BBC World Service Online Schedule Sunday 20 January 2013

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Early
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:05GMT
  
  World Briefing—20/01/2013
  
  BBC News reports from around the world.
3. 00:20GMT
  
  Sports News—20/01/2013
  
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
4. 00:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
5. 00:32GMT
  
  In the Balance—The quest for energy security
  
  Is there such a thing as safe energy?
6. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
7. 01:05GMT
  
  World Briefing—20/01/2013
  
  BBC News reports from around the world.
8. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
9. 01:32GMT
  
  Discovery—John Gurdon
  
  2012 Nobel Prize winner, John Gurdon, on cloning a frog decades before Dolly the Sheep
10. 01:50GMT
  
  Witness History—Roe v Wade
  
  In 1973 the landmark decision was made in the US Supreme Court which made abortion legal
11. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 02:05GMT
  
  The Forum—What’s the best way to build up new markets?
  
  How do we encourage enterprise in a way that benefits lots of people, not just a few?
13. 02:50GMT
  
  Over to You—Digital Listening
  
  The growing demand for podcasts and on-demand listening
14. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
15. 03:05GMT
  
  World Briefing—20/01/2013
  
  BBC News reports from around the world.
16. 03:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
17. 03:32GMT
  
  Digital Planet—Rebuilding EDSAC
  
  A report on the work to rebuild the pioneering 1940s computer, EDSAC
18. 03:50GMT
  
  More or Less—Indian Farmer Suicides
  
  This week Ruth Alexander is looking at farmer suicides in India
19. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
20. 04:05GMT
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—Presidential questions in Venezuela, and learning English in India
  
  The president who’s everywhere and nowhere, plus dispatches from Italy and India.
21. 04:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
22. 04:32GMT
  
  Global Business—The New Normal
  
  Peter Day asks how businesses are coping in an era of no growth
23. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
24. 05:05GMT
  
  World Briefing—20/01/2013
  
  BBC News reports from around the world.
25. 05:20GMT
  
  Sports News—20/01/2013
  
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
26. 05:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
27. 05:32GMT
  
  In the Balance—The quest for energy security
  
  Is there such a thing as safe energy?
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Morning
1. 06:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 06:05GMT
  
  Weekend—20/01/2013
  
  A review of the week with the latest news.
3. 06:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 06:32GMT
  
  Discovery—John Gurdon
  
  2012 Nobel Prize winner, John Gurdon, on cloning a frog decades before Dolly the Sheep
5. 06:50GMT
  
  Witness History—Black Stars of Ghana
  
  Striker Osei Kofi on how the Ghanaian football team dominated Africa in the 1960s.
6. 07:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
7. 07:05GMT
  
  Weekend—0700 GMT (20/01/2013)
  
  Julian Worricker with Andrew Mueller in London and Julie Gichuru in Nairobi
8. 08:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
9. 08:05GMT
  
  Weekend—0800 GMT (20/01/2013)
  
  Julian Worricker with Andrew Mueller in London and Julie Gichuru in Nairobi
10. 09:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
11. 09:05GMT
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—Presidential questions in Venezuela, and learning English in India
  
  The president who’s everywhere and nowhere, plus dispatches from Italy and India.
12. 09:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
13. 09:32GMT
  
  The Fifth Floor—Reporting Mali
  
  As the crisis in Mali deepens, what have been the reporting challenges for BBC Africa?
14. 10:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
15. 10:05GMT
  
  World Briefing—20/01/2013
  
  BBC News reports from around the world.
16. 10:20GMT
  
  Sports News—20/01/2013
  
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
17. 10:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
18. 10:32GMT
  
  Boston Calling—Girl's Ballet School in Syria
  
  How life goes on for young ballerinas in a suburb of Damascus
19. 11:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
20. 11:05GMT
  
  The Strand Weekend Archive—Art in Marseilles
  
  Marseilles in southern France is one of the European Capitals of Culture for 2013.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 12:05GMT
  
  Newshour—Algeria death toll rises
  
  Questions follow Algerian siege; Burma breaks Kachin ceasefire; music from bird poo.
3. 13:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 13:05GMT
  
  The Documentary—Pity The Poor Soccer Stars, Pity The Poor Soccer Stars
  
  1/2 Why do so many African football stars go from rags to riches - and back to rags again?
5. 13:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
6. 13:32GMT
  
  The Why Factor—The Boxers of Bukom
  
  Why are the men of Bukom in Accra so good at boxing?
7. 13:50GMT
  
  Witness History—Chaim Soutine
  
  It is 120 years since the birth of the great Expressionist painter.
8. 14:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
9. 14:05GMT
  
  The Documentary—Uzbek To My Roots
  
  A young Londoner traces her roots back to her family's homeland in Uzbekistan.
10. 14:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
11. 14:32GMT
  
  Heart and Soul—Cañada Real
  
  John Laurenson reports on the role of religion in Western Europe’s biggest shantytown.
12. 15:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
13. 15:05GMT
  
  World Briefing—20/01/2013
  
  BBC News reports from around the world.
14. 15:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
15. 15:32GMT
  
  Global Business—The New Normal
  
  Peter Day asks how businesses are coping in an era of no growth
16. 16:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
17. 16:05GMT
  
  Sportsworld—20/01/2013
  
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
18. 17:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
19. 17:05GMT
  
  Sportsworld—20/01/2013
  
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Evening
1. 18:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 18:05GMT
  
  Sportsworld—20/01/2013
  
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
3. 18:30GMT
  
  Sportsworld Have Your Say—20/01/2013
  
  Football and more - the fan's phone-in from the BBC.
4. 19:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
5. 19:05GMT
  
  World Briefing—20/01/2013
  
  BBC News reports from around the world.
6. 19:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
7. 19:32GMT
  
  The Fifth Floor—Reporting Mali
  
  As the crisis in Mali deepens, what have been the reporting challenges for BBC Africa?
8. 20:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
9. 20:05GMT
  
  The Documentary—Uzbek To My Roots
  
  A young Londoner traces her roots back to her family's homeland in Uzbekistan.
10. 20:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
11. 20:32GMT
  
  Heart and Soul—Cañada Real
  
  John Laurenson reports on the role of religion in Western Europe’s biggest shantytown.
12. 21:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
13. 21:05GMT
  
  Newshour—UK backs Algerian military
  
  Alistair Burt: Algerian army faced with evil; Obama's inauguration; Afghan prison torture.
14. 22:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
15. 22:05GMT
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—Presidential questions in Venezuela, and learning English in India
  
  The president who’s everywhere and nowhere, plus dispatches from Italy and India.
16. 22:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
17. 22:32GMT
  
  Digital Planet—Rebuilding EDSAC
  
  A report on the work to rebuild the pioneering 1940s computer, EDSAC
18. 22:50GMT
  
  Over to You—Digital Listening
  
  The growing demand for podcasts and on-demand listening
19. 23:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—20/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
20. 23:05GMT
  
  World Briefing—20/01/2013
  
  BBC News reports from around the world.
21. 23:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—20/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
22. 23:32GMT
  
  Boston Calling—Girl's Ballet School in Syria
  
  How life goes on for young ballerinas in a suburb of Damascus
23. 23:58GMT
  
  Off air
  
  Programmes will resume at 00:00
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Late
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—21/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:05GMT
  
  World Briefing—21/01/2013
  
  BBC News reports from around the world.
3. 00:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—21/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 00:32GMT
  
  The Why Factor—The Boxers of Bukom
  
  Why are the men of Bukom in Accra so good at boxing?
5. 00:50GMT
  
  Sports News—21/01/2013
  
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
6. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—21/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
7. 01:05GMT
  
  World Briefing—21/01/2013
  
  BBC News reports from around the world.
8. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—21/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
9. 01:32GMT
  
  The Fifth Floor—Reporting Mali
  
  As the crisis in Mali deepens, what have been the reporting challenges for BBC Africa?
10. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—21/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
11. 02:05GMT
  
  The Documentary—Uzbek To My Roots
  
  A young Londoner traces her roots back to her family's homeland in Uzbekistan.
12. 02:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—21/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
13. 02:32GMT
  
  Health Check—Australia heat wave
  
  How the body copes with extremely high temperatures currently occurring in Australia
14. 02:50GMT
  
  Witness History—The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
  
  The US government's experiment on a group of African-American men without their knowledge
15. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—21/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
16. 03:05GMT
  
  Newsday—21/01/2013
  
  Live news, business and sport from around the world.
17. 03:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—21/01/2013
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
18. 03:32GMT
  
  Heart and Soul—Cañada Real
  
  John Laurenson reports on the role of religion in Western Europe’s biggest shantytown.
19. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News 2013—21/01/2013
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
20. 04:05GMT
  
  The Strand Weekend Archive—Art in Marseilles
  
  Marseilles in southern France is one of the European Capitals of Culture for 2013.
21. 05:00GMT
  
  Newsday—21/01/2013
  
  Live news, business and sport from around the world.

Monday 21 January 2013

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