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Meridian

Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world

World Service,2413 episodes

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The Black House by Patricia Highsmith
Interview with American novelist and short-story writer Patricia Highsmith
08 Aug 1980,28 mins
Elizabeth Taylor in Little Foxes on the London stage
Will film star Elizabeth Taylor shine on the London stage in The Little Foxes?
12 Mar 1981,28 mins
Black Star – Another British curtain call for Ira Aldridge
Portrait of the son of a slave who took European theatre by storm
17 Mar 1981,28 mins
Peter Ustinov is Meridian's first guest
Peter Ustinov talks about Hercule Poirot and Overheard, his play about a diplomatic affair
01 May 1981,28 mins
Dancing Isadora Duncan's story
A biographical ballet about radical dancer Isadora Duncan opens
05 May 1981,28 mins
New Zealand Film Season
Punk-cult, political, occasionally banned, New Zealand films arrive in London
07 May 1981,28 mins
The Concert Hank Williams Never Gave
Plays about Hank Williams, mystery, and miners. Plus, Robert Rauschenberg's retrospective
08 May 1981,28 mins
Why the Postman always Rang Twice
News of Jack Nicholson's new film, a tribute to the late Bob Marley, the opening of Cats
12 May 1981,28 mins
The World of Reggae on stage in London
The fruits of success are not all sweet for reggae star Errol in Matura's One Rule
14 May 1981,28 mins
Poet or criminal? How should we remember Ezra Pound?
How should Ezra Pound's fascist politics affect our appreciation of his poetry?
15 May 1981,29 mins
William Saroyan – His Life and Times
Literary giant, writer of 'poetic shouts', novels and plays, William Saroyan, has died
20 May 1981,30 mins
The City of Gold's Fatal Call
The Hungry Earth
20 May 1981,28 mins
Lindsay Anderson directs Hamlet on stage in London
Lindsay Anderson applauds Hamlet's "extraordinary modernity of feeling and thought"
21 May 1981,29 mins
Immersed in the Arts in Bath
Events and attractions of the 1981 Bath Festival
26 May 1981,31 mins
Canada's Theatrical Soul on Show in Toronto
On Stage '81, the first Toronto theatre festival is the biggest ever held in North America
29 May 1981,29 mins
Time for Museums to Return their Treasures?
Should Western museums return important cultural objects to their countries of origin?
01 Jun 1981,28 mins
Robin Hood Rides Again
The aristocratic outlaw returns to Nottingham in a new, immersive production
02 Jun 1981,29 mins
The story of Russian Jews told through one Family
The suffering of Russian Jews under the Nazis shocked Russian readers of Heavy Sand
04 Jun 1981,28 mins
JG Ballard's New Vision of America
Science poetry not science fiction is one critic's description of JG Ballard's new novel
05 Jun 1981,28 mins
Swashbucklers: Defending Honour with Rapiers and Wit
The Swashbuckler portrayed a romantic, cinematic world of witty gallantry and honour
06 Jun 1981,29 mins
British Theatre on a Winning Streak in New York
Amadeus and Piaf bag top Tony Awards in New York
09 Jun 1981,28 mins
Finalists line up in The Comptition
Love and rivallry play out in The Competition, a film about finalists in a piano contest
11 Jun 1981,28 mins
Barnum – a Musical Life of the Great Showman
"There's a sucker born every minute," sings Michael Crawford as the showman P.T.Barnum
12 Jun 1981,28 mins
The enduring Appeal of Fairies and the Uncanny
Ghouls, giants, goblins and fairies populate the pages of a new book of English folk tales
16 Jun 1981,28 mins
Theater der Welt '81 in Cologne
International theatre companies join German ones in Cologne for Theater der Welt '81
18 Jun 1981,29 mins
Edward Bond's new view of two Worlds
Pink Floyd concerts in London, playwright Edward Bond's new play The Worlds, Zen Buddhist one man show at the Almeida. Presenter: Jim Hiley.
19 Jun 1981,29 mins
The Shoemaker's Holiday and the spirit of London
Sheridan Morley reviews a bawdy comedy by Shakespeare contemporary Thomas Dekker
23 Jun 1981,28 mins
For Your Eyes Only – Bond Returns
The measures taken to make James Bond appeal to younger viewers
25 Jun 1981,28 mins
Mrinal Sen's And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
Dilip Hiro reviews And Quiet Rolls the Dawn by director Mrinal Sen
26 Jun 1981,29 mins
David Hockney on 'the Pleasure of Looking'
David Hockney on his contribution to the Artist's Eye series at the National Gallery
02 Jul 1981,28 mins