Nine To Noon for Monday 4 October 2010 Nine To Noon

Philippa Boyens - The Hobbit movie row

9:10 AM.Co-writer and co-producer on The Hobbit movie speaks out about the fiasco currently embroiling the production. Audio
The Commonwealth Games - Joseph Romanos

9:35 AM.Sports commentator Joseph Romanos is at the games. Audio
The Commonwealth Games - Boria Mujumdar

9:42 AM.Indian sports historian and co-author of Sellotape Legacy: Delhi and The Commonwealth Games . Audio
Africa correspondent - David McKenzie

9:50 AM.We hear the latest from sub-Saharan Africa via our correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya. Audio
Feature Guest - Jake Adelstein

10:10 AM.After 12-years on the crime desk of the Yomiuri Shimbun, a respected Tokyo newspaper, Jake has written Tokyo Vice chronicling the activities of the Yakuza and other Japanese underworld dwellers. Audio
Book Review - Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

10:40 AM.Written by Justine Picardie. Published by HarperCollins. Reviewed by Jane Westaway. Audio
Politics with Matthew Hooten and Andrew Campbell

11:10 AM.The spectrum is covered from left to right and right to wrong. Audio
Food and Wine

11:30 AM.Catherine Bell provides the recipes today, this time with a focus on beans. Stephen Morris matches the perfect wine accompaniment. Audio
Off the Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne

11:45 AM.We venture into the changing seasons of Central Otago. Read more Audio

09:05 The Hobbit movie row

Philippa Boyens, co-writer and co-producer on The Hobbit speaks out for the first time about the actors' union row affecting the movie project.

09:25 The start of the Commonwealth Games

Joseph Romanos, Nine to Noon sports commentator; and Boria Majumdar, sports historian and co-author of Sellotape Legacy: Delhi and The Commonwealth Games.

The NZ Commonwealth Games official website is www.29028.co.nz.

09:45 Africa correspondent David McKenzie

10:05 Jake Adelstein - Crime in Japan

American writer who spent 12 years as a crime reporter in Japan.

He has just published a memoir which details extortion, murder, human trafficking and corruption. He tells his experience of being up close and personal with Japan's criminal underbelly.

10:30 Book Review with Jane Westaway

Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie
Published by HarperCollins

10:45 Reading

11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Andrew Campbell

11:30 Guest chef Catherine Bell and wine commentator Stephen Morris

Fresh Broad Bean and Goat Cheese Salad, Broad Bean Slaw, and Rustic Broad Bean Puree.

11:45 Off the Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne

Experiencing the changing of the seasons in Central Otago.

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Nine To Noon for Monday 4 October 2010