10 March 2008
Monday 10 March 2008 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Philip Dodd tours the controversial new Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport and talks to architect Mike Davies, in charge of the project for the 19 years since its inception.
And Philip meets Norman Rosenthal, who is stepping down as Exhibitions Secretary at the Royal Academy in London after more than 30 years.
The Passion
Joseph Mawle as Jesus in the BBC Production, The Passion.
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Heathrow Terminal 5
Philip Dodd tours the controversial new Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport and talks to architect Mike Davies who has been running the project for the nineteen years it has taken to build.
How can an airport terminal be anything other than a giant shed?
And is it possible to build a new terminal - capable of handling 30 million passengers a year - that is ecologically acceptable for the modern age?
Philip Dodd also meets the artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell who describe their giant sculpture of moving blue light that confronts travellers to this cavernous space.
The Passion
A review of BBC television's new account of The Passion, the final days in the life of Jesus, inspired by the gospels and by contemporary historical sources.
Does this story still have the power to move us? The Reverend Richard Coles joins Phillip to discuss.
The first episode of the Passion is broadcast on BBC One on Sunday 16th March at 8pm.
Norman Rosenthal
Tonight's Night Waves interview is with Norman Rosenthal, the larger than life exhibitions secretary at the Royal Academy of Arts in London who is stepping down after over 30 years in charge.
During that time he has presided over numerous block buster shows - from Monet to the Aztecs to the current exhibition of masterpieces of art from Russia.
He looks back over his career and describes the ingredients that make for the perfect show.
Theatre in Zimbabwe
And a theatre director's account of life inside Zimbabwe today - Matthew Dunster reports from a recent trip to meet young actors in Harare.
