SATURDAY 13 APRIL 2024

SAT 00:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpwzb0c)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 00:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct5q1l)
Beyoncé, banjos and dancing chemistry

Beyonce's new album tops the charts with a reappraisal of who can do country music and the Unexpected Elements team has a hoedown. Panellist Christine Yohannes unearths new research that changes our understanding of the origins of cowboys. Chhavi Sachdev has a thing or two to teach Beyonce as she reveals why the banjo has it's characteristic twang and we meet a man with powerful chemistry - TikTok dance sensation Dr Andre Isaacs from the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts tells presenter Marnie Chesterton how dancing in his lab helps explain click chemistry.

We also hear how new species could be given names that refer to the locations they're found in, we discuss whether mining is causing the Earth to shrink and, of course, eclipses make an appearance. We shed some light on how an eclipse over 100 years ago helped prove Einstein's theory of relativity.


SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpwzfrh)
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SAT 01:06 Business Matters (w172zbfcp979pxc)
Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.


SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpwzkhm)
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SAT 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6crvrrwy)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhnxs0)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3ct5wgf)
Who is the toughest player in men's cricket?

Charu Sharma, Jim Maxwell and Nikesh Rughani are joined by Richard Sydenham who has written a book exploring what makes a cricketer tough and the physical and psychological aspects of it. He shares the stories from former players and what helped inform his 22 player list. Plus the Stumped team devise their own list.

21 year old Mayank Yadav won the player of the match award on his IPL debut for Lucknow Super Giants. Charu and Nikesh debate if he should be picked in the India T20 World Cup squad and the pressures surrounding the young player.

Photo: Australian cricketer Steve Waugh during the 4th Test Match between the West Indies and Australia in Jamaica, May 1995. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)


SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpwzp7r)
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SAT 03:06 Outlook (w3ct698j)
Outlook Mixtape: Big waves, blue birds and a band of mothers

The stories we love from Outlook this week.

For three decades, Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara travelled the world in search of ever bigger waves. Then he was invited to visit Nazaré, a small fishing town in Portugal, where he found the biggest and most powerful wave of them all. And when he surfed it, he made history.

Juan Villalba-Macías has spent decades trying to protect wildlife. He's gone undercover to scupper million-dollar, animal-trafficking deals. He's also rescued two stolen parrots, the last of their kind born in the wild, in the midst of a dictatorship. (Film clip from Rio/ Carlos Saldanha/ Blue Sky Studios & 20th Century Fox Animation)

Sofía Gatica was devastated when she lost her newborn baby to a mysterious illness, but she started to notice that she wasn't alone in her suffering. Sofía went door to door in her neighbourhood of Ituzaingó on the outskirts of Córdoba, Argentina, mapping out who was sick. She noticed a pattern and asked, was there a connection to the soybean fields next door? As Clayton Conn reports, Sofía formed a group called The Mothers of Ituzaingó who began a dangerous quest for answers.

Erika Cheung knew how to work hard, growing up in a one-bedroom trailer, she dreamed of pursuing her passion for science and helping others. So Erika was thrilled to land her first job out of university at a booming tech company promising a revolution in healthcare. Fronted by the glamorous and wealthy Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos claimed to have the technology to be able to tell from a few drops of blood whether someone had a range of diseases. That was not true. And it took Erika, one of their most junior employees, to blow the whistle – at great personal risk.

Presenter: Asya Fouks

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707

(Photo: Cassette tape. Credit: Getty images)


SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3ct5yd9)
Hiroo Onoda, Japan’s last WW2 soldier to surrender

Hiroo Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who spent nearly 30 years in the Philippine jungle, believing World War Two was still going on.

Using his training in guerilla warfare, he attacked and killed people living on Lubang Island, mistakenly believing them to be enemy soldiers.

He was finally persuaded to surrender in 1974 when his former commander, Yoshimi Taniguchi, found him and gave him an order.

In a televised ceremony, Hiroo presented his sword to the then Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos.

President Marcos returned the sword and gave him a full presidential pardon and told him he admired his courage.

Hiroo died in January 2014 at the age of 91.

This programme was produced and presented by Vicky Farncombe, using BBC archive.

(Photo: Hiroo Onoda steps out of the jungle. Credit: Getty Images)


SAT 04:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpwzszw)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 04:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct5q1l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:06 today]


SAT 05:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpwzxr0)
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SAT 05:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6crvs44b)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SAT 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhp90d)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 05:32 Dear Daughter (w3ct6nwy)
Moving on

Race, neighbours and starting a new life at 40 – what happens when you no longer feel welcome in your home town?

Mary had lived in Florida ever since her university days. It’s where she fell in love, met her Taiwanese husband, and had two children. With hopes of her children growing up and going to college in Florida, Mary thought she’d live there for the rest of her life.

But that all changed when, at 40 years old, Mary received a menacing message that made her move her Asian-American family 2000 miles across the country.

Letter writer: Mary

Namulanta Kombo is creating a "handbook to life" for her daughter with letters of advice and stories to help her navigate her life ahead. If you’ve got something you’d like to share with your daughter or daughters everywhere, please send Namulanta your letter: email us at deardaughter@bbc.co.uk, send us a Whatsapp on +44 800 030 4404, or go to www.bbcworldservice.com/deardaughter and click on “Send us your letters”


SAT 05:50 More or Less (w3ct5tpx)
Tackling The Three-Body Problem

Netflix has a big new show named after and inspired by a classic problem in astrophysics, 'The Three Body Problem', where predicting the course and orbits of three or more celestial bodies proves near impossible.

But how faithful is the Netflix show - and original novel - to the actual physics?

Dr Anna Lisa Varri from the University of Edinburgh explains what we can and can't say about the complex and beautiful motions of planets, stars and moons, and brings a dose of scientific facts to science fiction.

Presenter: Kate Lamble
Producer: Nathan Gower
Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot
Editor: Richard Vadon

(UIG/Science Photo Library/ Credit: Getty images)


SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx01h4)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 06:06 Weekend (w172zcww9phz9cz)
A review of the week with the latest news.


SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx0578)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 07:06 Weekend (w172zcww9phzf43)
A review of the week with the latest news.


SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx08zd)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 08:06 Weekend (w172zcww9phzjw7)
A review of the week with the latest news.


SAT 09:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx0dqj)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 09:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct5rbc)
Sudan's war: One year on

Sudan has experienced a year of civil war. It’s been described by the United Nations as “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history”. Over the past 12 months, we’ve heard from people in Sudan living through the violence and destruction. More than 14,000 people have died and more than 8 million people have been driven from their homes .

In this edition, with Luke Jones and James Reynolds, we hear from Omnia, a recent college graduate, whose been separated from her family for a year. Her life stopped when the fighting began: “I have experienced displacement four times. I have experienced living in a war zone under bombings and shellings and mass shootings. Life has changed completely from what it was. But I would also say it’s a year of resilience and strength that I did not know I had in me.”

Another of our guests is Samreen. She is an aid worker in Sudan, herself displaced by the war. She describes how overwhelmed she can be by requests for help: ”Knowing that you’re an aid worker, they ask you for stuff, they ask you to flee the country, they ask you to get to other safer locations, they ask you to help them in asylum seeking and there’s so little that we can do.”

A Boffin Media production in partnership with the BBC OS team.

(Photo: Asmaa Credit: Asmaa)


SAT 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhprzx)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 09:32 Pick of the World (w3ct5v08)
The woman who snuck into the Boston Marathon

In 1966, Bobbi Gibb was told women couldn't run marathons... but she did it anyway. Plus, the lesbian couple who thought they'd never be able to get legally married, but ended up being the first in the world to do so.


SAT 09:50 Over to You (w3ct5tsh)
Listener bugbears on truncating news interviews

We hear listeners’ bugbears about one aspect of news programmes that really annoys them: why do live interviewees sometimes get abruptly cut short by the interviewer? We go behind the scenes to reveal the pressures of live news production with one of the BBC’s news editors, Karen Martin.

Plus, a listener tells us what he likes so much about his favourite programme: Weekend.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon.
A Whistledown production for the BBC World Service


SAT 10:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx0jgn)
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SAT 10:06 Sportshour (w3ct5q9f)
Tottenham, YouTube and being authentic

Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Bára Votíková tells Sportshour's Caroline Barker about how she balances her football career alongside being one of the Czech Republic's best known and most followed content creators. She tells us about using her social media platforms to advocate for gay rights, and how she deals with the haters.

New Zealand pole vaulter Eliza McCartney is about to take a leap of faith ahead of the Paris Olympics. Since winning bronze at the 2016 Games in Rio, the 27-year-old has suffered many years of injury frustration. However 2024 brought silver at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow - her first international podium finish in six years, since taking Commonwealth silver on the Gold Coast. She tells us about life on the road with a massive stick!

When French midfielder Aurelien Tchouemeni was asked earlier this season by his team Real Madrid to play a match for them in central defence, all he needed to help him prepare for the game was a virtual reality headset in his living room. But, does the technology really work and how can it help improve players skill set? Sportshour’s Andy Jones tried the new tech out to see if he could go from his messy living room to just plain old Messi.


Photo: Barbora Votikova, celebrates the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter Final First Leg match between Bayern Munchen and Paris Saint-German March 22, 2022 (Credit Arthur Thill ATPImages/Getty Images)


SAT 11:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx0n6s)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6crvsvm3)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SAT 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhq0h5)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 11:32 Health Check (w3ct5t8c)
How we hope

Claudia Hammond presents a special edition of Health Check from the Northern Ireland Science Festival, where she’s joined by a panel of experts to discuss the psychology of hope.

With a live audience in Belfast’s Metropolitan Arts Centre, Claudia speaks to Dr Karen Kirby, senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Ulster; Dr Kevin Mitchell, associate professor of genetics and neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin; and author Sinéad Moriarty.

Topics include the role of hope in medical scenarios, if we can learn to be hopeful, and how we can hold onto hope in the modern world. We also hear questions from our audience, including whether or not we should all just lower our expectations.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Dan Welsh


SAT 12:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx0ryx)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 12:06 World Questions (w3ct5yyc)
Jordan

Gaza, The West Bank and women's rights in Jordan. As war continues in neighbouring Israel, members of the public from around the Kingdom of Jordan raise questions for political leaders and key figures to debate. Jonny Dymond presents.

The panel:
Senator Alia Hatoug Bouran: Former Ambassador to the United States
Hadeel Abdel Aziz: Director of the Centre for Legal Aid in Jordan
Senator Mohammed Al Momani: Former Government Spokesman
Oraib Al Rantawi: Director of the Al Quds Centre for Political Studies

Producer: Charlie Taylor

(Photo: Panoramic view of the city of Amman. Credit: Manuel Romaris/Getty Images)


SAT 13:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx0wq1)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 13:06 Newshour (w172zb8sxyfyr60)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


SAT 14:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx10g5)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 14:06 Sportsworld (w172zbmr1l1r9km)
Live Sporting Action

Sportsworld brings live match commentary of Manchester City versus Luton Town from the Etihad Stadium at 1400 GMT.

Lee James is joined by the former Fulham, Everton, Liverpool and England striker Natasha Dowie and the former Tottenham, Fulham and Republic of Ireland defender Stephen Kelly to discuss Saturday’s six Premier League games.

We’ll also look ahead to Sunday’s two Women’s FA Cup semi-finals with Natasha, as well as discussing the day’s action at tennis’s Monte Carlo Masters and rugby union’s Women’s Six Nations, and look ahead to the third round of action at golf’s Masters at Augusta.

Photo: Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City and Reece Burke of Luton Town challenge for the ball. (Credit: Getty Images)


SAT 18:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx1hfp)
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SAT 18:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6crvtpv0)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SAT 18:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhqvq2)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 18:32 Dear Daughter (w3ct6nwy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 today]


SAT 18:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct5wd5)
The first transgender pro golfer

It's 20 years since Mianne Bagger became the first transgender athlete to play in pro golf tournament.

The Danish golfer made history by competing at the 2004 Women’s Australian Open. It was a landmark moment for trans sport and made headlines around the world.

In 2021, Mianne Bagger spoke to Robbie Wojciechowski.

(Photo: Bagger at the 2004 Women's Australian Open. Credit: Getty Images.)


SAT 19:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx1m5t)
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SAT 19:06 The Documentary (w3ct6qt9)
Forward Thinking: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered a previously unknown kind of star, the Pulsar. A Nobel prize followed, but not for Jocelyn; her male boss took the honour. Jocelyn has never been bitter about the award, but says that today things should have moved much further than they have. More women are working in space research, but is it enough?

In conversation with Nuala McGovern, she argues that different perspectives are essential for moving the science forward. One of these is a more global, inclusive vision to exploring the cosmos. India and China have prestigious space programmes, and the low-key space missions of Japan and South Africa collaborate with international partners from around the world. We discuss how global enthusiasm for space research can be used to propel change.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell is professor of astrophysics at the University of Oxford.

This is the second of a series of four programmes from the Oxford Literary Festival, presented by Nuala McGovern, produced by Julian Siddle.

Recorded in front of an audience at Worcester College Oxford.


SAT 20:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx1qxy)
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SAT 20:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct5qj6)
Nathan Sawaya’s exhibition Art of The Brick

Nikki Bedi is joined by Nathan Sawaya whose exhibition Art of The Brick is travelling the world.

With cultural commentator Leila Latif, they discuss…

The inspiration behind British actor Dev Patel’s new action thriller Monkey Man....

Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain talking about their psychological thriller Mothers’ Instinct.

Singer-songwriter Norah Jones considers the side effects of fame (or how to avoid it).

And filmmaker Sam Taylor Johnson talks about her Amy Winehouse biopic.

Presenter: Nikki Bedi

(Photo: Lego brick Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton at the 'Art of The Brick' exhibition in London. Credit: Nicky J Sims/Getty Images)


SAT 21:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx1vp2)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 21:06 Newshour (w172zb8sxyfzq51)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


SAT 22:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx1zf6)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 22:06 The Documentary (w3ct6qpd)
El Salvador's missing children: Part one

During El Salvador’s brutal civil war, hundreds of children were separated from their families. Some were seized by soldiers during military operations against left-wing rebels, and later found living with new families in Europe and North America. Others were given up for adoption by mothers forced into poverty or displaced by the conflict. Now, three decades on, some of those adopted are trying to piece together their lives and find their birth relatives.

Former BBC correspondent in Central America, Mike Lanchin, follows the dramatic stories of two women who were adopted from El Salvador as young children during the war, which ended in 1992. Mike meets Jazmin, raised in France, who wonders why her adoptive parents never explained the circumstances of her adoption. Jazmin asks: could she be one of the war-time missing children? With the help of Salvadoran investigators using DNA testing, Jazmin is hoping to find a living birth relative. But will she succeed?

Meanwhile in San Salvador, Mike speaks to two sisters who managed to locate the son of one of their younger siblings who was killed during the war. The son has been living in the US, totally unaware of his Salvadoran family’s long search for him.

Producers: Mike Lanchin and Philippa Goodrich
Editor: Kristine Pommert
A CTVC production for BBC World Service

(Photo: Families of missing children hold up placards bearing their photos. Credit: Yuri Cortez/Getty Images)


SAT 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhrbpl)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 22:32 This Is Africa (w3ct5y4p)
Charisse C

Charisse C is on a mission to promote African music in the UK.

As she explains in this edition of TIA, as a young woman raised in the UK by parents from Zimbabwe and South Africa, when she began to hear Amapiano, and through it southern African culture being expressed and embraced, it was a big moment for her. She has now built a career in music, first working as a journalist, then as a DJ, radio show host, and record label owner.

Now Charisse C has launched herself as a recording artist. She has a new four track EP called Evergreen produced by Kwamzy.


SAT 23:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx235b)
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SAT 23:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6crvv9kn)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SAT 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhrgfq)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 23:32 Assignment (w3ct5msh)
New Caledonia: New agreement needed

New Caledonia is an island archipelago in the south Pacific. It has an incredible diversity of birds and plants. Its history includes a period serving as a 19th century penal colony for the French colonisers and being an allied naval base during World War Two. An agreement signed 26 years ago about how the islands are run is expiring. But talks to make a new one are bogged down, as the opposing sides - French settlers and indigenous Kanak - both demand their rights. For Assignment, Peter Hadfield has been to New Caledonia to see if a new deal can be made.

Presenter: Peter Hadfield
Producer: Peter Hadfield and Caroline Bayley
Editor: Penny Murphy
Sound Engineer: Rod Farquhar
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman

(Image: President Emmanuel Macron on a visit to Noumea, the capital of the French territory New Caledonia. Credit: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)

SUNDAY 14 APRIL 2024

SUN 00:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx26xg)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 00:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct5rbc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:06 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhrl5v)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SUN 00:32 Dear Daughter (w3ct6nwy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 on Saturday]


SUN 00:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct5wd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:50 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx2bnl)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 01:06 The Inquiry (w3ct5xh1)
How secure is Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership?

Six months into Israel’s war in Gaza and with no sign of a ceasefire or breakthrough in securing the release of the 130 hostages, as yet unaccounted for, pressure is mounting on Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

There have been widespread protests in Tel Aviv and across Israel. There have been calls both from home and abroad for an early election to be called. And Israel’s greatest ally, the United States has sharpened its rhetoric in the past few weeks over Israel’s conduct of the war, with President Biden now saying that he believes Benjamin Netanyahu is making ‘a mistake’ in his handling of it.

For his part, the Israeli Prime Minister looks set to continue with his military offensive and has shown no indication so far that he is willing to step down or call an early election.

So, on this week’s Inquiry, we’re asking ‘How secure is Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership?’

Contributors:
Professor David Tal, the Yossi Harel Chair in Modern Israel Studies, University of Sussex, UK
Natan Sachs, Director of the Centre for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA
Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC, USA
Professor Tamar Hermann, Senior Research Fellow, The Israel Democracy Institute, Jerusalem

Presenter: Tanya Beckett
Producer: Jill Collins
Editor: Tara McDermott
Technical Producer: Cameron Ward
Production Co-ordinator: Liam Morrey

Image credit: Reuters via BBC Images


SUN 01:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhrpxz)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SUN 01:32 Hollywood Exiles (w3ct6d1k)
8. The un-Americans

Hollywood producers gather at the Waldorf Hotel to plot strategy. They push back against allegations of “subversive” content. Motion Picture Association of America president Eric Johnston makes the case that movies are a force for moral good. He also calls for a hardline: he pushes studios to purge communists and sympathizers from their payrolls. This marks the beginning of the so-called “blacklist” era in Hollywood. Screenwriter Norma Barzman recalls this as a repressive period, when creative people were self censoring their political beliefs

Archive:
Recordings of House Unamerican Activities Committee by Paramount Newsreels
The Hollywood Ten, directed by John Berry, 1950
Dalton Trumbo interviewed for Hollywood on Trial, directed by David Helpern, Corinth Films, 1976


SUN 02:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx2gdq)
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SUN 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6crvvnt1)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SUN 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhrtp3)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SUN 02:32 Health Check (w3ct5t8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:32 on Saturday]


SUN 03:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx2l4v)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 03:06 World Questions (w3ct5yyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx2pwz)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 04:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct5shh)
What happened to the Chibok girls?

Pascale Harter introduces stories from Nigeria, the USA, Estonia and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Ten years ago, the armed group known as Boko Haram abducted 276 girls from a secondary school in northeastern Nigeria. The country - and the world - called for their release, and urged the Nigerian government to "Bring Back Our Girls". But a decade later, more than 90 of them are still missing, and even among those who returned, many say their lives after the ordeal are still extremely difficult. Yemisi Adegoke went back to Chibok with one of the first young women to escape captivity.

Like many countries along Russia's long border in eastern Europe, Estonia has been beefing up its military service regime - and increasing the demands made on its young recruits. Nick Beake joined them on some of the exercises being held in the country's freezing forests to hear what they want - and fear - for their nation.

Rates of suicide have risen to an all-time high across the United States in recent years - with a particularly large number of cases among young people. The parents, partners and friends left behind are struggling to understand the causes, while colleges are working to try and prevent more deaths, says Will Vernon.

And in China, new policies on education and "national language" are eroding the basis of Tibetan culture, according to some families and activists. Increasingly, children from Tibetan-speaking families are sent to boarding school, where all teaching is in Mandarin Chinese. Micky Bristow explores what this may mean for the future of Tibetan.

Producer: Polly Hope
Editor: Bridget Harney
Production Co-Ordinator: Katie Morrison





(Image: On the road outside Chibok Secondary School, Borno state, northern Nigeria. Photographer: Wahal El Saadi)


SUN 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhs25c)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SUN 04:32 The Global Jigsaw (w3ct6qpc)
The Global Jigsaw

Looking at the world through the lens of its media. We live in an age of information warfare, weaponised narratives and captured media. So, what agendas are at play? BBC Monitoring tracks and analyses media in up to 100 languages. Think of us as your media detectives, lifting the language barrier to tell you what’s being said, to whom, and why.


SUN 04:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct5wd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:50 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx2tn3)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 05:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6crvw11f)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SUN 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhs5xh)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SUN 05:32 The Documentary (w3ct6qpd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:06 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx2yd7)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 06:06 Weekend (w172zcww9pj2692)
A review of the week with the latest news.


SUN 07:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx324c)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 07:06 Weekend (w172zcww9pj2b16)
A review of the week with the latest news.


SUN 08:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx35wh)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 08:06 Weekend (w172zcww9pj2fsb)
A review of the week with the latest news.


SUN 09:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx39mm)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 09:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct5shh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:06 today]


SUN 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhsnx0)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SUN 09:32 The Food Chain (w3ct5xmk)
Food double-acts: TV chefs

What’s the secret behind the on-screen chemistry shared by some TV chef duos?

The recent death of Dave Myers, one half of ‘The Hairy Bikers’ with Si King, has prompted this programme celebrating successful food friendships. Dave and Si made food shows and cookbooks that took their fans all over the world, and off-screen they were close friends.

In this programme Ruth Alexander speaks to two chefs who have found success in food with a good friend.

Ruth Rogers, co-founder of The River Cafe restaurant in London, talks about her partnership with the late Rose Gray, who died in 2010. Together they presented ‘The Italian Kitchen’ for Channel 4 in the UK in 1998.

Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo talks about his long friendship and work with the late chef Antonio Carluccio, and the TV series they made together for the BBC, ‘Two Greedy Italians’ in 2011 and 2012. Gennaro also talks about his friendship with the chef Jamie Oliver to whom he’s been a mentor.

Presented by Ruth Alexander.

Produced by Beatrice Pickup.

(Image: Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray plating dishes at The River Cafe restaurant in London. Credit: Maurice ROUGEMONT/Getty Images/ BBC)


SUN 10:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx3fcr)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 10:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct5tvr)
How literacy can change a life

Learning to read empowers people, reduces poverty and increases their job chances. Yet more than 700 miliion adults are illiterate, the majority of them women. We look at innovations to help adults learn how to read from flatpack classrooms in flood-prone regions of Bangladesh, to an app teaching tens of thousands in Somaliland. Plus how adults in the UK are improving their reading skills thanks to an army of volunteer teachers using a method developed in prison.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Reporter/producer: Claire Bates
Series producer: Jon Bithrey
Editor: Tom Bigwood
Sound mix: Andrew Mills

(Image: Jahura Begum, Shabnur Akhter, Rashida Begum at Friendship class in Bangladesh, Friendship)


SUN 10:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhssn4)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SUN 10:32 The Fifth Floor (w3ct69h9)
A journalist’s life in Israel

What is it like to work in Jerusalem right now? BBC journalist Shaina Oppenheimer shares her experience of living in Israel and monitoring the conflicting narratives published on Israeli and Palestinian media. Plus, BBC Mundo's Alicia Hernandez explains why Equatorial Guinea is the only African country which has Spanish as one of its official languages and shares the unusual local Spanish words she discovered.

Produced by Caroline Ferguson and Alice Gioia

(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich)


SUN 11:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx3k3w)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6crvwrj6)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SUN 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhsxd8)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SUN 11:32 The Global Jigsaw (w3ct6qpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


SUN 11:50 More or Less (w3ct5tpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:50 on Saturday]


SUN 12:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx3nw0)
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SUN 12:06 The Documentary (w3ct6qt9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:06 on Saturday]


SUN 13:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx3sm4)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 13:06 Newshour (w172zb8sxyg1n33)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


SUN 14:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx3xc8)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 14:06 The Climate Question (w3ct5wrg)
Can fertilisers go green?

Ammonia has revolutionised the way we produce our food, helping us to grow much, much more... But it’s also helping to grow global greenhouse gas emissions too.

Synthetic fertilisers are actually responsible for around 5% of the planet-warming gases going into the air - that’s more than deforestation.

In this episode, Graihagh Jackson examines this challenge that modern agriculture poses to the climate, and finds out whether it’s possible to cut emissions from fertiliser use without cutting food production at the same time. She’ll also be joined by local reporters in Kenya to hear about innovative projects aiming to tackle this problem and turn farming green.

Do you have a climate question you’d like answered? E-mail us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
Reporters in Kenya: Michael Kaloki and James Gitaka
Producer: Ben Cooper
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound engineer: Tom Brignell
Editors: Simon Watts and Sophie Eastaugh


SUN 14:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfht8mn)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SUN 14:32 Happy News (w3ct5sp9)
The Centenarian Stargazer

This week, we meet the 105 year-old man celebrating his thirteenth total solar eclipse. Also: The AI technology giving back a voice to the voiceless. And our intrepid reporter goes in search of the crookie.


SUN 15:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx413d)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 15:06 Sportsworld (w172zbmr1l1vb6v)
Live Sporting Action

Sunday Sportsworld has full commentary of a big game in the Premier League title race as Arsenal host Aston Villa. The former Arsenal defender Johan Djourou joins Delyth Lloyd to look ahead to the fixture and also what it means for the title race after the game.

While the title in England’s top-flight looks like going the distance, it could all be decided in Germany this Sunday, and we look ahead to whether Bayer Leverkusen can win their first ever Bundesliga title?

The Sportsworld team will also look ahead to the final round of the Masters golf at Augusta, the final of the Monte Carlo tennis, and bring you the latest from the semi-finals of the Women’s FA Cup in England.

Photo: General view of Villa Park during the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Arsenal FC at Villa Park on December 09, 2023 in Birmingham, England. (Credit: Aston Villa FC via Getty Images)


SUN 19:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx4j2x)
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SUN 19:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6crvxqh7)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SUN 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhtwc9)
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SUN 19:32 In the Studio (w3ct5tkd)
Making a splash with Ellie Simmonds

Public swimming pools are more than just concrete and water. Often, they are the heart of a community, a place to exercise, to meet people and connect. Paralympic gold medallist Ellie Simmonds explores what it takes to design and build a swimming pool, and asks why they are so important in a post-pandemic era.

We join award-winning Dutch architects VenhoevenCS as they sign off their biggest project to date - the aquatic centre for Paris 2024 - and begin planning and designing a brand-new public pool. Their lead architects will talk us through their plans for the new pool, looking at sustainability, accessibility and safety. We’ll visit the site of the build and the offices, to eavesdrop on their planning meetings.

We’ll also hear from British architect, author and swimming advocate Chris Romer Lee about the importance of public pools, and why he thinks more of us should be getting into the water.

A Spiritland production

Image: Ellie Simmonds (Credit: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images for the National Lottery) and the Hofbad swimming pool in Den Haag, the Netherlands, designed by VenhoevenCS


SUN 20:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx4mv1)
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SUN 20:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct5q1l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:06 on Saturday]


SUN 21:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx4rl5)
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SUN 21:06 Newshour (w172zb8sxyg2m24)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


SUN 22:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx4wb9)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 22:06 The Climate Question (w3ct5wrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:06 today]


SUN 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhv7lp)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SUN 22:32 Pick of the World (w3ct5v08)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:32 on Saturday]


SUN 22:50 Over to You (w3ct5tsh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:50 on Saturday]


SUN 23:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx502f)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 23:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6crvy6gr)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SUN 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhvcbt)
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SUN 23:32 The Fifth Floor (w3ct69h9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:32 today]

MONDAY 15 APRIL 2024

MON 00:00 BBC News (w172zgf0gpx53tk)
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MON 00:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct5shh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:06 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgftxfhvh2y)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


MON 00:32 The Global Jigsaw (w3ct6qpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 on Sunday]


MON 00:50 More or Less (w3ct5tpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:50 on Saturday]


MON 01:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz692tv)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


MON 01:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r152975)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 01:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pszg37)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


MON 01:32 Discovery (w3ct5rmd)
Wild Inside: The Bearded Vulture

Ominously called the lamb vulture, there are many myths and misconceptions surrounding the bearded vulture. Flying the mountainous ranges across central Asia and eastern Africa, with a wingspan of almost three meters, the bearded vulture is am impressive Old World vulture. Prof Ben Garrod and Dr Jess French are looking past the beautifully coloured plumage, and delving deep inside to learn what this bird of prey really eats and what keeps its great wings aloft.


MON 02:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz696kz)
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MON 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r152dz9)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pszkvc)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


MON 02:32 CrowdScience (w3ct5rgw)
How do my ears sense direction?

How do we know where a sound is coming from?

Another chance to hear this ear-opening episode, exploring a question from CrowdScience listener Chiletso. One day, he heard his son bounce a ball and instantly knew the direction it was travelling. How?

Anand Jagatia sets out to discover what makes left, right, up and down sound so different.

First, he gets blindfolded, so Alan Archer-Boyd, former auditory scientist and lead engineer at BBC R&D, can put his sound localisation skills to the test. It turns out that having two ears and pinnae, those flappy bits of cartilage on the side of your head, help a lot.

Professor Eric Knudsen shares how the barn owl’s asymmetrical ears allow it to hunt mice, even in complete darkness.

And Anand uncovers how far he can push his own spatial hearing. Blind activist and researcher Thomas Tajo teaches him how to echolocate like a bat, and Dr Lore Thaler explains what is going on in the brain of experienced echolocators.

This programme was originally broadcast in March 2023.

Presented by Anand Jagatia
Produced by Florian Bohr for the BBC World Service

Image: Boy with hands at his ears
Credit: Silke Woweries/Getty Images


MON 03:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz69bb3)
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MON 03:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct5tvr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:06 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pszplh)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


MON 03:32 Pick of the World (w3ct5v08)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:32 on Saturday]


MON 03:50 Over to You (w3ct5tsh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:50 on Saturday]


MON 04:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz69g27)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


MON 04:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r152ngk)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8psztbm)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


MON 04:32 The Conversation (w3ct5wz8)
Women saving lives at sea

Ella Al-Shamahi talks to two women from Wales and Goa rescuing people in trouble on the coast.

Vivienne Grey was one of the first women to join the RNLI when she started as a volunteer in 1990. While a crewmember at Little and Broad Haven RNLI in Wales she was involved in more than 120 ‘shouts’ on the lifeboat and is credited directly for saving the lives of eight people. She’s now training coordinator at the lifeboat station and works part-time as a teacher. Vivienne also volunteers with the local Coastguard Rescue Team.

Ananyaa Bath is a lifeguard and lifeguard trainer in India. She works for Drishti Marine, a safety and life-saving service, which has 400 life-savers patrolling Goa's 103km coastline.

Produced by Jane Thurlow

(Image: (L) Vivienne Grey, credit RNLI. (R) Ananyaa Bath, credit Drishti Marine.)


MON 05:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz69ktc)
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MON 05:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcf3pgy)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


MON 06:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz69pkh)
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MON 06:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcf3t72)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


MON 07:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz69t9m)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


MON 07:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcf3xz6)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


MON 08:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz69y1r)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


MON 08:06 HARDtalk (w3ct5szc)
Eddie Marsan: Acting and class

Stephen Sackur speaks to the actor Eddie Marsan, whose ability to play troubled, sometimes violent characters has made him a staple on stage and screen. He’s a relative rarity, an actor with genuine working class roots.
Is there a diversity problem in the performing arts when it comes to class?


MON 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt09b4)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


MON 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct5z66)
Can an online review lead to legal action?

We depend on online reviews for everything from hotel and restaurant bookings to what products to buy, and as we hear in this programme, medical and cosmetic procedures.

But what happens when customers and companies start resorting to lawsuits as a result?

We hear from patients who have had legal action taken against them for reviews they've written.

(Image: A surgeon putting on surgical gloves. Credit: Getty Images)

Presented and produced by Ed Butler


MON 08:50 Witness History (w3ct5ygl)
Egypt and the ‘Cairo 52’

A group of men known as the ‘Cairo 52’ were arrested in Egypt in May 2001. They were on board the Queen Boat, a floating gay nightclub on the River Nile.

Omer, not his real name, was arrested and imprisoned for habitual debauchery.

There is no explicit law against homosexuality in Egypt and Omer was released early following the orders of US president at the time, George W Bush.

Omer speaks to Dan Hardoon about the arrest and its aftermath – in graphic detail.

(Photo: Some of the 'Cairo 52', dressed in white with their faces covered, being escorted by security into a court in Cairo. Credit: Marwan Naamani/Getty Images)


MON 09:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6b1sw)
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MON 09:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r153866)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt0f28)
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MON 09:32 CrowdScience (w3ct5rgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


MON 10:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6b5k0)
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MON 10:06 The History Hour (w3ct5n1h)
The history of art heists

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

It's 30 years since Edvard Munch’s painting, The Scream, was stolen from the national gallery in Oslo, Norway. We hear from the man who helped to recover it.

Our expert guest is historian and author, Susan Ronald, who explores the history of art heists in the 20th century.

Plus, a first hand account from Kampala terror attacks in 2010 and the mystery of St Teresa of Avila's severed hand.

Finally, we hear about the last World War II soldier to surrender. Hiroo Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who spent nearly 30 years in the Philippine jungle, believing World War Two was still going on.

Contributors:
Kuddzu Isaac - DJ and Kampala terror attack survivor
Charley Hill - Scotland Yard art detective and private investigator
Susan Ronald - historian and author
Sister Jenifer - the Mother Superior of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, Ronda
Hiroo Onoda - Japanese WWII soldier
Christos and Ioanna Kotsikas - residents of Thessaly, Greece


(Photo: The Scream. Credit: Getty Images)


MON 11:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6b994)
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MON 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r153hpg)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt0nkj)
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MON 11:32 The Global Story (w3ct6dl0)
India election: How to organise the biggest vote in history

India will host the world's biggest election this year when nearly one billion people will vote. Organisers have vowed to set up polling stations within 2km of every citizen, but India's vast size means this will be a challenge. The country's 15 million election officials must travel to coastal towns, mountain villages, remote islands and dense jungles to reach every voter.

Katya speaks with BBC journalist and presenter Devina Gupta and India correspondent Soutik Biswas to break down the big numbers and discuss how it is possible to organise an election on this scale.

We want your ideas, stories and experiences to help us understand and tell The Global Story. Email us at theglobalstory@bbc.com. Or, message us or leave a voice note via WhatsApp on +44 330 123 9480. #TheGlobalStory.

The Global Story is part of the BBC News Podcasts family. The team that makes The Global Story also makes several other podcasts, such as Americast and Ukrainecast, which cover US news and the war in Ukraine. If you enjoy The Global Story, then we think that you will enjoy some of our other podcasts too. To find them, simply search on your favourite podcast app.

This episode was made by Alice Aylett Roberts and Devina Gupta. The technical producers were Hannah Montgomery and Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Sergi Forcada Freixas and the senior news editor is Sam Bonham.


MON 12:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6bf18)
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MON 12:06 Outlook (w3ct5npv)
The boy with red hair: 26 years searching for my stolen son

When Sara Méndez was kidnapped and imprisoned for her political activism during Uruguay’s dictatorship, she was horrified to learn that her three-week-old baby son, Simon, had been vanished by agents of the military junta. After her release, she began a desperate search to find Simon. All she knew about him was that he had red hair. With so little to go on, the challenge was overwhelming but Sara wasn't giving up.

Reporter: Grace Livingstone
Producer: Maryam Maruf
Voiceovers: Yazmina Garcia, William Marquez, Marco Silva

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707

(Photo: Sara Méndez holding up a photo of her missing baby Simon. Credit: Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo)


MON 12:50 Witness History (w3ct5ygl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


MON 13:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6bjsd)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


MON 13:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r153r5q)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt0x1s)
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MON 13:32 The Conversation (w3ct5wz8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


MON 14:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6bnjj)
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MON 14:06 Newshour (w172zb8t96r8j0h)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


MON 15:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6bs8n)
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MON 15:06 HARDtalk (w3ct5szc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


MON 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt14k1)
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MON 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct5zxs)
First broadcast 15/04/2024 14:32 GMT

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.


MON 16:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6bx0s)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


MON 16:06 BBC OS (w172zbhz0f8zk34)
2024/04/15 15:06 GMT

BBC OS gives a vibrant account of the day’s events with explanation and reaction from those involved.


MON 17:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6c0rx)
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MON 17:06 BBC OS (w172zbhz0f8znv8)
2024/04/15 16:06 GMT

BBC OS gives a vibrant account of the day’s events with explanation and reaction from those involved.


MON 18:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6c4j1)
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MON 18:06 Outlook (w3ct5npv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today]


MON 18:50 Witness History (w3ct5ygl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


MON 19:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6c885)
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MON 19:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r154gnh)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt1mjk)
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MON 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct5w35)
2024/04/15 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.


MON 20:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6cd09)
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MON 20:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct5shh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:06 on Sunday]


MON 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt1r8p)
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MON 20:32 Discovery (w3ct5rmf)
Wild Inside: The Aphid

The tiny sap-sucking aphid, at just a few millimetres long, is the scourge of many gardeners and crop-growers worldwide, spreading astonishingly rapidly and inflicting huge damage as it seeks to outwit many host plants’ natural defences. With insights and guidance from aphid expert George Seddon-Roberts at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, some delicate dissecting tools, and a state of the art microscope, Professor Ben Garrod and Dr Jess French delve inside this herbivorous insect to unravel the anatomy and physiology that’s secured its extraordinary reproductive success, whilst offering new clues as to how we could curtail its damaging impact in the future.

Co-Presenters: Ben Garrod and Jess French
Executive Producer: Adrian Washbourne
Producer: Ella Hubber
Editor: Martin Smith
Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth


MON 21:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6chrf)
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MON 21:06 Newshour (w172zb8t96r9c7d)
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MON 22:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6cmhk)
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MON 22:06 HARDtalk (w3ct5szc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


MON 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt1zry)
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MON 22:32 The Conversation (w3ct5wz8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


MON 23:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6cr7p)
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MON 23:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r154yn0)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt23j2)
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MON 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct6001)
First broadcast 15/04/2024 21:32 GMT

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TUESDAY 16 APRIL 2024

TUE 00:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6cvzt)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 00:06 The History Hour (w3ct5n1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:06 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6czqy)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 01:06 Business Matters (w172zbfd1kjq7wt)
Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.


TUE 02:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6d3h2)
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TUE 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r1559wd)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt2grg)
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TUE 02:32 Assignment (w3ct5msj)
Reggaeton: The pride of Puerto Rico?

Reggaeton’s the soundtrack to Puerto Rico. The globally popular music reflects what’s going on in the cultural and political scene of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean Island.

It started out as underground music in marginalised communities but was criticised for allegedly promoting violence and being too sexually explicit.

Reggaeton has since been used as an anthem to overthrow a local governor and a way to criticise the island’s complex relationship with the United States.

It’s also evolved from misogynist roots to reach new audiences in the LGBTQ community.

Jane Chambers travels to Puerto Rico to meet the people and hear the music which is both maligned and revered.

Presenter and Producer: Jane Chambers
Field Producers: Hermes Ayala and Yondy Agosto
Sound Mix: Neil Churchill
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: Penny Murphy

(Image: Caroline Sanchez, community leader in Puerta de Tierra. Credit: Jane Chambers/BBC)


TUE 03:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6d776)
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TUE 03:06 Outlook (w3ct5npv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Monday]


TUE 03:50 Witness History (w3ct5ygl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6dbzb)
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TUE 04:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r155kcn)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt2q7q)
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TUE 04:32 In the Studio (w3ct5tkf)
Helle Nebelong

Danish landscape architect Helle Nebelong is a pioneer of the natural playground movement. Natural playgrounds are made of natural materials, rather than plastics, but they also encourage creativity and independence rather than rule-based games.

In The Studio follows Helle as she faces her biggest challenge yet - designing one of America's largest natural playgrounds, at Colene Hoose School in Normal, Illinois.

Presenter: Poppy Sebag-Montefiore
Executive Producer: Stephen Hughes

(Image: Helle Nebelong. Credit: Courtesy of Helle Nebelong)


TUE 05:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6dgqg)
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TUE 05:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcf6ld1)
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TUE 06:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcf6q45)
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TUE 07:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6dq6q)
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TUE 07:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcf6tw9)
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TUE 08:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6dtyv)
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TUE 08:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct5tvs)
Redefining luxury fashion

The fashion industry is the third largest manufacturing industry in the world consuming huge amounts of the world’s resources and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. But some innovators are trying to make the industry more sustainable. We discover how old fire hoses in the UK have been diverted from landfill and turned into fashionable bags and accessories. Plus we visit Mongolia to find out about a new luxury material made from yak hair. It's an eco-friendly replacement for cashmere which comes from goats who are causing desertification.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Producer/reporter: Claire Bowes
Executive Producer: Richard Kenny
Series Producer: Jon Bithrey
Editor: Tom Bigwood
Sound Mix: Andrew Mills


TUE 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt3677)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct5zh7)
The business of fake online reviews

Increasingly, online reviews are becoming a barometer for the quality or services provided by small businesses.

But are some being manipulated by the companies themselves?

And are some firms manufacturing negative reviews to spike their rivals?

We examine the fake review industry.

(Picture: Waitress displaying an app to rate your experience at a restaurant. Credit: Getty Images)

Presented and produced by Ed Butler


TUE 08:50 Witness History (w3ct5ym3)
The friendship train: Connecting India and Bangladesh

When the train service between India and Bangladesh was suspended in 1965, following war between Pakistan and India, it lay dormant for 43 years.

But in a day of celebration in 2008, the Maitree (or Friendship) Express rumbled into life and connected the two countries once more.

In 2020, Farhana Haider spoke to Dr Azad Chowdhury who was on the inaugural train journey.

(Photo: Crowds line the tracks for the train’s first journey. Credit: STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)


TUE 09:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6dypz)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 09:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r156539)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt39zc)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 09:32 Assignment (w3ct5msj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


TUE 10:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6f2g3)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 10:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct5qj6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:06 on Saturday]


TUE 11:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6f667)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r156dlk)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt3kgm)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 11:32 The Global Story (w3ct6f9l)
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TUE 12:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6f9yc)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 12:06 Outlook (w3ct5p4d)
True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.


TUE 12:50 Witness History (w3ct5ym3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


TUE 13:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6ffph)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 13:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r156n2t)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt3syw)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 13:32 In the Studio (w3ct5tkf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


TUE 14:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6fkfm)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 14:06 Newshour (w172zb8t96rcdxl)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


TUE 15:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6fp5r)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 15:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct5tvs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


TUE 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt41g4)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct606t)
First broadcast 16/04/2024 14:32 GMT

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.


TUE 16:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6fsxw)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 16:06 BBC OS (w172zbhz0f92g07)
2024/04/16 15:06 GMT

BBC OS gives a vibrant account of the day’s events with explanation and reaction from those involved.


TUE 17:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6fxp0)
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TUE 17:06 BBC OS (w172zbhz0f92krc)
2024/04/16 16:06 GMT

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TUE 18:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6g1f4)
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TUE 18:06 Outlook (w3ct5p4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today]


TUE 18:50 Witness History (w3ct5ym3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


TUE 19:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6g558)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 19:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r157ckl)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt4jfn)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct5w7p)
2024/04/16 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.


TUE 20:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6g8xd)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 20:06 Assignment (w3ct5msj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


TUE 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt4n5s)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 20:32 Tech Life (w3ct5wlz)
Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world.


TUE 21:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6gdnj)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 21:06 Newshour (w172zb8t96rd84h)
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TUE 22:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6gjdn)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 22:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct5tvs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


TUE 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt4wp1)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 22:32 In the Studio (w3ct5tkf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


TUE 23:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6gn4s)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 23:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r157vk3)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt50f5)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct6092)
First broadcast 16/04/2024 21:32 GMT

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.

WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2024

WED 00:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6grwx)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 00:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct5qj6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:06 on Saturday]


WED 01:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6gwn1)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 01:06 Business Matters (w172zbfd1kjt4sx)
Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.


WED 02:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6h0d5)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r1586sh)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt5cnk)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 02:32 The Climate Question (w3ct5wrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:06 on Sunday]


WED 03:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6h449)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 03:06 Outlook (w3ct5p4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Tuesday]


WED 03:50 Witness History (w3ct5ym3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6h7wf)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 04:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r158g8r)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt5m4t)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 04:32 Hollywood Exiles (w3ct6d1l)
9. Naming names

After years of allegations and suspicion, those accused of so-called un-American political beliefs are driven from the movie industry. Mitzi Trumbo recalls visiting her father Dalton in prison. Host Oona Chaplin speaks to some of those whose careers were ruined and friendships fractured, as anti-communist fervour pushed witnesses to expose the names of alleged communists. Norma Barzman describes this as a period of political exile. Charlie Chaplin faces the FBI.

Archive:
Limelight, Charlie Chaplin, United Artists, 1952
Johnny Guitar, directed by Nicholas Ray for Republic Pictures, 1954
Senator Joseph McCarthy speaking on America’s Town Meeting of the Air, ABC Radio, 3 April 1947
Attorney General James McGranery press conference 1952, John E. Allen Archive


WED 05:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6hcmk)
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WED 05:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcf9h94)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


WED 06:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6hhcp)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 06:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcf9m18)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


WED 07:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6hm3t)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 07:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcf9qsd)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


WED 08:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6hqvy)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 08:06 HARDtalk (w3ct5t3w)
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.


WED 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt634b)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct5zmr)
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.


WED 08:50 Witness History (w3ct5ypc)
West Africa's Ebola virus epidemic

The 2014 Ebola outbreak devastated West Africa, killing more than 11,000 people over a two year period. One country that suffered was Sierra Leone.

The disease started in Guinea, but quickly spread to neighbouring countries.

Before May 2014, there had never been an outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone. By autumn that year, burial teams were struggling to keep up with the number of corpses that needed burying.

Dan Hardoon speaks to Yusuf Kabba, an Ebola survivor from Sierra Leone.

(Photo: Headstones in the Waterloo Ebola Graveyard, Sierra Leone. Credit: HUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM/AFP via Getty Images)


WED 09:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6hvm2)
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WED 09:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15920d)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt66wg)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 09:32 The Climate Question (w3ct5wrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:06 on Sunday]


WED 10:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6hzc6)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 10:06 World Questions (w3ct5yyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Saturday]


WED 11:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6j33b)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r1599hn)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt6gcq)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 11:32 The Global Story (w3ct6dqj)
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WED 12:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6j6vg)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 12:06 Outlook (w3ct5pc5)
True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.


WED 12:50 Witness History (w3ct5ypc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


WED 13:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6jbll)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 13:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r159jzx)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt6pvz)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 13:32 Hollywood Exiles (w3ct6d1l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


WED 14:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6jgbq)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 14:06 Newshour (w172zb8t96rg9tp)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


WED 15:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6jl2v)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 15:06 HARDtalk (w3ct5t3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


WED 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt6yc7)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct60cb)
First broadcast 17/04/2024 14:32 GMT

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.


WED 16:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6jptz)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 16:06 BBC OS (w172zbhz0f95bxb)
2024/04/17 15:06 GMT

BBC OS gives a vibrant account of the day’s events with explanation and reaction from those involved.


WED 17:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6jtl3)
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WED 17:06 BBC OS (w172zbhz0f95gng)
2024/04/17 16:06 GMT

BBC OS gives a vibrant account of the day’s events with explanation and reaction from those involved.


WED 18:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6jyb7)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 18:06 Outlook (w3ct5pc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today]


WED 18:50 Witness History (w3ct5ypc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


WED 19:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6k22c)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 19:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15b8gp)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt7fbr)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct5w9y)
2024/04/17 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.


WED 20:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6k5th)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 20:06 The Climate Question (w3ct5wrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:06 on Sunday]


WED 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt7k2w)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 20:32 Health Check (w3ct5t8d)
2024/04/17 GMT

Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.


WED 21:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6k9km)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 21:06 Newshour (w172zb8t96rh51l)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


WED 22:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6kf9r)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 22:06 HARDtalk (w3ct5t3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


WED 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt7sl4)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 22:32 Hollywood Exiles (w3ct6d1l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


WED 23:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6kk1w)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 23:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15brg6)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt7xb8)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct60fl)
First broadcast 17/04/2024 21:32 GMT

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.

THURSDAY 18 APRIL 2024

THU 00:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6knt0)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 00:06 World Questions (w3ct5yyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Saturday]


THU 01:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6ksk4)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 01:06 Business Matters (w172zbfd1kjx1q0)
Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.


THU 02:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6kx98)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15c3pl)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt88kn)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 02:32 The Documentary (w3ct6qpf)
El Salvador's missing children: Part two

Mike Lanchin, former BBC correspondent in Central America, continues to unfold the dramatic stories of children who were separated from their families and adopted abroad during El Salvador’s brutal civil war which ended in 1992. Some were seized by soldiers during military operations against left-wing rebels, and later found living with new families in Europe and North America. Others were given up in adoption by mothers forced into poverty or displaced by the conflict. Now, more than three decades on, some of those adopted are trying to piece together their lives and find their birth relatives.

In the second and final part of the series, Mike Lanchin speaks to Flor who’s long struggled to understand why her birth mother gave her up to an American couple in the first years of the civil war. Is the scar from a bullet wound that Flor still carries on her stomach anything to do with her adoption?

As Flor edges close to finding some answers, Mike hears again from Jazmin in France, whom he met in episode one, and who is now finding her search for a Salvadoran family member increasingly distressing. Mike tracks down the Salvadoran lawyer involved in her adoption back in the early 1980s. Can he provide the missing pieces of the jigsaw for Jazmin?

Producers: Mike Lanchin and Philippa Goodrich
Editor: Kristine Pommert
A CTVC production for BBC World Service

(Photo: Flor and family. Credit: CTVC)


THU 03:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6l11d)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 03:06 Outlook (w3ct5pc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Wednesday]


THU 03:50 Witness History (w3ct5ypc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6l4sj)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 04:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15cc5v)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt8j1x)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 04:32 The Food Chain (w3ct5xml)
The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.


THU 05:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6l8jn)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 05:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcfdd67)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


THU 06:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6ld8s)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 06:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcfdhyc)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


THU 07:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6lj0x)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 07:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcfdmph)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


THU 08:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6lms1)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 08:06 The Inquiry (w3ct5xh2)
The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping the world.


THU 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt901f)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct5zbq)
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.


THU 08:50 Witness History (w3ct5yjv)
Deadly Everest avalanche

On 18 April 2014, an avalanche on Mount Everest killed 16 men, who were carrying supplies for commercial expeditions to higher camps.

The sherpas were on the Khumbu Icefall, just above Base Camp in Nepal, when the avalanche happened.

It resulted in the climbing season being cancelled and sherpas demanding better working conditions on the mountain.

Lakpa Rita Sherpa helped dig bodies of his dead colleagues out of the ice, before transporting them home to their families.

He speaks to Laura Jones.

(Photo: The south-west face of Mount Everest and the Khumbu icefall. Credit: Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)


THU 09:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6lrj5)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 09:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15cyxh)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt93sk)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 09:32 The Documentary (w3ct6qpf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


THU 10:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6lw89)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 10:06 The Explanation (w3ct6plc)
The Media Show

A global, topical weekly show that lifts the hood on the entertainment and news business. The Media Show explores the companies and personalities who command our attention, and how our perception of the world is shaped by their actions. From the streaming giants who entertain us, to the news outlets and social media platforms that inform and enrage us, The Media Show explains how the industry really works.


THU 10:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt97jp)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 10:32 Happy News (w3ct5sp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:32 on Sunday]


THU 11:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6m00f)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15d6dr)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt9c8t)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 11:32 The Global Story (w3ct6dss)
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THU 12:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6m3rk)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 12:06 Outlook (w3ct5nxm)
True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.


THU 12:50 Witness History (w3ct5yjv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


THU 13:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6m7hp)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 13:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15dfx0)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt9ls2)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 13:32 The Food Chain (w3ct5xml)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


THU 14:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6mc7t)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 14:06 Newshour (w172zb8t96rk6qs)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


THU 15:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6mgzy)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 15:06 The Inquiry (w3ct5xh2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


THU 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8pt9v8b)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct6029)
First broadcast 18/04/2024 14:32 GMT

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.


THU 16:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6mlr2)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 16:06 BBC OS (w172zbhz0f987tf)
2024/04/18 15:06 GMT

BBC OS gives a vibrant account of the day’s events with explanation and reaction from those involved.


THU 17:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6mqh6)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 17:06 BBC OS (w172zbhz0f98ckk)
2024/04/18 16:06 GMT

BBC OS gives a vibrant account of the day’s events with explanation and reaction from those involved.


THU 18:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6mv7b)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 18:06 Outlook (w3ct5nxm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today]


THU 18:50 Witness History (w3ct5yjv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


THU 19:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6myzg)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 19:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15f5cs)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptbb7v)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct5w5f)
2024/04/18 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.


THU 20:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6n2ql)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 20:06 The Documentary (w3ct6qpf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


THU 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptbfzz)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 20:32 Science In Action (w3ct5vcl)
The BBC brings you all the week's science news.


THU 21:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6n6gq)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 21:06 Newshour (w172zb8t96rl1yp)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


THU 22:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6nb6v)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 22:06 The Inquiry (w3ct5xh2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


THU 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptbph7)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 22:32 The Food Chain (w3ct5xml)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


THU 23:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6nfyz)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 23:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15fnc9)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptbt7c)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct604k)
First broadcast 18/04/2024 21:32 GMT

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.

FRIDAY 19 APRIL 2024

FRI 00:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6nkq3)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 00:06 The Explanation (w3ct6plc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:06 on Thursday]


FRI 00:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptbxzh)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 00:32 Happy News (w3ct5sp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:32 on Sunday]


FRI 01:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6npg7)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 01:06 Business Matters (w172zbfd1kjzym3)
Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.


FRI 02:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6nt6c)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15g0lp)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


FRI 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptc5gr)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 02:32 Tech Life (w3ct5wlz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Tuesday]


FRI 03:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6nxyh)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 03:06 Outlook (w3ct5nxm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Thursday]


FRI 03:50 Witness History (w3ct5yjv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6p1pm)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 04:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15g82y)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


FRI 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptcdz0)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 04:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct5tdx)
Should I change my name?

Personal names have spiritual and religious meanings in the Christian tradition. But what if you carry an inherited surname that you feel is profoundly unchristian? Should you keep it or change it?

Robert Beckford is going through this dilemma. His surname is a slave name, a brand of ownership passed down from his enslaved African ancestors in Jamaica. Over time, Robert has grown deeply uncomfortable with the meaning of this name and now wants to find a more spiritual alternative.

If Beckford is a slave name and therefore un-spiritual, what are the alternative surname names for Robert Beckford, the Black Christian?

In this Heart and Soul, Robert Beckford embarks on a journey of self-discovery, considering whether he should change, alter or keep his inherited name. Beckford will investigate the historical context, exploring the significance of slave names and their emotional impact on individuals and communities. He will reflect on his own experiences and feelings towards his character. Beckford will speak to other individuals who have taken on new names due to adopting a new faith or spirituality.

At the program's conclusion, Beckford will weigh the options for himself. This critical decision will be a personal and spiritual moment for him, captured authentically.

Presenter: Robert Beckford
Producer: Rachel Briggs
Executive Producer: Rajeev Gupta
Production Coordinator: Mica Nepomuceno


FRI 05:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6p5fr)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 05:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcfh93b)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


FRI 06:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6p95w)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 06:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcfhdvg)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


FRI 07:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6pdy0)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 07:06 Newsday (w172zbjxtcfhjll)
Live news, business and sport from around the world.


FRI 08:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6pjp4)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 08:06 HARDtalk (w3ct5stv)
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.


FRI 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptcwyj)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct5z1p)
Business Daily meets: Hakan Bulgurlu

We meet the CEO of the appliance company, Beko.

Hakan Bulgurlu started his career working in Istanbul's famous Grand Bazaar.

He tells Victoria Craig about his career since, moving to Hong Kong to start his career with Arcelik which became Beko Europe after a merger with Whirlpool in April 2024.

And he talks about how his passion for sustainability led to him summiting Mount Everest - and how that's influenced the way he runs his company.

Produced and presented by Victoria Craig


FRI 08:50 Witness History (w3ct5ydb)
Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight

Major Charity Adams was the first African-American woman to lead a World War Two battalion. It was known as the Six-Triple-Eight (6888).

The 6888 was a majority African-American women’s unit, the women sorted through mountains of post across Europe, using the motto: 'No Mail, Low Morale'.

Charity went on to become lieutenant colonel, the highest possible rank for women in her unit. She died in 2002.

Her son, Stanley Earley, speaks to Marverine Cole.

This was a Soundtruism production for the BBC World Service.

(Photo: American Women's Army Corps Captain Mary Kearney and American Commanding Officer Major Charity Adams inspect the first arrivals to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Credit. Archive Photos/Getty Images)


FRI 09:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6pnf8)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 09:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15gvtl)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


FRI 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptd0pn)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 09:32 Science In Action (w3ct5vcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Thursday]


FRI 10:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6ps5d)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 10:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct5q1m)
The news you know, the science you don’t. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way with Unexpected Elements.


FRI 11:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6pwxj)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15h39v)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


FRI 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptd85x)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 11:32 The Global Story (w3ct6dw1)
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FRI 12:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6q0nn)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 12:06 Outlook (w3ct698k)
The Outlook Mixtape

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.


FRI 12:50 Witness History (w3ct5ydb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


FRI 13:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6q4ds)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 13:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15hbt3)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


FRI 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptdhp5)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 13:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct5tdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


FRI 14:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6q84x)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 14:06 Newshour (w172zb8t96rn3mw)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


FRI 15:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6qcx1)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 15:06 HARDtalk (w3ct5stv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


FRI 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptdr5f)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct5zs8)
First broadcast 19/04/2024 14:32 GMT

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.


FRI 16:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6qhn5)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 16:06 BBC OS (w172zbhz0f9c4qj)
2024/04/19 15:06 GMT

BBC OS gives a vibrant account of the day’s events with explanation and reaction from those involved.


FRI 17:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6qmd9)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 17:06 BBC OS (w172zbhz0f9c8gn)
2024/04/19 16:06 GMT

BBC OS gives a vibrant account of the day’s events with explanation and reaction from those involved.


FRI 18:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6qr4f)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 18:06 Outlook (w3ct698k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today]


FRI 18:50 Witness History (w3ct5ydb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


FRI 19:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6qvwk)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 19:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15j28w)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


FRI 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptf74y)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct5w0x)
2024/04/19 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.


FRI 20:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6qzmp)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 20:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct5rbd)
OS Conversations On

How major news stories are affecting the lives of people around the world


FRI 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptfbx2)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 20:32 CrowdScience (w3ct5rgx)
Around the world, coastlines are constantly changing due to the power of waves, currents and tides. Coastal areas are also some of the most heavily populated and developed land areas in the world. So it’s not hard to see how the natural process of coastal erosion can cause serious problems for us.

It’s an issue that’s been bothering CrowdScience listener Anne in Miami Beach, Florida. She can see the beach from her window and wonders why after every storm, several trucks arrive to dump more sand on it.

In this first of two programmes, CrowdScience visits Anne’s home in south Florida and finds out how erosion threatens Florida’s famous beaches. We hear why it’s such a problem for this tourist-reliant state, and whether climate change impacts like extreme weather and rising sea levels are worsening erosion.

Meanwhile, the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico declared a state of emergency in April 2023 due to coastal erosion. We witness its impacts first-hand, visiting abandoned houses crumbling into the sea and talking to experts measuring how much land is lost each year to erosion.

Some of the methods used to protect coastal communities from the encroaching sea have done more harm than good. So what are the best ways to tackle this problem? That’s what we’ll be exploring in next week’s episode.


FRI 21:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6r3ct)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 21:06 Newshour (w172zb8t96rnyvs)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


FRI 22:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6r73y)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 22:06 HARDtalk (w3ct5stv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


FRI 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptfldb)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 22:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct5tdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


FRI 23:00 BBC News (w172zgf0tz6rbw2)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


FRI 23:06 The Newsroom (w172zbq6r15jk8d)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


FRI 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172zgfv8ptfq4g)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


FRI 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct5zvj)
First broadcast 19/04/2024 21:32 GMT

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.