| Arena | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | Humphrey Burton |
| Written by | Various |
| Directed by | Various |
| Opening theme | "Another Green World" by Brian Eno |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | over 600 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Arts |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two (1975–2011) BBC Four (2003–present) |
| Release | 1 October 1975 – present |
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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 more than 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, Julien Temple, Anthony Wall, Leslie Woodhead, and Alan Yentob.