Moon Night

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Kevin Fong brings you a night of programmes exploring our fascination with the moon.

Moon Night: Chapter 2. Waxing Gibbous

2. Waxing Gibbous

Chapter 2. Waxing Gibbous

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Kevin Fong delves through the BBC Archive to explore our fascination with the moon. In this chapter we hear about Werewolves, and examine the impact of the Moon on art.

It sits around 240, 000 miles away from earth, yet it dominates our night sky, moves our oceans and has been a source of cultural and artistic wonder for thousands of years. 

Across this full moon night, Kevin Fong takes a journey through the BBC Archive for a long look at our relationship with the moon. 

Programmes include a lunar adventure with Jarvis Cocker, a study of werewolves with Mark Radcliffe, Helen Sharman hears from those who have stood on the moon itself, and Bill Nighy stars in a drama about how love and the moon could destroy the world. 

Going through the night, from 10pm until 5am, join Kevin Fong for a unique night of radio adventures, taking you all the way to the moon and back.

In Chapter 2: Waxing Gibbous programmes include;

- The Lunar Effect: The Cycle - Michelle Gomez reads John Connolly's short story. 
- Howling At The Moon - Mark Radcliffe investigates the cult of the werewolf.  
- Why The Moon, Luke? - Artist Luke Jerram is obsessed with the Moon. So he has made one.

Plus; the writer Nell Frizzell shares a personal story about finding connection and companionship with the moon.

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