NaN/100 votes#1 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1975
Premiere. Ronald Eyre reviews what's going on in the theatre, Kenneth Tynan talks to Laurence Olivier about Lilian Baylis and The Old Vic, and a film about David Hockney's sets for The Rake's Progress.
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#2 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1975
George Melly looks at how they sold the 70's and a report on the opening of the Space Studios.
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#3 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1975
An interview with Howard Barker, author of 'Stripwell', and an extract from same; commentary by Kenneth Tynan; and an investigation of 'Birds of Paradise'.
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#4 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1975
Cartoonist Mel Caiman on the New Yorker magazine and its artists, Richard Hamilton at the Serpentine Gallery, and a new documentary exhibition from Jarrow.
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#5 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1975
Peter Hall talks about the history and new South Band location of the National Theater, where he is artistic director.
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#6 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1975
Features Observer critic William Feaver on Painting the End of the World, Bill Brandt's selection of landscape photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the best of science fiction illustration.
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#7 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1975
Extract from a contemporary play and Kenneth Tynan opines.
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#8 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1975
Shirley Conran is the guest columnist; fashion photographer Barry Lategan is filmed working; and Victorian painter Edward Burne-Jones' London exhibition.
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#9 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1975
Deborah Norton reviews British stage events, a play extract, and Kenneth Tynan opines about the theatre.
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#10 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1975
Guest columnist Terry Measham; a look into the work of painter and poet Charles Tomlinson.
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#11 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1975
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova rehearse for a BBC New Year Gala Performance; Kenneth Tynan draws a portrait of Albert Finney.
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#12 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1975
Filmmaker Roger Graef and journalist Simon Jenkins discuss the destruction of historical buildings, in light of a recent SAVE campaign report and the conclusion of the European Architectural Heritage Year.
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#13 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1976
Deborah Norton returns with reports, interviews and extracts from what is liveliest and best in the British theatrical scene.
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#14 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1976
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#15 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1976
Jonathan Miller introduces this week's look at what is most stimulating and enjoyable on the theatrical scene.
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#16 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1976
A look at American photographer Paul Strand and recent trends in British photography.
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#17 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/1976
Arena goes to Scarborough for the British premiere of a new Alan Ayckbourn play "Just Between Ourselves".
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#18 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/1976
Arena looks at aspects of community art and the work of painter Keith Grant, artist-in-residence at the New Charing Cross Hospital.
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#19 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/1976
Claire Bloom and Kenneth Tynan discuss extracts from Samuel Beckett's 'Happy Days', George Bernard Shaw's 'Too True to be Good', and Tennessee Williams' 'Sweet Bird of Youth'.
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#20 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/1976
Arena talks with Robert Janz and Dante Leonelli about incorporating time into sculpture.
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#21 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/1976
Arena brings extracts from Paris' contemporary theatre season, including Frank Wedekind's 'Lulu' and Marguerite Duras' 'Days in the Tree', and an interview with Delphine Seyrig.
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#22 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/10/1976
Arena presents the work of British and American video artists.
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#23 - Theatre
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/17/1976
Barbara Jefford, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Kenneth Tynan Billie Whitelaw and many of the people behind the scenes say goodbye to the Old Vic building.
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#24 - Art and Design
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/24/1976
Liverpool poet and painter Adrian Henry visits 'The Face of Merseyside'; Boyd and Evans use photographs as the basis of their explorations of everyday life.
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#25 - Theatre: Happy Birthday Royal Court
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/31/1976
Alumni of the Royal Court celebrate its 20th anniversary.
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Theatre" is the best rated episode of "Arena" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/1975. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Art and Design".