Arena - Season 8 / Year 1982
Season 8 / Year 1982
Episodes
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
What Makes Rabbit Run?
Dramatist Mike Leigh talks to Arena about his work, and demonstrates his unique processes of building the characters of his dramas.
Here They Kill People for It
Profile of Orson Welles, looking at his life and career in theatre, radio and particularly film. This part deals with his work up to Touch of Evil.
Listen to Britain
Second of a two-part profile of Orson Welles, looking at films including The Trial, Chimes at Midnight, The Immortal Story and F for Fake and discussing his many unfinished projects, including The Other Side of the Wind and Don Quixote.
True to Life?
First transmitted in 1982, Arena celebrates Roy Plomley's Desert Island Discs with the help of many celebrity castaways, including Frankie Howerd, Russell Harty, Trevor Brooking, the Lord Mayor of London, Professor JK Galbraith and Arthur Askey. The special guest for the 40th anniversary programme was Paul McCartney who was also a fan of the show: 'I love its homeliness. It conjures up the best in traditional British pleasure, like the great British breakfast. It's an honour to be asked'.
Desert Island Discs
First transmitted in 1982, Arena celebrates Roy Plomley's Desert Island Discs with the help of many celebrity castaways, including Frankie Howerd, Russell Harty, Trevor Brooking, the Lord Mayor of London, Professor JK Galbraith and Arthur Askey. The special guest for the 40th anniversary programme was Paul McCartney who was also a fan of the show: 'I love its homeliness. It conjures up the best in traditional British pleasure, like the great British breakfast. It's an honour to be asked'.
Housing Problems
The Orson Welles Story: Part One
Profile of Orson Welles, looking at his life and career in theatre, radio and particularly film. This part deals with his work up to Touch of Evil.
The Orson Welles Story: Part Two
Second of a two-part profile of Orson Welles, looking at films including The Trial, Chimes at Midnight, The Immortal Story and F for Fake and discussing his many unfinished projects, including The Other Side of the Wind and Don Quixote.
Mike Leigh Making Plays
Dramatist Mike Leigh talks to Arena about his work, and demonstrates his unique processes of building the characters of his dramas.
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
Portrait of playwright Joe Orton, murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell at the peak of his career in 1967.
A Play for Bridport
Upon Westminster Bridge
Eddie Cochran: Three Steps to Heaven
Angus McBean
Samuel Beckett Season: Happy Days
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Guernica - The Long Exile
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