• 1975
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Arena

Summary Wide-ranging arts program. View more details

  • 1975
  • 1h

Arena

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Gavin Millar Jonathan Miller Kenneth Tynan John Walters

All cast & crew

7.6

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 30, 1975

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Illuminations Films

Summary Wide-ranging arts program. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 30, 1975

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Illuminations Films

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 30, 1975
Theatre
Premiere. Ronald Eyre reviews what's going on in the theatre, Kenneth Tynan talks to Laurence Olivier about Lilian Baylis and The Old Vic, and a film about David Hockney's sets for The Rake's Progress.
Episode 2 • Oct 07, 1975
Art and Design
George Melly looks at how they sold the 70's and a report on the opening of the Space Studios.
Episode 3 • Oct 14, 1975
Theatre
An interview with Howard Barker, author of 'Stripwell', and an extract from same; commentary by Kenneth Tynan; and an investigation of 'Birds of Paradise'.
Episode 4 • Oct 21, 1975
Art and Design
Cartoonist Mel Caiman on the New Yorker magazine and its artists, Richard Hamilton at the Serpentine Gallery, and a new documentary exhibition from Jarrow.
Episode 5 • Oct 28, 1975
Theatre
Peter Hall talks about the history and new South Band location of the National Theater, where he is artistic director.
Episode 6 • Nov 04, 1975
Art and Design
Features Observer critic William Feaver on Painting the End of the World, Bill Brandt's selection of landscape photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the best of science fiction illustration.
Episode 7 • Nov 11, 1975
Theatre
Extract from a contemporary play and Kenneth Tynan opines.
Episode 8 • Nov 18, 1975
Art and Design
Shirley Conran is the guest columnist; fashion photographer Barry Lategan is filmed working; and Victorian painter Edward Burne-Jones' London exhibition.
Episode 9 • Nov 25, 1975
Theatre
Deborah Norton reviews British stage events, a play extract, and Kenneth Tynan opines about the theatre.
Episode 10 • Dec 02, 1975
Art and Design
Guest columnist Terry Measham; a look into the work of painter and poet Charles Tomlinson.
Episode 11 • Dec 09, 1975
Theatre 6
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova rehearse for a BBC New Year Gala Performance; Kenneth Tynan draws a portrait of Albert Finney.
Episode 12 • Dec 16, 1975
Art and Design
Filmmaker Roger Graef and journalist Simon Jenkins discuss the destruction of historical buildings, in light of a recent SAVE campaign report and the conclusion of the European Architectural Heritage Year.
Episode 13 • Jan 06, 1976
Theatre
Deborah Norton returns with reports, interviews and extracts from what is liveliest and best in the British theatrical scene.
Episode 14 • Jan 13, 1976
Art and Design
Episode 15 • Jan 20, 1976
Theatre
Jonathan Miller introduces this week's look at what is most stimulating and enjoyable on the theatrical scene.
Episode 16 • Jan 27, 1976
Art and Design
A look at American photographer Paul Strand and recent trends in British photography.
Episode 17 • Feb 03, 1976
Theatre
Arena goes to Scarborough for the British premiere of a new Alan Ayckbourn play "Just Between Ourselves".
Episode 18 • Feb 10, 1976
Art and Design
Arena looks at aspects of community art and the work of painter Keith Grant, artist-in-residence at the New Charing Cross Hospital.
Episode 19 • Feb 17, 1976
Theatre
Claire Bloom and Kenneth Tynan discuss extracts from Samuel Beckett's 'Happy Days', George Bernard Shaw's 'Too True to be Good', and Tennessee Williams' 'Sweet Bird of Youth'.
Episode 20 • Feb 24, 1976
Art and Design
Arena talks with Robert Janz and Dante Leonelli about incorporating time into sculpture.
Episode 21 • Mar 02, 1976
Theatre
Arena brings extracts from Paris' contemporary theatre season, including Frank Wedekind's 'Lulu' and Marguerite Duras' 'Days in the Tree', and an interview with Delphine Seyrig.
Episode 22 • Mar 09, 1976
Art and Design
Arena presents the work of British and American video artists.
Episode 23 • Mar 16, 1976
Theatre
Barbara Jefford, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Kenneth Tynan Billie Whitelaw and many of the people behind the scenes say goodbye to the Old Vic building.
Episode 24 • Mar 23, 1976
Art and Design
Liverpool poet and painter Adrian Henry visits 'The Face of Merseyside'; Boyd and Evans use photographs as the basis of their explorations of everyday life.
Episode 25 • Mar 30, 1976
Theatre: Happy Birthday Royal Court
Alumni of the Royal Court celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Episode 26 • Apr 06, 1976
Art and Design: Art for Money's Sake?
Barrie Penrose investigates a multi-national art empire and the artists and methods that created it.
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