Arena

- Season 30

(2005)

Documentary looking at how playwright Dennis Potter used popular songs as a powerful dramatic device and to express the depth of his characters in 'Pennies From Heaven' and 'The Singing Detective'.

A profile of Dennis Potter through archive interview and his role as a television critic.

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International EMMY and RTS nominated portrait of the artist Francis Bacon.

Documentary celebrating some of the most memorable Arena programmes of the past 30 years.

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Bob Dylan's songs are often inspired by the lives of real people. This film focuses on three - songwriter Woody Guthrie, boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter and comedian Lenny Bruce.

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The story of Bob Dylan's first time in London in December 1962 to film the BBC drama 'Madhouse on Castle Street'.

A look at five conductors on London buses over five decades and the demise of the Routemaster bus.

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Nigel Williams meets comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson for lunch as they discuss their career including classics 'Hancock's Half Hour' and 'Steptoe and Son'.