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King Henry IV, Part One

An analysis of Shakespeare's historical play

• 28 mins

Irish Murdoch

A tribute to the philosopher novelist who has died aged 79

• 28 mins

Oscar nominations

Festival of Islamic pop in Iran, previously banned by Ayatollah Khomeini; Salman Rushdie to return to India; Writer Iris Murdoch dies; Berlin's Film Festival; Oscar nominations.

• 27 mins

Erica Jong's What do Women Want

"All revolutions start with books." The American feminist talks about her book of essays

• 28 mins

Berlin film festival

The Finnish actress Kati Outinen talks about rediscovering silent movie acting

• 28 mins

Los Angeles: The City Of Mirrors

A portrait of the Californian city which has reinvented itself through TV and film

• 28 mins

Thomas Keneally interview

The gregarious Australian author of Schindler's Ark talks about his life and work

• 28 mins

John le Carr茅's Single & Single

The British spy writer's novel is reviewed by the British politician Gerald Kaufmann

• 28 mins

Wole Soyinka and the 1999 Nigerian elections

The Nigerian poet talks about how the arts struggled against military rule

• 28 mins

Commonwealth Writer's Prize

The chair of the Eurasian region judges Professor Malashri Lal talks about the winners

• 28 mins

China mourns the writer Xie Wanying

The daughter of one of China's most prolific writers of the 20th century pays tribute

• 28 mins

Ngangura Mweze wins at the 'African Oscars'

The Congolese filmmaker wins the top prize at the Pan African Film Festival in Ouagadougou

• 28 mins

Women's literature

Maggie Gee, Ursula Owen and Anita Roy discuss the importance of women's literature

• 28 mins

Harold Bloom on Shakespeare

The eminent American scholar talks about why he thinks Shakespeare is uniquely great

• 28 mins

A tribute to Yehudi Menuhin

Tribute to violinist and conductor Lord Yehudi Menuhin; Sri Lankan film 'Death On A Full Moon Day'; Curator Anthony Shelton talks about exhibition 'African Worlds'; Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamin dies.

• 28 mins

Woody Allen: a profile

An exploration of the life and work of New York's most famous film director

• 29 mins

Chinese opera The Peony Pavilion

A new production of the Kunqu opera is staged in Shanghai

• 28 mins

Alberto Manguel

The Argentine writer and translator talks about the moral and ethical duty of reading

• 28 mins

Welsh novelist Bernice Rubens

The Booker Prize-winning writer talks about her novel I, Dreyfus

• 28 mins

Hong Kong film festival

A review of the festival's opening film, Ordinary Heroes by Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui

• 28 mins

Salman Rushdie's The Ground Beneath Her Feet

What is Rushdie's novel really about - love, art, identity or the modern human condition?

• 28 mins

Vikram Seth interview

The Indian author talks about his novel An Equal Music

• 29 mins

Pulitzer Prize winners

The winners include the play Wit by Margarert Edson and Michael Cunningham's The Hours

• 28 mins

Philip Gourevitch interview

The journalist talks about his book about the Rwandan genocide

• 28 mins

Bessie and Sadie Delaney

The remarkable American sisters whose story is told in US TV drama Having our Say

• 28 mins

Marianne Wiggins interview

The American writer talks about the central role of weather in her novel Almost Heaven

• 28 mins

Havana, Cuba

The disinctive music, literature and culture of the Cuban capital

• 28 mins

Vladimir Nabokov

A celebration of the world-class Russian-American writer

• 28 mins

Peter Porter interview

As he celebrates his 70th birthday, the Australian poet talks about his life and work

• 28 mins

Tokyo Book Fair

What the Japanese are reading in 1999: fairy tales and fantasies - and a lot of manga

• 28 mins