BBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview Schedule Saturday 2 September 2017

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Early
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 00:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  Big Boss Interview—Court Annuls Kenya Presidential Election
  
  The Kenyan Supreme Court has ordered a new vote, citing irregularities.
3. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 01:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 01:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—Kenya Election Observers Defend Themselves
  
  Election observers react to the Supreme Court's annulment of President Kenyatta's win.
5. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/02 01:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
6. 01:32GMT
  
  Heart and Soul—The Caliphate in the Countryside
  
  Why are people turning towards the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam? (R)
7. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 02:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 02:06GMT
  
  Global Business—A Virtual World
  
  Adam Shaw looks at how Virtual Reality could change our world
9. 02:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/02 02:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
10. 02:32GMT
  
  Stumped—Lewis Searches for Redemption
  
  Ex-England all-rounder Chris Lewis is seeking to move on after six years in jail.
11. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 03:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 03:06GMT
  
  The Real Story—Are Smartphones Harming Teenagers?
  
  The spread of smartphones has come with rising rates of depression in teenagers (R)
13. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 04:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 04:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—Strong Reactions to Annulled Kenyan Election
  
  International monitors defend initial positive response to Kenya's presidential election
15. 04:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/02 04:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 04:32GMT
  
  Boston Calling—Water, Water, Everywhere
  
  After Harvey, hundreds find refuge in Houston-area mosques
17. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 05:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
18. 05:06GMT
  
  Weekend—Trump Seeks $7.8bn for Flood Recovery
  
  US President Donald Trump asks Congress for funds following Hurricane Harvey damage
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Morning
1. 06:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 06:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 06:06GMT
  
  Weekend—What does 'Null and Void' Election mean for Democracy in Kenya?
  
  What message does the Supreme Court ruling send to the Kenyan government and people?
3. 07:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 07:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 07:06GMT
  
  Weekend—Hundreds Feared Dead in Myanmar Violence
  
  400 people are feared to have died as thousands flee across the border to Bangladesh
5. 07:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/02 07:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
6. 07:32GMT
  
  Outlook—Outlook Weekend: The Baddies
  
  How two men far from home became bad guys in the movies
7. 08:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 08:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 08:06GMT
  
  The World This Week—Double disaster hits Houston and South Asia
  
  Hurricane Harvey smashed into Texas - South Asia suffered the worst monsoon in years.
9. 08:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/02 08:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
10. 08:32GMT
  
  The Cultural Frontline—An Act Of Censorship Or Cultural Sensitivity?
  
  Should a divisive, traumatising sculpture have been dismantled?
11. 09:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 09:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 09:06GMT
  
  Not by the Playbook—Colin Kaepernick: Athlete Activist
  
  Colin Kaepernick remains without an NFL team. Is he unemployed because he spoke out?
13. 10:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 10:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 10:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—Thousands of Rohingyas Cross Into Bangladesh
  
  Bangladeshi police ignore order to turn back refugees / US determined to block IS convoy
15. 10:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/02 10:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 10:32GMT
  
  Global Business—A Virtual World
  
  Adam Shaw looks at how Virtual Reality could change our world (R)
17. 11:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 11:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
18. 11:06GMT
  
  The Real Story—Are Smartphones Harming Teenagers?
  
  The spread of smartphones has come with rising rates of depression in teenagers (R)
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Afternoon
1. 12:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 12:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 12:06GMT
  
  Newshour—Thousands More Rohingya Muslims Flee Into Bangladesh
  
  Thousands more Rohingya flee to escape an offensive by the Burmese army
3. 13:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 13:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 13:06GMT
  
  Music Extra—Where Stars Are Born: The Harlem Apollo
  
  The legacy of Harlem's Apollo theatre where stars Ella Fitzgerald and James Brown began
5. 14:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 14:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 14:06GMT
  
  Sportsworld—02/09/2017 GMT
  
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
7. 15:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 15:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 15:06GMT
  
  Sportsworld—02/09/2017 GMT
  
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
9. 16:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 16:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 16:06GMT
  
  Sportsworld—02/09/2017 GMT
  
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
11. 17:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 17:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 17:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—Rohingya Refugees Pour Out Of Myanmar
  
  United Nations estimates nearly sixty thousand Rohingya Muslims have fled to the border
13. 17:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/02 17:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
14. 17:32GMT
  
  Trending—Floods of Fake News
  
  Hurricane Harvey gave rise to a flurry of fake news. We unpick the online myths (R)
15. 17:50GMT
  
  Over to You—BBC Pidgin Has Launched
  
  BBC Pidgin listeners tell us what they think of the new BBC Pidgin service
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Evening
1. 18:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 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, America's Heroes
  
  6/7 Bernstein's score for the film On the Waterfront and Copland's stirring Lincoln Portrait
3. 19:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 19:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 19:06GMT
  
  The Forum—First Impressions: The Printing Press
  
  How a fifteenth century innovation changed our printed world
5. 19:50GMT
  
  50 Things That Made the Modern Economy—S-Bend
  
  The S-bend was a pipe with a curve in it, an invention that led to public sanitation
6. 20:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 20:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
7. 20:06GMT
  
  Newshour—Trump Returns to Texas
  
  President Trump visits the Harvey disaster zone in Houston
8. 21:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 21:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
9. 21:06GMT
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—A Power in the Land
  
  The courts trying IS fighters in Iraq; Kenyan sandbanks; a "micro-nation" in Australia
10. 21:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/02 21:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
11. 21:32GMT
  
  Boston Calling—Water, Water, Everywhere
  
  After Harvey, hundreds find refuge in Houston-area mosques (R)
12. 22:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 22:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
13. 22:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—Trump Hails Hurricane Relief Efforts
  
  US President has been meeting survivors of Hurricane Harvey in Texas
14. 22:20GMT
  
  Sports News—02/09/2017 GMT
  
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
15. 22:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/02 22:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 22:32GMT
  
  Global Business—A Virtual World
  
  Adam Shaw looks at how Virtual Reality could change our world (R)
17. 23:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/02 23:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
18. 23:06GMT
  
  The Inquiry—How Has The Ku Klux Klan Lasted So Long?
  
  Why the US racist group the Ku Klux Klan continues to exist (R)
19. 23:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/02 23:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
20. 23:32GMT
  
  CrowdScience—Spider Silk and Super Fly Senses
  
  Your questions about the super abilities of insects (R)
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Late
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/03 00:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  The World This Week—Double disaster hits Houston and South Asia
  
  Hurricane Harvey smashed into Texas - South Asia suffered the worst monsoon in years. (R)
3. 00:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/03 00:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 00:32GMT
  
  Science In Action—Forecasting Hurricane Harvey
  
  How good are we at predicting extreme weather events? (R)
5. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/03 01:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 01:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—N Korea has a 'Missile-Ready Nuclear Bomb'
  
  State media says Kim Jong-un watched an H-bomb be loaded into a new ICBM
7. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/03 01:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 01:32GMT
  
  Discovery—In Their Element, Silicon - The World's Building Block
  
  5/8 The key component of rocks, sand and materials from glass and concrete to microelectronics (R)
9. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/03 02:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 02:06GMT
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—A Power in the Land
  
  The courts trying IS fighters in Iraq; Kenyan sandbanks; a "micro-nation" in Australia (R)
11. 02:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/03 02:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
12. 02:32GMT
  
  The Cultural Frontline—An Act Of Censorship Or Cultural Sensitivity?
  
  Should a divisive, traumatising sculpture have been dismantled? (R)
13. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/03 03:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 03:06GMT
  
  Artists at Work—Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture
  
  World Book Club talks to author Sebastian Barry about his novel The Secret Scripture.
15. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/03 04:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
16. 04:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—North Korea Says it Has an Advanced Nuclear Weapon
  
  North Korea says it has developed a nuclear weapon that can be loaded on to a missile.
17. 04:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2017/09/03 04:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
18. 04:32GMT
  
  Assignment—Abdi in America
  
  A young Somali refugee tries to live the American dream (R)
19. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2017/09/03 05:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
20. 05:06GMT
  
  Weekend—Suspected North Korea Nuclear Test
  
  Tremor in North Korea prompts suggestions of another nuclear weapons test

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