"Arena" (1975) TV series 1975-

Creator:

Anthony Haas
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Seasons:

1 | 6 | 11 | unknown

Release Date:

1 October 1975 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Wide-ranging arts programme.

Awards:

11 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Paul McCartney	...	Himself (5 episodes, 1985-2012)
Gavin Millar	...	Himself - Presenter / ... (3 episodes, 1977-1981)
Indira Varma	...	Gila / ... (3 episodes, 2002-2010)
George Melly	...	Himself - Guest Columnist / ... (3 episodes, 1975-1978)
Jude Law	...	Himself / ... (3 episodes, 1998-2010)
Lindsay Duncan	...	Herself / ... (3 episodes, 2002-2010)
Kenneth Cranham	...	Himself / ... (3 episodes, 1982-2010)
Alan Yentob	...	Himself / ... (3 episodes, 1982-2005)
Eileen Atkins	...	Herself (3 episodes, 1985-2008)
Max Bygraves	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1990-2001)
George Martin	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1998-2011)
Michael Billington	...	Himself (3 episodes, 2002-2008)
Nigel Williams	...	Himself / ... (3 episodes, 2004-2012)

Series Directed by
Anthony Wall		(13 episodes, 1981-2012)
Adam Low		(9 episodes, 1986-2012)
David Thompson		(5 episodes, 2003-2012)
Nigel Finch		(4 episodes, 1981-1993)
Helen Gallacher		(4 episodes, 1987-1990)
Christopher Bruce		(4 episodes, 1990-1993)
Nicola Roberts		(4 episodes, 1994-2013)
Tony Tyler		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Nigel Williams		(3 episodes, 1982-2005)
Mary Dickinson		(3 episodes, 2001-2003)
Francis Hanly		(3 episodes, 2004-2012)
Zimena Percival		(3 episodes, 2005-2008)
Ashtar Alkhirsan		(3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Charles Chabot		(2 episodes, 1981-2012)
Alan Lewens		(2 episodes, 1991-2001)
Peter Lydon		(2 episodes, 1991-1995)
Leslie Woodhead		(2 episodes, 1992-1999)
Andrew Wright		(2 episodes, 2007-2008)

Series Writing credits
John Read		(2 episodes, 1977-1986)
Nicholas Shakespeare		(2 episodes, 2001)
Harold Pinter		(2 episodes, 2002-2010)
Anthony Haas		(1 episode, 1995)

Series Produced by
Anthony Wall	....	series editor / executive producer / ... (47 episodes, 1982-2012)
Nigel Finch	....	executive producer / series editor / ... (16 episodes, 1985-1995)
Alan Yentob	....	producer / executive producer / ... (12 episodes, 1979-1985)
Martin Rosenbaum	....	producer (11 episodes, 2005-2012)
Andrew Wright	....	archive producer / producer (10 episodes, 2007-2013)
Mary Dickinson	....	producer / series producer: The Entertainers (4 episodes, 1987-2003)
Jane Bywaters	....	assistant producer / associate producer (4 episodes, 2001-2007)
David Thompson	....	producer (4 episodes, 2003-2012)
Leslie Megahey	....	producer (3 episodes, 1978-1982)
James Marsh	....	series producer / producer (3 episodes, 1993)
Rosemarie Tratt	....	associate producer / producer (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
David Cheshire	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Debbie Geller	....	associate producer / executive producer (2 episodes, 1985-1998)
Rosemary Bowen-Jones	....	producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Patrick Dickinson	....	assistant producer (2 episodes, 2002)
Jonathan Clyde	....	executive producer / producer (2 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Original Music by
Carl Davis		(1 episode, 1982)
Trevor Jones		(1 episode, 1985)
Steve Lodder		(1 episode, 1995)
Andy Sheppard		(1 episode, 1995)
Brian Eno		(1 episode, 2005)
George Taylor		(1 episode, 2007)
John Harle		(1 episode, 2012)

Series Cinematography by
Colin Case		(4 episodes, 2001-2003)
Luke Cardiff		(3 episodes, 1998-2002)
John Hooper		(2 episodes, 1977-1982)
Philip Bonham-Carter		(2 episodes, 1979-1985)
Mike Southon		(2 episodes, 1982-1983)
Peter Smokler		(2 episodes, 1982)
Chris Seager		(2 episodes, 1986-1990)
Mark Molesworth		(2 episodes, 1991-2013)
Mike Dauncey		(2 episodes, 1991-1993)
Louis Caulfield		(2 episodes, 1998-2003)
Sarah McCulloch		(2 episodes, 2002)

Series Film Editing by
Nigel Finch		(8 episodes, 1991-1995)
Guy Crossman		(7 episodes, 1989-2012)
Emma Matthews		(6 episodes, 2001-2010)
Jeff Shaw		(5 episodes, 2005-2007)
David Kitson		(4 episodes, 1987-1993)
Roy Deverell		(4 episodes, 1998-2013)
Sean Mackenzie		(4 episodes, 2001-2005)
Charles Chabot		(2 episodes, 1982-2012)
John Veal		(2 episodes, 1982-1985)
Ardan Fisher		(2 episodes, 1982)
Joyce Gentle		(2 episodes, 1986-1989)
Colin Knijff		(2 episodes, 1990-2002)
Dave Monk		(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Russell Crockett		(2 episodes, 2002-2005)
David Howell		(2 episodes, 2003-2005)
Chris Wyatt		(2 episodes, 2006-2008)
Bob Cassidy		(2 episodes, 2007-2010)
Anne Dummett		(2 episodes, 2008-2012)
Joanna Crickmay		(2 episodes, 2009-2012)
Martin Cooper		(2 episodes, 2011-2012)
Tim Arrowsmith		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Austin Ruddy		(1 episode, 1982)

Series Costume Design by
Dany Everett		(1 episode, 2002)

Series Production Management
Deborah Long	....	production manager / production manager: BBC (6 episodes, 2005-2011)
Guro Eide	....	production manager / production manager: BBC (4 episodes, 2007-2013)
Erica Banks	....	unit manager / unit manager: Arena (3 episodes, 1999-2001)
Maureen McMunn	....	unit manager (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Sue Wills	....	unit manager (2 episodes, 1989-1991)
Michelle McDwyer	....	production manager (2 episodes, 2001)
Annabel Yonge	....	production manager (2 episodes, 2002)

Series Art Department
Pete Wane	....	graphic designer / graphic design (8 episodes, 1987-2002)

Series Sound Department
Hugh Mitchell-Dawson	....	dubbing mixer / supervising sound editor (6 episodes, 2001-2007)
Damian Reynolds	....	dubbing mixer (6 episodes, 2001-2005)
Michael Narduzzo	....	dubbing mixer / sound (4 episodes, 1987-1991)
Godfrey Kirby	....	sound / sound recordist (4 episodes, 1998-2002)
Tim White	....	sound recordist (3 episodes, 2001-2010)
Dave Brabants	....	sound / sound recordist (3 episodes, 2001-2002)
Mike Billing	....	dubbing mixer (2 episodes, 1981-1982)
John Pritchard	....	sound / sound recordist (2 episodes, 1982-2011)
David Old	....	dubbing mixer (2 episodes, 1985-1986)
Clive Derbyshire	....	sound / sound recordist (2 episodes, 1987-1990)
Mike Savage	....	sound mixer / sound recordist (2 episodes, 1987-1990)
Jim Greenhorn	....	sound recordist (2 episodes, 1988-1989)
Donna Bertaccini	....	location sound mixer / sound recordist (2 episodes, 1991-2013)
Terry Elms	....	film sound / sound (2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Adrian Jacques	....	sound (2 episodes, 2002)
Aidan McCarthy	....	dubbing editor / sound editor (2 episodes, 2003)
Antony Meering	....	sound (2 episodes, 2005-2007)

Series Visual Effects by
Glen Carwithen	....	graphic design (1 episode, 1978)
Dirk Greene	....	on-line editor (1 episode, 1993)
Steve Bowman	....	design (1 episode, 1994)
Mickey Edwards	....	visual effects: opening/ending film (1 episode, 2003)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Colin Waldeck	....	camera operator / camera (3 episodes, 1981-1987)
Remi Adefarasin	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 1982-1987)
Ken Morse	....	camera operator: Rostrum Camera / camera operator: rostrum camera / ... (3 episodes, 1985-1991)
Malcolm Kipling	....	rostrum camera / camera operator: Rostrum Camera (3 episodes, 1985-1989)
Ira Brenner	....	additional photography / camera (2 episodes, 1981-1995)
Ivor Richardson	....	camera operator: rostrum camera / rostrum camera (2 episodes, 1985-1986)
Laurie Conlon	....	camera operator: rostrum camera / rostrum camera (2 episodes, 1989-2001)
John Howarth	....	additional photography / camera operator (2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Bert Walker	....	camera operator / rostrum (2 episodes, 1993-1994)

Series Editorial Department
Guy Yorke-Wilkinson	....	on-line editor / videotape editor (6 episodes, 1993-2004)
Paul Ingvarsson	....	avid ds editor / colorist / ... (3 episodes, 2001-2012)
Neil Hatton	....	on-line editor (3 episodes, 2001-2002)
Rebecca Savage	....	additional editing / assistant editor (3 episodes, 2007)
Michael Sanders	....	colorist / colourist (2 episodes, 2005-2007)

Series Music Department
Tim White	....	music recordist (2 episodes, 2007-2010)

Series Other crew
Andrew Wright	....	film researcher / archive researcher (33 episodes, 2001-2012)
Anthony Wall	....	series editor / filmed by (32 episodes, 1991-2013)
Warwick Gee	....	film production consultant / programme servicing manager / ... (9 episodes, 1986-2003)
Jane Bywaters	....	researcher / driver photographs (3 episodes, 1987-2007)
Kirsty Smith	....	additional research / additional researcher / ... (3 episodes, 2001-2002)
Barbara Gibson	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2001)
Tricia O'Leary	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 1982-1985)
Rosemarie Bradford	....	production assistant / researcher (2 episodes, 1986-1991)
Susan Steel	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 2002)
Jane Price	....	production team / researcher (2 episodes, 2005-2007)
Luc G. Nicknair	....	production assistant (unknown episodes, 1980)

Series Thanks
Eddie Pitt	....	thanks: Morleigh Private Hotel (1 episode, 1989)
Jean Pitt	....	thanks: Morleigh Private Hotel (1 episode, 1989)
Mark Endean	....	thanks (1 episode, 2001)
Bill Kenwright	....	thanks (1 episode, 2001)
Astley Jones	....	thanks (1 episode, 2002)
Allen Ambridge	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Will Brinkmeyer	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
William S.E. Coleman	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Michael Del Castello	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Paul Fees	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Steve Friesen	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Grace Gillette	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Matthew Guinness	....	thanks (1 episode, 2003)
Norman Hughes	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Virgil Hughes	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Bryan Mickleburgh	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Terry Piatt	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Ken Reeves	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Ann Marie Snowden	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Eric Sorg	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
R.L. Wilson	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
David Wright	....	the producers wish to thank (1 episode, 2003)
Brian Matthew	....	thanks (1 episode, 2005)
Andrew Loog Oldham	....	thanks (1 episode, 2005)
John Trayner	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2005)
David Cobley	....	thanks (1 episode, 2007)
Rosalind Chatto	....	thanks (1 episode, 2008)
Vernon Dobtcheff	....	thanks (1 episode, 2008)
Jill Evans	....	thanks (1 episode, 2008)
Patrick Keiller	....	thanks (1 episode, 2008)
Michael Linnit	....	thanks (1 episode, 2008)
Garry O'Connor	....	thanks (1 episode, 2008)
John Tydeman	....	thanks (1 episode, 2008)
Michael Billington	....	thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Joanna Carolan	....	acknowledgement: For Harold Pinter (1 episode, 2010)
Michael Colgan	....	thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Pádraig Cusack	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Judy Daish	....	acknowledgement: For Harold Pinter (1 episode, 2010)
Niamh Dilworth	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Ben Dodds	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Abi Duddleston	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Ed Ferguson	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Antonia Fraser	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Ramin Gray	....	thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Sara Gunter	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Harry Guthrie	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Lyn Haill	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Ronald Harwood	....	thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Jo Hornsby	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Nicholas Hytner	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Lisa Johnson	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Paul Kenah	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Martin Latham	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Clare Lizzimore	....	thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Angus Mackechnie	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Ray Middleton	....	thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Lucinda Morrison	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Nick Murray	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Andrew Speed	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Nick Starr	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Michael Straughan	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Lyndsey Turner	....	thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Julia Wickham	....	acknowledgement: For the National Theatre (1 episode, 2010)
Dinah Wood	....	thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Rozzy Wyatt	....	acknowledgement: For Harold Pinter (1 episode, 2010)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Illuminations Films

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1992) (UK) (TV)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The "message in a bottle" title sequence was designed by Glen Carwithen.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Orson Welles's the Other Side of the Wind: A Film by Orson Welles (2011)

Soundtrack:

Another Green World