GUARDIAN: Jarvis Cocker's slumber party
Here's a nice article about Wireless Nights, which is back on the radio tonight.
In the past couple of years, Cocker's nocturnal musings have formed the basis of his occasional Radio 4 series Wireless Nights, in which the singer has sat up watching badger colonies, met on-call transplant surgeons and interviewed night-shift workers at the National Grid. His next show – recorded live with the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester – explores his fascination with classical music as a means of making it through the night.
The programme presents a potted history of musical insomnia, narrated by Cocker in a subdued, red-eye monotone: "It's deliberately low-key, as I'd regard it as quite a success if people were to nod off during the broadcast," he says.
• Jarvis Cocker’s Wireless Nights starts on Radio 4 at 11pm on 13 October. Links:
BBC iPlayer (if you can access it in your area)
Official BBC podcast (available worldwide)
Programme Page (for info)
Thank you to Gordon for sending me the article!
ALSO: on BBC iPlayer at the moment, another chance to hear Peel Acres, a tribute to John Peel.
