Night Waves

20 October 2006

Friday 20 October 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)

Duration:

45 minutes

Playlist

Marie Antoinette
Novelist Michele Roberts reviews Sophia Coppola's new film about the life of Marie Antoinette.
Does the story suffer from its director's decision to eschew the political in favour of the personal?

18th Century Engravings
As a new book about satirical engravings of the 18^th century is published, Night Waves discusses what the 20,000 prints, published in London between 1770 and 1830, tell us about their times.

Torchwood
Alkarim Jivani reviews Torchwood, the new television series from Russell T Davies.

Borough Market
On the 250^th anniversary of London's Borough Market, the architect Ptolemy Dean celebrates it's history.

Night Waves

Episode and Playlist Information

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