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Arena (1975 - 2023)

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Documentary 1975 - Present47 Seasons

Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has run since 1 October 1975 with over five hundred episodes made, directed by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alan Yentob, Roly Keating, Frederick Baker, Volker Schlondorff and Vikram Jayanti. Arena's subjects are a roll-call of the world's best known cultural figures from the 20th and 21st centuries, from singers Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse to academics Edward Said and Eric Hobsbawm, from writers Jean Genet and V S Naipaul to artists Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois. The current series editor is Anthony Wall.Arena is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy but you can track it for updates. It's a documentary show with 550 episodes over 47 seasons. Arena is still airing with no announced date for the next episode or season. It has a high IMDb audience rating of 7.8 (286 votes).

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EPISODE GUIDE

Arena Season 2021 Overview

May 22, 2021 - Nov 28, 2021

Season 2021 of Arena has 7 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2021, Episode 10 The Vasulka Effect
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S2021 E07The Vasulka Effect

Nov 28, 2021

An Arena documentary about the life and work of video art pioneers Steina and Woody Vasulka, which reveals the profound...

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Season 2021, Episode 10 B. Catling: Where Does It All Come From?
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S2021 E06 B. Catling: Where Does It All Come From?

Nov 21, 2021

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

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Season 2021, Episode 10 Painted with My Hair
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S2021 E05 Painted with My Hair

Oct 31, 2021

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

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Arena Season 2020 Overview

Jul 4, 2020 - Nov 21, 2020

Season 2020 of Arena has 5 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2020, Episode 10 Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat
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S2020 E05 Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat

Nov 21, 2020

In 1997, over one million people gathered in Lagos for the funeral of Fela Kuti, Africa’s biggest artist, who gave...

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Season 2020, Episode 00 The Changin' Times of Ike White
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S2020 E02 The Changin' Times of Ike White

May 18, 2020

In 1974, Ike White recorded an album while serving life for murder. The album became his ticket to freedom. But,...

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Season 2020, Episode 00 Return To Wolf Hall
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S2020 E01 Return To Wolf Hall

Mar 7, 2020

Made across six months in the run-up to publication of The Mirror and the Light, the final book in Hilary...

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Arena Season 2019 Overview

Jul 7, 2019 - Nov 10, 2019

Season 2019 of Arena has 9 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2019, Episode 10 Everything Is Connected - George Eliot's Life
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S2019 E08 Everything Is Connected - George Eliot's Life

Nov 10, 2019

Contemporary artist Gillian Wearing celebrates the legacy of Victorian novelist George Eliot. Just as Eliot's novel Middlemarch explored the lives...

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Season 2019, Episode 10 A British Guide to the End of the World
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S2019 E07 A British Guide to the End of the World

Nov 4, 2019

A haunting film about Britain and the nuclear age, from the first bomb tests to our potentially futile preparations for...

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Season 2019, Episode 10 Bergman: A Year in the Life
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S2019 E05 Bergman: A Year in the Life

Sep 22, 2019

Documentary that exposes a darker, less well-known side of film director Ingmar Bergman. Focusing on 1957, a landmark year in...

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Arena Season 2018 Overview

Mar 30, 2018 - Nov 4, 2018

Season 2018 of Arena has 4 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2018, Episode 00 Make Me Up!
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S2018 E04 Make Me Up!

Nov 4, 2018

A satirical look at the contradictory pressures faced by women today. It examines how television and social media can help...

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Season 2018, Episode 00 Nothing Like A Dame
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S2018 E03 Nothing Like A Dame

Jun 2, 2018

Together, they are 342 years old. They are in their seventh decade of cutting-edge, epoch-defining performances on stage and on...

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Season 2018, Episode 00 Stanley and His Daughters
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S2018 E01 Stanley and His Daughters

Feb 4, 2018

Film exploring the relationship of artist Stanley Spencer's two daughters, Unity and Shirin, as they try to understand and reclaim...

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Arena Season 2017 Overview

Feb 10, 2017 - May 29, 2017

Season 2017 of Arena has 6 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2017, Episode 10 Kirsty Young: 75 Years of Desert Island Discs
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S2017 E06 Kirsty Young: 75 Years of Desert Island Discs

May 29, 2017

As Desert Island Discs reaches 75, today's custodian of the island, Kirsty Young, introduces the 1982 Bafta-winning Arena classic. It...

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Season 2017, Episode 10 American Epic: The Sessions
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S2017 E05 American Epic: The Sessions

Jun 9, 2017

The machine that introduced the sounds of America to its people has been lovingly reassembled and now, in the heart...

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Season 2017, Episode 00 American Epic Part 2: Blood and Soil
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S2017 E03 American Epic Part 2: Blood and Soil

May 28, 2017

This episode takes a look at the stories of those early music pioneers whose names have largely been forgotten. In...

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Arena Season 2016 Overview

Apr 24, 2016 - Mar 18, 2016

Season 2016 of Arena has 4 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2016, Episode 00 Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
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S2016 E01 Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

Mar 18, 2016

Legendary country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn is loved by fans from across the world. She has sold over 45 million...

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Season 2016, Episode 00 The Roundhouse - The People's Palace
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S2016 E04 The Roundhouse - The People's Palace

Oct 23, 2016

Documentary telling the tragicomic rollercoaster story of a unique venue. On October 15th 1966, the Roundhouse in north London hosted...

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Season 2016, Episode 00 1966 - 50 Years Ago Today
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S2016 E03 1966 - 50 Years Ago Today

Jul 24, 2016

Based on Jon Savage's book 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded, Arena marks the year pop music and popular culture...

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Arena Season 2015 Overview

Nov 22, 2015 - Jun 28, 2015

Season 2015 of Arena has 2 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2015, Episode 00 Nicolas Roeg - It's About Time
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S2015 E01 Nicolas Roeg - It's About Time

Jun 28, 2015

The first major profile of the great British film director Nicolas Roeg, examining his very personal vision of cinema as...

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Season 2015, Episode 00 Night and Day
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S2015 E02 Night and Day

Nov 22, 2015

In 2015, Arena celebrates its 40th anniversary, which makes it the longest-running arts documentary strand in the world. To mark...

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Arena Season 2014 Overview

Feb 15, 2013 - Apr 2, 2014

Season 2014 of Arena has 5 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2014, Episode 10 The National Theatre - Learning Zone
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S2014 E05 The National Theatre - Learning Zone

Apr 2, 2014

Made specially for schools, this version of the BBC Four Arena programme examines the history and purpose of the National...

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Season 2014, Episode 00 The Brian Epstein Story: The Sun Will Shine Tomorrow
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S2014 E02 The Brian Epstein Story: The Sun Will Shine Tomorrow

Feb 15, 2013

First in a two-part documentary examining the turbulent life and career of Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Gay when homosexuality was...

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Season 2014, Episode 00 The 50 Year Argument - The New York Review of Books
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Jun 19, 2014

The 50 Year Argument is Martin Scorsese's latest film, co-directed with his longtime documentary collaborator David Tedeschi. It charts literary,...

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Arena Season 2013 Overview

Oct 24, 2013 - Oct 31, 2013

Season 2013 of Arena has 5 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2013, Episode 10 The National Theatre Part Two: War and Peace
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S2013 E05 The National Theatre Part Two: War and Peace

Oct 31, 2013

Looking at the new National Theatre from its opening in 1976 to the present day.

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Season 2013, Episode 00 The Brian Epstein Story: Tomorrow Never Knows
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S2013 E02 The Brian Epstein Story: Tomorrow Never Knows

Dec 26, 1998

Part two of the documentary on Beatles manager Brian Epstein. By the mid 60s, Epstein was lured into the world...

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Season 2013, Episode 00 aka Norman Parkinson
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S2013 E03 aka Norman Parkinson

Apr 21, 2013

To mark the centenary of his birth, Arena examines the glamorous life and exceptionally long career of pioneering photographer Norman...

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Arena Season 2012 Overview

Mar 17, 2012 - Dec 22, 2012

Season 2012 of Arena has 11 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2012, Episode 10 Screen Goddesses
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S2012 E10 Screen Goddesses

Dec 22, 2012

Documentary focusing on the female stars of the Hollywood studio era, from its beginnings around 1910 through to its collapse...

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Season 2012, Episode 10 Sykes and a Day
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S2012 E09 Sykes and a Day

Nov 3, 2012

Writer, performer and director, the late Eric Sykes was the renaissance man of British comedy. This episode of Arena opens...

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Season 2012, Episode 10 The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour - 2. 'The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour
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Oct 6, 2012

Fully restored to the highest technical standard with a remixed soundtrack, Magical Mystery Tour comes out of the shadows and...

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Arena Season 2011 Overview

May 21, 2011 - Dec 1, 2001

Season 2011 of Arena has 6 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2011, Episode 10 James Ellroy's Feast of Death
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S2011 E06 James Ellroy's Feast of Death

Dec 1, 2001

A programme exploring the work of crime writer James Ellroy, whose credits include LA Confidential, The Black Dahlia and My...

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Season 2011, Episode 10 George Harrison: Living in the Material World - Part 2
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S2011 E05 George Harrison: Living in the Material World - Part 2

Nov 13, 2011

Arena broadcasts the second and concluding part of Martin Scorsese's portrait of George Harrison. Part two looks at Harrison's post-Beatles...

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Season 2011, Episode 00 Produced by George Martin
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Apr 25, 2011

Profile of record producer Sir George Martin. He began with Nellie the Elephant, 633 Squadron and Peter Sellers, then came...

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Arena Season 2010 Overview

Dec 3, 2010 - Jul 17, 2010

Season 2010 of Arena has 5 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2010, Episode 10 Hank Williams - Honky Tonk Blues
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S2010 E06 Hank Williams - Honky Tonk Blues

Jul 17, 2010

Hank Williams was the greatest singer-songwriter country music has ever known. He died on a journey half-way across America to...

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Season 2010, Episode 00 Frank Sinatra - The Voice of the Century
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S2010 E04 Frank Sinatra - The Voice of the Century

Apr 2, 2010

Acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century, Arena explores the rise of legendary, Rat Pack crooner...

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Season 2010, Episode 00 My Name is Celia Cruz
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S2010 E03 My Name is Celia Cruz

Feb 5, 2010

The queen of salsa, Celia Cruz has been the most adored and dynamic singer in Latin America for more than...

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Arena Season 2009 Overview

Jun 6, 2009 - Jun 6, 2009

Season 2009 of Arena has 6 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2009, Episode 10 T.S. Eliot
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S2009 E07 T.S. Eliot

Jun 6, 2009

For the first time on television, Arena tells the whole story of the life and work of TS Eliot including...

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Season 2009, Episode 10 Cool
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Apr 3, 2009

Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music of the 1940s and 50s that became known...

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Season 2009, Episode 00 Tony Bennett: the Music Never Ends
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S2009 E01 Tony Bennett: the Music Never Ends

Feb 14, 2009

The singer looks back on his long and illustrious career in this Arena film, in conversation with his friend and...

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Arena Season 2008 Overview

Apr 9, 2008 - Sep 21, 2008

Season 2008 of Arena has 8 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2008, Episode 10 The Whale in the Museum
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S2008 E08 The Whale in the Museum

Sep 21, 2008

Documentary telling the story of the construction of the much-loved blue whale at the Natural History Museum. As the world...

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Season 2008, Episode 10 Voices from the Island
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S2008 E07 Voices from the Island

Jul 18, 2008

Nelson Mandela and his fellow ex-prisoners recall their incarceration on South Africa's Robben Island. For three decades, the Island housed...

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Season 2008, Episode 10 The Agony And Ecstasy Of Phil Spector
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S2008 E05 The Agony And Ecstasy Of Phil Spector

Oct 25, 2008

Arts documentary series. Interview with music producer Phil Spector, looking back over a 50-year career.

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Arena Season 2007 Overview

Mar 18, 2007 - Sep 30, 2007

Season 2007 of Arena has 11 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2007, Episode 10 The Comic Strip Hero
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S2007 E05 The Comic Strip Hero

Sep 30, 2007

A look at the legend of 'Superman' and its portrayal in comic books and films.

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Season 2007, Episode 10 Into the Limelight
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S2007 E09 Into the Limelight

Oct 6, 2007

A documentary looking at the tribute bands who play at and the life that revolves the Limelight Club in a...

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Season 2007, Episode 10 Bob Marley: Exodus
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S2007 E06 Bob Marley: Exodus

Jun 3, 2007

Marley's legendary concert at the Rainbow in the summer of 1977 took reggae music and the message of Rastafaria to...

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Arena Season 2006 Overview

Nov 12, 2006 - Sep 11, 2006

Season 2006 of Arena has 3 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2006, Episode 00 Bacon's Arena
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Sep 11, 2006

Refused entry to America in because of an embargo on communist goods, Chi-Chi attracted mass media attention when she arrived...

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Season 2006, Episode 00 Saints
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Dec 17, 2006

The phenomenon of sanctity is examined in a documentary asking what makes a saint, comparing the Catholic Church's well-known practices...

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Season 2006, Episode 00 Pete Doherty
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Nov 12, 2006

A one-off documentary following six months in the life of Libertines and Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty - the musician who...

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Arena Season 2005 Overview

Dec 25, 2005 - Nov 8, 2005

Season 2005 of Arena has 9 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2005, Episode 10 The Princess and Panorama
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S2005 E05 The Princess and Panorama

Nov 8, 2005

An incredible 22.8 million viewers were agog as Diana, Princess of Wales spoke candidly of her marriage into the royal...

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Season 2005, Episode 10 No Direction Home - Bob Dylan Part 2
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Sep 27, 2005

Martin Scorsese delicately balances Dylan's internal world with signpost images from the external as he follows the newsworthy phenomenon of...

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Season 2005, Episode 10 No Direction Home - Bob Dylan Part 1
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S2005 E09 No Direction Home - Bob Dylan Part 1

Sep 26, 2005

Director Martin Scorsese enlists the help of Dylan himself, Joan Baez , film-maker DA Pennebaker , Greenwich Village folk icon...

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Arena Season 2004 Overview

May 29, 2004 - Dec 25, 2004

Season 2004 of Arena has 4 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2004, Episode 00 Painting the Clouds: a Portrait of Dennis Potter
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S2004 E04 Painting the Clouds: a Portrait of Dennis Potter

Dec 25, 2004

The Potter at the BBC strand marking the 10th anniversary of his death starts with this feature-length profile. It charts...

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Season 2004, Episode 00 Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
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S2004 E02 Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Jul 9, 2004

A stunningly-photographed, thought-provoking road trip into the heart of the poor white American South. Singer Jim White takes his 1970...

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Season 2004, Episode 00 Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
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S2004 E03 Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Dec 9, 2004

A celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Secret Policeman's Ball in aid of Amnesty International. Many of Britain's finest...

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Arena Season 2003 Overview

May 9, 2015 - Sep 20, 2003

Season 2003 of Arena has 6 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 2003, Episode 10 Imagine Imagine
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S2003 E05 Imagine Imagine

Sep 20, 2003

The huge and enduring popularity of John Lennon 's song, Imagine, is examined in this documentary. Yoko Ono , who...

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Season 2003, Episode 10 The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough - Part 1
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S2003 E06 The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough - Part 1

Aug 24, 2003

As he becomes an octogenarian, a two-part Arena special celebrates the life and distinguished career of one of Britain's best-loved...

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Season 2003, Episode 10 The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough - Part 2
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S2003 E07 The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough - Part 2

Aug 25, 2003

The conclusion to this two-part profile, which accompanies Attenborough at 80 season of films this week, looks at Attenborough's career...

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Arena Season 2002 Overview

Dec 26, 2002 - May 18, 2002

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Season 2002, Episode 10 Estonia Dreams of Eurovision
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May 18, 2002

As the 2001 winner, the Baltic state of Estonia, prepares to host this year's Eurovision Song Contest, this documentary explores...

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Season 2002, Episode 10 One for the Road
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S2002 E06 One for the Road

Oct 26, 2002

Pinter stars in the Gate Theatre, Dublin's production of his play, produced by Michael Colgan , directed by Robin Lefevre....

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Season 2002, Episode 00 Harold Pinter - The Room
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S2002 E01 Harold Pinter - The Room

Oct 26, 2002

This edition chronicles Pinter's East End childhood, his work as an actor, the critical appraisal of his work, and his...

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Arena Season 2001 Overview

May 6, 2001 - Dec 26, 2001

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Season 2001, Episode 10 The Private Dirk Bogarde
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S2001 E09 The Private Dirk Bogarde

Dec 26, 2001

In 1986, Dirk Bogarde burnt most of his personal papers at his home in southern France. However, 12 cans of...

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Season 2001, Episode 10 Stalin - the Red God
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S2001 E06 Stalin - the Red God

May 31, 2001

Joseph Stalin is seen outside his native land as one of history's most deplorable tyrants, but throughout the former Soviet...

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Season 2001, Episode 10 According to Beryl
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S2001 E07 According to Beryl

Oct 6, 2001

A one-off film in which author Beryl Bainbridge chronicles the extraordinary relationship during the 18th century between Samuel Johnson and...

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Arena Season 2000 Overview

Jan 2, 2000 - May 20, 2000

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Season 2000, Episode 00 The Veil
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May 20, 2000

More and more young Muslim women today are wearing the veil, saying that it frees rather than oppresses them. This...

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Season 2000, Episode 00 Wisconsin Death Trip
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Jul 2, 2000

This poetic documentary uses archive newspaper reports, the contemporary photographs of Charles Van Shaick, and reconstructions to portray the mysterious...

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Season 2000, Episode 00 The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
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S2000 E02 The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

Jan 2, 2000

Actor Dennis Hopper plays the eccentric host to this guide to the world of commercial creativity. The programme analyses advertising's...

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Arena Season 1999 Overview

Jan 2, 1999 - Dec 27, 1999

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Season 1999, Episode 10 Blondes - Anita Ekberg
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S1999 E07 Blondes - Anita Ekberg

Dec 27, 1999

Perhaps best remembered as the shapely blonde who waded into the Trevi Fountain in La Dolce Vita , fifties sex...

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Season 1999, Episode 10 Blondes - Jayne Mansfield
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Dec 24, 1999

In 1957, Jayne Mansfield was riding high as the most photographed woman in the world. Yet, ten years later, she...

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Season 1999, Episode 10 Blondes - Diana Dors
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Dec 26, 1999

This second blonde-bombshell profile focuses on Britain's home-grown prototype, Diana Dors. The Rada-trained actress emerged as a sex symbol in...

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Arena Season 1998 Overview

Dec 25, 1998 - Dec 26, 1998

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Season 1998, Episode 10 The Brian Epstein Story: Tomorrow Never Knows
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S1998 E05 The Brian Epstein Story: Tomorrow Never Knows

Dec 26, 1998

Part two of the documentary on Beatles manager Brian Epstein. By the mid 60s, Epstein was lured into the world...

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Season 1998, Episode 00 The Brian Epstein Story: The Sun Will Shine Tomorrow
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S1998 E04 The Brian Epstein Story: The Sun Will Shine Tomorrow

Dec 25, 1998

First in a two-part documentary examining the turbulent life and career of Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Gay when homosexuality was...

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Arena Season 1997 Overview

Jan 2, 1997 - Mar 30, 1997

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Season 1997, Episode 20 Busby, Stein and Shankly - the Football Men: The Price of Glory
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Mar 30, 1997

Concluding the three-part series presented by sports writer Hugh Mcllvanney about three great football managers; Matt Busby, Jock Stein and...

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Season 1997, Episode 20 Cigars - Out of the Humidor
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S1997 E15 Cigars - Out of the Humidor

Dec 25, 1997

Documentary which follows the story of the cigar - from the tobacco fields west of the Cuban capital of Havana...

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Season 1997, Episode 20 Busby, Stein and Shankly - the Football Men: Underground
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S1997 E17 Busby, Stein and Shankly - the Football Men: Underground

Mar 28, 1997

Sports writer Hugh Mcllvanney presents the first of a trilogy of programmes for the Easter weekend about three great football...

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Arena Season 1996 Overview

Jul 14, 1996 - Jan 1, 1996

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Season 1996, Episode 00 The Burger & the King: The Life & Cuisine of Elvis Presley
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Jan 1, 1996

A remarkable guided tour through the culinary world of Elvis Presley, in his later years famed as much for his...

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Season 1996, Episode 00 Caesar's Writers
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S1996 E04 Caesar's Writers

Dec 24, 1996

Sid Caesar was one America's favourite TV stars in the fifties. His writing team, which include Mel Brooks , Carl...

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Season 1996, Episode 00 Tony Bennett 's New York
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S1996 E03 Tony Bennett 's New York

Dec 22, 1996

At 70 years of age, singer Tony Bennett has been dubbed the King of Cool by the MTV-watchinggeneration. Arena reveals...

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Arena Season 1995 Overview

Aug 20, 1995 - Feb 11, 1995

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Season 1995, Episode 00 The Peter Sellers Story Part 1
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S1995 E01 The Peter Sellers Story Part 1

Feb 11, 1995

The life and time of comedy genius Peter Sellers, told with the help of his extraordinary collections of home movies...

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Season 1995, Episode 00 The Peter Sellers Story Part 3
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Feb 25, 1995

The life and time of comedy genius Peter Sellers, told with the help of his extraordinary collections of home movies...

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Season 1995, Episode 00 The Peter Sellers Story Part 2
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S1995 E02 The Peter Sellers Story Part 2

Feb 18, 1995

The life and time of comedy genius Peter Sellers, told with the help of his extraordinary collections of home movies...

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Arena Season 1994 Overview

Feb 22, 1994 - Aug 6, 1994

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Season 1994, Episode 20 Louise Bourgeois
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S1994 E15 Louise Bourgeois

Aug 6, 1994

This Arena special profiles sculptor Louise Bourgeois, who has suddenly become fashionable at the age of 84, and has been...

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Season 1994, Episode 10 The Ring - A South London Tale
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S1994 E11 The Ring - A South London Tale

Apr 23, 1994

Nelson Mandela and his fellow ex-prisoners recall their incarceration on South Africa's Robben Island. For three decades, the island housed...

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Season 1994, Episode 10 Glitterbug - Derek Jarman
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S1994 E06 Glitterbug - Derek Jarman

Mar 5, 1994

During the 1970s and 1980s Derek Jarman kept a Super-8 film diary, chronicling the cultural high life and low life...

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Arena Season 1993 Overview

Jan 29, 1993 - May 8, 1993

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Season 1993, Episode 20 Tales of Rock 'N' Roll: Highway 61 Revisited
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S1993 E16 Tales of Rock 'N' Roll: Highway 61 Revisited

May 8, 1993

Investigates Bob Dylan's origins in Hibbing, Minnesota and takes a musical and historical journey down Highway 61 itself. John Bucklen,...

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Season 1993, Episode 20 Tales of Rock 'N' Roll - Walk On The Wild Side
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May 1, 1993

Tells the story behind Lou Reed's song Walk on the Wild Side. The characters named in it were people who...

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Season 1993, Episode 10 Duchamp's Fountain
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S1993 E11 Duchamp's Fountain

Apr 2, 1993

In 1917, Marcel Duchamp entered a white porcelain object in a New York exhibition. it was a urinal. Arena unearths...

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Arena Season 1992 Overview

Mar 27, 1992 - Jan 31, 1992

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Season 1992, Episode 00 Masters of the Canvas
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S1992 E02 Masters of the Canvas

Jan 31, 1992

Paul Yates and Peter Blake on their fascination with masked wrestler Kendo Nagasaki.

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Season 1992, Episode 00 Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
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S1992 E03 Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up

Mar 27, 1992

Tales of the City first appeared in the 70s as a daily column in the San Francisco Chronicle. Armistead Maupin's...

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Arena Season 1991 Overview

Feb 1, 1991 - Oct 13, 1991

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Season 1991, Episode 20 The Complete Citizen Kane
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S1991 E16 The Complete Citizen Kane

Oct 13, 1991

An Arena Special looking at Orson Welles and the production of the film CITIZEN KANE, considering the furore that accompanied...

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Season 1991, Episode 20 Texas Saturday Night
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S1991 E15 Texas Saturday Night

Apr 19, 1991

In the last of the current series of Arena, musical performance artist Laurie Anderson presents an examination of mankind's obsession...

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Season 1991, Episode 20 Hollywood Babylon
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S1991 E17 Hollywood Babylon

Apr 5, 1991

Reenactments of passages from the controversial Kenneth Anger collection of tawdry gossip about the golden age of Hollywood.

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Arena Season 1990 Overview

Jan 26, 1990 - Apr 6, 1990

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Season 1990, Episode 10 Paris Is Burning
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S1990 E11 Paris Is Burning

Apr 6, 1990

Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the...

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Season 1990, Episode 10 Next Time Dear God Please Choose Someone Else
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S1990 E05 Next Time Dear God Please Choose Someone Else

Feb 23, 1990

Traditional Jewish humour flourished in adversity. Religious persecution and life in the ghetto nurtured its own kind of bitter comedy...

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Season 1990, Episode 10 Salif Keita
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S1990 E06 Salif Keita

Mar 2, 1990

Salif Keita - the golden voice of Mali - is one of the first African world superstars. He can trace...

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Arena Season 1989 Overview

Jan 27, 1989 - Apr 7, 1989

Season 1989 of Arena has 14 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1989, Episode 10 Heavy Metal
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S1989 E12 Heavy Metal

Apr 7, 1989

Documentary on heavy metal music, exploring its origins in the blues to the black country and beyond, including in concert...

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Season 1989, Episode 10 Lubetkin Thoughts Of A Twentieth Century Anarchist
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S1989 E11 Lubetkin Thoughts Of A Twentieth Century Anarchist

Mar 31, 1989

Documentary on the life and work of architect Berthold Lubetkin.

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Season 1989, Episode 10 Eugene Ionesco: The Joke's On Us
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S1989 E06 Eugene Ionesco: The Joke's On Us

Feb 17, 1989

Assessment of the life and work of the dramatist Eugene Ionesco.

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Arena Season 1988 Overview

Jan 29, 1988 - Dec 23, 1988

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Season 1988, Episode 20 The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
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S1988 E15 The Unforgettable Nat King Cole

Dec 23, 1988

Portrait of American singer Nat King Cole, from his birthplace in Alabama through his early career as a young jazz...

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Season 1988, Episode 10 Moving Across The World On Horses
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S1988 E13 Moving Across The World On Horses

Dec 9, 1988

Documentary about the work of Michael Ondaatje, including a dramatisation of his ideas.

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Season 1988, Episode 10 Ten Green Bottles
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S1988 E11 Ten Green Bottles

Nov 25, 1988

Tenth anniversary edition of the programme, featuring clips from some of the pro grammes of the last ten years.

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Arena Season 1987 Overview

Jan 23, 1987 - Jun 6, 1987

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Season 1987, Episode 20 Joseph Beuys
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S1987 E17 Joseph Beuys

Jun 6, 1987

Documentary tracing the career of controversial German artist Joseph Beuys, from World War II up to his death in 1986.

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Season 1987, Episode 20 Invisible Ink
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S1987 E20 Invisible Ink

Dec 4, 1987

Documentary on the writings of Indians who travelled to Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries and wrote about their...

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Season 1987, Episode 20 Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell
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S1987 E19 Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell

Nov 27, 1987

A courtroom 'drama' featuring Bob Guccione versus Ken Russell in a breach of con tract case regarding disagreements over a...

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Arena Season 1986 Overview

Jan 8, 1986 - Dec 19, 1986

Season 1986 of Arena has 25 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1986, Episode 30 Night Moves
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S1986 E25 Night Moves

Dec 19, 1986

Fifty years ago Basil Wright and Harry Watts' classic documentary "Night Mail" celebrated the role of the railways as the...

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Season 1986, Episode 20 Henry Moore
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S1986 E18 Henry Moore

Sep 7, 1986

Speaking from Henry Moore’s own studio in Perry Green, John Read reaffirms his belief in the artist’s status as one...

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Season 1986, Episode 20 Scarfe on Scarfe
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S1986 E24 Scarfe on Scarfe

Dec 12, 1986

In this week's Arena Gerald Scarfe takes a long, hard look at himself. In his paintings and drawings he mercilessly...

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Arena Season 1985 Overview

Dec 3, 1985 - Dec 17, 1985

Season 1985 of Arena has 26 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1985, Episode 30 The Apollo Story: part 2
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S1985 E26 The Apollo Story: part 2

Dec 17, 1985

Harlem's Apollo Theater has been the ultimate testing ground for every black American performer from Duke Ellington to Michael Jackson....

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Season 1985, Episode 30 The Apollo Story: part one
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S1985 E25 The Apollo Story: part one

Dec 10, 1985

The list of artists who have performed at Harlem's Apollo Theater reads like a Who's Who of black American entertainment....

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Season 1985, Episode 20 Blues Night: Blues Medley
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S1985 E16 Blues Night: Blues Medley

Jul 28, 1985

First transmitted in 1985, this medley of the blues features Fred McDowell, Thomas 'Georgia Tom' Dorsey, Sonny Terry and Brownie...

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Arena Season 1984 Overview

Jan 2, 1984 - Dec 21, 1984

Season 1984 of Arena has 27 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1984, Episode 30 What's Cuba Playing At?
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S1984 E25 What's Cuba Playing At?

Dec 21, 1984

In the 25th anniversary year of the Revolution, Arena traces the Afro-Spanish roots of Cuba's rich musical history. If, for...

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Season 1984, Episode 30 Music of the other Americas
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S1984 E26 Music of the other Americas

Dec 22, 1984

Every November musicians from all over Latin America come to take part in the international music festival at Varadero in...

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Season 1984, Episode 30 Pavarotti at Madison Square Garden
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S1984 E27 Pavarotti at Madison Square Garden

Dec 26, 1984

For many Luciano Pavarotti is the world's greatest tenor - certainly his place is assured among the legends of Grand...

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Arena Season 1983 Overview

Feb 8, 1983 - Dec 14, 1983

Season 1983 of Arena has 18 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1983, Episode 20 The GPO Story
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S1983 E15 The GPO Story

Dec 14, 1983

The GPO Film Unit-50 years old this year-went where no Hollywood film studio would dare to go in 1933. Down...

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Season 1983, Episode 20 George Orwell: Part 2 - Road to Wigan Pier
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S1983 E18 George Orwell: Part 2 - Road to Wigan Pier

Dec 30, 1983

'Whichever way you turn this curse of class difference confronts you like a wall of stone. Or rather, it is...

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Season 1983, Episode 20 The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert
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S1983 E16 The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert

Dec 23, 1983

An Arena special Last September at the Royal Albert Hall Don and Phil Everly performed together for the first time...

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Arena Season 1982 Overview

Nov 9, 1982 - Dec 28, 1982

Season 1982 of Arena has 21 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1982, Episode 20 Guernica - The Long Exile
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S1982 E21 Guernica - The Long Exile

Dec 28, 1982

Last year a £13-million painting travelled in top secret from America to Spain. Next day it was headline news that...

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Season 1982, Episode 20 Rockaby
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S1982 E17 Rockaby

Dec 14, 1982

Arena continues the Samuel Beckett Season with a unique record of his new play Rockaby which has just opened at...

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Season 1982, Episode 20 Quad
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S1982 E19 Quad

Dec 16, 1982

continues the Samuel Beckett Season with a premiere A play without words. Quad has a musical structure. It is a...

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Arena Season 1981 Overview

Nov 24, 1981 - Dec 8, 1981

Season 1981 of Arena has 26 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1981, Episode 30 A Tall Story - How Salman Rushdie Pickled All India
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S1981 E25 A Tall Story - How Salman Rushdie Pickled All India

Dec 8, 1981

Documentary which features the view of Booker prize-winning author Salman Rushdie of India through the eyes of his hero from...

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Season 1981, Episode 30 Brixton To Barbados
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S1981 E26 Brixton To Barbados

Dec 15, 1981

Documentary in which Jamaican-born poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, now resident in Brixton, visits Carifesta, a festival of West Indian culture...

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Season 1981, Episode 20 A Pretty British Affair
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S1981 E23 A Pretty British Affair

Nov 17, 1981

Documentary on British film-makers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger who talk about their career in partnership which produced some now-acknowledged...

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Arena Season 1980 Overview

Feb 6, 1980 - Dec 22, 1980

Season 1980 of Arena has 17 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1980, Episode 20 Dire Straits
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S1980 E17 Dire Straits

Dec 22, 1980

Not so long ago they were playing in London pubs. This week - 16 platinum discs, 21 gold and a...

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Season 1980, Episode 20 In Their Own Image
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S1980 E15 In Their Own Image

May 28, 1980

Two women photographers turn the camera on themselves ... Time Release For over a year Linda Benedict -Jones photographed herself,...

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Season 1980, Episode 20 Making The Shining
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S1980 E16 Making The Shining

Oct 4, 1980

Stanley Kubrick allowed his then 17-year-old daughter, Vivian, to make a documentary about the production of The Shining. Created originally...

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Arena Season 1979 Overview

Jan 17, 1979 - Apr 2, 1979

Season 1979 of Arena has 23 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1979, Episode 20 Tell Us the Truth
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S1979 E18 Tell Us the Truth

Apr 2, 1979

Rock band Sham 69 have a large and loyal following of working-class kids, who call themselves 'The Sham Army'. They...

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Season 1979, Episode 20 Six Days in September
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S1979 E22 Six Days in September

Sep 29, 1979

John Hoyland is reckoned by many both here and abroad to be this country's finest abstract painter. A key figure...

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Season 1979, Episode 20 Cinema: Kung Fu, Run Run Shaw and Bruce Lee
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S1979 E17 Cinema: Kung Fu, Run Run Shaw and Bruce Lee

Mar 28, 1979

Everybody knows about Kung Fu, Run Run Shaw and Bruce Lee. They probably know less about the young film-makers who...

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Arena Season 1978 Overview

May 24, 1978 - Dec 20, 1978

Season 1978 of Arena has 24 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1978, Episode 20 Cinema: Robert Altman
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S1978 E24 Cinema: Robert Altman

Dec 20, 1978

Robert Altman is one of the most accomplished film-makers in the world. His output has the kind of unexpected and...

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Season 1978, Episode 20 Theatre: Arnold Wesker
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S1978 E17 Theatre: Arnold Wesker

May 10, 1978

This week Arena reassesses the major achievement of an established dramatist, and looks forward to the work of an exciting...

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Season 1978, Episode 20 Cinema: Francois Truffaut
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S1978 E19 Cinema: Francois Truffaut

Oct 11, 1978

Gavin Millar talked to Francois Truffaut when the film was first released here in 1970. From his first film, The...

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Arena Season 1977 Overview

Jan 12, 1977 - Dec 14, 1977

Season 1977 of Arena has 35 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1977, Episode 40 Cinema: The Deep
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S1977 E35 Cinema: The Deep

Dec 14, 1977

The Deep opens in London this week. Written by the man who wrote Jaws, Peter Benchley , it's been the...

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Season 1977, Episode 30 Theatre: Leonard Rossiter
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S1977 E34 Theatre: Leonard Rossiter

Dec 7, 1977

Leonard Rossiter is currently tackling his most demanding role as The Immortal Haydon. Alone on stage for two hours, he...

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Season 1977, Episode 30 Cinema: 'Annie Hall'
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S1977 E25 Cinema: 'Annie Hall'

Oct 5, 1977

Diane Keaton and Woody Allen talk about the filming of 'Annie Hall' and their long friendship.

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Arena Season 1976 Overview

Jan 28, 1976 - Nov 10, 1976

Season 1976 of Arena has 31 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1976, Episode 30 Theatre: The Cultural Common Market
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S1976 E26 Theatre: The Cultural Common Market

Nov 10, 1976

A look at Theatre National Populaire, one of France's leading theaters, and Patrice Chéreau's 'La Dispute' by Marivaux and Roger...

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Season 1976, Episode 30 Cinema: Christmas Special
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S1976 E31 Cinema: Christmas Special

Dec 15, 1976

A look at the Disney exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum; an interview with 'The Ritz' director Dick Lester...

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Season 1976, Episode 30 Cinema: 'The Long Vacation of 36'
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S1976 E29 Cinema: 'The Long Vacation of 36'

Dec 1, 1976

Arena speaks with Spanish directors at the Madrid premiere of 'The Long Vacation of 36'.

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Arena Season 1975 Overview

Oct 15, 1975 - Dec 17, 1975

Season 1975 of Arena has 12 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.

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Season 1975, Episode 10 Art and Design (6)
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S1975 E12 Art and Design (6)

Dec 17, 1975

Filmmaker Roger Graef and journalist Simon Jenkins discuss the destruction of historical buildings, in light of a recent SAVE campaign...

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Season 1975, Episode 10 Theatre (4)
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S1975 E07 Theatre (4)

Nov 12, 1975

Extract from a contemporary play and Kenneth Tynan opines.

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Season 1975, Episode 10 Theatre (6)
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S1975 E11 Theatre (6)

Dec 10, 1975

Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova rehearse for a BBC New Year Gala Performance; Kenneth Tynan draws a portrait of Albert...

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