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Night Waves Episodes

  1. Phone-Hacking, Museum of Liverpool, The Kingdom, Rachel Hewitt

    Matthew Sweet with a debate on the moral questions arising from the phone-hacking scandal.

  2. Olympics Legacy, Manchester Festival, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, The Night Watch, Philip Roscoe

    Presented by Juliet Gardiner. With a discussion about the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.

  3. News of the World, British Painting 1910-1975, Sophocles

    Anne McElvoy discusses the implications of the demise of the News of the World newspaper.

  4. Arianna Huffington, Robinson Crusoe, New Generation Thinker David Petts

    Philip Dodd talks to Arianna Huffington about the launch of the Huffington Post in the UK.

  5. Bertrand Tavernier, Michael Brooks, Imperial War Museum, New Generation Thinker Jon Adams

    Rana Mitter talks to veteran French film-maker Bertrand Tavernier.

  6. The Tree of Life, Orpheus, Glamour of the Gods, Anna Massey Tribute, Lucy Powell

    Matthew Sweet reviews director Terrence Malick's new film The Tree of Life.

  7. Richard III, Civic Activism, Laurence Scott, Kosmos

    Anne McElvoy presents a review of Richard III at the Old Vic, starring Kevin Spacey.

  8. The Future of Europe, Robert Hughes, Peter Zumthor, Zoe Norridge

    Philip Dodd talks to Robert Hughes about his new book Rome: A Cultural History.

  9. New Generation Thinkers, Aping Mankind, Leptis Magna, Mildred Pierce, A Separation

    Matthew Sweet introduces work by Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers.

  10. Light Fantastic

    Matthew Sweet presents a discussion on light verse, light music and light entertainment.

  11. Kingsley Amis, Compton Verney, Incendies, Emma Rothschild, Ai Weiwei

    Rana Mitter and Peter Kemp discuss Kingsley Amis as four of his works are reissued.

  12. George Soros

    Philip Dodd talks to financier and philanthropist George Soros.

  13. Alan Hollinghurst, Magritte, Philosophy at School

    Anne McElvoy talks to Alan Hollinghurst about his new novel, The Stranger's Child.

  14. Margaret Drabble, Watts Gallery, Authenticity on the Internet, Forests, Rocks, Torrents

    Matthew Sweet talks to novelist Margaret Drabble about her collected short stories.

  15. Carrie Pitzulo, Francois Ozon, Artists and Muses, Betrayal

    Presented by Anne McElvoy. Carrie Pitzulo on why she thinks Playboy champions feminism.

  16. Student Extremism, Animation, Northern Renaissance Art, the Curtain Call

    Student extremism, the Northern Renaissance and the animation revival.

  17. The Vorticists, Djo Tunda Wa Munga, Anna May Wong, Mary Benson

    Presented by Matthew Sweet. With a discussion about the Vorticists.

  18. Owen Jones, Patrick Leigh Fermor Tribute, Luise Miller

    Philip Dodd is joined by Owen Jones to discuss the demonisation of the working class.

  19. 09/06/2011

    Philip Dodd talks to political cartoonist Steve Bell and author David Pryce-Jones.

  20. Mysterious Wisdom, Simon Boccanegra, Stephen Law, Life in a Day

    Matthew Sweet presents a discussion on the life of the visionary artist Samuel Palmer.

  21. AC Grayling, Obsession with the Past, Amitav Ghosh, Tarell Alvin McCraney

    Presented by Philip Dodd. With AC Grayling, Amitav Ghosh and Tarell Alvin McCraney.

  22. Contemporary India, Sentimentality, Butley, John Burnside

    Rana Mitter is joined by Arundhati Roy and Siddhartha Deb to discuss contemporary India.

  23. Pamela Stephenson Connolly, Ayrton, Un peu de tendresse, Government Art

    Presented by Philip Dodd. With Pamela Stephenson Connolly discussing her latest book.

  24. Julia Neuberger, Much Ado About Nothing, Amnesty International

    Philip Dodd is joined by Julia Neuberger to discuss her new book on the meaning of life.

  25. Terry Eagleton, Difficulty in Poetry, Mammuth, Without Sanctuary

    Was Marx right? asks Terry Eagleton and the pleasure of the poetic puzzle.

  26. Bank Holiday Special Edition

    Matthew Sweet discuss lesser-known British film-makers of the 1960s.

  27. Leila Ahmed, War Correspondents, Richard Long, This Week's Theatre

    Anne McElvoy talks to Leila Ahmed about the resurgence of the veil.

  28. Henry Kissinger

    Rana Mitter in an extended interview with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

  29. Immigration, Bob Dylan at 70, Evelyn Juers, Life, Above All

    Anne McElvoy talks to Evelyn Juers about her biography of Thomas and Heinrich Mann.

  30. Sherard Cowper-Coles, David Cesarani, Letter to Elia, Peter Marlow

    Matthew Sweet discusses Martin Scorsese's documentary film director Elia Kazan.

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