Night Waves - Richard McGregor, Terrence Rattigan Revival, Azadeh Moaveni, Italy

China's position as a superpower is well established these days. A once-sleeping giant hurtling towards the tigerish embrace of capitalism is how it has been portrayed. The journalist Richard McGregor believes recent dramatic social changes and the rise of consumerism are obscuring China's true nature and Philip Dodd invites him to explore the country's secret corridors of power - a world which McGregor sums up in the title of his new book - The Party. The National Theatre in London revives Terence Rattigan's play, After the Dance this week. It's a timely revival with Rattigan's centenary looming and a good moment too to examine his achievement. Rattigan's biographer, Michael Darlow, will be joining the playwright, Neil Bartlett and Philip to consider the current vogue for his work. Philip will also be taking the temperature of contemporary Iran with the writer, Azadeh Moaveni. Having reported widely on social issues in Iran over the last ten years she's now concentrating on the modern Iranian middle class. And as the World Cup comes ever nearer, David Goldblatt, offers us the first in a series of reflections on the culture of football -- to start off, as is only right, it's the turn of Italy - the current champions.