Enter The Arena Archives
Discover the stories behind the stories, as Arena opens up its production archives
Arena is the BBC's multi award-winning arts strand. Founded in 1975, Arena continues to produce gold standard documentaries for the BBC and world audiences
Newly-discovered film footage of tenor sax legend Sonny Rollins at Ronnie Scott's in 1974.
Arena celebrates Desert Island Discs with the help of many celebrity castaways. (1982)
Chelsea Hotel in New York, a haven for some of the 20th Century's greatest talent. (1981)
Discover the stories behind the stories, as Arena opens up its production archives
Explore clips from the Arena archive in this ground-breaking online project for The Space
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