Nights for Friday 16 July 2010

7:06 Friday Night Theme

Music and fun.

7:40 Flash

Includes NZ Society, The Vault, Asian Report and other interesting snippets.

8 pm News and Weather

8:06 Musical Chairs - The Avengers - Pop Culture commodities

From the outset The Avengers were highly publicised, fashionably dressed, clean cut, well behaved every mother's sons. However behind the smiles, they were overworked, underpaid and struggling with the strict rules of engagement imposed by their management and record label. Keith Newman talks with the surviving members of The Avengers.

8:40 The Cyprus Secret

Jon Gregory, musician and producer. The musical collective Jon Lilygreen and the Islanders and how, as British/Welsh born and bred musicians, they have come to representing Cyprus in this year's Eurovision Contest

8:50 Conundrum

The answer and the winner's chosen song.

9 pm News and Weather

9:06 Country Life

Rural news and features.

10 pm News and 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 pm News and Weather

11:06 Womad Taranaki 2010