Nights for Wednesday 2 November 2011

7:10 Feature guest

7:30 At the Movies

Films and movie business with Simon Morris.

8:00 News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.

8:40 Arts: Poetry

Poet and teacher of Media and Creative Writing at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Cliff Fell discusses the poems of Catullus, Horace and Ovid.

9:00 News & Weather

9:06 The Wednesday Drama: Midnight in Moscow, by Dean Parker 

This week’s Wednesday Drama is set in 1948 at the New Zealand Legation in Russia. Midnight in Moscow inhabits the intriguing world of cold war diplomacy. It’s a ‘Philby and McLean’ story, which explores questions about loyalty - loyalty to your country or loyalty to a friend?

Dean Parker’s ‘Midnight in Moscow’ is a witty mystery with hints of Chekov and shades of John Le Carre. The narrative inhabits a similar world to that of Philby, Burgess and McLean giving a uniquely New Zealand perspective on the early days of the cold war.

Cast: Tim Spite, Geraldine Brophy, Jason Whyte, Rachel More, Liz Kirkman.

10:00 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.

11:00 News & Weather

11:06 Round Midnight with Martin Kwok

Bringing vinyl archives back to the foreground, and celebrating the work of jazz pioneers from throughout the eras.