Arena - Season 13 / Year 1987

Season 13 / Year 1987

Episodes

Stand by Your Dream (The Tammy Wynette Story)

Night and Day

Dennis Potter
Alan Yentob interviews TV dramatist Dennis Potter about his work through the years, touching on subjects such as why and how he started writing and his attempt to enter politics.

Martin Chambi and the Heirs of the Incas

Confessions of Robert Crumb

Ruth, Roses and Revolver

A Brother with Perfect Timing

Andrei Tarkovsky's Cinema

Putting Ourselves in the Picture

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?

Bayan Ko Pilipinas

Talk is Cheap

Night Moves

The Waugh Trilogy Part 1: Bright Young Thing
In this first episode, Waugh's early years are explored from his childhood and Oxford University days through to his first failed marriage and his early writing success with classics such as Decline and Fall.

The Waugh Trilogy Part 2: Mayfair and the Jungle
This second episode explores Waugh's time in Africa as a journalist and spans the Second World War. After years of negotiating with the church of Rome, Waugh is finally free to marry his second wife Laura.

The Waugh Trilogy Part 3: An Englishman's Home
The final episode examines Waugh's deteriorating health in his latter years.

Joseph Beuys

Revolutionary with a Paintbox

Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell

Invisible Ink
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