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Night Waves Episodes

  1. William Dalrymple/The Power of Yes/Madeleine Bunting/Hanan Al-Shaykh

    With Rana Mitter. William Dalrymple and Madeleine Bunting discuss their new books.

  2. Terry Gilliam/2009 Turner Prize/What Scares Audiences/Friendliness

    Presented by Matthew Sweet. With director Terry Gilliam and the 2009 Turner Prize.

  3. Jenny Uglow/Robert Service/Swastika/Inherit the Wind

    With Jenny Uglow, Robert Service, the film Swastika and a new version of Inherit the Wind.

  4. 30/09/2009

    The arts and ideas programme.

  5. Clive James/Agnes Varda

    Matthew Sweet talks to celebrated essayist, critic and writer Clive James.

  6. Pete Townshend

    Philip Dodd talks to Pete Townshend of The Who.

  7. Thomas Keneally and Richard Flanagan

    Matthew Sweet meets leading Australian novelists Thomas Keneally and Richard Flanagan.

  8. Anne McElvoy

    Anne McElvoy talks to sculptor Anish Kapoor ahead of a new exhibition.

  9. Diarmaid MacCulloch/Moctezuma Exhibition/China's Public Image

    Rana Mitter talks to Diarmaid MacCulloch on his book The History of Christianity.

  10. Shirley Williams

    Philip Dodd talks to politician and academic Shirley Williams.

  11. Eva Hoffman/Cornish Identity/The Catwalk/Words and History

    Presented by Rana Mitter. With Eva Hoffman on her new book about the concept of time.

  12. Stephen Daldry/Utilitarian Architecture/Joseph P Kennedy

    Matthew Sweet presents. With director Stephen Daldry and Joseph P Kennedy in Hollywood.

  13. Revolution

    Philip Dodd on one of the most momentous and dangerous ideas of recent times - revolution.

  14. Hanif Kureishi

    Rana Mitter talks to Hanif Kureishi as a stage version of his novel opens.

  15. Amartya Sen/Mark Ravenhill/Richard English/Schumann

    Presented by Anne McElvoy. With economist Amartya Sen and playwright Mark Ravenhill.

  16. A New Age of Austerity?

    Philip Dodd discusses the politics, culture and morality of a possible age of austerity.

  17. Antichrist/Harvey Klehr/Desperate Romantics/Shaw and Priestley/Margot Fonteyn

    Presented by Matthew Sweet. With Antichrist reviewed and Harvey Klehr on the KGB in the US

  18. Timothy Garton Ash

    Philip Dodd talks to political historian Timothy Garton Ash.

  19. Karen Armstrong/Pompeii/China/Mindaway

    Isabel Hilton talks to Karen Armstrong about her defence of religion and the case for God.

  20. Arundhati Roy

    Bidisha and novelist Arundhati Roy discuss the faultlines threatening India's democracy.

  21. Glen David Gold

    Matthew Sweet talks to writer Glen David Gold about his new novel Sunnyside.

  22. International Edition/Moon Landing Anniversary

    Matthew Sweet presents an international edition of the arts and ideas magazine.

  23. 01/07/2009

    Anne McElvoy talks to artist Jeff Koons and sees the latest gangster blockbuster.

  24. Danton/Peter Randall-Page/Michael Goldfarb

    Isabel Hilton discusses French revolutionary Georges Danton. Plus Michael Goldfarb on 1969

  25. Michael Goldfarb - Woodstock

    With Philip Dodd. American writer Michael Goldfarb recalls the 1969 Woodstock festival.

  26. Landmarks - The Second Sex

    Rana Mitter examines The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, the bible of modern feminism.

  27. Civilisation

    Bidisha asks what it means to be civilised and whether civilisation is an outdated concept

  28. Russell T Davies

    Matthew Sweet talks to Russell T Davies and discusses painter JW Waterhouse.

  29. Translating Foreign Poetry

    Philip Dodd and Ian McMillan on the difficulties and joys of translating foreign poetry.

  30. Errol Flynn/ Acropolis Museum/ Dominique Moisi/ Roger McGough

    Matthew Sweet talks to Olivia de Havilland about her one-time co-star Errol Flynn.

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