Van Morrison: One Irish Rover

A collection of classic performances from the BBC archives to celebrate St Patrick’s Day, featuring some of the Emerald Isle’s finest and best-loved m...

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A...

In 1244, Jelaluddin Rumi, a Sufi scholar in Konya, Turkey, met an itinerant dervish, Shams of Tabriz. A powerful friendship ensued. When Shams died, t...

An intimate documentary about the life and times of Swiss poet and folk singer Mani Matter (1936-1972),seen from his friends' perspective.

Blanca Luz Brum traveled an unusual path, through twentieth-century Latin America, actively participating in the intellectual, political and artistic...

The film is an adaptation of the life of 18th-century Armenian poet and troubadour Sayat-Nova.

A dramatized approach to the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) through the recreation of some of his works and the staging of various a...

Les équilibristes, a film by Nico Papatakis with Michel Piccoli, inspired by Jean Genet, was broadcast in two parts on October 11 and 18, 1991, on the...

The life story of the great Russian poet Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin.

A day in the life of Swedish poet Karl Holmqvist.

Michael Strunge and other young Danish poets, accompanied by images of night-time Copenhagen.

Eliot's life, influence, and poetry from the bold originality of "Prufrock" to the probing, meditative style of "Four Quartets" are explored with phot...

An account of the experiences by poet and National Literature Award laureate Raúl Zurita, during his travels and his daily life, as he reflects on top...

Daniel opens the "Daniel O'Donnell Wax Museum" on the site of an ancient Celtic tomb.

A biography about Ahmed Fouad Negm, the famous poet of the Egyptian colloquial, depicting the important historical and revolutionary stages, from his...