Arena Season 15 Episodes

Episode 1

Slim Gaillard's Civilisation - Part 1

Episode 2

Slim Gaillard's Civilisation - Part 2

Episode 3

Slim Gaillard's Civilisation - Part 3

Episode 4

Arena Animal Night

Episode 5

25 x 5: The Continuing - Adventures of the Rolling Stones

Episode 6

Numbers

Episode 7

Oblomov

Episode 8

Roberto Rossellini

Episode 9

Next Time Dear God Please Choose Someone Else

Traditional Jewish humour flourished in adversity. Religious persecution and life in the ghetto nurtured its own kind of bitter comedy which, in 20th-century America, has developed into a recognisable and acclaimed style of humour. Arena examines this rich heritage of comic genius, and includes contributions from Milton Berle, Jackie Mason, Joan Rivers and Billy Crystal.

Episode 10

Salif Keita

Episode 11

Fred Zinnemann - A Director's Life

Episode 12

Spike and Company - Do It a Cappella

Episode 13

Peggy and Her Playwrights

Episode 14

The English Rose

Episode 15

Paris Is Burning

70 mins

This documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag ball scene.

Episode 16

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Episode 17

Havana

Documentary in which the citizens of Havana talk about their lives, their city and Cuba under Castro, despite anxieties and fears about opening up to a foreign film crew.

Episode 18

The Princess

Episode 19

The Ten Commandments of Krzysztof Kieslowski

58 mins

A special report that follows writer/director Krzysztof Kieslowski and his views on Poland, life, morals, ethics and art as reflected in his 10-part miniseries "Dekalog". Besides the project, a brief view on his early career as a documentarian is presented.

Episode 20

Le Paris Black

Episode 21

Kino Perestroika

Episode 22

The Daily Worker Story

Episode 23

Oooh Er, Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story, or Please Yourselves

60 mins

Frankie Howard looks back on his life and career.