A detective story based on the style of teenage magazine photo-romances, set in Barcelona.
First of a new monthly slot about art and antiques and why photography is the new area for investors.
A celebration of the satellite dish, looking at their history and considering the prospects for designer dishes
Trial of the book and the acquittal of Penguin Books ushered in the freedom of the Sixties. With dramatic reconstructions this programme recreates the atmosphere of the time and tells the story of Lawrence's lifelong battle with the censors.
Paul Morley looks at prisons, historic and new, and at the "interior design" practiced by prisoners within their cells.
A report from New York on the soft sell tactics of contemporary art dealers.
The mutual mistrust between the French and the English goes back centuries. A British television team looks at the way the French are adjusting to a world in which many of their ideals - revolution, patriotism and national culture - seem to be increasingly irrelevant.
A French television team looks behind the stereotypes and asks what the public role of British intellectuals is at a time when the channel tunnel is forcing the two societies together.
Inspired by the footballer, Paul Gascoigne, this documentary with music from Smokey Robinson and Sydney Devine, looks at men in tears - in art, pop, music, sport, the cinema and politics.
Rock critic Sean O'Hagan argues that the Rolling Stones are a burnt-out collection of middle-aged men who have failed to mature or find a late style. He also suggests that they have become the opposite of much of what they once stood for.
Looking behind the scenes of the art and antiques world.
Paul Morley looks at Christmas decorations. Why do we want them? What do they mean to us and what do they say about us? How do the stores entice us to buy them? Do they offer a taste of a traditional Christmas or plastic nostalgia for a non-existent Golden Age?
Documentary about theatrical personality.
The untold story behind the 1949 Ealing comedy.
Looking at the Royal Ballet's film started in the 1960s and left unfinished.
Looks at the hype behind the Mozart bicentennial celebrations.
The world of art and antiques.
Tom Paulin argues that Virginia Woolf has a vastly inflated reputation as a modernist writer.
Film exploring the lives of woman in Egypt today.
Colin McDowell disputes the designer's status.
Behind the art scene.
Tom Sutcliffe questions the composer's achievements
In a controversial and fascinating documentary Professor Martin Bernal challenges the assumption that Ancient Greece was the cradle of Western Civilisation.
Follows rock musician Van Morrison as he travels to the Wicklow Hills and to Belfast in search of his connections with Irish poets past and present.
Art and antiques programme
Documentary about John Deakin.
Examining the "minimal" work of the American sculptor Carl Andre.
Nicholas Ward-Jackson presents reports on some very different areas of art collecting.
Are weddings symbols of the energy and desire that make us exactly what we are, or just an excuse for a damn good party?
Two guests talk about films released this week.
40 strong dance company from Guinea in West Africa
Robert McKee dismisses Orson Welles film, Citizen Kane as a mish-mash of stylistic excess and clichéd content
Mark Lawson argues that Coronation Street should be axed because it peddles an unreal view of Britain, is not harmless fun and is just a crafty way of keeping people in their place.
Sandi Toksvig celebrates thirty years of the British success story, the Sindy Doll
During the Third Reich some 200,000 mentally and physically disable people were murdered. This film examines the propaganda films made by the Nazis to justify this so-called "euthanasia" programme.
Discussion
The Doctor Marten shoe
A mock retrospective on the life, loves and career of the actress.
A mock obituary of Spike Milligan..
Mock obituary of the director.
A celebration of Islamic Spain.
A tribute to the long-running cult 1960's spy adventure series.
Conversations exploring people's growing sense of unease as the world moves towards the year 2000
Doom and gloom from Salman Rushdie, cultural critic Stuart Hall, and French political philosopher, Alain Fienkelkraut.
Japan looks to be the world's leading economic power, but what will this mean for the rest of us?
Special from Amsterdam
A drama-documentary on the life of the photographer.
Russell Davies questions Laurence Olivier's position as the pre-eminent actor of our times.
The impact the Conservative Government has made on the Arts in Britain.
Arts and Antiques
Michael Dibdin attempts to assassinate the Queen of Crime.
Mock obituary.
Looks at the cult of the Radio1 DJ. Links from Mike Smash (Paul Whitehouse) and featuring Tony Blackburn, Gary Davies, Mike Read and Dave Lee Travis.
They may be fat and old, but tenors capture the hearts of nations.
The sexual proclivities of William Shakespeare.
Questioning his sexuality
Artists short-listed for the prize this year.
How the image of the car was transformed.
Premiere of Harold Pinter's 1991 short play set in the future where guest at a plush middle-class drinks party are oblivious to a right-wing military coup taking place outside.
Mysterious and magical books
Jewish actor Linal Haft examines images of Adolf Hitler.
Melvyn Bragg tries to recapture his teenage self as he revisits the Paris of his youth.
A search for the real Sid James: delving into his past career and his colourful sex life. Presented by Arthur Smith, Seriously Seeking Sid included interviews with families, friends, colleagues, cabbies and bookies.
The celebrated actor shares his memories of 60 years in theatre and cinema.
Professor Terry Eagleton accuses Philip Larkin of setting poetry back decades.
Programme looks at the origins of swearing, asks how some words have gained the power to shock and highlights the dilemmas faced by braodcasters. Auberon Waugh looks at the origins and development of swearing and considers whether there is now a backlash against it. Contributions from Jonathan Miller, Lady Olga Maitland, Sir Peter Hall and comedian Jeremy Hardy.
The famous final interview between Melvyn Bragg and television scriptwriter Dennis Potter.
The indomitable Camille Paglia holds forth once again, this time on the subject of "Lesbian Chic". The fact that she is a lesbian herself does not deter this characteristically entertaining attack on lesbian culture which she claims makes women less intelligent and "sucks lesbian talent down the drain".
Jonathan Meades attacks the myths and culture surrounding vegetarianism.
A look at the great British R & B band, The Small Faces
A Channel 4 arts documentary series. A diverse variety of subjects were covered, everything from Roman orgies and the Elgin Marbles through The Yardbirds and Ike Turner to Aleister Crowley and Mother Teresa. Several episodes focussed on programmes of interest to TV viewers, including The Professionals, The Avengers, Starsky & Hutch and Z Cars. Episode description: In 1996, Without Walls produced a 3-part series called C4PD which focused on classic policing dramas. Episode 1 looked at "Starsky and Hutch", episode 2 at "Z Cars" and episode 3 examined "The Professionals". Here is episode 3 of C4PD (Channel 4 Police Department): The Professionals.
A Channel 4 arts documentary series. A diverse variety of subjects were covered, everything from Roman orgies and the Elgin Marbles through The Yardbirds and Ike Turner to Aleister Crowley and Mother Teresa. Several episodes focussed on programmes of interest to TV viewers, including The Professionals, The Avengers, Starsky & Hutch and Z Cars. Episode description: In 1996, Without Walls produced a 3-part series called C4PD which focused on classic policing dramas. Episode 1 looked at "Starsky and Hutch", episode 2 at "Z Cars" and episode 3 examined "The Professionals". Here is episode 1 of C4PD (Channel 4 Police Department): Starsky and Hutch.
How art student Bryan Ferry became a pop star.
