4 episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Lion Whose Stomach Was A Beehive | 20010102 | 1: Oscar-winning writer and director Anthony Minghella reads his own story, `The Lion Whose Stomach Was a Beehive', inspired by Verdi's Requiem. |
| 02 | That Was Then, This Is Now | 20010103 | by Jonathan Keates. The biographer and short story writer has set his tale in a village in the Po Valley, where the locals' yearning for Italian independence had once been fomented by performances of `I Lombardi'. |
| 03 | The Radar Angel | 20010104 | Ruth Padel tells a modern version of `La Traviata', called `The Radar Angel'. The Lady of the Camellias is a young Japanese girl, working her way around the world, until she meets a Kerry man. |
| 04 LAST | Aida | 20010105 | Erica Wagner, author and editor, spins a tale around `Aida'. |