October 1, 1975
Premiere. Ronald Eyre reviews what's going on in the theatre, Kenneth Tynan talks to Laurence Olivier about Lilian Baylis and The ...Read more
October 8, 1975
George Melly looks at how they sold the 70's and a report on the opening of the Space Studios.
October 15, 1975
An interview with Howard Barker, author of 'Stripwell', and an extract from same; commentary by Kenneth Tynan; and an investigatio...Read more
October 22, 1975
Cartoonist Mel Caiman on the New Yorker magazine and its artists, Richard Hamilton at the Serpentine Gallery, and a new documentar...Read more
October 29, 1975 • 1h 30m
Peter Hall talks about the history and new South Band location of the National Theater, where he is artistic director.
November 5, 1975 • 1h 30m
Features Observer critic William Feaver on Painting the End of the World, Bill Brandt's selection of landscape photography at the ...Read more
November 12, 1975 • 1h 30m
Extract from a contemporary play and Kenneth Tynan opines.
November 19, 1975 • 1h 30m
Shirley Conran is the guest columnist; fashion photographer Barry Lategan is filmed working; and Victorian painter Edward Burne-Jo...Read more
November 26, 1975 • 1h 30m
Deborah Norton reviews British stage events, a play extract, and Kenneth Tynan opines about the theatre.
December 3, 1975
Guest columnist Terry Measham; a look into the work of painter and poet Charles Tomlinson.
December 10, 1975
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova rehearse for a BBC New Year Gala Performance; Kenneth Tynan draws a portrait of Albert Finney.
December 17, 1975
Filmmaker Roger Graef and journalist Simon Jenkins discuss the destruction of historical buildings, in light of a recent SAVE camp...Read more
January 7, 1976
Deborah Norton returns with reports, interviews and extracts from what is liveliest and best in the British theatrical scene.
January 14, 1976
Episode 14 of Season 1 premiered on January 14, 1976
January 21, 1976
Jonathan Miller introduces this week's look at what is most stimulating and enjoyable on the theatrical scene.
January 28, 1976
A look at American photographer Paul Strand and recent trends in British photography.
February 4, 1976
Arena goes to Scarborough for the British premiere of a new Alan Ayckbourn play "Just Between Ourselves".
February 11, 1976
Arena looks at aspects of community art and the work of painter Keith Grant, artist-in-residence at the New Charing Cross Hospital.
February 18, 1976
Claire Bloom and Kenneth Tynan discuss extracts from Samuel Beckett's 'Happy Days', George Bernard Shaw's 'Too True to be Good', a...Read more
February 25, 1976
Arena talks with Robert Janz and Dante Leonelli about incorporating time into sculpture.
March 3, 1976
Arena brings extracts from Paris' contemporary theatre season, including Frank Wedekind's 'Lulu' and Marguerite Duras' 'Days in th...Read more
March 10, 1976
Arena presents the work of British and American video artists.
March 17, 1976
Barbara Jefford, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Kenneth Tynan Billie Whitelaw and many of the people behind the scenes say good...Read more
March 24, 1976
Liverpool poet and painter Adrian Henry visits 'The Face of Merseyside'; Boyd and Evans use photographs as the basis of their expl...Read more
March 31, 1976
Alumni of the Royal Court celebrate its 20th anniversary.
April 7, 1976
Barrie Penrose investigates a multi-national art empire and the artists and methods that created it.