Programme Details

In 10 years time the idea of a universe will be defunct. That's the contention of one of the world's leading physicists Michio Kaku. He says whole new universes will be open to us - and we'll be part of a multi-verse instead. Michio Kaku talks to Philip Dodd about physics, its connection with music and the dawn of a new history - and reveals how Buddhism and Christianity have inspired his physics.

Head-On  was crowned Best European Film 2004 - and is shortly to be released in this country. A compelling tale of sex, love and rock and roll - at its heart is the story of Turkish second generation immigrants living in Germany. It shows the conflict between traditional Islamic values and German ones too. The critic Nigel Floyd assesses it.

With the Government's announcement that it is committed to building more high density housing to meet the housing crisis in this country, the architecture critic Jonathan Glancey, and designer and chairman for Building for the Future, Wayne Hemmingway, discuss whether new build can ever rival the aesthetics of the fast build urban projects of the Victorian and Georgian era.

And La Clemenza di Tito - a flop in 1791 the year of Mozart's death when it was premiered. Will David McVicar's production for English National Opera breathe new life into it? Warwick Thompson gives you the score.

125 years ago cinema was born. But, as ever, fact is stranger than fiction - cinema started with a bet on a horse, an eccentric Englishman, and the Governor of California. The naturalist and broadcaster Bridget Nicolls reveals a hidden history.

Night Waves, live at 9.30pm, here on BBC Radio 3


Presenter: Philip Dodd
Producer: Ariane Koek



Additional information:
1) Parallel World by is published by Allen Lane 
2) Head On is released in selected cinemas from Friday 18 February
3) La Clemenza de Tito is at English National Opera until 8 March