Filmed at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, the second part of Berlioz's opera is conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. American stars Gregory Kunde, tenor, and Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano, head the international cast.
Charles Hazlewood introduces the coverage.
Arriving in a country town seeking treasure, a businessman falls for a girl with an unusual gift. Koji Yakusho and Misa Shimizu star in Shohei Imamura's Golden Palm-nominated comedy. In Japanese with English subtitles.
Time Shift examines the West's enduring obsession with the end of the world, from the Old Testament to the Millennium Bug. The "day after" drama Threads follows.
The effects of a nuclear attack on Sheffield are captured in this 1984 drama first shown on BBC1. Karen Meagher and Reece Dinsdale star. Part of the Time Shift strand.
In a profile of the Latin American writer, Allende talks about her journey from Chile to California, and her most recent book My
Invented Country.
