Season 1978 Episodes : Arena (1975) - MyMovieRack

- Arena : Season 1978
- Air date: 26 Dec '78 - 5 episodes
  
  Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has run since 1 October 1975 with over five hundred episodes made, directed by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alan Yentob, Roly Keating, Frederick Baker, Volker Schlondorff and Vikram Jayanti. Arena's subjects are a roll-call of the world's best known cultural figures from the 20th and 21st centuries, from singers Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse to academics Edward Said and Eric Hobsbawm, from writers Jean Genet and V S Naipaul to artists Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois. The current series editor is Anthony Wall.
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List of Episodes (5)
Arena (1975)

1. 'The Journey' or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist

26 Dec '78

George Melly makes an unusual journey to the 1978 Surrealist Exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London.

Arena (1975)

2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

08 Mar '78

No television cameras were allowed onto the set of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, but ARENA: CINEMA was present on the last day of shooting to watch Spielberg at work and talk to him about the film.

Arena (1975)

3. When Is A Play Not A Play?

17 Apr '78

Examines the current controversy over the blurring of boundaries between drama and documentary. Looks at the conventions programme makers use who make drama documentaries and faction programmes.

Arena (1975)

4. Tubes on Tour

24 May '78

A special edition of ARENA: ROCK featuring rock group The Tubes.

Arena (1975)

5. Vanessa Redgrave

18 Oct '78

TV Documentary on the actress. It shows her in rehearsal, in performance, and talking about her commitment to an acting career.

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