Nights for Friday 17 June 2016

7:07 Sonic Tonic
Music with magic and mischief spun into an surreal sensation of mayhem and maybe magnificence.

7:45 Witness
Bhutan TV. There was a ban on television in Bhutan for decades because of fears it would ruin the country's traditional way of life. But in June 1999 the tiny Himalayan kingdom finally broadcast its first TV programme. Ashley Byrne has spoken to two people who remember the day well.

8:12 Nights' Sport - United Kingdom
BBC sports journalist Russell Fuller reports on the European football championship, The England and Wales rugby tour and the reunion of Andy Murray with coach Ivan Lendl.

8:30 Spotlight
Dust to Dusky Live at the Spiegeltent, AK Festival 2016. Premiering at the 2016 Auckland Arts Festival, Dust to Dusky sees Anna Coddington, Bella Kalolo, Tami Neilson and Colleen Davis (as Dusty), take to the Spiegeltent stage to celebrate and channel Dusty Springfield, re-imagining her hits and remembering the smoky-voiced pop-soul vocalist who passed away almost two decades ago.

9:07 Country Life 
Southland is home to one of the largest sheep milking operations in the world. Antara Ag Farms runs approximately 14,000 milking ewes across 3 properties. All the milk is processed at the Blue River Dairy factory in Invercargill and is exported to China and the team is at the National Ag Fieldays tasting kiwifruit and talking to farmers.

10:17 Late Edition
A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International

11:07 The Friday Finale
Joe Strummer's London Calling. The legendary frontman of The Clash and punk rock icon Joe Strummer was an avid radio listener and music collector. Tonight Joe Strummer takes us from Elvis to the Buena Vista Social Club with detours from U-Roy, Harry Belafonte and The Lion.

Music played in this show

Sonic Tonic - TV