Episode 1
Arthur Miller
Nov 9, 1980
Episode 2
William Golding
Nov 16, 1980
Episode 3
Akira Kurosawa
Nov 23, 1980
Episode 4
Stravinsky's The Firebird
Nov 30, 1980
Episode 5
No Need to Lie
Dec 7, 1980
Episode 6
The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays)
Dec 14, 1980
Episode 7
Toni Morrison
Jan 18, 1981
Episode 8
The Trespasser (film)
Jan 25, 1981
Episode 9
Don Juan in Hell
Feb 8, 1981
Episode 10
poetry workshop
Feb 15, 1981
Episode 11
Martin Scorsese
Feb 22, 1981
Episode 12
Elizabeth Taylor / John Hubbard
Mar 1, 1981
Episode 13
Bob Fosse
Mar 8, 1981
Episode 14
Robert Redford / Martin Amis
Mar 15, 1981
Episode 15
Verity Bargate / Howard Hodgkin
Mar 29, 1981
Episode 16
At the Haunted End of the Day: the Life of Sir William Walton
Apr 19, 1981
Episode 17
Gore Vidal
Apr 26, 1981
Episode 18
The Roots of the Tree (Ermanno Olmi)
May 3, 1981
Episode 19
Colin Welland
May 10, 1981
Episode 20
Christopher Logue / Phillip King
May 17, 1981
Episode 21
Lulu's Last Act (Berg opera)
May 24, 1981
Episode 22
Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso
May 31, 1981
Episode 23
Clive James / Craig Raine
Jun 7, 1981
Episode 24
Soviet Art
Jun 14, 1981
Episode 25
Rhythm and Blues (The Blues Band, Dr. Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Paul Jones)
Jun 21, 1981
Episode 26
Music for a City: Venice
Jun 28, 1981