Nine To Noon for Wednesday 15 October 2008

09:05 Francisco Fernandes

Six months on from a tragedy that took the lives of six young students and their teacher, charges have been laid against the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre over the canyoning tragedy that killed seven people.

09:20 Human evolution has ground to a halt

Professor Steve Jones, Genetics expert who argues that, at least in the developed world, human evolution has virtually ground to a halt. Is this as really as good as it gets?

09:30 Shipwreck Survivor

Ali Timms, survivor of shipwreck in Fiji.

09:45 Australia Correspondent Ray Moynihan

10:05 Feature Guest - Luke Nola

Luke Nola, children's television programme maker. Luke turned his back on a lucrative career in the US making music videos for MTV and came home to start a revolution in kids' television.

10:30 Book Review with Gina Faafoi

Live a Little by Kim Green
Published by Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 978 044669 7 93 4

10:45 Book Reading - Blackball 08 by Eric Beardsley

(Episode 3 of 10)

11:05 Music Review with Marty Duda

Artist Of The Week is Donna Summer.

1.I Feel Love (3:20) - Donna Summer taken from 1977 album "I
Remember Yesterday" (Casablanca)

2.Bad Girls (3:05) - Donna Summer taken from 1979 album "Bad Girls"
(Casablanca)

3.She Works Hard For The Money (4:09) - Donna Summer taken from 1983 album "She Works Hard For The Money" (Mercury)

4.The Queen Is Back (3:30) - Donna Summer taken from 2008 album
"Crayons" (Burgundy)

Donna Summer exploded on to the European dance scene in the mid-1970s with the controversial I Feel Love. As it turns out, it was just the beginning of a career that turned the singer into the Queen Of Disco with hits like Bad Girls, I Feel Love and Hot Stuff.

Marty Duda takes a look at Summer's career including her most recent album, Crayons.

Donna Summers with Marty

11:30 Legal Commentator Robert Lithgow, Wellington Barrister

11:45 Film Review with Graeme Tuckett

Body of Lies and Rise of the Footsoldier.