
- E408 The Importance of Being Oscar Core Mar 17, 1991
- E409 The Other Core Mar 22, 1991
- E410 Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon Mytharc Apr 5, 1991
- E411 Elmore Leonard 's Criminal Records Core Apr 12, 1991
- E412 The Human Face Core Apr 19, 1991
- E413 Texas Saturday Night Core Apr 24, 1991
- E414 The Grass Arena Core Jan 19, 1992
- E415 Billy, How Did You Do It? 1 Core Jan 23, 1992
- E416 Billy, How Did You Do It? 2 Core Jan 24, 1992
- E417 Billy, How Did You Do It? 3 Core Jan 25, 1992
- E418 Masters of the Canvas Core Jan 31, 1992
- E419 Oliver Stone Core Feb 7, 1992
- E420 Fatwa Core Feb 14, 1992
- E421 Six Degrees of Separation: a New York Tale Core Feb 21, 1992
- E422 The Incredible Case of Comrade Core Feb 28, 1992
- E423 Croatia - the Artists' War Core Mar 6, 1992
- E424 Otto Dix : a Tale of Two Germanies Core Mar 13, 1992
- E425 Chi-Chi the Panda Core Mar 20, 1992
- E426 Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up Core Mar 27, 1992
- E427 Last Supper - Frank on Frank Core Apr 3, 1992
- E428 A Spanish Odyssey - a Portrait of Javier Mariscal Core Apr 10, 1992
- E429 An Argentinian Journey: 1: The Gaucho and the Pampas Core Apr 17, 1992
- E430 An Argentinian Journey: 2: Zamba, Chacarera and Chamame Core Apr 18, 1992
- E431 An Argentinian Journey: 3: Pacha Mama - Sacred Land Core Apr 19, 1992
- E432 Sportswriter: the Fight, the Match and the Race Core Jul 18, 1992
- E433 Linda McCartney, behind the Lens Core Dec 26, 1992
- E434 The Graham Green Trilogy: England Made Me (1904-39) Mytharc Jan 8, 1993
- E435 The Graham Greene Trilogy: The Dangerous Edge (1940-60) Core Jan 9, 1993
- E436 The Graham Greene Trilogy: A World of My Own (1961-91) Core Jan 10, 1993
- E437 On the Road with Boggs Core Jan 15, 1993
- E438 The Grateful and the Dead Core Jan 22, 1993
- E439 A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie Core Jan 29, 1993
- E440 Larry Kramer Mytharc Jan 5, 1993
- E441 Edward Said: the Idea of Empire Core Feb 12, 1993
- E442 The Last Soviet Citizen Core Feb 19, 1993
- E443 Derek Walcott Core Feb 20, 1993
- E444 Zhang Yimou Core Mar 12, 1993
- E445 Philip Roth Core Mar 19, 1993
- E446 Only the Names Have Been Changed Core Mar 26, 1993
- E447 Weegee Core Apr 2, 1993
- E448 Duchamp's Fountain Core Apr 2, 1993
- E449 Edgar Reitz: Return to Heimat Core Apr 12, 1993
- E450 Tales Of Rock And Roll: Peggy Sue Core Apr 17, 1993
- E451 Not a Bad Girl Core Apr 18, 1993
- E452 Heartbreak Hotel Core Apr 24, 1993
- E453 Walk on the Wild Side Core May 1, 1993
- E454 Highway 61 Revisited Core May 8, 1993
- E455 Arena: Radio Night: Introduction Core Dec 18, 1993
- E456 Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio: First: the Infant. Core Dec 18, 1993
- E457 Radio Night: TV Talk, Radio Rabbit What does the voice reveal? Core Dec 18, 1993
- E458 Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 2: The Schoolboy. Core Dec 18, 1993
- E459 Radio Night: Heard But Not Seen Core Dec 18, 1993
- E460 Radio Night: Back to Square One Core Dec 18, 1993
- E461 Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 3: The Lover. Core Dec 18, 1993
- E462 Radio Night: Sunday Dinner Core Dec 18, 1993
- E463 Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 4: The Soldier. Core Dec 18, 1993
- E464 Radio Night: Pirates Core Dec 31, 1993
- E465 Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 5: The Judge. Core Dec 18, 1993
- E466 Radio Night: TV Theft, Radio Rip-Off Core Dec 18, 1993
- E467 Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 6: The Old Man. Core Dec 18, 1993
- E468 Radio Night: The Spot FX Man Core Dec 18, 1993
- E469 Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio 7: Senility. Core Dec 18, 1993
- E470 Radio Night: It's Life, Jim Core Dec 18, 1993
- E471 Radio Night: The Time Signal Core Dec 18, 1993
- E472 Radio Night: The Two Voyages of Donald Crowhurst Core Dec 18, 1993
- E473 Radio Night: The Shipping Forecast Core Dec 19, 1993
- E474 The Next Voice You Hear Core Dec 19, 1993
- E475 In Search of Oz Core Jan 29, 1994
- E476 Who Is Vladimir Pozner? Core Feb 5, 1994
- E477 The Dark Side of Black Core Feb 12, 1994
- E478 The Ring - a South London Tale Core Feb 26, 1994
- E479 Glitterbug Core Mar 5, 1994
- E480 Theatre without Actors Core Mar 12, 1994
- E481 Kalashnikov Core Mar 19, 1994
- E482 Trouble Man - the Last Years of Marvin Gaye Core Mar 26, 1994
- E483 Relics Introduction Core Mar 31, 1994
- E484 Relics: Einstein's Brain Core Apr 1, 1994
- E485 Relics: Curse of the Firebeetle Core Apr 2, 1994
- E486 Relics: The Grave Case of Charlie Chaplin Core Apr 3, 1994
- E487 Philip K Dick - a Day In the Afterlife Core Apr 9, 1994
- E488 Voices from the Island Core Apr 23, 1994
- E489 Cindy Sherman - Nobody's Here but Me Mytharc Apr 24, 1994
- E490 Bahia of all the Saints Core May 7, 1994
- E491 Sandra Bernhard - Confession of a Pretty Lady Core May 20, 1994
- E492 Louise Bourgeois Core Aug 6, 1994
- E493 The Peter Sellers Story 1 Core Feb 11, 1995
- E494 The Peter Sellers Story: 2: Jack to Jacques Core Feb 18, 1995
- E495 The Peter Sellers Story: 3: I Am Not a Funny Man Mytharc Feb 25, 1995
- E496 Punk and the Pistols Core Aug 20, 1995
- E497 The Burger and the King Core Jan 1, 1996
- E498 Stories My Country Told Me Core Jul 14, 1996
- E499 Tony Bennett's New York Mytharc Dec 22, 1996
- E500 Caesar's Writers Core Dec 24, 1996
- E501 There's No Such Thing as a Small Head of State Core Jan 2, 1997
- E502 Dear Antonioni Core Jan 18, 1997
- E503 Busby, Stein and Shankly - the Football Men: Underground Core Mar 28, 1997
- E504 Busby, Stein and Shankly - the Football Men: Football is the Faith Core Mar 29, 1997
- E505 Busby, Stein and Shankly - the Football Men: The Price of Glory Core Mar 30, 1997
- E506 The Banana Core Dec 24, 1997
- E507 Cigars - out of the Humidor Core Dec 25, 1997
- E508 The Noel Coward Trilogy: The Boy Actor Core Apr 11, 1998
- E509 The Noel Coward Trilogy: Captain Coward Core Apr 12, 1998
- E510 The Noel Coward Trilogy: Sail Away Core Apr 13, 1998
- E511 Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century Core May 15, 1998
- E512 The Brian Epstein Story: The Sun Will Shine Tomorrow Core May 25, 1998
- E513 The Brian Epstein Story: Tomorrow Never Knows Core Dec 26, 1998
- E514 Cuba Night: the 40-Year Face-off Core Jan 2, 1999
- E515 Cuba Night: Eisenhower, Kennedy and Khrushchev: How It All Began Core Jan 2, 1999
- E516 Cuba Night: A Diamond in the Rough Core Jan 2, 1999
- E517 Cuba Night: LBJ, Nixon and Brezhnev: the Middle Years Core Jan 2, 1999
- E518 Cuba Night: The Simpsons: The Trouble with Trillions Core Jan 2, 1999
- E519 Cuba Night: Reagan and Gorbachev: Castro, Cuba and the Fall of Communism Mytharc Jan 2, 1999
- E520 Cuba Night: Who Owns Che? The Importance of Not Being Ernesto Core Jan 2, 1999
- E521 Cuba Night: The Clinton Years: Cuba Today and Tomorrow Core Jan 2, 1999
- E522 Salman Rushdie and the Ground beneath His Feet Core Apr 22, 1999
- E523 Looking for the Iron Curtain Core Nov 7, 1999
- E524 Casanova Core Dec 20, 1999
- E525 Blondes - Jayne Mansfield Core Dec 24, 1999
- E526 Blondes - Diana Dors Core Dec 26, 1999
- E527 Blondes - Anita Ekberg Core Dec 27, 1999
- E528 The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money Core Jan 2, 2000
- E529 The Veil Core May 20, 2000
- E530 Wisconsin Death Trip Core Jul 2, 2000
- E531 Clint Eastwood: Out of the West Filler Dec 24, 2000
- E532 Clint Eastwood: American Film-maker Core Dec 25, 2000
- E533 James Ellroy's Feast of Death Core May 6, 2001
- E534 And the Winner Is ... Core May 13, 2001
- E535 Budd Schulberg - a Contender Core May 19, 2001
- E536 The Source Core May 28, 2001
- E537 Salgado - the Spectre of Hope Core May 30, 2001
- E538 Stalin - the Red God Core May 31, 2001
- E539 According to Beryl Core Oct 6, 2001
- E540 Night of Entertainers: Sykes and a Day Core Dec 26, 2001
- E541 Night of Entertainers: Drake's Progress Core Dec 25, 2001
- E542 Night of Entertainers: The 1812 Overture in E Flat Major Opus 49 Core Dec 25, 2001
- E543 Night of Entertainers: Max Bygraves - I Wanna Tell You a Story Core Dec 25, 2001
- E544 The Private Dirk Bogarde: Part 1 Mytharc Dec 26, 2001
- E545 The Private Dirk Bogarde: Part 2 Mytharc Dec 26, 2001
- E546 Estonia Dreams of Eurovision Core May 18, 2002
- E547 Kurosawa: Part One Mytharc Jun 15, 2002
- E548 Kurosawa: Part Two Mytharc Jun 22, 2002
- E549 The Peter Sellers Story: As He Filmed It Core Aug 24, 2002
- E550 Harold Pinter: 1: The Room Core Oct 26, 2002
- E551 Harold Pinter: 2: Celebration Core Oct 26, 2002
- E552 One for the Road Core Oct 26, 2002
- E553 Politics and Pinter Core Oct 30, 2002
- E554 The Room Core Nov 5, 2002
- E555 Radio Ha! Meet the Dead Ringers Core Dec 26, 2002
- E556 Radio Ha! It's Time for Just a Minute Core Dec 26, 2002
- E557 I Am from Nowhere Core Jan 14, 2003
- E558 The Real Jane Austen Core Jun 12, 2003
- E559 The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough: Part One Mytharc Aug 24, 2003
- E560 The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough: Part Two Mytharc Aug 25, 2003
- E561 Imagine Imagine Core Sep 20, 2003
- E562 Dylan Thomas - from Grave to Cradle Core Nov 22, 2003
- E563 Buffalo Bill's Wild West: How the Myth Was Made Core Dec 19, 2003
- E564 Alec Guinness, a Secret Man Core Dec 29, 2003
- E565 Pavarotti - the Last Tenor Core May 29, 2004
- E566 Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus Core Jul 9, 2004
- E567 Shadowing the Third Man Core Oct 2, 2004
- E568 Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? Core Dec 9, 2004
- E569 Painting the Clouds - a Portrait of Dennis Potter Core Dec 25, 2004
- E570 Dennis Potter: It's In the Songs! It's In the Songs! Core Jan 2, 2005
- E571 Potter on Television Core Jan 9, 2005
- E572 Hank Williams - Honky Tonk Blues Core Feb 5, 2005
- E573 Calling Hedy Lamarr Core Feb 12, 2005
- E574 Francis Bacon's Arena Core Mar 19, 2005
- E575 Arena at 30 Core Sep 3, 2005
- E576 Bob Dylan: No Direction Home: Part 1 Mytharc Sep 26, 2005
- E577 Bob Dylan: No Direction Home: Part 2 Mytharc Sep 27, 2005
- E578 Dylan in the Madhouse Core Sep 28, 2005
- E579 The Princess and Panorama Core Nov 8, 2005
- E580 Routemasters! The Double Decker Bus Conductors Core Dec 10, 2005
- E581 Galton and Simpson Core Dec 25, 2005
- E582 Pete Doherty Core Nov 12, 2006
- E583 Saints Core Dec 17, 2006
- E584 The Archers Core Jan 1, 2007
- E585 The Underground Core Mar 18, 2007
- E586 Bob Marley - Exodus 77 Core Jun 3, 2007
- E587 Encountering Bergman Core Jul 13, 2007
- E588 Bergman and Faro Island Core Jul 13, 2007
- E589 Bergman and the Cinema Core Jul 14, 2007
- E590 Flames of Passion: the Other Side of British Cinema Core Sep 2, 2007
- E591 The Original Archers Core Oct 4, 2007
- E592 Tribute Bands - into the Limelight Filler Oct 6, 2007
- E593 Tribute Bands - Live at the Limelight Core Oct 6, 2007
- E594 Dylan's Folk - the Pure, the Bad and the Holy Core Oct 14, 2007
- E595 The Other Side of the Mirror - Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival Core Oct 14, 2007
- E596 Dylan in the Madhouse Core Oct 14, 2007
- E597 Ken Dodd's Happiness Core Dec 24, 2007
- E598 The Strange Luck of V.S. Naipaul Core Apr 10, 2008
- E599 Cab Driver Core Jul 26, 2008
- E600 The Hunt for Moby-Dick Core Sep 20, 2008
- E601 Whale Night: The Whale in the Museum Core Sep 21, 2008
- E602 Whale Night: Philip Hoare's Guide to Whales: Episode 1: Baleen Core Sep 21, 2008
- E603 Whale Night: Philip Hoare's Guide to Whales: Episode 2: Toothed Mytharc Sep 21, 2008
- E604 Whale Night: Philip Hoare's Guide to Whales: Episode 3: Arctic Core Sep 21, 2008
- E605 The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector Core Oct 25, 2008
- E606 Paul Scofield Core Dec 24, 2008
- E607 Tony Bennett: the Music Never Ends Core Feb 14, 2009
- E608 Cool Core Apr 3, 2009
- E609 TS Eliot Core Jun 6, 2009
- E610 Harold Pinter Night: The Birthday Party Core Jul 26, 2009
- E611 Brian Eno - Another Green World Core Jan 22, 2010
- E612 Harold Pinter - A Celebration Core Jan 24, 2010
- E613 Johnny Mercer - The Dream's on Me Core Apr 4, 2010
- E614 Dave Brubeck - In His Own Sweet Way Core Dec 3, 2010
- E615 Rolf Harris Paints His Dream Core Dec 29, 2010
- E616 Produced by George Martin Core Apr 25, 2011
- E617 George Harrison: Living in the Material World: Part 1 Mytharc Nov 12, 2011
- E618 George Harrison: Living in the Material World: Part 2 Mytharc Nov 13, 2011
- E619 Dickens on Film Core Jan 10, 2012
- E620 Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes Core Feb 17, 2012
- E621 Sonny Rollins '74: Rescued! Core Feb 17, 2012
- E622 The Dreams of William Golding Core Mar 17, 2012
- E623 Jonathan Miller Core Mar 31, 2012
- E624 Amy Winehouse - The Day She Came to Dingle Core Jul 23, 2012
- E625 The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour: Episode 1: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited Core Oct 6, 2012
- E626 The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour: Episode 2: 'The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour Core Oct 6, 2012
- E627 Screen Goddesses Core Dec 22, 2012
- E628 Sister Wendy and the Art of the Gospel Core Dec 25, 2012
- E629 aka Norman Parkinson Core Apr 21, 2013
- E630 Arena: The National Theatre: Part One - The Dream Mytharc Oct 24, 2013
- E631 Arena: The National Theatre: Part Two - War and Peace Mytharc Oct 31, 2013
- E632 Whatever Happened to Spitting Image? Core Mar 20, 2014
- E633 The National Theatre: Learning Zone Core Apr 2, 2014
- E634 The 50 Year Argument - The New York Review of Books Core Jun 29, 2014
- E635 Nicolas Roeg - It's About Time Core Jun 26, 2015
- E636 Night and Day Core Nov 22, 2015
- E637 Loretta Lynn - Still a Mountain Girl Core Mar 18, 2016
- E638 All the World's a Screen - Shakespeare on Film Core Apr 24, 2016
- E639 1966 - 50 Years Ago Today Core Jul 24, 2016
- E640 The Roundhouse - The People's Palace Core Oct 23, 2016
- E641 Alone with Chrissie Hynde Core Feb 10, 2017
- E642 American Epic: Episode 1: The Big Bang Core May 21, 2017
- E643 American Epic: Episode 2: Blood and Soil Core May 28, 2017
- E644 Kirsty Young: 75 Years of Desert Island Discs Core May 29, 2017
- E645 American Epic: Episode 3: Out of the Many, the One Core Jun 4, 2017
- E646 American Epic: Episode 4: The Sessions Core Jun 9, 2017
- E647 Stanley and his Daughters Core Feb 4, 2018
- E648 Bob Dylan – Trouble No More Core Mar 30, 2018
- E649 Nothing Like a Dame Core Jun 2, 2018
- E650 Make Me Up! Core Nov 4, 2018
- E651 Unstoppable: Sean Scully and the Art of Everything Mytharc Apr 6, 2019
- E652 That Summer Core Jul 7, 2019
- E653 Cindy Sherman #untitled Core Jul 28, 2019
- E654 Kusama: Infinity Core Sep 1, 2019
- E655 Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin Core Sep 21, 2019
- E656 Bergman: A Year in the Life Core Sep 22, 2019
- E657 The $50 Million Art Swindle Core Sep 23, 2019
- E658 A British Guide to the End of the World Core Nov 4, 2019
- E659 Everything Is Connected - George Eliot's Life Core Nov 10, 2019
- E660 Seamus Heaney and the Music of What Happens Core Dec 30, 2019
- E661 Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall Core Mar 7, 2020
- E662 The Changin’ Times of Ike White Core May 18, 2020
- E663 I Am Not Your Negro Core Jun 20, 2020
- E664 Keith Haring: Street Art Boy Core Jul 4, 2020
- E665 Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat Mytharc Nov 21, 2020
- E666 My Father and Me Core Mar 21, 2021
- E667 Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes Core May 16, 2021
- E668 African Apocalypse Core May 22, 2021
- E669 Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture Core May 29, 2021
- E670 Painted with My Hair Core Oct 31, 2021
- E671 B. Catling: Where Does It All Come From? Core Nov 21, 2021
- E672 The Vasulka Effect Mytharc Nov 28, 2021
- E673 The Most Beautiful Boy in the World Core Feb 13, 2022
- E674 River Core Jul 25, 2022
- E675 James Joyce’s Ulysses Mytharc Sep 7, 2022
- E676 T.S. Eliot: Into the Waste Land Core Oct 22, 2022
- E677 Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters Core Nov 27, 2022
- E678 Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll Core Apr 22, 2023
- E679 The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld Core Apr 26, 2023
- E680 The Stones and Brian Jones Core May 15, 2023
- E681 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Core Jun 4, 2023
- E682 Coco Chanel Unbuttoned Core Sep 15, 2023
- E683 Being Kae Tempest Core Nov 29, 2023
- E684 Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy Core Dec 25, 2023
- E685 Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story Core Dec 26, 2023
- E686 Maria Callas: The Final Act Core Dec 29, 2024
- E687 Alan Bennett 90 Years On Core Dec 13, 2024
- E688 Loaded: Lads, Mags and Mayhem Core Dec 14, 2024
- E689 From Roger Moore with Love Core Dec 15, 2024
- E690 Steven McRae: Dancing Back to the Light Core Dec 16, 2024
- E691 My Brain: After the Rupture Mytharc Dec 17, 2024
- E692 McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass Mytharc Dec 18, 2024
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Yes, the series has continued since 1975 with hundreds of episodes produced.
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The series profiles major cultural figures including artists, writers, musicians and academics.
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Episodes vary in length but focus on in-depth exploration of each subject.
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The series has featured direction from acclaimed international filmmakers and producers.
What makes Arena different from other arts documentaries?
Its long-running prestige format and access to major cultural figures sets it apart.
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