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The Plantagenets
Watching actors of the RSC through their paces in rehearsals
Antonia Fraser's Warrior Queens
A gallery of The Warrior Queens in Antonia Fraser's latest book
The Booker Prize
Peter Carey, wins this year's Booker Prize
Does poetry make things happen?
Seamus Heaney and Les Murray discuss the impact of poetry
David Hockney at Tate Gallery
A David Hockney retrospective at the Tate Gallery
Michael Tilson Thomas
A look at the work of the musician of Michael Tilson Thomas
A Walk in the Woods
Sir Alec Guinness in the West End play A Walk in the Woods
World War One
Marking the 70th anniversary of the the armistice
Mickey Mouse turns 60
Celebrations mark the 60th birthday of Mickey Mouse
Renaissance Theatre Company
Actor power in the British Theatre, the Renaissance Theatre Company
Prince Charles by Anthony Holden
A new biography of Prince Charles to mark his 40th birthday
Doris Lessing at the opera
The premier of the opera The Making of the Representative for Planet 8
Literary biographies
Michael Holroyd and Hilary Spurling discuss literary biographies
English Literature
A look at English literature
Tucker by Francis Ford Coppola
The unravelling of an American legend in a film by Francis Ford Coppola
Turner Prize
The Turner Prize winner 1998
Heroes
The book Heroes about the Nigerian civil war
First European Film Awards
An audience of millions watched the first European Film Awards ceremony
R.M Lammings
A review of R.M Lammings new book The Notebook of Gismondo Cavaletti
European Film Awards
Plus US stand-up comedian Charles Fleischer on voicing Roger in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Melvyn Tan - extended interview
Special programme dedicated to Singapore-born British classical pianist Melvyn Tan
Cultures in conflict
Film director Miguel Pereira on his Argentine and British co-production Veronico Cruz
Humbug! A Christmas Carol
Exploring the ghost story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
PL Travers - interview
The Australian-born British novelist who wrote a series of novels about Mary Poppins
Musical injuries
Special exploring the injuries suffered by musicians
Orpheus Descending with Vanessa Redgrave
Director Sir Peter Hall on Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending with Vanessa Redgrave
African music in Britain
Includes interviews with Jonah Moyo and Devera Ngwena Jazz Band, both from Zimbabwe
Book review of the year
Favourite books include Nora by Brenda Maddox and Doris Lessing's The Fifth Child
Writing for children
Trends in children's writing from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Matilda
Vanessa Redgrave interview
British actress Vanessa Redgrave on inviting the Russian Vakhtangov Theatre to London
Sophocles Electra with Fiona Shaw
Sophocles' Greek tragedy Electra directed by Deborah Warner