SATURDAY 09 MAY 2020

SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172x5nr3gcq9tb)
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SAT 01:06 Business Matters (w172x18q47lw2pq)
Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.


SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzyz42s)
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SAT 02:06 WorklifeIndia (w3cszvgm)
Coronavirus lockdown: Lessons in tackling pollution?

Lockdowns across the world have grounded flights and shut down factories. But as countries battle the coronavirus pandemic and prepare for an impending economic recession, we are also witnessing one of the largest carbon crashes ever recorded. People across the world are talking about and sharing pictures on social media of azure blue skies, fresh air, clean water and even rare wildlife sightings within human settlements.

But environmentalists warn all this may be temporary, as economic recovery would get prioritized before the environment in a post-pandemic world.

So, are there lessons the pandemic can teach us about living with nature? And will countries go for greener policies as they rebuild their economies?

In this edition of WorklifeIndia, we bring in guests from China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India to discuss what the lockdown has meant for some of Asia’s – and the world’s – most polluted places.

Presenter: Devina Gupta

Contributors: Sunita Narain, director general, Centre for Science and Environment, India; Ahmad Rafay Alam, environment lawyer, Pakistan; Shababa Haque, senior research associate, International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh; Yifei Li, assistant professor of environmental studies, New York University Shanghai, China


SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pl8qknhc5)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3cszhj2)
The tropical island where cricket carries on

Could women's cricket be the hardest hit by the Covid-19 shutdown? We hear from Middlesex captain Naomi Dattani, whose hopes of a breakthrough year have been shattered.

Plus, we'll take you to the only cricketing nation in the world where the game is still being played. It's business as usual in the virus-free tropical island of Saint Helena.

And how should Darren Lehmann's tenure as Australia coach be remembered?

Photo: St Helena (Getty Images)


SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzyz7tx)
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SAT 03:06 The Fifth Floor (w3cszjgy)
Garment factories, missing buttons and Antarctic trips

David Amanor invites Akbar Hossain of BBC Bangla, Giang Nguyen of BBC Vietnamese and Anastasiya Gribanova of BBC Ukrainian to share stories from inside and outside the Covid-19 pandemic. Including lockdown and Bangladesh's garment factories; the long journey of Ukrainian scientists to their Antarctic base; and what coronavirus has revealed about supply chains in Vietnam.

Nepal's puppet marriages
Rama Parajuli of BBC Nepali describes a tradition from a remote part of the country, where two girls are chosen as bride and groom in a pretend "puppet" marriage. It has all the feasts, dances and gifts of a real marriage, but ends the same day.

Pink dolphins
BBC Chinese recently ran a beautiful online story about the pink dolphins of Hong Kong. They’re a big draw for tourists, but also critically endangered. For reporter Martin Yip, this was his first encounter with them.

Venezuela's young 'farmers'
Some young Venezuelan gamers have found it can be easier to earn a living in the virtual world than the real one. They call it 'farmeo', winning points and credits in video games that can be sold for real money. BBC Mundo’s Guillermo Olmo has spoken to some of them.

Picture: Garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Credit: EPA


SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3cszmtt)
VE Day

On the 8th of May 1945, hundreds of thousands of Londoners took to the streets to celebrate the end of the Second World War in Europe. BBC correspondents captured the scenes of joy across the city - from the East End to Piccadilly Circus. This programme is made up of material from the BBC Archives recorded on VE Day in 1945.

Photo: Londoners dancing on VE Day (Getty Images)


SAT 04:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzyzcl1)
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SAT 04:06 The Real Story (w3cszcmt)
Coronavirus: Will flying ever be the same?

Most industries around the world have been shaken by the coronavirus, but few have been quite as devastated as the airline industry. IATA, which represents about 290 airlines around the world, says the airline industry could lose $314bn due to the outbreak, as planes are grounded and entire routes abandoned. Aviation employs millions of people and underpins the livelihoods of tens of millions more. So can it recover? Past crises like the 9/11 terror attacks transformed the flying experience and the pandemic will do the same, but how so? Can the world’s airports provide a safe travel experience while keeping passengers moving? What happens to societies - to business trips and leisure activities - when people can no longer be mobilised to and from airports in vast numbers? And what happens to our relationships with each other - and to other places - if the cost of travel becomes unaffordable for most?
Ritula Shah and a panel of expert guests discuss whether air travel will ever been the same.


SAT 05:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzyzhb5)
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SAT 05:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b3tx3k7r9)
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SAT 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pl8qknvlk)
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SAT 05:32 Trending (w3csws7l)
The Sextortion Scammers

We investigate the criminals who threaten to expose you on social media, using password hacking.

Imagine you open your email and there’s a message in there from someone that knows some of your personal information – like your laptop password. Not only that, but they’re threatening to reveal your darkest secrets on social media, unless you pay a ransom in anonymous cryptocurrency. That’s been happening to people all over the world - including our reporter Jo Whalley.

Jo finds out how cyber criminals have got hold of people’s personal information and about the huge sums of money people have been paying to the scammers.

Presenter: Mike Wendling
Reporter: Jo Whalley
Studio Manager: Neil Churchill

Photo Caption: Photo illustration of hackers
Photo Credit: Getty Images


SAT 05:50 The Big Idea (w3csxfj9)
Outrage and Moral Conscience

Why is there so much outrage on social media? And what does this have to do with our moral conscience? Molly Crockett is a neuroscientist who runs her own lab at Yale University. She believes that concern about reputation may explain both the operation of our conscience and our frequent expressions of indignation.

Presented by David Edmonds

(Image: Flaming fists, Credit: Shutterstock)


SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzyzm29)
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SAT 06:06 The Documentary (w3ct0t1r)
One hundred days of Brexit

When voters elected new Members of Parliament to ‘get Brexit done’ in the UK election last December, no-one anticipated that the first 100 days after the UK left Europe on 31st January 2020, would instead be dominated by a global pandemic. Not least the newly elected MPs themselves.
In 100 Days we hear how ‘get Brexit done’ turned into ‘StayatHome’ through the experiences of four first time MPs. They represent constituencies across the North of England – places where voters had switched traditional allegiances in great numbers. Conservative MP Simon Fell, won in Barrow-in-Furness and he’s under no illusions – they wanted him to get Brexit done, voting as much for his leader, Boris Johnson, as for Simon himself. In Barrow, on Brexit day, voters tell us how they feel on this historic day.

In Yorkshire, Olivia Blake is the newly elected Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam – a seat held by Labour but which many believed would be lost. Likewise in Warrington North, where Charlotte Nichols held on narrowly against the Brexit tide.

Richard Holden took the North West Durham seat from Labour – we meet him in early March, in Consett, a town once dominated by its steel works, which closed 40 years ago. There’s growing concern about coronavirus. Just over two weeks later Britain goes into lockdown.

Caz Graham hears the MPs’ stories of the first 100 days of Brexit - and how coronavirus changed everything.

(Photo: Simon Fell, Conservative MP for Barrow-in-Furness)

Producer: Philip Reevell


SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzyzqtf)
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SAT 07:06 Business Weekly (w3ct0sng)
The most compelling reports and interviews from the BBC's business programmes over the past week, examining the huge issues facing policymakers and asking what the future holds for our working lives.


SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzyzvkk)
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SAT 08:06 The Documentary (w3ct0t1x)
Don't Log Off

Don't log off - part five

Around the world our borders are closed and we’ve been told to keep our distance. But that’s not always easy. For some, it’s near impossible.

Alan Dein connects with people around the globe, as they try to find space amongst those around them.

Under the setting sun of the African Savannah, Maasai leader Kimaren is used to living collectively – something he has been told they can no longer do.

Novia, originally from Indonesia, is a domestic worker in Singapore, living with a family that is not her own.

In Hangzhou, China, Fish has gone outside for the first time after weeks locked down on her University campus.

And in a South African township, Zanyiwe tries to make sense of social distancing - living in a six-metre ‘shack’ with nine others.


SAT 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pl8qkp6ty)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 08:32 The Documentary (w3ct0t0p)
Chinese Dreams

Chinese Dreams: Canada

Canada has been sucked into a global dispute between the US and China. It started in Vancouver, with arrest on an American warrant of Meng Wanzhou, an executive with the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. China’s furious response caught Canada off guard. Two Canadians have been detained in China – seemingly in response, precipitating an acute foreign policy crisis.

Canadian journalist Neal Razzell examines what could be the first of many tests for this nation, in which it is forced to choose between its two biggest trading partners.

(Photo: Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to appear in British Columbia Supreme Court, Vancouver. Credit: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters)


SAT 09:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzyzz9p)
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SAT 09:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b3tx3kqqt)
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SAT 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pl8qkpbl2)
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SAT 09:32 Trending (w3csws7l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 today]


SAT 09:50 Over to You (w3cszf46)
Getting the balance right

Is the BBC World Service getting the balance right with the amount of airtime it is giving to the coronavirus pandemic? Not everyone thinks so. Listeners give their views on both sides of the debate and the controller of BBC World Service English, responds.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon


SAT 10:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz031t)
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SAT 10:06 Sportshour (w172x3br1cxmr3p)
Live Saturday morning global sports show with reports, debate and humour.


SAT 11:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz06sy)
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SAT 11:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b465dpth7)
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SAT 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pl8qkpl2b)
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SAT 11:32 The Response (w3ct0rws)
The Response: Coronavirus

Lockdown: Tales from Brazil, Germany and Australia

Listeners from Brazil, Germany, Rwanda, Australia and Norway report on their experiences of lockdown, from reaction to Jair Bolsanaro's coronavirus policies to the partial easing of lockdown in Germany, to racial abuse experienced by Chinese residents in Australia.

By emailing a voice memo recorded on their smartphones listeners from different countries offer their unique perspectives on a global crisis, and a glimpse of not just their own lives in lockdown, but how their country is tackling this unprecedented challenge.
If you want to tell us your story, send your voice memo to theresponse@bbc.co.uk or simply send us a message saying you want to take part.

(Photo: A supporter of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro displays a national flag as she takes part in a demonstration in Brasilia. Credit: Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images)


SAT 12:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz0bk2)
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SAT 12:06 Music Life (w3csz6sr)
The influence of family with Soweto Kinch and Shingai Shoniwa

Music Life this week sees British jazz saxophonist, MC, and poet Soweto Kinch host Shingai Shoniwa, Eno Williams, and Barney Artist.

Singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa is formerly of the band The Noisettes. The name Shingai, according to Wikipedia, means "bold/courageous/strong" in the Shona language. Eno Williams is the lead vocalist in the electronic funk band Ibibio Sound Machine. She was born in London but spent most of her childhood in Nigeria where her family spoke Ibibio, the native language of the Ibibio people in Akwa Ibom Staten. And our final guest is Barney Artist, a London rapper, who’s worked with George The Poet, Tom Misch, and Jordan Rakai. Soweto is a Mercury prize nominated / MOBO winning artist who’s been championed by Mos Def and Rodney P and has supported the likes of KRS ONE, Dwele, and TY. He’s also the nicest guy in music.

Together they explore themes in music that revolve around family and its influence, the idea of homecoming and identity, and the importance of language.


SAT 13:00 BBC News (w172x5nr3gcrrrw)
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SAT 13:06 Newshour (w172x2ynnsrth5y)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


SAT 14:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz0l1b)
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SAT 14:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b3tx3lbgg)
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SAT 14:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pl8qkpy9q)
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SAT 14:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct0t19)
Reflections on Faith in a Global Crisis

Ritual

Rituals are at the heart of many religions, they are vital to the practice of faith giving structure, comfort and focus.

The best-selling Indian writer Amish Tripathi sees daily yoga practice as central to his Hindu faith. He loves the calm and balance it brings. But with the virus bringing fear of respiratory problems he newly appreciates the breathing techniques which ease anxiety. Miriam Camerini is an Italian trainee Rabbi who is stranded in Canada, unable to travel home. She is heartbroken to hear of sick friends, but comforted by new online connections with Jerusalem. And a Pastor used to non-stop cross-border travel to look after Mexican and US parishioners finds strength in bible passages he never had time to sit and study before.

With much of the world in lockdown the rituals and sacraments of conventional religion are impossible. Journalist John McCarthy hears how people are finding new ways to live out their faith in retreat.


SAT 15:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz0psg)
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SAT 15:06 Sportsworld (w172x3l40ybv2py)
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SAT 16:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz0tjl)
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SAT 16:06 Sportsworld (w172x3l40ybv6g2)
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.


SAT 17:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz0y8q)
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SAT 17:06 Business Weekly (w3ct0sng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:06 today]


SAT 18:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz120v)
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SAT 18:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b465dqnq4)
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SAT 18:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pl8qkqf97)
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SAT 18:32 Trending (w3csws7l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 today]


SAT 18:50 Over to You (w3cszf46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:50 today]


SAT 19:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz15rz)
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SAT 19:06 World Questions (w3cszt5w)
Coronavirus and Asia

World Questions explores the impact of Covid-19 on Asia with a panel of leading public health experts, politicians and analysts from across the region.
What can be done to slow down the spread of the virus? And how should countries balance the needs of their economies with the need to save lives?
The programme is presented by Jonny Dymond and the panel includes:

Manish Sisodia: Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, India
Jiyoon Kim: Analyst and broadcaster, South Korea
Dr Shahid Jameel: Leading virologist, India
Sophia Yan: Daily Telegraph Beijing Correspondent, China

Producer: Helen Towner
Studio Manager: Tim Heffer

BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Photo: A representative of the Tokyo metropolitan government wearing a face mask holds a sign saying Stay Home, Credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi / Getty Images)


SAT 20:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz19j3)
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SAT 20:06 The Arts Hour (w3cszk2q)
Australian actor Chris Hemsworth

This week on The Arts Hour, Australian actor Chris Hemsworth talks about his latest action movie, Extraction, and his struggles with home schooling in the lock down, Danish Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson explains why he’s creating digital images of the earth and British musician Lianne Le Havas plays with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

The Arts Hour also hears about American actor Steve Martin’s favourite works in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, author C Pam Zhang talks about her novel following during the American gold rush and Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach in a deserted concert hall.

Joining Nikki Bedi to discuss this week’s cultural highlights are crime writer Simone Buchholz, author of Mexico Street, and Icelandic comedian Ari Eldjárn.

Image: Chris Hemsworth
Credit: Getty Images/Don Arnold


SAT 21:00 BBC News (w172x5nr3gcsqqx)
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SAT 21:06 Newshour (w172x2ynnsrvg4z)
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SAT 22:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz1k0c)
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SAT 22:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3csz9pd)
Lebanon’s hunger revolution

The effect of the lockdown on the Lebanese population has been dramatic. The economy was already on its knees through mismanagement and corruption and now it has all but collapsed. The exchange rate of the Lebanese lira has plummeted, slashing people’s wages and savings by more than half. Seventy five per cent of the population are now in need of aid and every other person is living below the poverty line. People are once again taking to the streets. Abbie Cheeseman reports on what has become known as the hunger revolution.

Guangzhou in southern China is home to a large community from sub-Saharan Africa. People come for the business opportunities, the trading to be done, or to study. The locals called the part of the city where Africans did business, lived and socialised, Little Africa, and the Chinese government had been welcoming up to now. But the coronavirus has exposed prejudice, as Danny Vincent heard.

Nigeria’s mega-churches, once host to vast numbers of worshippers, were told to close their doors to stop the spread of Coronavirus. Some have adapted to the changes quickly, streaming prayer services online, making donations to the government and stricken worshippers - as well as asking for them. But not all their followers are complying with social distancing measures, drawing the ire of the Nigerian authorities, as Nduka Orijinmo found.

On the West Coast of Ireland, in County Clare, stand the imposing Cliffs of Moher. They are situated on the Wild Atlantic Way – a 2,500 kilometre route that follows the rugged Irish coastline from County Donegal in the north to County Cork in the south. The striated cliffs soar 214 metres high. And the place is popular. But right now, the well-trodden coastal path is almost deserted, giving nature a chance to reclaim it. Trish Flanagan took a wander.

(Image: Anti-government protesters attend a protest against the collapsing Lebanese lira currency and the price hikes of goods in Beirut Credit: EPA/Nabil Mounzer)


SAT 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pl8qkqx8r)
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SAT 22:32 Outlook (w3cszdzp)
Back to the islands: searching for lost graves

After being stranded on a deserted island as a child refugee fleeing Vietnam in 1979, Dr Carina Hoang returned 19 years later. She'd survived unimaginable trauma and her cousin had died on a nearby island. She was determined to find his grave and give him a proper burial to bring peace to their family. It would be the first of many trips back because when other refugees started to hear of Carina's mission they started calling her, asking for help. (2/2)

Part 1 of this story can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszdzn

Carina's book is called Boat People: Personal Stories from the Vietnamese Exodus 1975-1996.

Presented by Emily Webb
Produced by Mariana Des Forges

Picture: Dr Carina Hoang in the jungle with an Indonesian official
Credit: Courtesy of Dr Carina Hoang


SAT 23:00 BBC News (w172x5nrtzz1nrh)
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SAT 23:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b465dr8fs)
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SAT 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pl8qkr10w)
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SAT 23:32 Boston Calling (w3csz70j)
Extra credit

Adam Carter was awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to teach English to teenagers in Beijing. When the coronavirus outbreak hit, his school there was shut down. Carter is still teaching his students remotely, but he also came up with an idea for a side project: trying to broker deals of Chinese-made personal protective equipment - things like masks and gloves - to American hospitals in need. It's been far more complicated than he imagined.

A group of Harvard university graduate students have also created a new PPE supply chain from China to Boston, while other students are on the front lines of debunking Covid-19 misinformation; international students continue to face uncertainty over what the coming school year will look like; while yet another student, her friends and her family, find a unique way to celebrate her graduation; and professional athletes find creative ways to train from while staying at home.

Photo: From left, statues of Lucy Stone and Abigail Adams are heeding the advice of the CDC by wearing face masks on Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe/Getty Images)