Documentaries

Arena: Harold Pinter
BBC Two Saturday 26 October: Part 1 8pm-9pm; Part 2 10.30pm-11.30pm
Definitive two-part biography explores Harold Pinter's life, work and political passions.

Politics & Pinter
BBC Four: Wednesday 30 October 10pm-11.05pm
An examination of the playwright's political thoughts and opinions.

TV Premieres

The Dwarfs
BBC Four: Thursday 7 November 10pm-11.40pm
Screen premiere of this intriguing early work, adapted from Pinter's first and only novel. More >>

One for the Road
BBC Two: Saturday 26 October 11.30pm-midnight; rpt BBC Four: Wednesday 30 October 11.05pm-11.35pm
Pinter gives a devastating performance in his most recent major stage role, filmed last year in London. More >>

Sketches
BBC Four: Saturday 26 October 10.05pm-10.35pn; rpt Wednesday 30 October 10.45pm-11.15pm
Sketches are acutely observed encounters in quintessential Pinter locations. The programme combines Gerald Potterton's 1969 animations and recent productions at the National Theatre. More >>

The Room
BBC Four: Tuesday 5 November 10pm-10.55pm
The Almeida's revival of Pinter's first play stars Henry Woolf who was also in the original 1957 production at Bristol University. More >>

Celebration
BBC Four: Friday 8 November 10pm-10.45pm
Pinter's latest play, presented at the Almeida Theatre and directed by Pinter himself. Cast includes Keith Allen and Lindsay Duncan. More >>

Pinter Classics

No Man's Land
BBC Four: 9pm-10.30pm
Comedy starring John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson that's a "spellbinding, haunting cautionary tale". More >>

Old Times
BBC Four: Monday 28 October 10pm-11.15pm
Kate finds herself at the centre of a battle of wills as she recalls past events with an old friend and her husband. More >>

The Basement
BBC Four: Thursday 31 October 10pm-11.15pm
Harold Pinter stars in this timeless, otherworldly television play.
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Landscape
BBC Four: Friday 1 November 11.05pm-11.45pm
A beautifully morbid post mortem on the causes of unfulfillment, real and imagined. With Ian Holm and Penelope Wilton. More >>

The Dumb Waiter
BBC Four: Saturday 2 November 10pm-10.50pm
Two hitmen find that their latest target is closer than they anticipated. More >>

The Collection
BBC Four: Friday 1 November 10pm-11.05pm
Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Malcolm MacDowell and Helen Mirren star in Pinter's play about a household wobbling with a tremor of adultery. More >>

The Lover
BBC Four: Sunday 3 November 10pm-11pm
A frank and engaging examination of marriage and sexual relationships, years ahead of its time. More >>

The Birthday Party
BBC Four: Monday 4 November 10pm-11.50pm
Now considered a masterpiece, this 1987 production stars Kenneth Cranham as the lodger whose birthday party turns into a nightmare. More >>

Feature Films

The Homecoming (1973)
BBC Four: Sunday 27 October 10pm-11.50pm
Ian Holm returns to the role he created in the original stage version of Pinter's play about a professor who finds himself prey to old conflicts. Peter Hall directs. More >>

The Caretaker (1962)
BBC Four: Tuesday 29 October 10pm-11.45pm
Clive Donner directs Alan Bates, Robert Shaw and Donald Pleasance in the play that established Pinter's reputation. More >>

Accident (1966)
BBC Four: Wednesday 6 November 10pm-11.45pm
Pinter's adaptation of Nicholas Mosley's novel stars Dirk Bogarde as an insecure Oxford don who embarks on web of adulterous affairs. More >>

The Servant (1963)
BBC Four: Saturday 9 November 10pm-11.50pm
Dirk Bogarde and James Fox star in Joseph Losey's chilling classic about a valet who subtly takes control over his master. More >>

BBC Radio

Night Waves - Pinter Moments
Radio 3: Monday 28 October-Friday 8 November 9.30pm-10.15pm
The nightly arts and culture programme runs a series of short interviews with some of Pinter's closest colleagues, colloborators and admirers.

The Birthday Party
Radio 4: Saturday 2 November
Charles Lefeaux directs Pinter's classic play, first broadcast in 1970.

A Slight Ache
Radio 4: Friday 15 November
Recorded in 2000 this classic radio play stars Harold Pinter and Jill Johnson.

Pinter at the BBC homepage