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  1. Night Waves - Kofi Annan

    Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former UN Secretary General, is Philip guest...

  2. Night Waves - Khaled Hosseini

    Former physician and best-selling author, Khaled Hosseini talks to Rana Mitter about -...

  3. Night Waves - Ken Loach

    Ken Loach talks to Philip Dodd about his new documentary Spirit of '45, which the of...

  4. Night Waves - Ken Dodd

    Matthew Sweet talks to the comedian Ken Dodd about his life and career.

  5. Night Waves - Jung Chang & Allende

    With Rana Mitter. Bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang discusses her new of in...

  6. Night Waves - Julius Caesar

    Samira Ahmed hosts a discussion about cross casting with Fiona Shaw and Carol Rutter a...

  7. Night Waves - Julia O'Faolain

    Matthew Sweet talks to Booker-nominated novelist Julia O’Faolain about her new and a...

  8. Night Waves - Jude Kelly

    Matthew Sweet talks to the Artistic Director of the South Bank Centre, Jude Kelly and...

  9. Night Waves - Joss Whedon

    Samira Ahmed talks to Joss Whedon, creator of the cult TV hit Buffy The Vampire whose...

  10. Night Waves - John le Carre special

    In a special event recorded in front of an audience at London's Royal College of Music...

  11. Night Waves - John Irving

    Rana Mitter meets John Irving whose new novel 'In One Person' examines loss of loss of...

  12. Night Waves - John Healy and Marilynne Robinson

    Matthew Sweet talks to the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and essayist Marilynne the...

  13. Night Waves - John Agard

    What does a nineteenth century Swedish play have to say about post-apartheid South to...

  14. Night Waves - Jo Nesbo

    Philip Dodd talks to Playwright Howard Brenton discussing his new play, 55 days, on...

  15. Night Waves - Jesse Norman

    Anne McElvoy examines the political legacy of Edmund Burke with Conservative MP Jesse...

  16. Night Waves - Jenny Saville

    Matthew Sweet talks to Jenny Saville about her work on display at The Museum of Modern...

  17. Night Waves - Javier Marias

    Matthew Sweet talks to the Spanish novelist Javier Marias about his new book 'The...

  18. Night Waves - James Wood

    Matthew Sweet talks to acclaimed literary critic James Wood, visits an exhibition on &...

  19. Night Waves - James Salter

    Matthew Sweet talks to the American writer, James Salter... although writer seems an...

  20. Night Waves - James Robinson, Peter Gill, Claude Lanzmann

    Matthew Sweet meets James Robinson who offers a new way of understanding wealth and...

  21. Night Waves - James Fenton

    James Fenton joins Rana Mitter to talk about his latest poetry collection, Yellow and...

  22. Night Waves - Jackie Kay

    Samira Ahmed talks to Jackie Kay and the former Reith lecturer, Michael Sandel about a...

  23. Night Waves - Jack Straw

    Jack Straw joins Anne McElvoy for a candid interview in which the former Labour the of...

  24. Night Waves - Italian Mafia

    Samira Ahmed talks with Lee Smolin, a controversial and prominent figure in the field...

  25. Night Waves - International Review

    Matthew Sweet chairs an "International Review" edition of the programme, with critics...

  26. Night Waves - International Review

    For this International Review Edition Matthew Sweet is joined by Moscow based and born...

  27. Night Waves - International Review

    Matthew Sweet chairs an "International Review" edition of the programme and is joined...

  28. Night Waves - Imagination

    Philip Dodd talks to the writer Jonah Lehrer whose new book sets out to unravel and...

  29. Night Waves - Ideology

    Matthew Sweet presents Night Waves with a first night review of a new production of in...

  30. Night Waves - Howard Jacobson

    Philip Dodd talks to Howard Jacobson and discusses Zoo Time, his first novel since the...

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