Air date: 1975-10-01

Runtime: min

Premiere. Ronald Eyre reviews what's going on in the theatre, Kenneth Tynan talks to Laurence Olivier about Lilian Baylis and The Old Vic, and a film about David Hockney's sets for The Rake's Progress.

Air date: 1975-10-08

Runtime: min

George Melly looks at how they sold the 70's and a report on the opening of the Space Studios.

Air date: 1975-10-15

Runtime: min

An interview with Howard Barker, author of 'Stripwell', and an extract from same; commentary by Kenneth Tynan; and an investigation of 'Birds of Paradise'.

Air date: 1975-10-22

Runtime: min

Cartoonist Mel Caiman on the New Yorker magazine and its artists, Richard Hamilton at the Serpentine Gallery, and a new documentary exhibition from Jarrow.

Air date: 1975-10-29

Runtime: 90 min

Peter Hall talks about the history and new South Band location of the National Theater, where he is artistic director.

Air date: 1975-11-05

Runtime: 90 min

Features Observer critic William Feaver on Painting the End of the World, Bill Brandt's selection of landscape photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the best of science fiction illustration.

Air date: 1975-11-12

Runtime: 90 min

Extract from a contemporary play and Kenneth Tynan opines.

Air date: 1975-11-19

Runtime: 90 min

Shirley Conran is the guest columnist; fashion photographer Barry Lategan is filmed working; and Victorian painter Edward Burne-Jones' London exhibition.

Air date: 1975-11-26

Runtime: 90 min

Deborah Norton reviews British stage events, a play extract, and Kenneth Tynan opines about the theatre.

Air date: 1975-12-03

Runtime: min

Guest columnist Terry Measham; a look into the work of painter and poet Charles Tomlinson.

Air date: 1975-12-10

Runtime: min

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

Air date: 1975-12-17

Runtime: min

Filmmaker Roger Graef and journalist Simon Jenkins discuss the destruction of historical buildings, in light of a recent SAVE campaign report and the conclusion of the European Architectural Heritage Year.

Air date: 1976-01-07

Runtime: min

Deborah Norton returns with reports, interviews and extracts from what is liveliest and best in the British theatrical scene.

Air date: 1976-01-14

Runtime: min

Air date: 1976-01-21

Runtime: min

Jonathan Miller introduces this week's look at what is most stimulating and enjoyable on the theatrical scene.

Air date: 1976-01-28

Runtime: min

A look at American photographer Paul Strand and recent trends in British photography.

Air date: 1976-02-04

Runtime: min

Arena goes to Scarborough for the British premiere of a new Alan Ayckbourn play "Just Between Ourselves".

Air date: 1976-02-11

Runtime: min

Arena looks at aspects of community art and the work of painter Keith Grant, artist-in-residence at the New Charing Cross Hospital.

Air date: 1976-02-18

Runtime: min

Claire Bloom and Kenneth Tynan discuss extracts from Samuel Beckett's 'Happy Days', George Bernard Shaw's 'Too True to be Good', and Tennessee Williams' 'Sweet Bird of Youth'.

Air date: 1976-02-25

Runtime: min

Arena talks with Robert Janz and Dante Leonelli about incorporating time into sculpture.

Air date: 1976-03-03

Runtime: min

Arena brings extracts from Paris' contemporary theatre season, including Frank Wedekind's 'Lulu' and Marguerite Duras' 'Days in the Tree', and an interview with Delphine Seyrig.

Air date: 1976-03-10

Runtime: min

Arena presents the work of British and American video artists.

Air date: 1976-03-17

Runtime: min

Barbara Jefford, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Kenneth Tynan Billie Whitelaw and many of the people behind the scenes say goodbye to the Old Vic building.

Air date: 1976-03-24

Runtime: min

Liverpool poet and painter Adrian Henry visits 'The Face of Merseyside'; Boyd and Evans use photographs as the basis of their explorations of everyday life.

Air date: 1976-03-31

Runtime: min

Alumni of the Royal Court celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Air date: 1976-04-07

Runtime: min

Barrie Penrose investigates a multi-national art empire and the artists and methods that created it.