BBC World Service Online Schedule Sunday 4 May 2014

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Early
1. 00:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  From Our Own Correspondent—Weekend Edition: Moving With the Times
  Adjusting to new realities - from Qatari family life to South Africa's mining industry
3. 00:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—04/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 00:32GMT
  Global Business—Battery Matters
  What are businesses doing to reinvent the battery?
5. 01:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 01:06GMT
  The History Hour—The Port Arthur Massacre
  Killings that changed Australia; China's Long March, and the death of Mussolini
7. 02:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 02:06GMT
  The Newsroom—04/05/2014
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
9. 02:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—04/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
10. 02:32GMT
  In the Balance—Foreign Takeovers and the National Interest
  Does economic nationalism have a role to play in foreign mergers and acquisitions?
11. 03:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 03:06GMT
  The Newsroom—04/05/2014
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
13. 03:20GMT
  Sports News—04/05/2014
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
14. 03:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—04/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
15. 03:32GMT
  Trending—How Fresh is Neymar’s Banana?
  Reclaiming the banana, shoplifting on social media, and Kenya’s twar with South Africa
16. 03:50GMT
  Sporting Witness—The Indomitable Lions: Cameroon at the World Cup
  How Cameroon shocked Argentina at the 1990 World Cup and put African football on the map.
17. 04:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
18. 04:06GMT
  The Newsroom—04/05/2014
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
19. 04:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—04/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
20. 04:32GMT
  Health Check—Using Frozen Faecal Matter to Treat Gut Infection
  How transplanting faeces from one person to another can cure C. difficile Infection
21. 05:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
22. 05:06GMT
  Weekend—04/05/2014 (0500GMT)
  Presented by Paul Henley with guests Dom Joly and Helen Scales.
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Morning
1. 06:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 06:06GMT
  Weekend—04/05/2014 (0600GMT)
  Presented by Paul Henley with guests Dom Joly and Helen Scales.
3. 07:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 07:06GMT
  Weekend—04/05/2014 (0700GMT)
  Presented by Paul Henley with guests Dom Joly and Helen Scales.
5. 07:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—04/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
6. 07:32GMT
  Outlook—Prejudice, Thrillers and Reggae
  Italy's first black cabinet minister Cécile Kyenge, writer David Baldacci, Ziggy Marley
7. 08:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 08:06GMT
  From Our Own Correspondent—Weekend Edition: Moving With the Times
  Adjusting to new realities - from Qatari family life to South Africa's mining industry
9. 08:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—04/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
10. 08:32GMT
  Heart and Soul—Betraying the Faith - Abuse in Jewish Brooklyn, Betraying the Faith: Abuse in Jewish Brooklyn
  Abuse and cover up in New York's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community
11. 09:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 09:06GMT
  BBC Africa Debate—South Africa Decides: Is Democracy Delivering?
  Has the ANC betrayed the values it championed for so many years?
13. 10:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 10:06GMT
  The Newsroom—04/05/2014
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
15. 10:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—04/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 10:32GMT
  Global Business—Battery Matters
  What are businesses doing to reinvent the battery?
17. 11:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
18. 11:06GMT
  The Documentary—The Siege of Dien Bien Phu, The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
  A turning point that lost France Indochina and won Vietnam for Ho Chi Minh
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Afternoon
1. 12:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 12:06GMT
  Newshour—Ukraine PM blames Odessa police
  Yatsenyuk: forces didn't stop violence; N Ireland's "bumpy moments"; Arachnophobia app
3. 13:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 13:06GMT
  Unexpected Elements—Chernobyl Birds, Exo Skeleton, Frozen Faecal Transplants
  How some birds in the Chernobyl exclusion zone are adapting well to the radiation levels
5. 14:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 14:06GMT
  The Newsroom—04/05/2014
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
7. 14:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—04/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 14:32GMT
  Boston Calling—Je Suis Not American
  A journalist narrowly escapes a kidnapping in eastern Ukraine by being very Canadian
9. 15:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 15:06GMT
  Sportsworld—04/05/2014
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
11. 16:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 16:06GMT
  Sportsworld—04/05/2014
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
13. 17:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 17:06GMT
  Sportsworld—04/05/2014
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Evening
1. 18:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 18:06GMT
  The Newsroom—04/05/2014
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
3. 18:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—04/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 18:32GMT
  Outlook—Prejudice, Thrillers and Reggae
  Italy's first black cabinet minister Cécile Kyenge, writer David Baldacci, Ziggy Marley
5. 19:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 19:06GMT
  World Book Club—Harlan Coben
  Best-selling writer Harlan Coben on his thriller Six Years
7. 20:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 20:06GMT
  Newshour—Nigerian President speaks about abducted girls
  Pres. Jonathan promises to rescue girls; Gerry Adams released; the future of journalism.
9. 21:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 21:06GMT
  The Arts Hour—Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
  'If Pompeii was the Vegas of its time, I would be Mike Tyson' - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
11. 22:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—04/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 22:06GMT
  The Newsroom—04/05/2014
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
13. 22:20GMT
  Sports News—04/05/2014
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
14. 22:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—04/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
15. 22:32GMT
  Trending—How Fresh is Neymar’s Banana?
  Reclaiming the banana, shoplifting on social media, and Kenya’s twar with South Africa
16. 22:50GMT
  More or Less—Did Sir Roger Bannister make the ‘impossible’ possible?
  A mile in under four minutes. Did positive thinking propel dozens to do the same?
17. 23:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—05/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
18. 23:06GMT
  The Newsroom—05/05/2014
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
19. 23:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—05/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
20. 23:32GMT
  Discovery—Whatever Happened to Biofuels - Part Two
  Gaia Vince asks if we can ever run our vehicles on biofuels from algae or bacteria.
21. 23:59GMT
  Off air
  Programmes will resume at 00:01
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Late
1. 00:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—05/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  World Business Report—05/05/2014
  The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
3. 00:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—05/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 00:32GMT
  Outlook—Prejudice, Thrillers and Reggae
  Italy's first black cabinet minister Cécile Kyenge, writer David Baldacci, Ziggy Marley
5. 01:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—05/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 01:06GMT
  The Newsroom—05/05/2014
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
7. 01:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—05/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 01:32GMT
  The Why Factor—The Kiss
  Why do humans kiss?
9. 01:50GMT
  More or Less—Did Sir Roger Bannister make the ‘impossible’ possible?
  A mile in under four minutes. Did positive thinking propel dozens to do the same?
10. 02:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—05/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
11. 02:06GMT
  The Forum—Hair, Fur and Cilia
  The fine thread-like strands that grow from our bodies and organs
12. 02:50GMT
  Over to You—Scottish Referendum
  How much coverage is the Scottish independence referendum getting on the World Service?
13. 03:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—05/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 03:06GMT
  Newsday—05/05/2014
  Live news, business and sport from around the world.
15. 03:30GMT
  BBC News Summary—05/05/2014
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 03:32GMT
  Science In Action—Birds in Chernobyl
  Birds adapting to radiation in Chernobyl
17. 04:00GMT
  Newsday—05/05/2014
  Live news, business and sport from around the world.
18. 05:01GMT
  BBC News 2014—05/05/2014
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
19. 05:06GMT
  Newsday—05/05/2014
  Live news, business and sport from around the world.

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