Nights for Wednesday 12 July 2017
7:12 Full Metal Poleaxe
Dayna Berghan-Whyman catches up with Nights about her medieval combat. She's recently returned from the battlefield and tell us of her adventures.
7:30 At The Movies
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at three films, based on very different ideas of "popular culture". Spiderman Homecoming is the latest American comic-book hero movie. Polina is based on Russia's fixation on the Bolshoi Ballet, while and French film Monsieur Chocolat plays to that country's fascination with traditional clowns.
8:12 Nights' Overseas - Willy Flockton
formerly of RNZ's Morning Report team, breakfast producer at BBC Radio Brighton Will Flockton reports from England.
8:30 Flying Solo
Another insightful episode exploring what it's like to be single parent in New Zealand
9:07 The Drama Hour
The final episode of Tumanbay our epic saga of revenge, betrayal and deception, inspired by the Mamluk slave-dynasty.
10:17 Late Edition
A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Dateline Pacific from RNZ International,
11:07 Inside Out
Nick Tipping hosts a journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way.