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Last broadcast on Tue, 2 Dec 2008, 21:15 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
Isabel Hilton finds out, with the help of an Egyptologist, just what ingredients are necessary to make a successful Egyptian gallery. They consider what kind of artefacts and treasures are the hallmarks of a good Egyptian gallery and whether such a place could ever hope to rival the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo.
Michael Wolff
Isabel Hilton talks to Michael Wolff, author of ‘The Man Who Owns The News’, about what he describes as the definitive, and the first, exclusive-access account of the life and career of Rupert Murdoch.
Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch by Michael Wolff is published by Bodley Head on 1 January 2009.
Ancient Egypt
A new Egyptian Gallery opens this week at Liverpool’s World Museum, and The British Museum’s new Egyptian Gallery opens in January after extensive refurbishment. So what are the ingredients are for a great Egyptian gallery?
Mike Pitts, editor of British Archaeology Magazine, joins Isabel to discuss the changing face of Egypt in museums, and visits the new gallery in Liverpool to assess its success.
Come Back, Africa
Ian Christie will be talking to Isabel about the ground-breaking 1959 film Come Back, Africa which is being shown as part of the African film season at the Barbican in London.
Shot secretly in South Africa by director Lionel Rogosin, Come Back, Africa can claim to be the first anti-apartheid film and remains a heartbreaking and searingly accurate portrayal of life in Sophiatown during the worst excesses of white repression.
Sydney Opera House
Following the death of the architect of the Sydney Opera House, Jorn Utson, this weekend, Night Waves explores the saga behind one of the iconic buildings of the 20th century, with Peter Murray and Joe Kerr.
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Tue 2 Dec 200821:15
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