Nights for Tuesday 16 March 2010

Tuesday 16 March 2010

7 pm News & Weather

7:15 Armenian Abstraction

Matthew Gale, Head of Displays, Tate Modern

Arshile Gorky and his art as seen in the retrospective now on show at the Tate Modern.

7:30 The Sampler

New music reviews with Nick Bollinger.

8 pm News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries.

8:45 Sport: History

Joseph Romanos, sports correspondent, The Wellingtonian

Analysis of the state of play from recent recreational activities...

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 3

9 pm News & Weather

9:06 The Tuesday Feature:Hard Times in Middletown - How the Middle Class became the Brittle class

An American Radioworks / Marketplace Documentary by Laurie Stern and Stephen Smith.

For almost a century, Muncie, Indiana has been known as "Middletown," the quintessential American community. But now, as the rust-belt city grapples with deepening recession, many residents are losing their hold on the middle class. Think of them as the brittle class, just one fragile rung above poverty on the economic ladder.

(American Public Media)

10 pm News & Weather

10:17 Late Edition

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11:06 Charlie Gilett's World of Music

Britain's guru of world music radio presents a personal selection (BBC)