Programme Details

As the 200th anniversary of Benjamin Disraeli's birth approaches, Susan Hitch discusses the novels of the one time British Prime Minister and how they expressed his political ideas.

Song writer Billy Bragg and biographer Ed Cray talk about Oklahoma writer, singer and political activist, Woody Guthrie - a look back at his tumultuous life and times, and the songs these inspired.

Maria Delgado reviews the Spanish film Take My Eyes - a love story and a tale of domestic abuse which won seven awards at the Goyas, Spain's equivalent of the Oscars.

And Mercury Music Prize winner Talvin Singh discusses his bold new ENO commission, Voxygen - a collaboration with vocalists from across the world. Coordinated by Talvin Singh on the electronic tabla, the work pays homage to the great vocal traditions of Europe, the Middle East and India.


Night Waves, live at 9.30pm on BBC Radio 3


Presenter: SusanHitch
Producer: AnneMarieCole




Additional Information
1) Ramblin Man by Ed Cray is published by W.W. Norton & Company Ltd
2) Take My Eyes (cert 15) directed by Iciar Bollain is released on 19 November
3) Voxygen by Talvin Singh and commissioned by ENO is performed at St Martin In The Fields in London on 22 and 23 November
 4)BenjaminDisraeli: The Novel as Political Discourse by Michael Flavin will be published in February 2005 by Sussex Academic Press
5) Disraeli - A Man Of Many Parts runs from Tuesday 23 November until 27 February at the Jewish Museum in London
6) The Young Disraeli by Jane Ridley is published by Sinclair Stevenson