Returning Series
Arena
1975–NRBBC Four, BBC Two
- Documentary
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.Read more
- Season
- 1
- Episodes
- 692
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
Latest episode · aired
Maria Callas: The Final Act
S01 · E686 · Aired Dec 29, 2024
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- Status
- Returning Series
- First aired
- Oct 1, 1975
- Networks
- BBC Four, BBC Two
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 692