Meridian Episodes Available now
The Electrification of the Soviet Union
New British opera The Electrification of the Soviet Union by Nigel Osborne
William Boyd's New Confessions
Novelist William Boyd on his latest book The New Confessions
Too Many Orchestras?
Does London have too many orchestras?
Dublin Theatre Festival
Report from the 28th Dublin Theatre Festival and exhibition of late sculptor Henry Moore
Maeve Binchy's Firefly Summer
Maeve Binchy on her novel Firefly Summer plus Dick Francis' on his 26th novel Hot Money
South Africa's first black Othello
Talking to the first black actor to play Othello in South Africa, John Carney
Workshop Negative by Cont Mhlanga
Discussion of controversial Zimbabwean play Workshop Negative by Cont Mhlanga
Manuel Puig's Pubis Angelical
Acclaimed Argentine novelist Manuel Puig's novel Pubis Angelical
The Untouchables
American film The Untouchables, plus new material from Maria Callas, The Unknown Callas
Fay Weldon, Peter Ackroyd and Thomas Keneally
Interviews with three successful writers about their new novels
