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Arena

1975 • 3 Seasons • 695 Episodes

★ 7.2 / 10 (9 votes)
Documentary

Synopsis

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.

About This Series

Arena is a 1975 documentary series created by an unknown creator. The series spans 3 seasons and 695 episodes. It has earned an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10 based on 9 votes on TMDB. The series stars various actors among its cast of 0 credited actors.

Crew

John Read — Writer
Nicholas Shakespeare — Writer
Harold Pinter — Writer
Debbie Geller — Producer
Diana Mansfield — Executive Producer
Nigel Finch — Executive Producer
Debbie Geller — Executive Producer
Adam Low — Producer
Alan Yentob — Executive Producer
Anthony Wall — Producer

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