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  1. Jethro Tull

    Film showing the many-sided talents of hugely successful British rock group Jethro Tull.

  2. Henry Moore At Eighty

    To mark Henry Moore's 80th birthday, filmmaker John Read revisits the artist's work.

  3. Workshop: Elijah

    Welsh conductor Owain Arwel Hughes explains how Mendelssohn's "Elijah" was written.

  4. Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man

    Drama documentary exploring Thomas Hardy's private feelings of love and remorse.

  5. Len Deighton

    Melvyn Bragg catches up with Len Deighton in Portugal to discuss his spy novels. (1977)

  6. John Fowles

    The novelist discusses the subjects and literary forms that feature in his writing. (1977)

  7. James Herriot: The Vet Who Writes Books

    James Herriot talks to Melvyn Bragg about his work as both vet and writer.

  8. Henry Moore

    Henry Moore talks about how his drawings made during air raids influenced later work.

  9. 09/10/1966

    National and international news from the BBC Home Service.