Programme Details

This evening on Night Waves, Philip Dodd talks to the American humorist and war reporter P.J. O'Rourke. His latest book is a collection of mordant dispatches from troublespots around the world, from Kosovo to Iraq. He talks about his politics, his prose style and the boundaries of his humour.

Philip is joined by the documentary film-maker Roger Graef and the photo-journalist Stuart Franklin to discuss a major new exhibition of work by the Swiss photographer Robert Frank, whose pictures of mid-century America are among the most evocative and influential ever taken.

And Night Waves looks back at the work of one of the most revered and prolific film directors in Hollywood's history. George Cukor was responsible for a string of classic works, from The Philadelphia Story to My Fair Lady - but was he one of film's true artists or merely a skilled artistan?

Join Philip Dodd for Night Waves at 9.30pm.




Presenter: Philip Dodd
Producer: Thomas Morris





Additional Information:

Robert Frank: Storylines is at Tate Modern until January 23rd. www.tate.org.uk

P.J. O'Rourke's book Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism is out now in hardback, published by Atlantic Books.

The Women is released in a new print on November 5th, initially at the National Film Theatre in London then touring the country. And that's part of the NFT's George Cukor season which runs from November 5th to 30th. www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/cukor/