A closer look at the story
Arena is a long-running BBC documentary strand from Britain. On screen since 1 October 1975, the series focuses on world-famous cultural figures of the 20th and 21st centuries. Its films cover musicians, academics, writers, painters and more. Among them are Amy Winehouse and Bob Dylan from music, the thinkers Eric Hobsbawm and Edward Said, the novelists V. S. Naipaul and Jean Genet, and the visual artists Louise Bourgeois and Francis Bacon. Episodes have been made by directors including Vikram Jayanti, Volker Schlöndorff, Martin Scorsese, Frederick Baker, Roly Keating and Alan Yentob. Anthony Wall now serves as editor of the series. Broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Four, Arena continues to air.
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Cast
- Tony BennSelf1 episodes
- James Brown1 episodes
- Gail Porter1 episodes
- Irvine Welsh1 episodes
- Katie Puckrik1 episodes
- David Baddiel1 episodes
- Harold Wilson1 episodes
- Francis Ford CoppolaSelf1 episodes
- Martin ScorseseSelf1 episodes
- Tim CurryEden Rothwell Esp.1 episodes
- Indira VarmaGila / Various2 episodes
- Nicholas LyndhurstDennis1 episodes
- Robert Altman1 episodes
- Frank Westmore1 episodes
- Éric Rohmer1 episodes
- Mick Brownfield1 episodes
- Don Siegel1 episodes
- Ralph Steadman1 episodes
Behind the camera
- Peter LydonDirector
- Gavin MillarDirector
- Gussy Sakula-BarryDirector
- Paweł PawlikowskiDirector
- Rob WalkerDirector
- Tom CotterDirector
- Harold PinterWriter
- John ReadWriter
- Nicholas ShakespeareWriter
- John WyattCinematography
- Adam LowProducer
- Anthony WallProducer
Character and job names are shown as recorded in the source.
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