BBC World Service South Asia Schedule Saturday 25 July 2020

South Asia Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 00:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  Big Boss Interview—Gold prices rise as investors look for safe haven
  
  The price of gold rises as investors get jitters over coronavirus and US-China tensions
3. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 01:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 01:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—25/07/2020 01:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
5. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—25/07/2020 01:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
6. 01:32GMT
  
  The Cultural Frontline—Pedro Reyes: Destroying guns, creating art
  
  Artist Pedro Reyes on why he’s making weapons of war into art
7. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 02:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 02:06GMT
  
  The Fifth Floor—The president and the hostage-taker
  
  A president, a hostage-taker, and likes for animal rights: one shift with BBC Ukrainian (R)
9. 02:50GMT
  
  Witness History—The fastest vaccine ever developed
  
  How a five-year-old girl helped her father create a record-breaking vaccine (R)
10. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 03:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
11. 03:06GMT
  
  The Real Story—Should tax havens help pay for coronavirus?
  
  Unlocking offshore funds would contribute trillions towards an economic recovery (R)
12. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 04:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
13. 04:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—25/07/2020 04:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
14. 04:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—25/07/2020 04:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
15. 04:32GMT
  
  Stumped—Ben Stokes: "The best cricketer I've played with"
  
  Dom Sibley chats to us about "Mr Incredible" Ben Stokes and his maiden home Test century.
16. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 05:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
17. 05:06GMT
  
  WorklifeIndia—How are India’s lavish weddings changing under lockdown?
  
  How is one of the world's biggest wedding industries adapting to social distancing? (R)
18. 05:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—25/07/2020 05:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
19. 05:32GMT
  
  Global Questions—Global Questions, Coronavirus: A different environment for the Earth?
  
  In many ways Coronavirus has been but will we see long lasting environmental change?
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Morning
1. 06:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 06:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 06:06GMT
  
  Business Weekly—Will the EU's Covid deal heal the bloc's divisions?
  
  The recovery plan totals hundreds of billions of euros. But are the "Frugal Four" happy?
3. 07:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 07:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 07:06GMT
  
  Top of the Pops—The Chicks, formerly known as The Dixie Chicks
  
  The Chicks on their new music and name change
5. 08:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 08:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 08:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—25/07/2020 08:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
7. 08:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—25/07/2020 08:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 08:32GMT
  
  United Zingdom—United Zingdom, 'Essex has given me my ballsiness'
  
  2/10 Zing heads to Witham to meet councillor Chelsey Jay, a self-described proud Essex girl
9. 08:50GMT
  
  The Big Idea—The teenage brain
  
  Why can’t teenagers get out of bed in the morning? (R)
10. 09:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 09:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
11. 09:06GMT
  
  Not by the Playbook—Major League Baseball's first female on-field coach
  
  Alyssa Nakken discusses becoming the first woman to coach on field in an MLB game
12. 10:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 10:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
13. 10:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—25/07/2020 10:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
14. 10:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—25/07/2020 10:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
15. 10:32GMT
  
  The Documentary—The confined: A story of hidden children
  
  How Jewish children and French nuns together defied the Nazis (R)
16. 11:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 11:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
17. 11:06GMT
  
  Music Life—'Synths are my best friends' with Suzanne Ciani, Marie Davidson, Sui Zhen, and Lorenzo Senni
  
  Four leading electronic artists discuss the joy of synthesisers
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Afternoon
1. 12:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 12:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 12:06GMT
  
  Newshour—Spain seeing a surge in coronavirus infections
  
  All nightclubs across Catalonia in north eastern Spain have been ordered to close
3. 13:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 13:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 13:06GMT
  
  Sportsworld—Tokyo 2021: the Olympics on hold
  
  It should have been the first weekend of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, so what next?
5. 17:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 17:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 17:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—25/07/2020 17:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
7. 17:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—25/07/2020 17:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 17:32GMT
  
  Trending—QAnon and on and on
  
  Why has a bizarre conspiracy theory surged in popularity during the global pandemic?
9. 17:50GMT
  
  James Naughtie’s Letter to America—Letter four
  
  Where did America's conservative revolution come from?
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Evening
1. 18:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 18:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 18:06GMT
  
  The Documentary—Seven dead, 46 injured: One Chicago weekend
  
  As violence rockets across the USA we look back at a weekend of shootings in Chicago (R)
3. 19:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 19:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 19:06GMT
  
  The Arts Hour—Director, producer and writer Oliver Stone
  
  Nikki Bedi talks to the multiple Oscar winning director, producer and writer Oliver Stone
5. 20:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 20:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 20:06GMT
  
  Newshour—Poland withdraws from convention protecting women's rights
  
  Poland announces it will withdraw from European convention protecting women's rights
7. 21:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 21:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 21:06GMT
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—Brazil’s legacy of racism
  
  Brazil confronts racial inequality; Turkmenistan and Covid-19 and a Venetian festival
9. 21:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—25/07/2020 21:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
10. 21:32GMT
  
  Global Questions—Global Questions, Coronavirus: A different environment for the Earth?
  
  In many ways Coronavirus has been but will we see long lasting environmental change? (R)
11. 22:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 22:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 22:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—25/07/2020 22:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
13. 22:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—25/07/2020 22:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
14. 22:32GMT
  
  The Why Factor—Why do stories matter?
  
  How stories help us connect, teach us empathy, and set the rules of society (R)
15. 22:50GMT
  
  More or Less—Data in the time of cholera
  
  A journey back to the birth of epidemiology
16. 23:00GMT
  
  BBC News—25/07/2020 23:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
17. 23:06GMT
  
  Unexpected Elements—Making a Covid-19 vaccine for two billion people
  
  The challenge of making two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses within the year.
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Late
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—26/07/2020 00:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  Tech Life—The new AI tool creating a buzz
  
  GPT-3 is a tool whose predecessor was dubbed “too dangerous to release”. (R)
3. 00:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—26/07/2020 00:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 00:32GMT
  
  Kalki Presents: My Indian Life—The biggest brothel in Asia
  
  Sonagachi is a hub for sex trafficking. Leena Kejriwal wants to end it #MyIndianLife
5. 00:50GMT
  
  Resolves—Resolves, Caroline Hodges
  
  7/8 A headteacher resolves to find ways to provide poorer families with meal support
6. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—26/07/2020 01:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
7. 01:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—26/07/2020 01:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
8. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—26/07/2020 01:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
9. 01:32GMT
  
  Trending—QAnon and on and on
  
  Why has a bizarre conspiracy theory surged in popularity during the global pandemic? (R)
10. 01:50GMT
  
  Over to You—Has science coverage lost out its diversity of topics to Coronavirus?
  
  Listeners ask if coverage of Covid 19 has been to the detriment of other science topics?
11. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—26/07/2020 02:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 02:06GMT
  
  The Documentary—The most important, least important thing
  
  Why is watching sport so important to us as a species? What happens when it disappears?
13. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—26/07/2020 03:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 03:06GMT
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—Brazil’s legacy of racism
  
  Brazil confronts racial inequality; Turkmenistan and Covid-19 and a Venetian festival (R)
15. 03:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—26/07/2020 03:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 03:32GMT
  
  United Zingdom—United Zingdom, 'Essex has given me my ballsiness'
  
  2/10 Zing heads to Witham to meet councillor Chelsey Jay, a self-described proud Essex girl (R)
17. 03:50GMT
  
  James Naughtie’s Letter to America—Letter four
  
  Where did America's conservative revolution come from? (R)
18. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—26/07/2020 04:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
19. 04:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—26/07/2020 04:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
20. 04:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—26/07/2020 04:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
21. 04:32GMT
  
  The Documentary—The confined: A story of hidden children
  
  How Jewish children and French nuns together defied the Nazis (R)
22. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—26/07/2020 05:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
23. 05:06GMT
  
  Assignment—The many colours of Raqqa
  
  How Syria's secret photographer worked and survived under every force in the conflict (R)
24. 05:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—26/07/2020 05:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
25. 05:32GMT
  
  Heart and Soul—Vipassana: 240 hours of silence
  
  Inside the world of vipassana meditation - 10 days of demanding, illuminating silence (R)

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