Arena - Season 47 / Year 2021

Arena - Season 47 / Year 2021

Season 47 / Year 2021

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Episodes8
DatesMar 21, 2021 - Nov 28, 2021
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Episodes

My Father and Me
Year 2021Episode 160 min

My Father and Me

Docudrama that explores the life and creative output of Coventry born-Delia Derbyshire – electronic musician, sound pioneer and female outsider in postwar Britain. From 1962 until 1973, she worked at the BBC's Radiophonic workshop, where she created the iconic Doctor Who theme tune, which remained uncredited in her lifetime. 

Delia Derbyshire introduced avant-garde electronic sound to a whole generation through the medium of a children's teatime television show. Sound was both a refuge for Delia and a haunting manifestation of something darker. Delia was three years old during the Coventry blitz listening to the electronic sounds of the air-raid sirens against a backdrop of her devastated hometown. Delia describes the sound of the ‘all-clear' and air-raid sirens as her first experience of electronic music. 

Mar 21, 2021
Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes
Year 2021Episode 290 min

Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes

Docudrama that explores the life and creative output of Coventry born-Delia Derbyshire – electronic musician, sound pioneer and female outsider in postwar Britain. From 1962 until 1973, she worked at the BBC's Radiophonic workshop, where she created the iconic Doctor Who theme tune, which remained uncredited in her lifetime. 

Delia Derbyshire introduced avant-garde electronic sound to a whole generation through the medium of a children's teatime television show. Sound was both a refuge for Delia and a haunting manifestation of something darker. Delia was three years old during the Coventry blitz listening to the electronic sounds of the air-raid sirens against a backdrop of her devastated hometown. Delia describes the sound of the ‘all-clear' and air-raid sirens as her first experience of electronic music. 

May 16, 2021
African Apocalypse
Year 2021Episode 390 min

African Apocalypse

British-Nigerian poet and activist Femi Nylander travels to West Africa to discover the modern-day impact on its people of atrocities that took place over a century ago.

May 22, 2021
Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture
Year 2021Episode 490 min

Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture

May 29, 2021
Dylan Thomas: From Grave to Cradle
Year 2021Episode 560 min

Dylan Thomas: From Grave to Cradle

An examination of the work and the legend of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, originally broadcast in 2003 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his death.

Oct 10, 2021
Painted with My Hair
Year 2021Episode 660 min

Painted with My Hair

How a US lifer survived long-term solitary confinement through a remarkable pen-pal friendship and the making of beautiful little paintings from M&M's.

Oct 31, 2021
B. Catling: Where Does It All Come From?
Year 2021Episode 770 min

B. Catling: Where Does It All Come From?

An investigation into the extraordinary life and work of B. Catling, an eye-popping insight into the late-flourishing career of a maverick artist, teacher and performer.

Nov 21, 2021
The Vasulka Effect
Year 2021Episode 860 min

The Vasulka Effect

An Arena documentary about the life and work of video art pioneers Steina and Woody Vasulka, which reveals the profound effect they had on the American avant-garde.

Nov 28, 2021

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