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This week's programme is live from the Edinburgh Festival
Broadway Danny Rose - Woody Allen
Review of Woody Allen's film Broadway Danny Rose
Paris, Texas
Review of the film Paris, Texas, a winner at the Cannes Film Festival
Steven Spielberg
This programme is devoted to an interview with the film director Steven Spielberg
Edinburgh Festival
A report from this year's Edinburgh Festival as it enters its third week
Hamlet special
Hamlet - the play, the character and a new production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
Isaac Bashevis Singer
A programme about the work of the Polish-born American author Isaac Bashevis Singer
Greek theatre - part one
A look at the explosion of Greek drama in the 5th Century BC
Greek theatre - part two
Graham Greene
A season of Graham Greene's films, including the The Third Man
The Devil and the Good Lord
Review of the epic play The Devil and the Good Lord by Jean-Paul Sartre
Andre Brink - The Wall of the Plague
A review of the work of Andre Brink and The Wall of the Plague
Frederick Forsyth - The Fourth Protocol
Frederick Forsyth's latest novel The Fourth Protocol
Old Story Time
A review of Trevor Rhone's play Old Story Time
The Bounty
Jim Hiley with news of some of the latest happenings in the arts
The East End of London
A special programme on arts in the rapidly changing east end of London
Once Upon a Time in America
Review of two films, a book, and a play, which critique recent American history
Stepping Out
A review of Richard Harris' version of the play Stepping Out
Nobel Prize for Literature
The announcement of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature
Booker Prize Winners Announced
Anita Brookner wins Booker Prize for Hotel du Lac
Tribute to Francois Truffaut
Tribute to film director Francois Truffaut, plus Money: A Suicide Note by Martin Amis
Ronald Harwood's Tramway Road
Discussion of Ronald Harwood's South African play Tramway Road
Irish writer Jennifer Johnston
Special on Irish writer Jennifer Johnston and her seventh novel: The Railway Station Man
Rough Crossing by Tom Stoppard
Director Peter Wood on Rough Crossing, by British playwright Tom Stoppard
John Lennon - the definitive biography
Ray Coleman talks about his biography of John Lennon
New musical Chess
New musical Chess, by Tim Rice and Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
Marlene Dietrich - a new biography
Film critic Alexander Walker on his biography of Marlene Dietrich
Breaking the Silence by Stephen Poliakoff
Director Ron Daniels on Breaking the Silence by playwright Stephen Poliakoff
Judith by Rolf Hochhuth
Director Robert David MacDonald on staging Judith by German playwright Rolf Hochhuth
Dance Umbrella 1984
Programme devoted to Britain's festival of modern dance, Dance Umbrella
British folk music
British folk music including Frankie Armstrong, Martin Carthy and John Tams