Wireless Nights Podcast
Jarvis Cocker explores the human condition after dark, with stories of night people
Episodes to download
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Introducing... The Collection: Peel Acres
Mon 16 Jan 2023
Jarvis Cocker joins Tom Ravenscroft at Peel Acres the home of John Peel's music collection
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On The Edge—Series 7
Mon 13 Dec 2021
Jarvis goes into hospital, and the anaesthetic gives him some very strange visions.
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Full Moon—Series 7
Mon 6 Dec 2021
Jarvis Cocker discovers what happens here on earth on the night of the full moon.
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Lost in the Forest—Series 7
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Jarvis Cocker gets lost in the forest at night and encounters some intriguing characters
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Bat Night—Series 7
Mon 22 Nov 2021
Jarvis Cocker explores the human condition after dark, and goes in search of bats
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Lockdown
Mon 25 May 2020
Jarvis Cocker shares favourite encounters to weave a restless slumber in lockdown limbo.
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A New Year's Resolution—Series 6
New Year's Day 2019
Jarvis Cocker on the nocturnal human condition, trying to get the perfect night's sleep
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Destiny's Child—Series 6
Christmas Day 2018
Jarvis Cocker hosts a festive edition, with stories of a shepherdess and a miracle birth
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Night Train—Series 6
Tue 18 Dec 2018
Jarvis Cocker boards the Wireless Nights Express, to hear more tales of night people.
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Dungeness—Series 6
Tue 11 Dec 2018
Jarvis Cocker returns with his series exploring the human condition after dark
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Berlin—Series 5
Mon 3 Apr 2017
Jarvis Cocker's nocturnal exploration of the human condition leads him to the Berlin Wall.
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Megahertz—Series 5
Mon 27 Mar 2017
Jarvis Cocker navigates the ether in his nocturnal exploration of the human condition.
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Night Tube—Series 5
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Jarvis Cocker rides in the driver's cab of a late-night Tube train.
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Joujouka—Series 5
Mon 13 Mar 2017
Jarvis Cocker is back, curing a troubled mind with a night of sufi trance music in Morocco
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The Nightclub—Series 4
Mon 14 Dec 2015
Jarvis Cocker's nocturnal exploration of the human condition leads him to Soho after dark.
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Snowbound—Series 4
Mon 7 Dec 2015
Jarvis Cocker finds himself snowbound in his nocturnal exploration of the human condition.
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Keep on Truckin'—Series 4
Mon 30 Nov 2015
Jarvis meets an unlucky trucker, a hopeful hitchhiker and a host of Scottish ghostbusters.
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Underwater at the Proms—Series 4
Mon 23 Nov 2015
Jarvis Cocker goes on an undersea voyage with the BBC Philharmonic in this Radio 4 Prom.
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BBC Philharmonic Presents...—Series 3
Sun 21 Dec 2014
Jarvis Cocker and the BBC Philharmonic weave dark tales of insomnia and nocturnal visions.
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Bright Nights—Series 3
Mon 3 Nov 2014
4/4Jarvis Cocker goes on a journey through an Icelandic night that never falls.
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Lava and Ice—Series 3
Mon 27 Oct 2014
3/4Jarvis Cocker wanders the lava fields of Iceland in search of the unseen forces of night.
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Reaching for the Moon—Series 3
Mon 20 Oct 2014
2/4Jarvis Cocker attempts to fly to the moon with the aid of astronaut Chris Hadfield.
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The Darkest Hour—Series 2
Thu 30 May 2013
4/4Jarvis explores the battle between the forces of darkness and light.
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Nights of Passage
Thu 23 May 2013
Jarvis Cocker's award-winning nocturnal exploration of the human condition takes to sea.
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Nightwatch—Series 2
Thu 16 May 2013
2/4Jarvis becomes a night watchman, and a nurse and a spy also share stories of keeping watch
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Night of the Hunter—Series 2
Thu 9 May 2013
1/4Jarvis Cocker returns with his award-winning nocturnal exploration of the human condition.
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Night Manoeuvres—Series 1
Thu 26 Apr 2012
4/4Jarvis Cocker prowls the nations dark in search of the night people
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Behind Closed Doors—Series 1
Thu 19 Apr 2012
3/4Jarvis Cocker goes on a city night walk to find out what goes on behind closed doors.
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They only come out at night—Series 1
Thu 12 Apr 2012
2/4Jarvis Cocker prowls the dark in search of those who only come out at night.
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Overnight Delivery—Series 1
Thu 5 Apr 2012
1/4Jarvis Cocker prowls the dark, telling stories of the night in this award-winning series.
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A selection of weird and wonderful programmes, perfect for late night listening.
