MeridianEpisodes Episode guide
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Zimbabwean music and culture
A documentary about Zimbabwean music and popular culture
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Zimbabwe International Book Fair
A special episode from the international fair in Harare, where the theme was Children
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Zeffirelli's Otello
Franco Zeffirelli's film of opera Otello, starring Placido Domingo
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Zakir Hussain – Master of the Tabla
Profile of Indian musician Zakir Hussain, the great tabla player
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Zadok the Priest
An examination of Handel’s coronation anthem by the singers who have performed it
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Zadie Smith’s The Autograph Man
The British novelist talks about her second novel
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Zadie Smith interview
The young British novelist talks about her much-hyped debut novel White Teeth
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Youssou N’Dour interview
The Senegalese musician talks about the power of lyrics
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Young Playwright Festival
Report from the week long Young Playwright Festival at the Theatre Royal, London
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York Mystery Plays
A feature-length programme about the York Mystery Plays
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Yes, Prime Minister
Review of BBC TV comedy series Yes, Prime Minister
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Yehudi Menuhin's Violin Competition
Yehudi Menuhin on his International Violin Competition plus winner Leland Chen
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Yehudi Menuhin
An in-depth look at the American-born British violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin
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Yann Martel
The Life of Pi author talks about winning 2002’s Man Booker Prize
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Yakety-Yak - Leiber and Stoller
New 50s musical, plus interviews with writer Stephen Spender and artist David Hockney
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Wynton Marsalis
Talking with Wynton Marsalis: an American trumpeter with many styles
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Writing the world with Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh talks about his latest novel, The Glass Palace, a 20th-century family saga
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Writing in English
A discussion about why international authors write in English or their native language
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Writing for the US President
Speechwriters who craft the big set-pieces delived by presidents and captains of industry
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Writing for children
Trends in children's writing from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Matilda
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Writing and Prison
The Nigerian author Helon Habila talks about his novel Waiting for an Angel
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Writing and Directing Films
Who is more powerful, the writer or director, and should one person do both?
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Writing about Writing about Sex
Why Must a Black Writer Write about Sex? – by Haitian-born writer Danny Laferriere
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Writing about war
War reporter and novelist Jeffrey Lee and an atom bomb survivor turned poet
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Writers' Workshop: Part 1
How to write novels, with advice from writers Eliot Perlman and Michele Roberts
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Writers' Workshop – the Radio Play
Exploring the process of writing radio plays
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Writers' Workshop – Memoirs
Martin Amis and Lisa Appignanesi explore the process of memoir writing
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Writers that push buttons
A programme which takes a look at writers with the art of creating controversy
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Writers on Location – Jan Morris in Wales
Jan Morris interviewed at home in Criccieth about her relationship with Wales
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Writers on Location – In pursuit of Wordsworth
Juliet Barker biographer of William Wordsworth visits the places he knew and loved
