Nights

Saifuden Abu of the Ad-Deen Mosque and Islamic Centre in Taihape joins us from Christchurch, where he's gone to help with the preparial of the 50 victims for burial.

Tonight's overseas correspondent is Motoko Kakubayashi in Japan where they're marking the 8th anniversary of the 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident.

Some say it was the worst sitcom ever made, that's a pretty big call. Geoff Houtman was part of the team that created this monster 25 years ago, now he's made an audio documentary about it.

New Delhi writer and journalist, Sharanya Deepak talk to us about the threat to the Kashmiri saffron industry and how crops suffer under the current climate.

The components. Sand, silt and clay with a little bit of organic matter (and sometimes rocks) are the main components of soil and how they 'put' together determines many of the important soil properties. Nights' soil expert Louis Schipper joins us once again.

Akaroa Flautist Tamara Smith and her band Mundi are in for a Sofa Session.

Catherine P. Whitby, Lecturer in Chemistry at Massey University has the info on Titanium.

Bangalore based author and journalist Shoba Narayan joins us once again with the latest from India.

Iain McColl has just been awarded a BAFTA for his work with The Screen Machine - a mobile cinema that tours the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

Dillon Mayhew is back with us and he's talking about the recent discovery of the largest known prime number - among other things.