Isabel Hilton hears the opposing views of two Venezuelans as they discuss the effect of their controversial president, Hugo Chavez, on artistic liberty and state intervention in cultural affairs in the South American state. A new film about Latin America hails Chavez as a saviour of democracy, yet a recent argument concerning the Venezuelan's government decision not to renew the licence of the most outspoken opposition television station shows the depth of the divide among Venezuelans on this subject.
Jekyll
James Nesbitt as Jekyll, from the new BBC adaptation of of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Jekyll and Hyde.
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Chavez and Culture
Isabel Hilton takes the temperature of the current cultural landscape in Venezuela.
Following the closure of the country's largest opposition TV station, and the construction of a new giant film city aimed at challenging American hegemony, Isabel finds out how Venezuelans view the future of cultural expression.
She's aided by Monica Henriquez and Gloria Carnevali to examine the Chavez effect on culture and artistic liberty.
Linda Nochlin
Isabel also speaks to the acclaimed American art historian Linda Nochlin, best known for her iconic 1971 essay which investigated the lack of great women artists.
Her feminist critiques have influenced a generation of art historians and her latest book collects over thirty years of writing on the 19th century Realist master, Gustave Courbet.
Isabel hears from Linda Nochlin about Courbet's radicalism and also about the future of feminist criticism in the visual arts.
Courbet by Linda Nochlin is published by Thames and Hudson.
Jekyll
A new production of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, Jekyll and Hyde, has been given a new TV makeover, starring Cold Feet star James Nesbitt.
But after countless adaptations can this new version really reveal Stevenson's work in a new light? Crime writer Denise Mina helps give the Night Waves verdict.
Jekyll starts on BBC One on Saturday 16 June.
Holland Park School
Plus, an elegy for the Holland Park school in London, as plans to bulldoze the historic 1950s comp gather speed.
