BBC World Service Online Schedule Saturday 20 October 2012

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Early
1. 00:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
2. 00:05GMT
  World Briefing—20/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
3. 00:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
4. 00:32GMT
  World Business Report—20/10/2012
  The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
5. 00:50GMT
  From Our Own Correspondent—Kenya and the Netherlands
  Lasting scars of the Mau Mau insurgency in Nairobi; changing drug policies in Maastricht.
6. 01:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
7. 01:05GMT
  The Interview—Connie Hedegaard - European Commissioner for Climate Action
  Are Europe’s politicians failing the climate change challenge?
8. 01:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
9. 01:32GMT
  World Football—The Defector's Story
  Why have four Cuban players defected? Listen to former Cuban international Maykel Galindo.
10. 02:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
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11. 02:05GMT
  World Briefing—20/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
12. 02:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
13. 02:32GMT
  The Strand—Director Matteo Garrone on his new film Reality
  We talk to the director Matteo Garrone about his new film, Reality.
14. 02:50GMT
  Witness History—The Guggenheim Bilbao
  It's 15 years since an extraordinary building was opened in a Spanish industrial city.
15. 03:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
16. 03:05GMT
  The Documentary—America: Two Men, Two Visions, Power and Foreign Policy
  2/2How the presidential candidates believe the US should interact with the rest of the world
17. 03:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
18. 03:32GMT
  The Why Factor—Why do we laugh?
  What is it that actually triggers our laughter, do all of us find the same things funny?
19. 03:50GMT
  From Our Own Correspondent—Kenya and the Netherlands
  Lasting scars of the Mau Mau insurgency in Nairobi; changing drug policies in Maastricht.
20. 04:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
21. 04:05GMT
  World Briefing—20/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
22. 04:20GMT
  Sports News—20/10/2012
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
23. 04:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
24. 04:32GMT
  The Fifth Floor—20/10/2012
  The fall of Gaddafi: a Libyan journalist gives an insider's view on how the BBC covered it
25. 05:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
26. 05:05GMT
  Weekend—20/10/2012 GMT
  A review of the week with the latest news.
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Morning
1. 06:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
2. 06:05GMT
  Weekend—20/10/2012 GMT
  A review of the week with the latest news.
3. 06:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
4. 06:32GMT
  Heart and Soul—Arab Jews - A Forgotten Exodus, Arab Jews - A Forgotten Exodus
  What’s the future for the remaining Jews living in the Arab world?
5. 07:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
6. 07:05GMT
  Weekend—Weekend (0800 GMT)
  Paul Henley is joined in the studio by writer Kenan Malik and journalist Fareena Alam.
7. 08:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
8. 08:05GMT
  The Documentary—The Nowhere Man
  The man who overstayed his Indian visa and was stripped of his nationality and identity.
9. 08:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
10. 08:32GMT
  The Why Factor—Why do we laugh?
  What is it that actually triggers our laughter, do all of us find the same things funny?
11. 08:50GMT
  Over to You—Malala Yousafzai and the BBC
  What part have the media played in Malala Yousafzai's story?
12. 09:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
13. 09:05GMT
  World Briefing—20/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
14. 09:20GMT
  Sports News—20/10/2012
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
15. 09:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
16. 09:32GMT
  In the Balance—Young and Jobless
  Can a mix of entrepreneurship and technology lift young people out of joblessness?
17. 10:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
18. 10:05GMT
  World Briefing—20/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
19. 10:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
20. 10:32GMT
  Global Business—Global Fashion: A Family Business
  Fashion entrepreneurs explain how to keep your company on top - and your family happy.
21. 11:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
22. 11:05GMT
  The Forum—Black Holes – a force for good?
  Supermassive black holes which project their power across entire galaxies of stars.
23. 11:50GMT
  More or Less—Life-saving Economics
  How Nobel prize-winning economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley are helping save lives.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
2. 12:05GMT
  Newshour—20/10/2012 (1200 GMT)
  Beirut bomb tensions; Palestinians at the polls; do US food stamps foster dependency?
3. 13:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
4. 13:05GMT
  World Briefing—20/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
5. 13:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
6. 13:32GMT
  The Fifth Floor—20/10/2012
  The fall of Gaddafi: a Libyan journalist gives an insider's view on how the BBC covered it
7. 14:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
8. 14:05GMT
  Sportsworld—20/10/2012
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
9. 15:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
10. 15:05GMT
  Sportsworld—20/10/2012
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
11. 16:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
12. 16:05GMT
  Sportsworld—20/10/2012
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
13. 17:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
14. 17:05GMT
  World Briefing—20/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
15. 17:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
16. 17:32GMT
  In the Balance—Young and Jobless
  Can a mix of entrepreneurship and technology lift young people out of joblessness?
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Evening
1. 18:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
2. 18:05GMT
  The Documentary—America: Two Men, Two Visions, The Ideological Divide
  1/2What are Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's visions for America?
3. 18:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
4. 18:32GMT
  Boston Calling—"I hate it when my leather seats aren't heated"
  Haitians star in an ad campaign exposing the irony of the hashtag #FirstWorldProblems.
5. 19:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
6. 19:05GMT
  World Briefing—20/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
7. 19:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
8. 19:32GMT
  Global Business—Global Fashion: A Family Business
  Fashion entrepreneurs explain how to keep your company on top - and your family happy.
9. 20:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
10. 20:05GMT
  Newshour—20/10/2012 (2000 GMT)
  Lebanon car bomb protests; Gaddafi's fall a year on; and souvenirs from The Waldorf
11. 21:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
12. 21:05GMT
  The Documentary—America: Two Men, Two Visions, Power and Foreign Policy
  2/2How the presidential candidates believe the US should interact with the rest of the world
13. 21:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
14. 21:32GMT
  Science In Action—A Planet with Four Suns
  Amateur planet hunters find a planet with four suns
15. 21:50GMT
  Witness History—Colombia Peace Talks
  The last serious attempt to end Colombia's long civil war was more than a decade ago.
16. 22:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—20/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
17. 22:05GMT
  The Forum—Black Holes – a force for good?
  Supermassive black holes which project their power across entire galaxies of stars.
18. 22:50GMT
  More or Less—Life-saving Economics
  How Nobel prize-winning economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley are helping save lives.
19. 23:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
20. 23:05GMT
  World Briefing—21/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
21. 23:20GMT
  Sports News—21/10/2012
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
22. 23:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
23. 23:32GMT
  In the Balance—Young and Jobless
  Can a mix of entrepreneurship and technology lift young people out of joblessness?
24. 23:58GMT
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Late
1. 00:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
2. 00:05GMT
  World Briefing—21/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
3. 00:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
4. 00:32GMT
  Boston Calling—"I hate it when my leather seats aren't heated"
  Haitians star in an ad campaign exposing the irony of the hashtag #FirstWorldProblems.
5. 01:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
6. 01:05GMT
  The Forum—Black Holes – a force for good?
  Supermassive black holes which project their power across entire galaxies of stars.
7. 01:50GMT
  Over to You—Malala Yousafzai and the BBC
  What part have the media played in Malala Yousafzai's story?
8. 02:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
9. 02:05GMT
  World Briefing—21/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
10. 02:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
11. 02:32GMT
  Health Check—Extreme Skydiving and Health
  What effect did Felix Baumgartner's remarkable fall to Earth have on his body?
12. 02:50GMT
  More or Less—Life-saving Economics
  How Nobel prize-winning economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley are helping save lives.
13. 03:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
14. 03:05GMT
  From Our Own Correspondent—Mexico, Colombia, the Netherlands, Mozambique, Angola, Peru and Israel
  Stories about the war on drugs, urban renewal and ... cats. Presented by Pasale Harter.
15. 03:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
16. 03:32GMT
  Global Business—Global Fashion: A Family Business
  Fashion entrepreneurs explain how to keep your company on top - and your family happy.
17. 04:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
18. 04:05GMT
  World Briefing—21/10/2012
  BBC News reports from around the world.
19. 04:20GMT
  Sports News—21/10/2012
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
20. 04:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
21. 04:32GMT
  The Bottom Line—Overcrowded markets
  Evan Davis and guests discuss overcapacity and how to ensure positive product placement.
22. 05:00GMT
  BBC News 2012—21/10/2012
  Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
23. 05:05GMT
  Weekend—21/10/2012
  A review of the week with the latest news.

Sunday 21 October 2012

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