Episodes List

Ep.1 Tribute to Laurence Olivier

Air Date: 1989-07-14

Ep.2 Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

Air Date: 1989-07-21

Ep.3 A Second Chance

Air Date: 1989-09-08

Ep.4 Rape - That's Entertainment?

Air Date: 1989-09-15

Ep.5 Raymond Carver

Air Date: 1989-09-22

Ep.6 Butterfly

Air Date: 1989-09-29

Ep.7 Art in the Ring

Air Date: 1989-10-06

Ep.8 Art in the Third Reich- Power

Air Date: 1989-10-13

Ep.9 Art in the Third Reich- Propaganda

Air Date: 1989-10-20

Ep.10 Ronnie Scott and All That Jazz

Air Date: 1989-10-27

Ep.11 Tim Rollins & Kos: The Art of Survival

Air Date: 1989-11-03

Ep.12 The Kirov Ballet: Leningrad Legend

Air Date: 1989-11-10

Ep.13 Pipe Dreams

Air Date: 1989-11-24

Ep.14 My Most Difficult Book - The Story of 'Lolita'

Air Date: 1989-12-01

How Vladimir Nabokov wrote his most famous novel, and why it is one of the greatest novels ever written.

Ep.15 Alan Ayckbourn: Sex and Politics

Air Date: 1990-02-13

Michael Billington, drama critic of The Guardian newspaper, explores the life and work of Alan Ayckbourn, including his latest play due to open in London - Man of the Moment - and also conducts an interview with the playwright and director.

Ep.16 Sunday in the Park with Stephen

Air Date: 1990-03-20

Ep.17 The Novelist Who Would Be President

Air Date: 1990-03-27

Ep.18 Van Gogh

Air Date: 1990-06-20

Vincent Van Gogh [played by Linus Roache] meets Roulin, [played by Jim Broadbent]and Gaughin [played by Jack Shepherd]