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Arena Season 30 Episodes
Season 30 Episode Guide
15 Episodes 2005 - 2005
Episode 1
Dennis Potter: It's in the Songs! It's in the Songs!
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'.
Episode 2
Dennis Potter: Potter on TV
37 mins
A profile of Dennis Potter through archive interview and his role as a television critic.
Episode 3
Hank Williams - Honky Tonk Blues
Episode 4
Calling Hedy Lamarr
Episode 5
Francis Bacon's Arena
96 mins
International EMMY and RTS nominated portrait of the artist Francis Bacon.
Episode 6
Arena at 30
Documentary celebrating some of the most memorable Arena programmes of the past 30 years.
Episode 7
My Way
Episode 8
Voices from Robben
Episode 9
Bob Dylan's Legends
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.
Episode 10
No Direction Home - Bob Dylan - Part 2
60 mins
Episode 11
Dylan in the Madhouse
The story of Bob Dylan's first time in London in December 1962 to film the BBC drama 'Madhouse on Castle Street'.
Episode 12
Little Platform, Big Stage: A Celebration of the British Bus Conductor
A look at five conductors on London buses over five decades and the demise of the Routemaster bus.
Episode 13
The Princess and Panorama
Episode 14
Tim Page
Episode 15
Lunch with Galton and Simpson
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'.