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On Night Waves Susan Hitch travels to Devon to talk to poet Alice Oswald about her new collection, the follow up to her book length poem inspired by the River Dart which won her the T.S. Eliot Prize. She explains why our approach to nature must be anti-sentimental, anti-nostalgic and exact.

The Â鶹Éç's political editor Andrew Marr reviews the new political satire from one of the creators of The Day Today , Armando Iannucci - is this Yes, MinisterÌý for the New Labour era? Susan also discusses whether the surprise success documentary from America, What the Bleep Do We Know?Ìý which uses quantum theory to examine consciousness. Does it help or frustrates the public thirst for accessible science?

And as the National Theatre of Scotland officially starts work Susan talks to its director and dramaturg - what is a national theatre for, and given that it isn't a building based institution how will it define itself?

Night Waves live at 9.30pm here on Â鶹Éç Radio 3


Presenter: Susan Hitch
Producer: Kirsty Pope



Additional Information
1) The Thick of ItÌý starts this Thursday at 10.30pm on Â鶹Éç4. A second series has already been commissioned and all 6 will be on Â鶹Éç2 in the autumn.
2) What the Bleep Do We Know?Ìý is in cinemas certificate 12A from May 20
3) The National Theatre of ScotlandÌý will be announcing its programme this autumn. David Greig's The American PilotÌý is at the RSC's The Other Place in Stratford.
4) Alice Oswald's Woods etcÌý is published by Faber and Faber
5) The WilliamTurnerÌý exhibition opened this week at Gallery Oldham and runs until June 25.