Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC since 1 October 1975. Voted by TV executives in Broadcast magazine as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has produced over six hundred episodes directed by, among others, Frederick Baker, Jana Boková, Jonathan Demme, Nigel Finch, Mary Harron, Vikram Jayanti, Vivian Kubrick, Paul Lee, Adam Low, Bernard MacMahon, James Marsh, Leslie Megahey, Volker Schlondorff, Martin Scorsese, Julian Temple, Anthony Wall, Leslie Woodhead, and Alan Yentob.
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Based on | based on | ||
Developed by | developed by | ||
Written by | Various
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Screenplay by | screenplay by | ||
Story by | story by | ||
Directed by | Various
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Creative director | creative director | ||
Presented by | presented by | ||
Starring | starring | ||
Judges | judges | ||
Voices of | voices of | ||
Narrated by | narrated by | ||
Music by | music by | ||
Theme music composer | theme music composer | ||
Opening theme | |||
Ending theme | ending theme | ||
Composer | composer | ||
Country of origin | United Kingdom
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Original language | English
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No. of seasons | no. of seasons | ||
No. of episodes | over 600
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Executive producer | executive producer | ||
Producer | producer | ||
News editor | news editor | ||
Production location | production location | ||
Cinematography | cinematography | ||
Animator | animator | ||
Editor | Anthony Wall (1985–present)
Anthony Wall and Nigel Finch (1985–1995) Alan Yentob (1979–1985) Leslie Megahey (1977–1978) Various (1975–1977) |
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Camera setup | camera setup | ||
Running time | running time | ||
Production company | BBC
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Distributor | distributor | ||
Budget | budget |
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Picture format | picture format | ||
Audio format | audio format | ||
First shown in | first shown in | ||
Original release | 1 October 1975
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Preceded by | preceded by | ||
Followed by | followed by | ||
Related shows | related shows |
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