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Arena is a British television documentary series, which has run in occasional seasons on BBC Two, and latterly BBC Four, since 1975, debuting on Wednesday 1 October that year. It was conceived by the producer Alan Yentob, who also did on-camera presenting and interviewing work for the programme.

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38x13 Aka Norman Parkinson Aired: Apr. 21, 2013

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Series Info

Type:
Documentary
Premiered:
Oct. 01, 1975
Status:
N/A
Runtime:
N/A
Aired:
1975 - 2013
To-Date:
38 Seasons
1 Episode
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  • The main outdoor concert within this film is the 1988 Monsters of Rock festival, an, then, annual event in the British heavy metal calendar, headlined by Iron Maiden.
  • The music playing at the beginning of Arena is the title track of Brian Eno's album "Another Green World". It is 90 seconds long.
  • Werner Herzog once commented that "Arena is the oasis in the sea of insanity that is television".