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Wireless Nights

Jarvis Cocker explores the human condition after dark, with stories of night people

Radio 4,30 episodes

Episodes

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Introducing... The Collection: Peel Acres
Jarvis Cocker joins Tom Ravenscroft at Peel Acres the home of John Peel's music collection
16 Jan 2023,9 mins
Series 7
On The Edge
Jarvis goes into hospital, and the anaesthetic gives him some very strange visions.
13 Dec 2021,28 mins
Series 7
Full Moon
Jarvis Cocker discovers what happens here on earth on the night of the full moon.
06 Dec 2021,28 mins
Series 7
Lost in the Forest
Jarvis Cocker gets lost in the forest at night and encounters some intriguing characters
29 Nov 2021,28 mins
Series 7
Bat Night
Jarvis Cocker explores the human condition after dark, and goes in search of bats
22 Nov 2021,28 mins
Lockdown
Jarvis Cocker shares favourite encounters to weave a restless slumber in lockdown limbo.
25 May 2020,28 mins
Series 6
A New Year's Resolution
Jarvis Cocker on the nocturnal human condition, trying to get the perfect night's sleep
01 Jan 2019,28 mins
Series 6
Destiny's Child
Jarvis Cocker hosts a festive edition, with stories of a shepherdess and a miracle birth
25 Dec 2018,28 mins
Series 6
Night Train
Jarvis Cocker boards the Wireless Nights Express, to hear more tales of night people.
18 Dec 2018,28 mins
Series 6
Dungeness
Jarvis Cocker returns with his series exploring the human condition after dark
11 Dec 2018,28 mins
Series 5
Berlin
Jarvis Cocker's nocturnal exploration of the human condition leads him to the Berlin Wall.
03 Apr 2017,28 mins
Series 5
Megahertz
Jarvis Cocker navigates the ether in his nocturnal exploration of the human condition.
27 Mar 2017,28 mins
Series 5
Night Tube
Jarvis Cocker rides in the driver's cab of a late-night Tube train.
20 Mar 2017,28 mins
Series 5
Joujouka
Jarvis Cocker is back, curing a troubled mind with a night of sufi trance music in Morocco
13 Mar 2017,28 mins
Series 4
The Nightclub
Jarvis Cocker's nocturnal exploration of the human condition leads him to Soho after dark.
14 Dec 2015,28 mins
Series 4
Snowbound
Jarvis Cocker finds himself snowbound in his nocturnal exploration of the human condition.
07 Dec 2015,28 mins
Series 4
Keep on Truckin'
Jarvis meets an unlucky trucker, a hopeful hitchhiker and a host of Scottish ghostbusters.
30 Nov 2015,28 mins
Series 4
Underwater at the Proms
Jarvis Cocker goes on an undersea voyage with the BBC Philharmonic in this Radio 4 Prom.
23 Nov 2015,60 mins
Series 3
Reaching for the Moon
Jarvis Cocker attempts to fly to the moon with the aid of astronaut Chris Hadfield.
20 Oct 2014,28 mins
Series 3
Lava and Ice
Jarvis Cocker wanders the lava fields of Iceland in search of the unseen forces of night.
27 Oct 2014,28 mins
Series 3
Bright Nights
Jarvis Cocker goes on a journey through an Icelandic night that never falls.
03 Nov 2014,28 mins
Series 3
BBC Philharmonic Presents...
Jarvis Cocker and the BBC Philharmonic weave dark tales of insomnia and nocturnal visions.
21 Dec 2014,30 mins
Series 2
Night of the Hunter
Jarvis Cocker returns with his award-winning nocturnal exploration of the human condition.
09 May 2013,28 mins
Series 2
Nightwatch
Jarvis becomes a night watchman, and a nurse and a spy also share stories of keeping watch
16 May 2013,28 mins
Series 2
The Darkest Hour
Jarvis explores the battle between the forces of darkness and light.
30 May 2013,28 mins
Nights of Passage
Jarvis Cocker's award-winning nocturnal exploration of the human condition takes to sea.
23 May 2013,1 min
Series 1
Overnight Delivery
Jarvis Cocker prowls the dark, telling stories of the night in this award-winning series.
05 Apr 2012,28 mins
Series 1
They only come out at night
Jarvis Cocker prowls the dark in search of those who only come out at night.
12 Apr 2012,28 mins
Series 1
Behind Closed Doors
Jarvis Cocker goes on a city night walk to find out what goes on behind closed doors.
19 Apr 2012,28 mins
Series 1
Night Manoeuvres
Jarvis Cocker prowls the nations dark in search of the night people
26 Apr 2012,28 mins