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Arena

Overview

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

Peter Blake profile
Peter Blake

Self

Total episodes: 1

Paul Yates profile
Paul Yates

Self

Total episodes: 1

Kendo Nagasaki profile
Kendo Nagasaki

Self

Total episodes: 1

Sister Wendy Beckett profile
Sister Wendy Beckett

Herself

Total episodes: 1

Kenneth Anger profile
Kenneth Anger

Self

Total episodes: 1

Jayne Mansfield profile
Jayne Mansfield

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Gloria Swanson profile
Gloria Swanson

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Tom Mix profile
Tom Mix

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Gig Young profile
Gig Young

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

James Dean profile
James Dean

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Ramon Novarro profile
Ramon Novarro

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Marianne Faithfull profile
Marianne Faithfull

Self

Total episodes: 1

Peter Blake profile
Peter Blake

Self

Total episodes: 1

Paul Yates profile
Paul Yates

Self

Total episodes: 1

Kendo Nagasaki profile
Kendo Nagasaki

Self

Total episodes: 1

Sister Wendy Beckett profile
Sister Wendy Beckett

Herself

Total episodes: 1

Kenneth Anger profile
Kenneth Anger

Self

Total episodes: 1

Jayne Mansfield profile
Jayne Mansfield

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Gloria Swanson profile
Gloria Swanson

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Tom Mix profile
Tom Mix

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Gig Young profile
Gig Young

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

James Dean profile
James Dean

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Ramon Novarro profile
Ramon Novarro

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Marianne Faithfull profile
Marianne Faithfull

Self

Total episodes: 1

Extra

Release Date

October 1, 1975

Last air Date

April 22, 2023

Status

Returning Series

Original Language

English

Networks

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Available On

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seasons

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Season 2001

Aired on: 2023 | 1 Episodes

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