Listening

Press, 22 July 1980, Page 15

Listening

Attenborough An extended interview between the British naturalist, David Attenborough, and Sharon Crosbie was originally broadcast live on “As It Happens” on June 12 in the morning. It stimulated a considerable amount of interest from listeners, and so the National programme has decided to repeat the broadcast at a time when a wider section of the public can hear it. In his talk with Sharon Crosbie, at 7.30 p.m., . David Attenborough describes how some of the sequences for his television series “Life on Earth,” which is at present being screened by Television New Zealand, were filmed. He talks at length about his experiences in making films with animals, his attitudes to nature, and the evolving development of life on this planet. Latest Highsmith The American crime writer, Patricia Highsmith, does not fit into any established stereotype of crime fiction. Her most famous character, Tom Ripley, is a murderer who never gets caught and who continues to engage the reader’s — and the writer’s — sympathy. Her latest novel, “The Boy Who Followed Ripley,” includes a kidnapping and a dramatic rescue. She talks about the book and the inclusion of scenes where Ripley dwells on his past guilt, in “8.8. C. World of Books” at 7 p.m. on the Concert programme. ❖

Catastrophe theory is the complex piece of feometry devised by a reach mathematician, Rene Thom, to explain sudden events which seem to come from nowhere, but have in fact developed gradually. Now a writer and film-maker, Denis Postle, in his book, “Catastrophe Theory,” applies the theory to everyday stress situations. He tells on the programme how these can become dangerous or can actually be “happy catastrophes.” Ravel waltzes The New Zealand pianist, Richard Mapp, can be heard at 7.17 p.m. on the Concert programme in part of a piano recital he gave in Napier which was recorded by Radio New Zealand. He plays Ravel’s Vaises Nobles et Sentimentales and the Scriabin Sonata No. 4 in F Sharp.