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Night Waves Episodes

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    Timbuktu and Beyond, Old Times, Engineering for Victory, The Shard

    With Anne McElvoy. Includes Timbuktu and Beyond, Engineering for Victory and the Shard.

  2. Deborah Cohen

    Historian Deborah Cohen talks to Philip Dodd about her new book Family Secrets.

  3. Neil Shubin, Quartermaine's Terms, Syrian Writers, China's Silent Army

    Includes Neil Shubin, Quartermaine's Terms, Syrian writers and China's Silent Army.

  4. Kurt Schwitters, On the Edge, Gender, The Love Charm of Bombs

    Matthew Sweet examines the late work of Kurt Schwitters.

  5. The Rotten Heart of Europe, Zero Dark Thirty, The Idea of the Artist, Juergen Teller

    With Anne McElvoy. Includes the future of the EU, Zero Dark Thirty, and what is an artist?

  6. British Social Realism in Film

    Samira Ahmed examines British social realism in film with the hindsight of half a century.

  7. Manet, Thinking like Sherlock Holmes, Amateurs, Norman Stone

    Including Manet, thinking like Sherlock Holmes, amateurs, and Norman Stone.

  8. Abraham Lincoln

    Rana Mitter discusses Abraham Lincoln and his legacy.

  9. Landmarks - Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

    Anne McElvoy presents a Landmark edition examining Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

  10. David Hare, The Sessions, The Last Days of Detroit, Marking Death

    David Hare, The Sessions, The Last Days of Detroit, and marking death.

  11. Jude Kelly, Diane Roberts, Nagisa Oshima Obituary

    Jude Kelly on the 20th century, Obama's inauguration poet, Nagisa Oshima obituary.

  12. Django Unchained, Gabriele d'Annunzio, English Manners, TS Eliot Prize for Poetry

    Philip Dodd discusses Django Unchained and a new biography of poet Gabriele d'Annunzio.

  13. Konstantin Stanislavski

    Anne McElvoy discusses the Russian director Stanislavski, 150 years after his birth.

  14. Philosophical Investigations

    Rana Mitter looks at Wittgenstein, soft power and the 1980s.

  15. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    Philip Dodd talks to Fiona Shaw about her performance of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

  16. Michael Frayn, An English Affair

    Matthew Sweet talks to Michael Frayn as a season of his drama begins on Radios 3 and 4.

  17. Bernard Rose, Public Inquiries, Tuberculosis, Mughal India

    Philip Dodd meets Bernard Rose whose new film Boxing Day is inspired by a Tolstoy story.

  18. The Girl

    Matthew discusses Hitchcock, Tarzan and Alasdair Gray.

  19. Ang Lee, The Dance of Death, Immigrant Groups and Culture, Angels

    Anne McElvoy talks to Ang Lee and discusses the cultural history of angels.

  20. The Nation State, In the Republic of Happiness, William Paul Young

    Are nation states relevant anymore? Plus best-selling evangelical US author W Paul Young.

  21. International Review

    Matthew Sweet chairs an International Review edition of the programme.

  22. English Landscape Painting, Ronald Harwood, David Ogilvy Legacy, Katrina van Grouw

    Anne McElvoy talks to screenwriter Ronald Harwood about his new film Quartet.

  23. Michael Grandage, Artificial Intelligence, Jonas Mekas

    Presented by Matthew Sweet. With Michael Grandage and Jonas Mekas.

  24. Julius Caesar, Cross-Casting, Tim Pat Coogan, Buddhism, Brazilian Writers

    With A first-night review of Julius Caesar and Fiona Shaw on cross-casting in Shakespeare.

  25. Napoleon, Turner Prize, Georgia

    Anne McElvoy examines how Napoleon is viewed in his homeland today.

  26. Napoleon Rising, Great Expectations, Iran, Victoria and Albert Museum

    With Samira Ahmed. Including a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum's furniture gallery

  27. Antony Gormley, Maria Friedman, Intelligence, Andrei Tarkovsky

    Matthew Sweet talks to sculptor Antony Gormley about his new monumental work.

  28. Nassim Taleb, The Old Regime and the Revolution, The Hunt

    Arts and cultural debate with Rana Mitter includes writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

  29. Hell is Other People

    Anne McElvoy chairs a debate entitled Hell is Other People at Free Thinking 2012.

  30. Frank Auerbach, Surveillance, Die Nibelungen, Christopher Hampton.

    Rana Mitter reviews Frank Auerbach and talks to Zygmunt Bauman and Christopher Hampton.

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