Afternoons for Thursday 10 February 2011
1:10 Best Song Ever Written
The Country Calendar Theme, chosen by Vicki Young from Blenheim
1:15 Your Place
Our tour guides take us around Little River on Banks Peninsula.
2:10 Feature stories
John Paul Getty the 3rd, a scion of the Getty oil dynasty, has died after a long illness aged 55. He was the boy kidnapped in Rome; the kidnappers sent part of his ear to his parents. We'll talk to the National Editor of Forbes Magazine in the U.S. who's the authority on the Gettys.
Paul Scoones of Takapuna discovered Doctor Who at the age of six and became a passionate follower. Thirty six years later his home his filled with Doctor Who memorabilia, he met his wife at a Doctor Who event and he makes a living writing about the long-running BBC show.
2:30 Reading: Part four of In My Father's Den by Marice Gee
Teacher Paul Prior is a suspect for the murder of one of his favourite pupils, attractive and talented Celia Inverarity. The search for the truth of what happened takes him on a journey into his past.
2:50 Feature Album
Some Girls by the Rolling Stones.
3:12 Arts Report
Sonia Yee finds out why Francesca Geach is taking opera underground, with her company Operagasmic as it gets ready to perform Cosi Fan Tutte this week at alternative Wellington bar 'Mighty-Mighty.'
3:33 Southern story
New Zealand's Penny Farthing champion Shane Price talks to Katy Gosset as he prepares to tackle his international rivals at the Australian National Championships on February 19.
4:06 The Panel
Joanne Black and Chris Trotter.