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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