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Arena

Season 1978 1978 - 1979
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  • 1978-10-11T20:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h 30m
  • 1d 21h 35m (31 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
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.

31 episodes

Season Premiere

1978-10-11T20:00:00Z

1978x01 Cinema: Francois Truffaut

Season Premiere

1978x01 Cinema: Francois Truffaut

  • 1978-10-11T20:00:00Z1h 30m

1978x02 Cinema: Vanessa Redgrave

  • 1978-10-18T20:00:00Z35m

1978x05 Cinema: A report from Bombay

  • 1978-12-06T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1978-12-20T21:00:00Z

1978x06 Cinema: Robert Altman

1978x06 Cinema: Robert Altman

  • 1978-12-20T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-01-08T21:00:00Z

1978x07 The Museum of Drawers

1978x07 The Museum of Drawers

  • 1979-01-08T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-01-15T21:00:00Z

1978x08 On Photography

1978x08 On Photography

  • 1979-01-15T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-01-15T21:00:00Z

1978x09 Cinema

1978x09 Cinema

  • 1979-01-15T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-01-20T21:00:00Z

1978x10 Who Is Poly Styrene?

1978x10 Who Is Poly Styrene?

  • 1979-01-20T21:00:00Z1h 30m

Season Finale

1979-02-05T21:00:00Z

1978x13 Maler's Requiem

Season Finale

1978x13 Maler's Requiem

  • 1979-02-05T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-02-12T21:00:00Z

1978x14 Cinema: Piaf

1978x14 Cinema: Piaf

  • 1979-02-12T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-02-14T21:00:00Z

1978x15 Cinema: John Barry

1978x15 Cinema: John Barry

  • 1979-02-14T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1978x17 Cinema: Isabelle Huppert

  • 1979-02-28T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-03-05T21:00:00Z

1978x18 Ubu

1978x18 Ubu

  • 1979-03-05T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-03-12T21:00:00Z

1978x19 My Way

1978x19 My Way

  • 1979-03-12T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-03-14T21:00:00Z

1978x20 Cinema: Don Siegel

1978x20 Cinema: Don Siegel

  • 1979-03-14T21:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-03-19T20:00:00Z

1978x21 La Dame aux Gladiolas

1978x21 La Dame aux Gladiolas

  • 1979-03-19T20:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-04-02T20:00:00Z

1978x24 Tell Us the Truth

1978x24 Tell Us the Truth

  • 1979-04-02T20:00:00Z1h 30m

Rock band Sham 69 have a large and loyal following of working-class kids, who call themselves 'The Sham Army'. They have a reputation for causing trouble and Sham concerts have often been disrupted and brought to an end by fighting.

1979-04-09T20:00:00Z

1978x25 The King and I

1978x25 The King and I

  • 1979-04-09T20:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-04-15T20:00:00Z

1978x26 Their Lips are Sealed

1978x26 Their Lips are Sealed

  • 1979-04-15T20:00:00Z1h 30m

1979-04-14T20:00:00Z

1978x27 Pictures of the Mind

1978x27 Pictures of the Mind

  • 1979-04-14T20:00:00Z1h 30m

George Melly makes an unusual journey to the 1978 Surrealist Exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London.

1978x103 When Is A Play Not A Play?

  • 1978-04-17T20:00:00Z1h 30m

Examines the current controversy over the blurring of boundaries between drama and documentary. Looks at the conventions programme makers use who make drama documentaries and faction programmes.

1978-05-24T20:00:00Z

1978x104 Tubes on Tour

1978x104 Tubes on Tour

  • 1978-05-24T20:00:00Z1h 30m

A special edition of ARENA: ROCK featuring rock group The Tubes.

Season Finale

1978-10-18T20:00:00Z

1978x105 Vanessa Redgrave

Season Finale

1978x105 Vanessa Redgrave

  • 1978-10-18T20:00:00Z1h 30m

TV Documentary on the actress. It shows her in rehearsal, in performance, and talking about her commitment to an acting career.

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