11 March 2005
Friday 11 March 2005 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
Woody Allen talks to Philip Dodd about Charlie Chaplin, the weather, and his latest film Melinda and Melinda.
Programme Details
On Night Waves Woody Allen tells Philip Dodd about the joys of London greyness and what his new film Melinda and Melinda has in common with A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Alan Strachan reviews English National Opera's rare revival of On the Town and Sarah Kent goes Beyond Painting at Tate Modern.
Martin Pugh listens to the cries of "Hurrah for the Blackshirts!" still audible from the nineteen thirties, and tells Philip why he thinks fascism in Britain between the wars was much more than a brief foreign fad.
And as civil liberties groups campaign for phone tapping evidence to be made admissible in court, a film critic and an intelligence expert discuss how tapping and bugging became a symbol of paranoia. Philip plays a secret recording of their phone conversation.
Night Waves, live at 9.30pm here on BBC Radio 3.
Presenter: Philip Dodd
Producer: Phil Tinline
Additional Information
1)The English National Opera production of On the Town runs in repertory at the London Coliseum until 24 May (17 performances in total). www.eno.org
2) Melinda and Melinda (12A) by Woody Allen opens across the country on 25 March.
3) 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!': Fascists and Fascism in Britain between the Wars by Martin Pugh is published by Jonathan Cape.
4) Beyond Painting: Burri, Fontana, Manzoni opens at Tate Modern in London on Monday 14 March and runs until 28 February 2006. www.tate.org.uk
