Programme Details

Wittily seductive or just soft porn for toffs? Night Waves finds out why the painter Boucher's reputation fell from chic to chocolate box and asks if a new exhibition of his paintings at the Wallace Collection can rescue him from the accusation of 'bad taste'? But what is taste anyway and why does it change? Join Philip Dodd as he sets out to discover. 

How do books and films fare on stage?
As Festen and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest open in London's West End and two Booker-winning novels are dramatised in Glasgow and Belfast, Night Waves examines what seems to be a growing trend. 

Philip Dodd talks to the eminent contemporary historian Mark Mazower and finds out why he thinks the ancient city of Salonica can help us re-appraise our approach to history.

And Tom Robinson gives his verdict on Tom Waits's new album Real Gone .

Join Philip Dodd on Night Waves at 9.30 on Radio 3. 


Presenter: Philip Dodd
Producer: Philippa Ritchie


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Boucher : Seductive Visions is at The Wallace Collection in London from 30th September 2004 - 17th April 2005.

Vernon God Little is at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow from 25th September - 23rd October.

Tom Waits' new album Real Gone is released on 4th October.

Salonica City of Ghosts - Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950 is published by Harper Collins.