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Strauss' Don Quixote

An examination of Strauss' tone poem based on the character created by Miguel de Cervantes

• 24 mins

With Great Pleasure: Donald Woods

The South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist introduces his favourite prose

• 24 mins

Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto

A close examination of the Norwegian composer's Piano Concerto

• 24 mins

Video games

How the video game industry is threatening traditional entertainment such as cinema and TV

• 23 mins

Chaucer

A profile of the first great poet to write in English, 600 years after his death

• 24 mins

Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu interview

The tenor and his soprano wife talk about their chemistry on and off stage

• 24 mins

Slave Narratives: Part 3

How a handful of educated slaves expressed their ideas

• 23 mins

Writers' Workshop: Part 1

How to write novels, with advice from writers Eliot Perlman and Michele Roberts

• 23 mins

Jerome Robbins

A profile of the American film director and choreographer

• 24 mins

Gone With The Wind

Examining the author Margaret Mitchell and her epic historical novel

• 22 mins

Traditional dance

Can traditional dance survive in the face of contemporary dance?

• 23 mins

Australia's history

The novelists Alexis Wright, Nikki Gemmell and Kate Grenville discuss Australian identity

• 24 mins

The American artist Robert Mangold

The artist talks about how and why he paints.

• 23 mins

Aaron Copland

A review of a recording of the American composers' three great ballet scores

• 24 mins

James Turrell's Roden Crater

How the American sculptor made his famous work in an extinct volcano in Arizona

• 24 mins

A Good Read: Gillian Tyndall and Sir Ernest Hall

Gillian Tyndall and Sir Ernest Hall discuss Apsley Cherry-Garrard and Marguerite Youcenar

• 23 mins

Handel's Acis and Galatia

A review of a recording by Les Arts Florissants and conducted by William Christie

• 24 mins

The Legacy of Sigmund Freud

How Freud's psychoanalytic theories and practices have been refined since his death

• 23 mins

A Good Read: Marina Warner and Jim Perrin

The writer and rock climber talk about books by Robert Graves, Maeve Binchy and J M Synge

• 23 mins

A Good Read: Giles Foden and B B Baskin

The novelist and journalist discuss work by Paul Muldoon, Patrick McCabe and Eric Newby

• 23 mins

A Good Read: Mike Hodges and Mike Figgis

The two British filmmakers discuss books by Frederick Exley, James Blinn and Barbara Pym

• 23 mins

Edward Said interview

Edward Said discusses his often controversial work, including scholarship and journalism focusing on his native Palestine

• 23 mins

The Copland Years: Return to America

Returning to America, composer Aaron Copland's career is launched with his Organ Symphony

• 24 mins

A Good Read: Tessa Blackstone and Julian Le Grand

Books by JM Coetzee, Patrick O'Brian and Jane Gardam are discussed

• 23 mins

The Legacy of Frantz Fanon

A discussion about one of the fiercest theorists of anti-colonialism

• 24 mins

Toronto Literary Festival

A report from the Canadian festival and the novelist David Adams Richards

• 24 mins

The Copland Years: Wartime and Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland's fanfare for "the common man who was doing all the dirty work of this war"

• 24 mins

Musical Moves: Siobhan Davies

The British choreographer Siobhan Davies talks about how she works with music

• 23 mins

Musical Moves: David Bintley

The British choregrapher talks about his relationship with music and how it inspires him

• 23 mins

The Copland Years: A Lyrical and Radical Pioneer

In his centenary year, Aaron Copland is still the most-played American composer

• 24 mins