Summer Nights for Wednesday 11 January 2012

7:08 Mega-organisms and evolutionary genetics
Dr Anthony Poole of the University of Canterbury on the origin and development of our genes.

7:30 Kids' Favourite Things - Lawrence
Kids share their favourite summer activities - tonight it's Lawrence who likes to play zombies.

7:35 Nick Bollinger's 'Essential New Zealand Albums'
Episode 10 - Che Fu - Navigator

8:06 Summer Jam - Riki Gooch

8:15 BBC Windows on the World

8:40 Film with Dan Slevin
Dan Slevin reviews War Horse, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Dolphin Tale, plus an example of essential cinema, Die Hard. For more filmic goodness, check out Dan's podcast Cinematica.

9:06 Drama - The Brilliant Fassah

10:17 Late Edition

10:30 Museum Visit
We pay a virtual visit to one of New Zealand's museums. Tonight, the New Zealand Cartoon Archive with its founder Ian F. Grant.

10.40 Alice Miller - Antarctic Diary 8
Wellington writer Alice Miller's award-winning poetry, essays, and fiction have appeared in The Listener, Landfall, and Best New Zealand Poems. She recently visited Antarctica and recorded an audio diary for Summer Nights.

11:04 Round Midnight