Arena
First Aired
Oct 01, 1975
Seasons
45
Episodes
297
Episode Runtime
90 min
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.
Genres
Networks
BBC Four
BBC Two
Top Cast
0 cast members
Seasons
Season 1
26 Episodes • 1975
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Season 2
39 Episodes • 1976
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Season 3
33 Episodes • 1977
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1980
0 Episodes • TBA
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Series 23
1 Episodes • TBA
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Series 25
1 Episodes • TBA
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Series 38
1 Episodes • TBA
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Series 45
1 Episodes • TBA
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Season 1978
27 Episodes • 1978
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Season 1979
2 Episodes • 1979
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Season 1980
2 Episodes • TBA
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Season 1981
23 Episodes • 1981
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Season 1982
7 Episodes • 1982
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Season 1984
1 Episodes • 1984
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Season 1985
1 Episodes • TBA
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Season 1986
2 Episodes • TBA
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Season 1987
18 Episodes • TBA
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Season 1988
13 Episodes • 1988
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Season 1989
10 Episodes • 1989
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Season 1990
4 Episodes • 1990
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Season 1991
8 Episodes • TBA
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Season 1992
4 Episodes • TBA
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Season 1993
2 Episodes • TBA
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Season 1994
1 Episodes • TBA
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Season 1996
1 Episodes • 1996
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Season 2000
1 Episodes • 2000
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Season 2001
1 Episodes • 2001
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Season 2002
2 Episodes • TBA
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Season 2003
3 Episodes • 2003
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Season 2004
1 Episodes • TBA
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Season 2005
3 Episodes • TBA
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Season 2007
6 Episodes • 2007
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Season 2008
5 Episodes • 2008
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Season 2009
1 Episodes • TBA
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Season 2010
4 Episodes • 2010
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Season 2011
6 Episodes • 2011
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Season 2012
11 Episodes • 2012
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Season 2016
4 Episodes • 2016
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Season 2017
2 Episodes • 2017
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Season 2018
3 Episodes • 2018
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Season 2019
6 Episodes • 2019
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Season 2020
3 Episodes • 2020
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Season 2021
1 Episodes • 2021
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Season 2022
5 Episodes • 2022
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Season 2001
1 Episodes • 2023
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