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A week of awards - Venice, Emmy and MTV MVA
A week of awards
Ben Elton - Blast from the Past
A review of Ben Elton's novel Blast From the Past
Octavio Paz
A tribute to the Mexican writer Octavio Paz
How to write
How do novelists physically write?
Country music
How country music is taking the charts and silver screen by storm
Steven Spielberg
A documentary on Steven Spielberg
Penelope Fitzgerald
This programme examines Penelope Fitzgerald, who was an English poet, novelist and biographer
Censorship and the Thai film industry
As the first Thai film festival ends, a look at the subject of censorship in Thailand
Jose Saramago - winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
An interview with the translator of Portuguese winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Iraq arts festival
A report on an arts festival in Iraq
Iris Murdoch
The husband of writer Iris Murdoch chronicles her descent into dementia
Aga Khan Award - architecture
Winners announced for The Aga Khan Award for architecture
George Bernard 's Pygmalion
A look at the life of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion
Antony and Cleopatra analysed
A look at Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra
Magnus Mills - The Restraint of Beasts
Magnus Mills talks about his first novel The Restraint of Beasts
The 30th Booker Prize
The winner of the 30th Booker Prize for Fiction, Ian McEwan
Booker Prize for Fiction
Nick Rankin reports from the Booker Prize for Fiction ceremony
Charles Dickens - Hard Times
Discussing Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times
V.S. Naipaul and Arthur Koestler
Attacks on the reputation of two giants
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa was a prominent Japanese filmmaker, film producer, and screenwriter
French Literary prize winner
The winner of a French literary prize
Lorrie Moore
US writer Lorrie Moore talks about her collection of short stories - Birds of America
African and Oceanic art
A sale of African and Oceanic art in London is discussed
The Art of the Essay
How are essays defined?
The Colour Purple
A review of the making of The Colour Purple, adapted from the novel by Alice Walker
Tom Wolfe - A Man in Full
Review of new novel A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
Censorship in music
Music banning debate at the first international conference on music and censorship
C.S Lewis - centenary
A celebration of 100 years since the death of C.S Lewis
The War of the Worlds
Feature on The War Of The Worlds by H. G Wells
Antoni Gaudi
Documentary on Antoni Gaudi a Spanish Catalan architect, one of the most noted in Spain
Rudolf Nureyev biography
First full length biography on ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev is published