Arena Season 38 Episodes

Episode 1

Dickens on Film

Arts documentary which scours the archives to reveal why Charles Dickens' work translates so well onto the screen. It looks at films of the silent era, to the work of director David Lean and high definition TV adaptations.

Episode 2

Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes

Documentary about the great saxophonist Sonny Rollins, built around his 80th birthday concert, where he is joined by the likes of Roy Haynes, Jim Hall and Ornette Coleman.

Episode 3

Sonny Rollins '74-Rescued!

60 mins

Restoration of a concert filmed at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in 1974.

Episode 4

The Dreams of William Golding

90 mins

An insight into the private obsessions and insecurities of the author of Lord of the Flies. With contributions from his daughter and son and bestselling author Stephen King.

Episode 5

Jonathan Miller

90 mins

Documentary exploring the life of Sir Jonathan Miller CBE - a theatre and opera director, humorist and television presenter. With contributors including Kevin Spacey and Eric Idle.

Episode 6

Amy Winehouse: The Day She Came to Dingle

Documentary telling the story of the day Amy Winehouse recorded a stunning acoustic performance in a church in the small Irish fishing village of Dingle in 2006.

Episode 7

Magical Mystery Tour Revisited: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour - Part 1

55 mins

Arena presents the greatest Beatles story never told - the making of Magical Mystery Tour - full of fabulous Beatles archive material never shown before anywhere in the world.

Episode 8

'The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour - Part 2

55 mins

Arena presents the greatest Beatles story never told, a blockbuster double-bill. Fully restored to the highest technical standard with a remixed soundtrack, Magical Mystery Tour comes out of the shadows and onto the screen. By the end of 1967, The Beatles had achieved a creativity unprecedented in popular music. Their triumphant summer release, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, was both avant garde and an instant hit. It went straight to No.1 in June and remained there for the rest of the year. They immersed themselves in the fiercely radical art of the new counterculture and decided to make a film on their own terms, not as pop stars but as artists. Roll up Roll Up for the Mystery Tour.

Episode 9

Screen Goddesses

59 mins

Documentary about the early female movie stars: Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe - immortal goddesses made by Hollywood to reign over the silver screen.

Episode 10

Sister Wendy and the Art of the Gospel

After years of telling the story of Christian art, Sister Wendy Beckett tells her own.