Arena Season 3

Season 3 Episodes

1. Edinburgh Festival

September 7th, 1977

Features the 1977 Edinburgh International Festival with a new production of Carmen, the experimental shows, Film Festival, Television Festival, and art galleries.

2. Cinema

September 14th, 1977

with Gavin Millar returns for a new season after a visit to Hollywood, which despite rumours of slump and panic is still the unquestioned capital of the cinema world. We talked to one of its ruling princes, John Franken heimer, director of The Manchurian Candidate and Grand Prix, about his career in the Dream Factory, and especially his latest suspense thriller Black Sunday.

3. Cinema

September 21st, 1977

4. Art and Design

September 28th, 1977

5. Cinema

October 5th, 1977

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

6. Theatre

October 12th, 1977

7. Cinema: Greece

October 19th, 1977

8. Art and Design: Richard Seifert

October 26th, 1977

9. Cinema

November 2nd, 1977

10. Theatre: Hands Off the Classics

November 9th, 1977

In the 17th century Troilus and Cressida was censored and in the 18th century Tate gave King Lear a happy ending. The programme debates the line between interpretation and vandalism.

11. Cinema: 21st London Film Festival

November 16th, 1977

12. Art and Design: The Family/Wrapping up the Reichstag

November 23rd, 1977

13. Cinema: 21st London Film Festival - Part 2

November 30th, 1977

14. Theatre: Leonard Rossiter

December 7th, 1977

15. Cinema: The Deep

December 14th, 1977

16. Cinema: The Force is with us?

January 11th, 1978

17. Art and Design: 'The Journey' or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist

January 18th, 1978

George Melly explores his lifelong relationship with surrealism in all its forms and prominent personalities; Henry Moore discusses Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings.