Artsworld

Melvyn Bragg celebrates 25 years of the landmark arts magazine with a series of archive episodes. This edition profiles Martin Amis, author of The Rachel Papers, Time’s Arrow and London Fields

Short film exploring the theme of movement, choreographed by Mitchell Rose

Liliana Cavani’s 1998 production of Puccini’s masterpiece from La Scala in Milan stars Maria Guleghina in the title role, with Jose Cura as Des Grieux and Lucio Gallo as Lescaut. Riccardo Muti conducts the house orchestra and chorus

Profile of the great jazz clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman, who pioneered the big band sound across America in the 1930s. Featuring performances of hits including Sing, Sing, Sing and A Fine Romance. With contributions from former Goodman sidemen including trumpeter Doc Cheatham, pianists Lionel Hampton and Teddy Wilson, and singer Helen Ward

Glenn Ford narrates a documentary by movie historian Bill Gleason, exploring the work of some of the great comics of the silver screen. Featured artists include W C Fields, Charlie Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Red Skelton, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Danny Kaye, Bob Hope and Lucille Ball

Series profiling some of the world’s supreme artists. This edition focuses on Giotto, the greatest Italian painter of the 14th century, whose frescoes adorn some of the country’s finest churches

Sculptor John Dreyfuss waits for his first life-size wax model to arrive at the Tallix Foundry - where some of America’s most important sculptures of the last decade have been created

The brilliant young Russian pianist plays a selection of Chopin’s waltzes and preludes and talks about her highly personal approach to the great composer’s music

Moving Italian drama about a middle-aged prostitute who resolves to make a new life for herself but struggles to break away from her past. As her old clients refuse to leave her in peace, the woman is also troubled by her teenage son, who becomes involved with the wrong crowd

Three Pas de Deux by Hans van Manen reflects his choreographic preoccupation with relationships between the sexes. Set to music by Saint-Saens, Mozart, Villa-Lobos and Busoni. Directed by Wilbert Bank

The celebrated jazz clarinettist demonstrates the extent of his repertoire with a rendition of Mozart’s masterpiece. Jean-Pierre Wallez conducts the Munich Symphony Orchestra