Nights for Wednesday 12 July 2017

7:12 Full Metal Poleaxe

Dayna Berghan-Whyman catches up with Nights about her medieval combat. She's recently returned from the battlefield and tell us of her adventures. 

7:30  At The Movies

On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at three films, based on very different ideas of "popular culture".  Spiderman Homecoming is the latest American comic-book hero movie.  Polina is based on Russia's fixation on the Bolshoi Ballet, while and French film Monsieur Chocolat plays to that country's fascination with traditional clowns.

8:12 Nights' Overseas - Willy Flockton 

formerly of RNZ's Morning Report team, breakfast producer at BBC Radio Brighton Will Flockton reports from England.

8:30 Flying Solo

Another insightful episode exploring what it's like to be single parent in New Zealand 

9:07 The Drama Hour

The final episode of Tumanbay  our  epic saga of revenge, betrayal and deception, inspired by the Mamluk slave-dynasty. 

10:17 Late Edition

A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Dateline Pacific from RNZ International,

11:07 Inside Out

Nick Tipping hosts a journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way.