Arena (1975)

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1991
1991x1
Miller Meets Mandela
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Nelson Mandela, since his release, has become one of the most famous people in the world. Everyone has heard of the leader, but Mandela the man remains an enigma. For the first time he .. show full overview
1991x2
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
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Derek Jarman is a uniquely British outsider: a painter, film-maker and a self-appointed enfant terrible with a paradoxical affection for tradition. He makes films as a painter or poet, .. show full overview
1991x3
Anselm Kiefer: Operation Sealion
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Kiefer is Germany's most controversial and reclusive artist. He is also its most successful. The millions his work commands in the auction houses and his popularity with collectors .. show full overview
1991x4
The Strange Story of Joe Meek
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Documentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in dramatic circumstances in 1967 after a bizarre childhood and a career, often controversial, which .. show full overview
1991x5
Mardi Gras
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While here in Britain we settle for pancakes, elsewhere Mardi Gras, literally Fat Tuesday, is celebrated in an altogether more spectacular fashion. Arena brings you highlights of the pre-Lenten revelry in New Orleans, Rio and Trinidad.
1991x6
The Other Roci
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Rocky is the name of American artist Robert Rauschenberg 's pet turtle. It is also the name of an epic and visionary project which in the last eight years has taken Rauschenberg around .. show full overview
1991x7
Caroline 199: A Pirate's Tale
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Radio Caroline, founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly, gave many DJs their first break, including Tony Blackburn. Arena traces the origins of this broadcasting phenomenon of the 60s which is threatened with extinction by the government's new bill.
1991x8
Staring At The Ceiling
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This profile of Keith Waterhouse follows him through his hectic diary. As a columnist for the 'Daily Mail' he reports from the Conservative conference in Bournemouth and the Labour .. show full overview
1991x9
Three Irish Writers
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It has been said that the English hoard words like misers and the Irish spend them like sailors. Tonight's Arena presents three great Irish masters of the English language: Flann .. show full overview
1991x10
One Irish Rover
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For more than two decades, Van Morrison has been fusing different musical influences, creating a style of his own. In this programme he duets with Bob Dylan and plays harmonica with .. show full overview
1991x11
The Importance Of Being Oscar
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This one-man show based on the life of Oscar Wilde was the jewel in the crown for Irish actor Michael MacLiammoir 's career. The programme was first shown on St Patrick's Day 1964.
1991x12
Lifepulse
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A spectacular musical celebration of life. Lifepulse explores the rhythm of nature, its beauty, horror and delight, in a dramatic visual journey. Music by the Startled Insects.
1991x12
Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon
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When Kenneth Anger first published his classic expose of Hollywood's best-kept secrets and scandals, it was immediately banned. The underground film-maker struck a raw nerve in "tinsel .. show full overview
1991x13
Elmore Leonard's Criminal Records
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Top US crime writer Elmore Leonard 's street-wise characters range from violent hoodlums in and around Detroit to low-life hustlers on Florida's Gold Coast. Arena travels with him as he .. show full overview
1991x14
The Human Face
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In the last of the current series of Arena, musical performance artist Laurie Anderson presents an examination of mankind's obsession with its own image. For thousands of years artists .. show full overview
1991x15
Texas Saturday Night
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A show as big as the Lone Star State. This is an epic voyage through the wildest state in the union - from the honkytonks and dancehalls to the hill country and burning deserts; from big .. show full overview
1991x16
The Complete Citizen Kane
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Fifty years ago Orson Welles's 'Citizen Kane', his first and most astonishing movie - which Welles directed, produced and played the starring role in, all at the age of 25 - received its .. show full overview

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