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1981: How the World Sounded the Year You Were Born
Unusual instruments and a review of the Bond movie For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only – Bond Returns—Meridian
The measures taken to make James Bond appeal to younger viewers
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The Sound of a Serpent—Meridian
Sounds of early instruments, plus an interview with JP Donleavy
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Rushdie Wins Booker Prize—Meridian
Midnight's Children wins the Booker Prize and its author Salman Rushdie is interviewed
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Britain's Great Museums - The Ashmolean—Heritage
The world's first public museum, built in 17th Century Oxford
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JG Ballard's New Vision of America—Meridian
Science poetry not science fiction is one critic's description of JG Ballard's new novel
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Pantomime Time—Meridian
A new version of Aladdin, John Inman's Mother Goose, and Captain Beaky by Jeremy Lloyd
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Saddam Hussein—Portraits of Our Time
Fascinating portrait of Saddam Hussein, who wanted Iraq to be seen as a model by the West
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France-Africa relations—Network Africa
A report on France-Africa relations
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Peter Ustinov is Meridian's first guest—Meridian
Peter Ustinov talks about Hercule Poirot and Overheard, his play about a diplomatic affair
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