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#1 - Loretta Lynn - Still a Mountain Girl
S2016:E1Legendary country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn is loved by fans from across the world. She has sold over 45 million albums worldwide and won more awards than any other female country music star. With affectionate and irreverent contributions from her extended family of self-confessed rednecks, now in her early eighties and still going strong, Loretta looks back at her long and extraordinary life, from being born a coal miner's daughter in Kentucky to receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2013. Featuring Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Jack White, Sissy Spacek and, of course, Loretta herself.
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#2 - All the World's a Screen - Shakespeare on Film
S2016:E2From the silent days of cinema, Shakespeare's plays have often been adapted to the big screen. Film-makers relished his vivid characters and dramatic plots as well as the magic and poetry of his work. At first, the results were patchy, then came Laurence Olivier. With Henry V, made to stir patriotic spirit during the Second World War, he perfectly translated Shakespeare from the stage to the screen. He followed Henry V with Hamlet, and both were smash hits. Olivier led the way for directors as diverse as Orson Welles, Kurosawa, Franco Zeffirelli, Roman Polanski, Baz Luhrmann and Kenneth Branagh. The Bard's language has been no barrier, with bold versions of his dramas coming out of Russia, Japan, India and many other countries, not to mention Hollywood's free adaptations in genres as diverse as musicals and science fiction. Already over 30 films worldwide have been produced based on Romeo and Juliet alone.
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#3 - 1966 - 50 Years Ago Today
S2016:E3Based on Jon Savage's book 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded, Arena marks the year pop music and popular culture ripped up the rule book in articulate, instinctive and radical new ways. This was the year of Jonathan Miller's Alice in Wonderland, Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment, and the year that Strawberry Fields Forever was recorded. Television was still in black and white, but the world outside was bursting with colour and controversy. In America, in London, in Amsterdam, in Paris, revolutionary ideas slow-cooking since the late 1950s reached boiling point. In popular culture and the mass media, 1966 was a year of restless experimentation and the search for new forms of expression - particularly in pop music. Written by Savage and director Paul Tickell, Arena's film takes viewers back to that moment in a vivid celebration of the music, films and TV that shaped the 1960s.
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#4 - The Roundhouse - The People's Palace
S2016:E4On October 15th 1966, the Roundhouse in north London hosted its first gig - the launch of radical newspaper International Times. The audience included Paul McCartney and Marianne Faithfull, along with 3,000 others trying desperately to get in. The result was a glorious shambles. Since then, virtually every big name in rock and alternative theatre has played there. Today it's as vibrant as ever, continuing to attract big names and full houses and running an array of outreach and youth programmes enabling young people to express themselves in the arts. Arena tells the tragicomic rollercoaster story of a unique venue.
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The Best Episodes of Arena Season 2016
Every episode of Arena Season 2016 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Arena Season 2016!

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The Best Episodes of Arena Season 2016
Every episode of Arena Season 2016 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Arena Season 2016!
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...
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#1 - Loretta Lynn - Still a Mountain Girl
S2016:E10 CommentsView allDirector:Vikram JayantiWriter:N/A - NaN/10(0 votes)
#2 - All the World's a Screen - Shakespeare on Film
S2016:E20 CommentsView allDirector:N/A - NaN/10(0 votes)
#3 - 1966 - 50 Years Ago Today
S2016:E30 CommentsView allDirector:Paul Tickell - NaN/10(0 votes)
#4 - The Roundhouse - The People's Palace
S2016:E40 CommentsView allDirector:Anthony WallWriter:N/A
Season 2016 Ratings Summary
"Loretta Lynn - Still a Mountain Girl" is the best rated episode of "Arena" season 2016. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Vikram Jayanti and written by N/A, it aired on 3/18/2016. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "All the World's a Screen - Shakespeare on Film".