24 October 2005
Monday 24 October 2005 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
For absolute power read Rome 鈥or absolute terror read Cormac McCarthy鈥nd for absolutely the last word listen to Night Waves.
Programme details
What features full frontal nudity, violence and bad language and will be seen on screens all over the country next month? I can hear you thinking... the latest reality TV show鈥 a special enhanced edition of Coronation Street鈥 the news? But you鈥檇 be wrong on all counts --- its Rome鈥 the new sixty three million pound television series about the collapse of the Republic which has been co-produced by the 麻豆社 and the American broadcaster, HBO. In Night Waves this evening Isabel Hilton discusses the first episode of this 12 part blockbuster with the historians, Mary Beard and Tom Holland and explores our abiding fascination with swords and sandals. Isabel will also be taking the measure of the new book by Cormac McCarthy鈥. 鈥淣o Country for Old Men鈥 -- his first since he completed the monumental 鈥淏order Trilogy鈥 and there will be a discussion of the achievement of the photographer and film maker, William Eggleston. That鈥檚 all in Night Waves with Isabel Hilton here on 麻豆社 Radio 3 at nine thirty this evening.
Additional information:
1) Rome 鈥 Episode one will be broadcast on Wednesday 2nd November at 2100 on 麻豆社 Two.
2) Cormac McCarthy鈥檚 new book, No country for Old Men, is published by Picador.
3) Michael Almereyda鈥檚 film 鈥 William Eggleston in the Real World opens a series of his films at the ICA in London on Thursday 17th November. The season runs until 1st December.
