Nights for Tuesday 16 March 2010
Tuesday 16 March 2010
7 pm News & Weather
7:15 Armenian Abstraction
Matthew Gale, Head of Displays, Tate Modern
Arshile Gorky and his art as seen in the retrospective now on show at the Tate Modern.
7:30 The Sampler
New music reviews with Nick Bollinger.
8 pm News & Weather
8:15 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries.
8:45 Sport: History
Joseph Romanos, sports correspondent, The Wellingtonian
Analysis of the state of play from recent recreational activities...
8:59 Conundrum: Clue 3
9 pm News & Weather
9:06 The Tuesday Feature:Hard Times in Middletown - How the Middle Class became the Brittle class
An American Radioworks / Marketplace Documentary by Laurie Stern and Stephen Smith.
For almost a century, Muncie, Indiana has been known as "Middletown," the quintessential American community. But now, as the rust-belt city grapples with deepening recession, many residents are losing their hold on the middle class. Think of them as the brittle class, just one fragile rung above poverty on the economic ladder.
(American Public Media)
10 pm News & Weather
10:17 Late Edition
A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11:06 Charlie Gilett's World of Music
Britain's guru of world music radio presents a personal selection (BBC)