SATURDAY 29 AUGUST 2020

SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9k7b7)
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SAT 01:06 Business Matters (w172x18wyjnbgf4)
Thousands gather at historic civil rights march

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Washington DC demanding racial justice and equality 57 years after the original civil rights march headed by Martin Luther King. We hear from Edith Lee Payne, who was there as a 12 year old and whose photo is one of the most iconic ones taken at the 1963 march for jobs and freedom.

Also on the programme, we go to New Zealand, asking how the county is faring as they come out of a second coronavirus lockdown and deal with what appears to be a four-day cyber attack on their stock exchange.

Plus, as workplaces begin getting back to a new normal, experts say there’s an opportunity to completely rethink how we care for family members in order to benefit them and the wider economy.

And, the Central Bank of Jamaica have released a song about price stability. Tony Morrison, their songwriter and director of communications, explains why.

How organisers of one of the world's biggest street parties - the Notting Hill Carnival - are determined the show will still go on, despite coronavirus.

PHOTO: March on Washington August 2020/Getty Images


SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9kc2c)
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SAT 02:06 The Newsroom (w172x7bb0gg43hh)
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SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5psg8x7qbr)
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SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3cszhjl)
Anderson's 600, Dutch women's cricket and the CPL bio-bubble

On Stumped we discuss whether Jimmy Anderson is the greatest pace bowler of all time after he became the first seam bowler to take 600 Test wickets and we reflect on the third test match between England and Pakistan where Zak Crawley scored 267.

How has the postponement of the Women's World Cup affected teams who were hoping to qualify? The head coach of the Dutch women's national side Sean Trouw joins us to explain what they have been doing during Coronavirus and how they have seen a rise in participation numbers since the start of the pandemic.

Plus one of the biggest parties in world sport, the Caribbean Premier League began last week but how does the bio-bubble in Trinidad and Tobago compare to England? We speak to Danny Morrison who is a journalist there.

Photo: James Anderson of England celebrates after taking the wicket of Azhar Ali of Pakistan to reach 600 Test Match Wickets during Day Five of the 3rd #RaiseTheBat Test Match between England and Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl on August 25, 2020 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images for ECB)


SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9kgth)
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SAT 03:06 The Fifth Floor (w3cszjhg)
Focus on Africa: 60 years on

As BBC Africa’s Focus on Africa celebrates its 60th anniversary, David Amanor talks to fellow members of the Focus team Bola Mosuro and Paul Bakibinga. What makes the programme special to them, what moments and encounters stand out, and what are their expectations for the future?

Uzbekistan: spotlight on a forgotten past
For the past two years, the BBC’s Ibrat Safo has been tracing the stories of a generation of young Uzbek scientists, doctors and academics who were murdered in Stalin’s purges in the 1930s. He tells us how they are being brought back to life after decades of silence.

Getting to know Navalny
Last week Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was taken seriously ill on a flight to Moscow. Poisoning is suspected, and he remains in a coma in Germany undergoing treatment. But who is Navalny and what does he stand for? We speak to BBC Russian editor Famil Ismailov to get a closer look at Putin's biggest political rival.

In praise of mariachi
In Mexico City, Plaza Garibaldi is the heart of mariachi music, where flamboyantly suited, sombrero-wearing musicians entertain drinkers and diners alike. But the Covid-19 lockdown also shut down mariachi, and led to mariachi band protests across Mexico. BBC Monitoring contributor Marcos Martínez Chacón explains what mariachi means to him and Mexicans.

Photo:Mr George Nyandoro (right) who represents the southern Rhodesian Peoples Caretaker Council in London , is interviwed by Edward Muska for Focus On Africa
Credit: BBC


SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3cszmvb)
Who has the right to vote in America?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark civil rights-era electoral law was designed to protect African-American and other minority voters. It was introduced to remove the many obstacles that were in place to prevent African-Americans from being able to vote. Many states, particularly in the south, used intimidation, local laws and so-called literacy tests to prevent black people from being able to register to vote. In 2010 Shelby County in Alabama attempted to overturn a key part of the law. In 2013 the US Supreme Court upheld their challenge. Now voters who are discriminated against bear the burden of proving they are disenfranchised. Farhana Haider hears from civil rights attorney Kristen Clarke who fought to protect the Voting Rights Act.

Photo Washington DC June 25. Supporters of the Voting Rights Act outside the U.S. Supreme Court. Credit Getty Images


SAT 04:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9klkm)
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SAT 04:06 The Real Story (w3cszcnb)
The Navalny ‘poisoning'

Alexei Navalny is Russia's best-known anti-corruption campaigner and opposition activist. Today he lies gravely ill in a Berlin hospital. The German doctors treating him say he appears to have been poisoned. Navalny has been a longstanding critic of President Vladimir Putin, and his anti-corruption activities have highlighted the huge asset holdings of Russia’s political elites. His online activism draws tens of thousands of people to the streets across the country in protest against a range of injustices. So what do we know about what has happened to Mr Navalny and his recent activities? Will his hospitalisation galvanise the opposition? And what of the timing - can the Kremlin afford a backlash now when Russia’s closest neighbour, Belarus, is gripped by anti-regime protests? Ritula Shah is joined by a panel of expert guests to discuss how events have changed the picture in Russia.


SAT 05:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9kq9r)
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SAT 05:06 The Newsroom (w172x7bb0gg4gqw)
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SAT 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5psg8x82l4)
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SAT 05:32 Trending (w3csws81)
‘I hunt trolls’

After she got a death threat, Ginger Gorman dove headfirst into the world of trolls.

It all started when she wrote a light feature about a gay couple who had adopted a child.

Years later, the couple were arrested on child sexual abuse charges, and although she had no knowledge of their crimes, internet trolls swarmed to attack her – even sending her and her family death threats.

Where some would run away and hide, Ginger became fascinated with the world of online trolling and spent five years researching a dark and dangerous online world for a new book.

Not only did she gain insight into the psyche of a troll but one notorious troll actually became her friend.

But what are the implications and consequences of trolls on the people they target? And should social media companies do more about the people who post online threats on their platforms?

Presenter: Anisa Subedar

(Photo Caption: Ginger Gorman / Photo Credit: Ginger Gorman)


SAT 05:50 The Big Idea (w3csxfjt)
Why are some nations rich?

Some countries, like Norway, are rich. Other countries, like Niger, are poor. Why? Why do some countries succeed whilst others fail? There are various possible theories. Some say that certain countries have geographical or resource advantages. Others claim that the real explanation is cultural – in some cultures, it’s said, there’s a stronger work ethic than in others. But the distinguished economist James Robinson, co-author of Why Nations Fail, proposes an alternative answer. He says it’s all to do with how a nation is governed and the strength of its institutions.

Presenter: David Edmonds
Producer: Ben Cooper

Image: Gold bars (Credit: Reuters)


SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9kv1w)
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SAT 06:06 The Documentary (w3ct0xk1)
August in Minsk

August in Minsk tells the story of the popular uprising in Belarus this August; a fast-changing revolt against the Soviet-style regime of Alexander Lukashenko. He’s been in power for 26 years and claimed victory in yet another election on August 9th. We're telling the story as it happens, with Minsk reporter Ilya Kuzniatsou. Film-maker, sound man and photographer, Ilya has been on the streets from the start, recording as he goes. Through Ilya's chance encounters and snatches of sound, we hear the story from the inside, raw and unfinished as the protest itself. As we go to air, there’s no sign of compromise or negotiation. President Lukashenko is still in power, and the protestors continue to gather.

Producer: Monica Whitlock

(Minsk Demonstration, August 23rd 2020. Credit: Ilya Kuzniatsou)


SAT 06:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5psg8x86b8)
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SAT 06:32 The Compass (w3ct0wpf)
The Senses

The senses: Synaesthesia: When senses merge

Neurologist Dr Guy Leschziner explores the extraordinary sensory experiences of individuals with synaesthesia - a mash-up of senses where one sense automatically triggers another. Some synaesthetes hear colours, others feel sound.

We meet James who perceives the world differently from most people, due to his brain’s unusual wiring. Whenever he hears a word he immediately gets a taste and texture in his mouth. As a child, he’d go by train to school with his mum, reading out loud the stations they passed through. His favourite was Tottenham Court Road because the word sounds taste of sausage, crispy fried egg and toast.

Whilst James tastes words, 23 year-old synaesthete Valeria sees colours and feels textures when she hears music. She assumes everyone has that sensory experience until, at aged 14, she sees her dad’s astonished reaction! For Valeria, some music is so utterly exquisite it causes her intense, physical pain.

Such variations in perception can also affect our internal world as Sheri, a painter from Canada, illustrates. After a stroke in her twenties she can no longer picture images in her mind. The condition, aphantasia (meaning ‘without a mind’s eye’) is so devastating Sheri calls it “internal blindness”.

Our understanding of reality comes from how we perceive the world around us. But as we discover in this programme and throughout this series, each of us experiences a unique reality constructed by our brain and our sensory system. Leading us to question what is real and what is an illusion.

(Valeria in the garden.Image taken by her brother Simone Perboni)
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SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9kyt0)
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SAT 07:06 Business Weekly (w3ct0snz)
What price the destruction of ancient sites?

Two ancient and archaeologically priceless rock shelters in Western Australia were destroyed earlier this year by the mining company Rio Tinto. On this episode of Business Weekly we ask whether the punitive measures imposed on senior executives this week are enough. Also could biotechnology transform the way we eat and the way we treat animals? We’ll be investigating the future of food and we’ll find out how a cat food made from mouse meat could be made - without harming any mice. As workers in the UK are seemingly unwilling to return to city centre offices during the Coronavirus pandemic, we’ll wonder what these spaces will look like in the years to come. And we’ll look at the romance scammers who are conning lonely hearts on social media.

Business Weekly is presented by Lucy Burton and produced by Matthew Davies.

(Photo: An ore handling plant in Pilbara, Western Australia. Credit: Getty Images.)


SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9l2k4)
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SAT 08:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3csz9px)
Donald Trump and his family make their case for the presidency

Pascale Harter introduces analysis, reportage and personal reflections from correspondents around the world.

Voters in the United States go to the polls in just over two months and this week the Republican Party formally set out its stall for four more years in government. Front and centre of the convention has been the Trump family. To get to the White House it’s important to win states such as Pennsylvania. Jane O’Brien has been there gauging the political mood.

Alexei Navalny lies in a coma in Berlin, as German doctors try to discover more about the poison they suspect caused him to be taken seriously ill on a plane from Moscow to Siberia. But the Kremlin says the Germans are jumping to conclusions about what happened to the opposition leader. No crime has been committed say the Russian authorities. The truth about what happened to Alexei Navalny may never be known. But what is clear is the extreme lengths the Russian authorities will go to in order to discredit the opposition, as Sarah Rainsford reports from Moscow.


The explosion at a port in the heart of Beirut last month blew a hole in what was left of the Lebanese state’s reputation among its people. The country was already in the grip of a currency crisis, the central bank rocked by rumours of a credibility scandal, meanwhile politicians remained too deadlocked to agree the terms of a loan from the International Monetary Fund. Many people had slipped below the poverty line. Then the explosion made 300,000 Beirutis homeless. Security forces met protestors with tear gas. Gabriel Gatehouse has met someone intent on fighting back.

France is in the grip of a second surge in coronavirus cases, the figures show the highest increase since mid-April. Face masks have been made mandatory in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron has urged anyone who is over 70, or with underlying health conditions to stay at home and limit social contact. In bigger cities like Marseille, bars and restaurants are closing early. These new restrictions may have been a blow to some of the people enjoying their freedoms when rules were relaxed. In Paris, Christine Finn had found joy in outdoor swimming, especially with fewer tourists.

Presenter: Pascale Harter
Producer: Bethan Head
Editor: Jasper Corbett

(Image: US President Donald Trump next to First Lady Melania Trump and members of their extended family at the 2020 Republican National Convention. Credit: Reuters)


SAT 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5psg8x8ftj)
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SAT 08:32 The Documentary (w3ct0x1q)
Black Music in Europe

Late 1950s-1960s

Clarke explores the variety of Black music produced in Europe in the late 1950s and early 1960s - Congolese rumba recorded in Brussels, Algerian chaabi in Paris and the emergence of the Notting Hill Carnival in London. We also hear how North African music inspired a revolution in folk guitar.

(Photo: Clark Peters. Credit:: Alexandra Quinn)


SAT 09:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9l698)
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SAT 09:06 The Newsroom (w172x7bb0gg4yqd)
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SAT 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5psg8x8kkn)
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SAT 09:32 United Zingdom (w3ct0wl6)
United Zingdom

29/08/2020 GMT

Zing Tsjeng wonders what it means to be British. She travels around the UK to find out.


SAT 09:50 Over to You (w3cszf4q)
The Bomb and the scientists who tried to stop it

Listeners air their views on the new series The Bomb - the intriguing story of how a nuclear bomb scientist tried to stop it from being used against Japan in WW2.

Plus the pros and cons of airing last weekend’s Champions’ League football. Did the BBC World Service score an own goal?

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon


SAT 10:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9lb1d)
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SAT 10:06 Sportshour (w172x3bxvnz33v3)
The week the sporting world took action

This week on Sportshour with Caroline Barker, we take an in-depth look at the situation in American sport after players in the NBA, WNBA, MLS and MLB refused to play this week following the shooting of Jacob Blake.

Two time NBA Champion Shannon Brown joins us to discuss the events of the last week and what needs to change. His brother – Sterling – plays for the Milwaukee Bucks. They were the first NBA team to say they wouldn’t play and he tells us about speaking to his brother in the bubble. We’re also joined by former Bucks player DeAndre Liggins and former WNBA player Tamara Moore. She gives us her reaction to the shirts worn by the Washington Mystics players that had bullet holes painted on the back . Professor Louis Moore tells us athlete boycotts do work and that he’s now expecting players in the NFL to make their voices heard if the season goes ahead.

We look ahead to the start of the Tour de France with Team Cofidis rider Nathan Haas and Jean Luc-Perez, who won the Race Across France. Haas tells us a stage win is like a “unicorn” for a French team and that uncertainty over rider contracts and 2021 has led to more risk taking among the peloton.

We hear from Sophia Popov after her shock win at Royal Troon to claim the AIG Women’s Open by two shots. The German golfer had not previously won on the LPGA or Ladies European Tour before and she tells us about her ambitions for the future.

This week’s Sporting Witness tells the story of British Olympic medal-winner – Tasha Danvers. She faced a common challenge for women athletes – how to juggle an athletics career with starting a family.

And – we preview the Women’s Champions League Final between Wolfsburg and Lyon, with Rebecca Smith from Copa 90.

Photo credit: An empty court and bench is shown with no signage following the scheduled start time in Game Five of the Eastern Conference First Round between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Orlando Magic during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on August 26, 2020 in Florida. The Milwaukee Bucks boycotted game 5 to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin (Getty Images).


SAT 11:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9lfsj)
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SAT 11:06 The Newsroom (w172x7bb0gg566n)
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SAT 11:32 The Documentary (w3ct0x1z)
Red State refugees

President Trump has dramatically reduced the numbers of refugees arriving in the United States, vowing to protect native-born Americans’ interests. But there’s a catch: some of the nation’s reddest communities may not survive without them. Katy Long will tell the story of one small, poor, conservative town — Cactus, Texas — where hundreds of refugees have settled, drawn by the well-paid jobs in meatpacking, shifting the demographics of the community, shaping the refugees’ perspective and saving the town from disaster. But for all that they represent change, Katy sees that in the longer-term some of the refugees’ views and values are more in line with small conservative towns than liberal cities.

Katy visited Cactus in 2018 and now, in the midst of a pandemic which continues to ravage this part of Texas, she catches up remotely with some of those she first met then. She’ll start with the elementary school Principal, TJ Fundenburg, the son of a local blacksmith who cheerfully admits that he didn’t know where Burma was before Burmese students started arriving at his school.

Cactus is a town which would have died altogether, taking the meatpacking plant and the jobs there with it, had it not been for these refugees. And so underlying this story is a question: if you drastically reduce immigration and stop refugee resettlement – as the Governor of Texas has recently announce – what happens to these towns, to the meatpacking industry, and to the idea of beef-and-oil-Texas?


SAT 12:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9lkjn)
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SAT 12:06 Music Life (w3csz6t8)
Musical dreams with Ishmael Butler and IAMDDB

Experimental hip-hop artist Ishmael Butler hosts this edition of music life - he's a member of Shabazz Palaces, and was also part of Grammy-winning hip-hop pioneers Digable Planets. He’s also worked with the likes of Flying Lotus, Thundercat, and Animal Collective.

He’s joined by IAMDDB, a songwriter and vocalist based in Manchester, UK, who is very much the artist in demand right now. Her performance of the song ‘ause on the music platform Colors has been viewed more than 16 million times, and her 2019 album ‘Swervvvvv.5’ made her a household name in the international community. Bishop Nehru is a young rapper and producer from New York. He has made two albums with elusive rap poet MF Doom, and worked with Dizzy Wright, 9th Wonder and Kaytranada. And KeiyaA is a singer, songwriter and producer from Chicago, now based in New York. She’s previously worked as a session musician for Noname, Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, and Mick Jenkins, and released her debut album Forever, Ya Girl earlier this year.

Together the group discuss the chemistry in collaborations, first steps in the creative process, and if they’ve ever dreamt an idea.


SAT 13:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9lp8s)
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SAT 13:06 Newshour (w172x2yvh2t8vxc)
How likely it is for children to spread coronavirus?

A study finds asymptomatic children can carry coronavirus for weeks. Also in the programme: The actor who brought Black Panther to life Chadwick Boseman has died at the age of 43 and Belarus has stripped the accreditation from at least a dozen journalists reporting on the post-election protests for Western media, including the BBC.

(Photo: Child putting on a Facemask. Credit: Getty Images)


SAT 14:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9lt0x)
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SAT 14:06 The Real Story (w3cszcnb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:06 today]


SAT 15:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9lxs1)
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SAT 15:06 Sportsworld (w172x3l9v7d9gfc)
Community Shield, Lionel Messi and the sporting boycott

John Bennett and the Sportsworld team look ahead to Sunday’s Womens Champions League final, discuss the latest transfer moves around Europe and preview the Community Shield final between Liverpool and Arsenal.

Plus, Sportsworld brings you a special documentary which profiles Marcelo Bielsa, who has taken Leeds United back to the Premier League after a 16-year absence, is one of soccer’s most endearing and enigmatic characters and has developed a cult following in many of the places he has coached.

Also coming up, the Black Lives Matter continues to impact the sporting world. As the NBA and the MLB decide to cancel some of their matches in protest, we take a look at the boycott of sport in America.

Photo credit: Lionel Messi looks on disappointed as Barcelona are knocked out of the Champions League after suffering a 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich (Getty Images).


SAT 18:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9m90f)
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SAT 18:06 The Newsroom (w172x7bb0gg61fk)
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SAT 18:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5psg8x9n8t)
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SAT 18:32 Trending (w3csws81)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 today]


SAT 18:50 More or Less (w3ct0pxr)
Is Trump right about blood plasma therapy?

Donald Trump says allowing the emergency use of blood plasma therapy for coronavirus patients will save “countless lives” and is “proven to reduce mortality by 35%”. We look at the evidence.

(Blood plasma donated by patients who recovered from Covid-19. Credit: Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images)


SAT 19:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9mdrk)
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SAT 19:06 The History Hour (w3cszkp9)
Margaret Ekpo - Nigeria's feminist pioneer

Margaret Ekpo helped establish Nigerian independence and became one of the country's first female MPs. We hear from her grandson and speak to a Nigerian feminist about why Nigeria has so few women in government today. Plus the US Supreme Court decision that threatens the voting rights of Black Americans, the policeman turned protestor who was part of the Occupy Wall Street protest, America's first woman combat pilot and the bittersweet memories of the Gaelic-speaking community who left the remote islands of St Kilda in 1930.

PHOTO: Margaret Ekpo in London in August 1953 (ANL/Shutterstock)


SAT 20:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9mjhp)
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SAT 20:06 The Arts Hour (w3cszk37)
Actor Bryan Cranston

American actor Bryan Cranston talks about his film The One and Only Ivan and hearing the voices of CGI characters in his head

The Jamaican dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson discusses his political poetry and why he feels his golden age of creativity is behind him

Akwaeke Emezi on their book The Death of Vivek Oji and being brought up in a Nigerwives community in Nigeria

Latino diva Gloria Estefan on why she has turned to Brazil for the inspiration behind her latest album

There’s hip hop music Senegalese style, where even the news can be rapped.

Nikki Bedi is joined by artist designer Yinka Ilori and by Swedish journalist Elin Unnes.

(Photo: Bryan Cranston. Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images)


SAT 21:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9mn7t)
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SAT 21:06 Newshour (w172x2yvh2t9twd)
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.


SAT 22:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9mrzy)
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SAT 22:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3csz9px)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


SAT 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5psg8xb48b)
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SAT 22:32 Outlook (w3cszf06)
The Great Escape of Bonga

Bonga Kuenda is one of Angola’s most notable musicians, a master of the semba - traditional Angolan music. He was born during Portuguese colonial rule, and before music, Bonga had forged a career in athletics. In the 1960s, he emerged from the shanty towns of Luanda to become the fastest sprinter in the Portuguese Empire, but he was racing for a regime that he despised, one he was secretly trying to bring down. This episode was first broadcast on 3rd November 2018.

Presenter: Harry Graham
Producer: Maryam Maruf

With thanks to Edward Drummond for the translation

Image: Bonga Kuenda
Credit: Getty Images


SAT 23:00 BBC News (w172x5nz0k9mwr2)
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SAT 23:06 The Newsroom (w172x7bb0gg6n56)
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SAT 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5psg8xb80g)
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SAT 23:32 The Why Factor (w3csyv0d)
Why are we conscious of so little?

Sleep, day-dreaming, meditation – these are all different states of awareness. In these states we are not really aware of what is going on around us. But even when humans are awake, we take in very little about our surroundings. So this week we speak to psychologists and neuroscientists to ask, why are we conscious of so little?

Presenter and producer: David Edmonds
Editor: Richard Knight

(Photo: X-ray image of human head with lightning / Credit: Getty Images)


SAT 23:50 More or Less (w3ct0pxr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:50 today]