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Arena

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 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has run since 1 October 1975 with over five hundred episodes made, directed by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alan Yentob, Roly Keating, Frederick Baker, Volker Schlondorff and Vikram Jayanti. Arena's subjects are a roll-call of the world's best known cultural figures from the 20th and 21st centuries, from singers Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse to academics Edward Said and Eric Hobsbawm, from writers Jean Genet and V S Naipaul to artists Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois. The current series editor is Anthony Wall.

1975 |45 Seasons  | 1h 30m |  Documentary

Seasons List

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Season 1

1975

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Season 2

1976

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Season 3

1977

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1980

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Series 23

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Series 25

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Series 38

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Series 45

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Season 1978

1978

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Season 1979

1979

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Season 1980

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Season 1981

1981

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Season 1982

1982

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Season 1984

1984

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Season 1985

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Season 1986

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Season 1987

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Season 1988

1988

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Season 1989

1989

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Season 1990

1990

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Season 1991

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Season 1992

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Season 1993

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Season 1994

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Season 1996

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Season 2000

2000

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Season 2001

2001

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Season 2002

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Season 2003

2003

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Season 2004

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Season 2005

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Season 2007

2007

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Season 2008

2008

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Season 2009

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Season 2010

2010

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Season 2011

2011

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Season 2012

2012

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Season 2016

2016

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Season 2017

2017

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Season 2018

2018

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Season 2019

2019

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Season 2020

2020

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Season 2021

2021

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Season 2022

2022

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Season 2001

2023

More Details

Creator

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Status

Returning Series

Languages

English

Network

BBC Four