BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule Saturday 5 August 2017

East and Southern Africa Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 00:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  Big Boss Interview—Jeff Sessions Cracks Down on Leaks in the US Administration
  
  The US attorney general has said four people have been charged over leaks.
3. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 01:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 01:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—US Notifies UN of Climate Deal Pull-Out
  
  Washington has given notice that it will quit the Paris deal but talks will continue
5. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/05 01:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
6. 01:32GMT
  
  Heart and Soul—The Jamaican Bible Remixed
  
  Should Jamaicans embrace a new Patois Bible as part of a fight against the colonial past? (R)
7. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 02:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 02:06GMT
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—Fake News and Cardboard Shields
  
  Violent politics in Kenya and Venezuela, China's webcam stars; Elvis's home in Germany
9. 02:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/05 02:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
10. 02:32GMT
  
  Trending—Child Safety Whistleblowers
  
  Whistleblowers from YouTube’s voluntary child safety scheme raise concerns. (R)
11. 02:50GMT
  
  50 Things That Made the Modern Economy—Seller Feedback
  
  Without seller feedback, companies like eBay might not have grown as they have
12. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 03:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
13. 03:06GMT
  
  The Real Story—How secular is India 70 years after Partition?
  
  Is Hindu Nationalism a threat to India's secular state seventy years after independence? (R)
14. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 04:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
15. 04:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—US Confirms Paris Climate Deal Pullout
  
  The US will continue to participate in climate meetings during withdrawal process
16. 04:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/05 04:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
17. 04:32GMT
  
  Stumped—Who are the winners in the Australia pay dispute?
  
  The fall-out from Australia's pay deal plus Dermot Reeve on how cocaine ruined his life.
18. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 05:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
19. 05:06GMT
  
  Weekend—Venezuela Opens Disputed New Constituent Assembly
  
  Venezuela proceeds with constituent assembly; Kenya election; Edinburgh Festival
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Morning
1. 06:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 06:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 06:06GMT
  
  Weekend—Edinburgh Festivals 2017
  
  Broadcast from Edinburgh as the city's world-renowned festival of arts and culture begins
3. 07:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 07:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 07:06GMT
  
  Weekend—Edinburgh Festivals 2017
  
  We are in Edinburgh, as the city's world-renowned festival of arts and culture begins
5. 07:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/05 07:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
6. 07:32GMT
  
  Outlook—Outlook Weekend: How Was Your Holiday?
  
  Holidays don't always go the way you plan them.
7. 08:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 08:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 08:06GMT
  
  The World This Week—Increasingly isolated: Trump on Russia
  
  As legal pressure on the president grows, splits appear with Republicans in Congress.
9. 08:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/05 08:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
10. 08:32GMT
  
  The Cultural Frontline—Can Music Influence our View of the World?
  
  Ramy Essam is an Egyptian musician whose song became the anthem for the Arab Spring
11. 09:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 09:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 09:06GMT
  
  Not by the Playbook—The Legacy of Bolt
  
  Shari Vahl and Ed Harry discuss Bolt's achievements and his importance to athletics.
13. 10:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 10:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 10:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—05/08/2017 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
15. 10:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/05 10:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 10:32GMT
  
  Global Business—Fish to Share
  
  Lesley Curwen explores the potential future of fishing in the UK, after it leaves the EU
17. 11:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 11:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
18. 11:06GMT
  
  Top of the Pops—Arcade Fire, Alice Cooper, The Fall
  
  Arcade Fire on their fifth album Everything Now. Plus music from Alice Cooper, The Fall
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Afternoon
1. 12:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 12:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 12:06GMT
  
  Newshour—Rwanda election: President Paul Kagame wins by landslide
  
  Supporters of Rwanda's President have been celebrating his landslide re-election.
3. 13:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 13:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 13:06GMT
  
  Music Extra—The Music of Time, The Music of Time – Cuba
  
  Why Cubans love and identify with their music style “son”
5. 14:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 14:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 14:06GMT
  
  Sportsworld—05/08/2017 GMT
  
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
7. 15:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 15:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 15:06GMT
  
  Sportsworld—05/08/2017 GMT
  
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
9. 16:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 16:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 16:06GMT
  
  Sportsworld—05/08/2017 GMT
  
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
11. 17:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 17:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 17:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—New Venezuela Body Sacks Chief Prosecutor
  
  Venezuela's constituent assembly sacks Luisa Ortega, an outspoken government critic
13. 17:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/05 17:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
14. 17:32GMT
  
  Trending—Child Safety Whistleblowers
  
  Whistleblowers from YouTube’s voluntary child safety scheme raise concerns. (R)
15. 17:50GMT
  
  Over to You—Who Decides If Gay Is OK? Your Questions Answered
  
  The presenter of the 'Who Decides If Gay Is OK?' documentary answers your questions
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Evening
1. 18:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 18:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 18:06GMT
  
  BBC Proms on the World Service—BBC Proms 2017, Beethoven's revolutionary Third Piano Concerto
  
  2/7 Igor Levit's much-anticipated performance of a piano classic.
3. 19:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 19:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 19:06GMT
  
  Focus on Africa—05/08/2017 GMT
  
  Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
5. 19:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/05 19:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
6. 19:32GMT
  
  Heart and Soul—The Jamaican Bible Remixed
  
  Should Jamaicans embrace a new Patois Bible as part of a fight against the colonial past? (R)
7. 20:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 20:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 20:06GMT
  
  Newshour—UN Security Council Unanimously Votes To Impose Sanctions On North Korea
  
  The British UN ambassador on why North Korea's recent missile tests went too far.
9. 21:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 21:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 21:06GMT
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—Fake News and Cardboard Shields
  
  Violent politics in Kenya and Venezuela, China's webcam stars; Elvis's home in Germany (R)
11. 21:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/05 21:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
12. 21:32GMT
  
  Global Business—Fish to Share
  
  Lesley Curwen explores the potential future of fishing in the UK, after it leaves the EU (R)
13. 22:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 22:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 22:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—05/08/2017 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
15. 22:20GMT
  
  Sports News—05/08/2017 GMT
  
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
16. 22:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/05 22:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
17. 22:32GMT
  
  CrowdScience—Can Animals Commit Murder?
  
  Are humans the only species that murder each other? We head to the rainforest to find out (R)
18. 23:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/05 23:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
19. 23:06GMT
  
  The Inquiry—Who Gets to Have Their Own Country?
  
  You might think simple rules decide the creation of nation states. You'd be wrong. (R)
20. 23:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/05 23:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
21. 23:32GMT
  
  Health Check—Worrying Signs of Disease in American Footballers’ Brains
  
  New research on players’ brains: is American football too dangerous? (R)
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Late
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/06 00:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  The World This Week—Increasingly isolated: Trump on Russia
  
  As legal pressure on the president grows, splits appear with Republicans in Congress. (R)
3. 00:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/06 00:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 00:32GMT
  
  Science In Action—Gene Editing Human Embryos
  
  Using gene editing to ‘fix’ gene implicated in heritable heart disease. (R)
5. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/06 01:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 01:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—06/08/2017 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
7. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/06 01:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 01:32GMT
  
  Discovery—In Their Element, Oxygen: The breath of Life
  
  2/8 Trevor Cox takes a deep breath and tells the story of oxygen on earth and in space (R)
9. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/06 02:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 02:06GMT
  
  Global Business—Fish to Share
  
  Lesley Curwen explores the potential future of fishing in the UK, after it leaves the EU (R)
11. 02:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/06 02:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
12. 02:32GMT
  
  The Cultural Frontline—Can Music Influence our View of the World?
  
  Ramy Essam is an Egyptian musician whose song became the anthem for the Arab Spring (R)
13. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/06 03:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 03:06GMT
  
  Artists at Work—Delphine de Vigan - No and Me
  
  French writer Delphine de Vigan discusses her prize-winning novel No and Me.
15. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/06 04:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
16. 04:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—06/08/2017 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
17. 04:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/08/06 04:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
18. 04:32GMT
  
  Assignment—Last Call from Aleppo
  
  In besieged East Aleppo a terrified mother of three makes one last desperate phone call (R)
19. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/08/06 05:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
20. 05:06GMT
  
  Weekend—UN Backs New North Korea Sanctions
  
  The UN Security Council agrees fresh sanctions against North Korea over missile programme

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