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Wireless Nights

Series 3

BBC Philharmonic Presents...

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on 6 Music

Available for over a year

Jarvis Cocker and the BBC Philharmonic weave tales of insomnia and nocturnal visions with music from Bach, Rachmaninov and others - alongside a performance from Jarvis himself. Show more

Wireless Nights

Series 3

Reaching for the Moon

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on 6 Music

Available for over a year

Jarvis Cocker attempts to fly to the moon, with the aid of astronaut Chris Hadfield. En route he hears stories of those touched by the moon in its many manifestations. Show more

Wireless Nights

Series 3

Episode 3: Lava and Ice

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on 6 Music

Available for over a year

In the first of a double bill, Jarvis Cocker wanders the lava fields of Iceland in search of the unseen forces of night. He meets sheep, enters a volcano and stumbles upon a wake. Show more

Wireless Nights

Series 4

Underwater at the Proms

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jarvis Cocker and the BBC Philharmonic turn the Royal Albert Hall into a giant diving bell. On this undersea adventure we meet a free diver, a squid hunter and two men called Roger. Show more

Wireless Nights

Series 5

Joujouka

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jarvis Cocker is back with his nocturnal explorations of the human condition. He cures a troubled mind with the master musicians of Joujouka in the Rif mountains of Morocco. Show more

Wireless Nights

Series 5

Megahertz

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Jarvis Cocker goes on a night voyage across a sea of shortwave and megahertz as he meets those who broadcast, monitor and harvest electronic transmissions after dark. Show more

Wireless Nights

Series 5

Berlin

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jarvis Cocker's nocturnal exploration of the human condition leads him to the shadow of the Berlin Wall, where he reflects on a once divided city and hears stories of the nacht. Show more

Wireless Nights

Series 6

Dungeness

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Jarvis Cocker's nocturnal exploration of the human condition returns with a nightwalk around wild Dungeness in Kent accompanied by moth trappers, fishermen and a night swimmer. Show more

Wireless Nights

Series 6

Night Train

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Jarvis Cocker's series exploring the human condition after dark boards the Wireless Nights Express, to hear tales of night people on sleeper - or sleepless - trains. Show more

Wireless Nights

Series 6

Destiny's Child

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Jarvis Cocker hosts a special festive edition, telling stories of a shepherdess and a miracle birth, whilst a wise man keeps watch for unusual signs in the Christmas skies. Show more