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Arena

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October 1st, 1975

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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.

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Cast

Gavin Millar
Self - Presenter
Kenneth Tynan
Self
John Walters
Self - Presenter
Jonathan Miller
Self
Paul McCartney
Self
B.B. King
Self - Guest
Philip Hoare
Self
Nicholas Shakespeare
Self - Narrator
Penelope Wilton
Self - Narrator
Ian McKellen
Self
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Directors

Anthony Wall
(24 episodes, 1981-2016)
Nigel Finch
(18 episodes, 1976-1994)
Adam Low
(15 episodes, 1986-2013)
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Producers

Anthony Wall
series editor / producer / executive producer / executive producer for bbc arena / associate producer / executive producer: for BBC Arena / executive producer: for BBC / series producer (108 episodes, 1982-2018)
Nigel Finch
executive producer / series editor / producer (36 episodes, 1985-1995)
David Cheshire
executive producer / producer (35 episodes, 1975-1977)
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Writers

Nicholas Shakespeare
written by
(5 episodes, 1987-2001)
Anthony Haas
creator
(3 episodes, 1995)
Philip Hoare
writer
(2 episodes, 2008)
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Keywords

reenactment

Country of Origin

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Languages

English

Release Dates

October 1st, 1975 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Alternative Titles

Arena (original title)
Arena (Germany)
Arena (Netherlands)
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Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1
16:9 HD
1.78 : 1

Production Companies

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Albania)
Illuminations Films (India)

Distribution Companies

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

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