BBC World Service Online Schedule Saturday 24 December 2011

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Early
1. 00:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
2. 00:05GMT
  World Briefing—24/12/2011
  BBC News reports from around the world.
3. 00:20GMT
  Sports News—24/12/2011
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
4. 00:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
5. 00:32GMT
  World Football—The Remarkable Story of American Samoa
  The world's worst team, American Samoa, attempts to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
6. 01:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
7. 01:05GMT
  World Briefing—24/12/2011
  BBC News reports from around the world.
8. 01:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
9. 01:32GMT
  World Business Report—24/12/2011
  The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
10. 01:50GMT
  From Our Own Correspondent—Afghanistan and the UK
  Owen Bennett Jones with personal reflections from the BBC's Lyse Doucet and Huw Williams.
11. 02:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
12. 02:05GMT
  The Interview—Val McDermid - Crime writer
  Stephen Sackur talks to crime writer Val McDermaid. Is there a line she will not cross?
13. 02:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
14. 02:32GMT
  The Strand—23/12/2011
  We talk to the director and star of this is the year's surprise film-hit, The Artist.
15. 02:50GMT
  Witness History—The Christmas Truce
  On Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting.
16. 03:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
17. 03:05GMT
  The World Today—24/12/2011
  Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
18. 03:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
19. 03:32GMT
  World Football—The Remarkable Story of American Samoa
  The world's worst team, American Samoa, attempts to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
20. 04:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
21. 04:05GMT
  From Our Own Correspondent—24/12/2011
  Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world.
22. 04:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
23. 04:32GMT
  One Planet—Are Clouds Green?
  Clouds in cold climates and the environmental impact of our lives online.
24. 04:50GMT
  From Our Own Correspondent—Afghanistan and the UK
  Owen Bennett Jones with personal reflections from the BBC's Lyse Doucet and Huw Williams.
25. 05:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
26. 05:05GMT
  The World Today—24/12/2011
  Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
27. 05:20GMT
  Sports News—24/12/2011
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
28. 05:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
29. 05:32GMT
  Global Business—A Glass of Its Own
  Peter Day looks at the boom in small gin companies.
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Morning
1. 06:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
2. 06:05GMT
  The World Today Weekend—24/12/2011
  Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
3. 06:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
4. 06:32GMT
  Science In Action—22/12/2011
  The latest on the search for another planet like our own Earth.
5. 06:50GMT
  Sporting Witness—Kip Keino
  How the Kenyan running legend Kip Keino, won Olympic gold in 1968.
6. 07:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
7. 07:05GMT
  The World Today Weekend—24/12/2011
  Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
8. 08:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
9. 08:05GMT
  The World Today Weekend—24/12/2011
  Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
10. 09:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
11. 09:05GMT
  From Our Own Correspondent—24/12/2011
  Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world.
12. 09:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
13. 09:32GMT
  Heart and Soul—Christmas in Norway
  Survivors and bereaved families facing their first Christmas since the Utoya massacre.
14. 10:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
15. 10:05GMT
  World Briefing—24/12/2011
  BBC News reports from around the world.
16. 10:20GMT
  Sports News—24/12/2011
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
17. 10:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
18. 10:32GMT
  In the Balance—In the Balance: 2011 - Reaping the Whirlwind
  Are we as perilously placed now as we were in the darkest days of 2008?
19. 11:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
20. 11:05GMT
  The Strand Weekend Archive—24/12/2011
  The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
2. 12:05GMT
  Newshour—24/12/2011 (1200 GMT)
  Thousands rally against Russia elections; Libyan independence day; Bethlehem shepherds
3. 13:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
4. 13:05GMT
  World Briefing—24/12/2011
  BBC News reports from around the world.
5. 13:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
6. 13:32GMT
  Heart and Soul—Christmas in Norway
  Survivors and bereaved families facing their first Christmas since the Utoya massacre.
7. 14:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
8. 14:05GMT
  From Our Own Correspondent—24/12/2011
  Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world.
9. 14:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
10. 14:32GMT
  Science In Action—22/12/2011
  The latest on the search for another planet like our own Earth.
11. 14:50GMT
  Witness History—Concert for Bangladesh
  In 1971 the first big rock benefit gig was organised by former Beatle, George Harrison.
12. 15:00GMT
  A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols—2011 Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols
  Christmas carols and readings from the candlelit chapel of King’s College, Cambridge.
13. 16:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
14. 16:32GMT
  Health Check—21/12/2011
  Sunshine and chicken pox; Wellcome Book Prize; silent strokes and sickle cell disease.
15. 16:50GMT
  Witness History—Billy Graham
  How the world's best known evangelist began preaching internationally.
16. 17:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
17. 17:05GMT
  The Strand Weekend Archive—24/12/2011
  The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.
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Evening
1. 18:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
2. 18:05GMT
  World Briefing—24/12/2011
  BBC News reports from around the world.
3. 18:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
4. 18:32GMT
  One Planet—Are Clouds Green?
  Clouds in cold climates and the environmental impact of our lives online.
5. 18:50GMT
  Witness History—Spice Girls
  Christmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
6. 19:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
7. 19:05GMT
  The Documentary—Goodbye To Bush House, Episode 1
  1/2John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House.
8. 19:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
9. 19:32GMT
  In the Balance—In the Balance: 2011 - Reaping the Whirlwind
  Are we as perilously placed now as we were in the darkest days of 2008?
10. 20:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
11. 20:05GMT
  The Documentary—The Songs of Comrade Time
  Monica Whitlock goes in search of The Children's Choir of the USSR.
12. 21:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
13. 21:05GMT
  Newshour—24/12/2011
  Gorbachev calls for Putin resignation; deadly gunfire in Yemen; a non-Christian Christmas
14. 22:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
15. 22:05GMT
  Exchanges at the Frontier—Exchanges At The Frontier 2011, Episode 5 - Steven Pinker
  5/5AC Grayling in conversation with Steven Pinker, a leading authority on language and mind
16. 23:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—24/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
17. 23:05GMT
  The Forum—24/12/2011 GMT
  We discuss a selection of 60 second ideas from Forum guests.
18. 23:50GMT
  Witness History—The British Miners' strike
  Christmas 1984 - a time of hardship for the protesters against the closure of coal mines
19. 23:59GMT
  Off air
  Programmes will resume at 00:00
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Late
1. 00:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—25/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
2. 00:05GMT
  World Briefing—25/12/2011
  BBC News reports from around the world.
3. 00:20GMT
  Sports News—25/12/2011
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
4. 00:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—25/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
5. 00:32GMT
  One Planet—Are Clouds Green?
  Clouds in cold climates and the environmental impact of our lives online.
6. 00:50GMT
  Witness History—Spice Girls
  Christmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
7. 01:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—25/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
8. 01:05GMT
  World Briefing—25/12/2011
  BBC News reports from around the world.
9. 01:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—25/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
10. 01:32GMT
  Global Business—A Glass of Its Own
  Peter Day looks at the boom in small gin companies.
11. 02:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—25/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
12. 02:05GMT
  The Forum—24/12/2011 GMT
  We discuss a selection of 60 second ideas from Forum guests.
13. 02:50GMT
  Over to You—24/12/2011
  Rajan Datar hears how the Arab Spring has increased audience figures.
14. 03:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—25/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
15. 03:05GMT
  The Documentary—The Songs of Comrade Time
  Monica Whitlock goes in search of The Children's Choir of the USSR.
16. 04:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—25/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
17. 04:05GMT
  Assignment—French Food Fights
  Assignment reports on the battle between old and new cuisine in France.
18. 04:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—25/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
19. 04:32GMT
  Heart and Soul—Christmas in Norway
  Survivors and bereaved families facing their first Christmas since the Utoya massacre.
20. 05:00GMT
  BBC News 2011—25/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
21. 05:05GMT
  The World Today—25/12/2011
  Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
22. 05:20GMT
  Sports News—25/12/2011
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
23. 05:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—25/12/2011
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
24. 05:32GMT
  Digital Planet—20/12/2011
  How to spot the degree to which a photograph may be manipulated
25. 05:50GMT
  Over to You—24/12/2011
  Rajan Datar hears how the Arab Spring has increased audience figures.

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