SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2020

SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y3jjx)
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SAT 01:06 Business Matters (w172x18xp28wrmt)
Oregon wildfires: Dozens of people missing in deadly blazes

Dozens of people are missing in Oregon as wildfires continue to rage across the western US state. Meanwhile, misinformation about the source of the fires has been rife on social media. Journalist Shane Burley reports from Oregon on how these rumours are impeding journalists' ability to cover the fires. Also in the programme, Rio Tinto's boss is quitting after the destruction of Aboriginal sites in Australia. Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings checks in with our sister station Marketplace to discuss his new book.And Michael Green of the Social Progress Imperative discusses their latest survey on those quality of life factors that go beyond mere economic growth. And in the Asian community, weddings often last for several days and are well known for the sheer number of invitees, their opulence and the cost. But with coronavirus putting a stop to large gatherings, the BBC's Nisha Patel has been finding out what it means for the future of Asian weddings.

All through the programme we'll be joined by Sinead Mangan of ABC in Perth.

(Picture credit: Getty Images.)


SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y3n91)
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SAT 02:06 The Newsroom (w172x7bbr02pdq5)
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SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pt5tjt0kf)
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SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3cszhjn)
Bell on Ashes glory and coaching ambitions

We're joined by England batting great Ian Bell as he bows out of the game with 118 Test matches and more than 20,000 first class runs to his name.

Find out more about a new campaign in Australia that's fronting up to racism and intolerance in cricket.

Can England repeat their T20 dominance over Australia in the 50-over form?

And a life of luxury in the IPL bio-bubble.

(Photo: Ian Bell celebrates and Ashes hundred in 2013. Credit: Getty Images)


SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y3s15)
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SAT 03:06 The Fifth Floor (w3cszjhj)
Behind the camera in Belarus

During protests against the President Alexander Lukashenko, shocking footage of violent police detentions and excessive force emerged. Elizaveta Vereykina of BBC Russian was one of the people behind the camera, and tells us what it was like for her on the ground in Minsk.

Nigeria's First Lady faux pas
Posting your daughter’s wedding photos online may not sound newsworthy. But if you're Nigeria’s first lady, and they show a lavish event while the country is suffering economic hardship under Covid-19, then it is. Princess Abumere in the Lagos Bureau explains the story, and the impact Covid-19 has had on the traditional big-fat-Nigerian wedding.

India's diamond polishers
Surat in Gujarat is the world's diamond polishing hub, cutting and polishing 70% of all diamonds. But lockdown brought that industry to a halt, with many losing their jobs. BBC Indian languages journalist Nitin Srivastava spoke to some of those affected.

Ethiopians in Yemen
The Gulf states and Middle East are historically popular destinations for migrant workers from Ethiopia, and travelling through war-torn Yemen a well-established trafficking route. But since the start of the global pandemic thousands of migrants have become trapped there, unable to go back or move on. BBC Arabic's Julien Hajj has been finding out more about their plight.

Photo: Elizaveta Verykina of BBC Russian in Minsk, Belarus 2020
Credit: BBC


SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3cszmvd)
Why the US rejected universal healthcare

The USA is the only rich democracy not to provide universal healthcare. After WW2 US President Harry Truman was horrified that only a fifth of all Americans could afford proper healthcare. Most middle class Americans had no private health insurance and many found medical fees unaffordable. He calculated that more than 300,000 people died every year because they couldn't pay for proper treatment. In 1945 he tried to persuade Congress to push through legislation for an insurance programme meaning all workers would pay for their healthcare through a monthly fee or tax. But the American Medical Association - representing doctors - employed a public relations firm to lobby against the move. Claire Bowes has been listening to archive material of Harry Truman and speaking to Jonathan Oberlander a Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Photo: President Harry Truman in 1947 (courtesy of US National Archives)
Archive material: courtesy of the Harry S Truman Library


SAT 04:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y3ws9)
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SAT 04:06 The Real Story (w3cszcnd)
When will we get a Covid-19 vaccine?

Given the continuing high cost to societies of the coronavirus pandemic in lost lives and economic hardship, dozens of potential vaccines are being developed and tested at record pace. The top US infectious diseases expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, says it’s unlikely but "not impossible" that a Covid-19 vaccine could win approval in October - an aim championed by President Trump. But there are growing concerns that the speed at which this is taking place may undercut public confidence in any vaccine produced. In the US, Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris says she “would not trust Donald Trump” as the sole arbiter of whether a vaccine was safe and reliable. But even if a Covid-19 vaccine is ready soon, the WHO has warned that “vaccine nationalism” - which would see richer countries buying up the bulk of supplies leaving developing nations wanting - could extend the pandemic and delay a return to global economic growth. So how quickly could a vaccine be produced and distributed? And which people in which countries will get access to it first? Dan Damon and a panel of expert guests ask - when will we get a Covid-19 vaccine?


SAT 05:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y40jf)
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SAT 05:06 The Newsroom (w172x7bbr02pryk)
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SAT 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pt5tjtcst)
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SAT 05:32 Comedians Vs. The News (w3ct0x39)
Adeola Fayehun and Alice Fraser

Funny couple Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini are joined by Nigerian YouTube star Adeola Fayehun and Australian comedy sensation Alice Fraser to tackle the world’s headlines. This week, why is China is expelling Australian journalists? And what is life really like for wizards in New Zealand?
Get involved and tell us about the funny stories where you are.
#comediansvsthenews


SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y448k)
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SAT 06:06 Weekend (w172x7czmg92hk8)
Afghan government and Taliban prepare to talk

An historic moment as the Afghan government and the Taliban prepare to sit down to peace talks.

Plus, how COVID-19 is affecting remote tribes in Brazil.

And wildfires rage in the US state of Oregon.

Joining Pascale Harter to discuss these and other issues are Laura Spinney, a novelist, translator and science journalist, and Matthew Green, climate correspondent for the Reuters News Agency based in London.

(Picture: A portrait of some Afghan men. Credit: BBC)


SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y480p)
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SAT 07:06 Weekend (w172x7czmg92m9d)
The Last Night of the Proms with a twist

A new multicultural approach to the BBC's Last Night of the Proms concert.

Also, how COVID-19 is affecting remote indigenous tribes in Brazil.

And a historic day for Afghanistan, as the first formal peace talks between the government and the Taliban get underway in Qatar.

Joining Pascale Harter to discuss these and other issues are Laura Spinney, a novelist, translator and science journalist, and Matthew Green, climate correspondent for the Reuters News Agency based in London.

(Picture: A previous picture of the BBC's Last Night of the Proms. Credit: PA)


SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y4crt)
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SAT 08:06 Weekend (w172x7czmg92r1j)
COVID message targets UK's young

How the young in the UK are being targeted by the government's Covid-19 messaging.

Also, a historic normalisation of relations between Bahrain and Israel.

And, a historic day for Afghanistan as the first formal peace talks between the government and the Taliban get underway in Qatar - we'll hear live from the talks in the capital, Doha.

Joining Pascale Harter to discuss these and other issues are Laura Spinney, a novelist, translator and science journalist, and Matthew Green, climate correspondent for the Reuters News Agency based in London.

(Picture: People eating out on Old Compton Street in Soho, London. Credit: PA)


SAT 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pt5tjtr16)
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SAT 08:32 The Documentary (w3ct0x1s)
Black Music in Europe

The 1970s

Clarke Peters uncovers Surinamese music in the Netherlands, black flamenco in Spain and lover’s rock in London. He also delves into the story of the Cape Verdean musicians who found a home in Europe in the 1970s and used synthesisers to express their new found sense of freedom.

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


SAT 09:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y4hhy)
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SAT 09:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct0wjz)
Remembering those lost to Covid-19

It is six months since the outbreak of a new coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. Very few lives around the world have not been affected by Covid-19. More than 27 million people have been infected. More than 900,000 have died with the virus and the numbers increase daily. Behind every case, there is a story.

Since March, BBC OS has been hearing those stories. The programme has been bringing people together from around the world with a shared experience of living through the pandemic. It has also been collecting audio messages from friends and relatives of loved ones lost to the virus. Those messages span different continents and different languages. Each articulates the memory left by each individual; the thing that made them special. And in many cases, they highlight the shared shock and speed of their passing and the feeling of helplessness.

Presenter Nuala McGovern guides you through those messages and remembers the names and the stories of those we have lost, through the words of those who love them.

Image: Faylita Hicks and her Uncle Fudge (Credit: Linda Gamez)


SAT 10:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y4m82)
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SAT 10:06 Sportshour (w172x3byl6lnf1s)
What is life like in a sporting bio-bubble?

We examine life in a sporting bio-bubble, with Eleanor Oldroyd presenting the programme from inside the England Cricket bubble at Old Trafford.

Steve Elworthy from the ECB was responsible for planning the return of international cricket in England and he tells us what kept him up at night, his belief that a World Cup could be held under the current conditions and how cricket in 2021 could look.

The NBA players Union Wellness counsellor - Keyon Dooling - has spent time in basketball’s Florida bubble. He tells us what that was like, how his players are coping psychologically with life in the bubble and the support his union and the league are offering them.

The NFL season returned this week and we hear from Kansas City Chiefs fan – Brooke Fishel – who was at Arrowhead Stadium on opening night. We’re joined by Rob Ryan, who is a former assistant head coach of the Buffalo Bills, to look ahead to the rest of the season.

Ahead of the big Premier League kick-off we speak to IBF Featherweight world champion and huge Leeds United fan Josh Warrington, Jean-Claude van Dyk from the Johannesburg Leeds supporters club and the football journalist and broadcaster Alison Bender.

Sporting Witness this week looks at the challenge known as Everesting. It sees riders go up and down their local hill until they’ve covered the equivalent to climbing the 8848 metres of the world’s highest mountain. We hear from George Mallory and Andy Van Bergen, the organisers of the Everesting club.

And with Ferrari racing in their one thousandth Grand Prix this weekend we speak to Ross Brawn. Formula 1's managing director for Motorsport led Michael Schumacher to FIVE consecutive drivers world titles in his time at the Italian team.

Photo: The international Twenty20 cricket match between England and Pakistan at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester, north-west England, on September 1, 2020 (Credit: Getty images)


SAT 11:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y4r06)
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SAT 11:06 The Newsroom (w172x7bbr02qhfb)
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SAT 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pt5tjv38l)
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SAT 11:32 The Documentary (w3ct0x5z)
Why India is mad for motorbikes

What is behind the deep-seated and increasing passion for motorcycling in India?The hosts of the podcast Biker Radio Rodcast, explore what drives the love for the two-wheeler. Sunny and Shandy travel from a republic day parade in Delhi to a biker festival in Goa.They meet Joshua John, an ex-pastor turned Sunday Biker; Candida Louis, an office worker who left her career in finance to become a solo adventure rider; Ashish Rao Rane, a marine engineer who became a cross country rally racer; Sanjay Tripathi, a motorcycle enthusiast, who provides the historical backdrop to this relationship.

Through the adventures of these motorcyclists, such as their mass breakfast rides, long distance tours, races against the odds, and nostalgia, we learn about how this generation are taking to motorcycling in their own unique way.

Presenter/reporters: Sunny and Shandy (Arvinder Singh and Shirshendu Banerjee)
Producer: Prabhjit Bains

(Photo: Arvinder Singh and Shirshendu Banerjee)


SAT 12:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y4vrb)
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SAT 12:06 Music Life (w3csz6tb)
Dark places and bliss with Reuben James and Izzy Bizu

Singer, pianist and producer Reuben James started playing the piano from the age of three, so in terms of the percentages of a life spent in music he’s right at the top. In this episode of Music Life, he asks Izzy Bizu, Scribz Riley and Gracey about the best song they’ve written, what they would change if they could go back in time and alter a piece of work, and the thing that they erase the most during the writing process, be it a lyric, a subject, or a feeling.

Izzy Bizu is a British-Ethiopian singer, songwriter, and BBC Introducing Artist of the Year, who has toured with Coldplay, AlunaGeorge, and Sam Smith.

Scribz Riley is a two-time Grammy-winning producer, songwriter and artist who’s worked with the likes of Khalid, J Hus, Normani and Yxng Bane. He was also handpicked by Marvel to contribute to the Black Panther soundtrack in collaboration with Kendrick Lamar.

And finally, Gracey is a pop singer and writer who’s worked with the likes of Kylie, Pet Shop Boys and Cher. As her career took off, she lost her voice and needed surgery to fix it, but her career is now back on track.


SAT 13:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y4zhg)
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SAT 13:06 Newshour (w172x2yw6mfv541)
Afghan peace talks with Taliban begin

The American Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has said the Afghan peace talks taking place in Qatar could liberate the country from the shackles of dependence. Our Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, is in Doha with guests from the Afghan government negotiating team and the Taliban. And Rob Malley of the International Crisis Group and former Special Adviser to president Obama reflects on nearly the 20 years of conflict that has brought the Taliban and Afghan government to the negotiating table.

Also in the programme: Spain's plans to tax instant messaging services; and the threat from coronavirus to the indigenous communities of the Amazon.

(Photo credit: Lyse Doucet)


SAT 14:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y537l)
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SAT 14:06 Sportsworld (w172x3lbks0vmwx)
Live Premier League commentary

Sportsworld brings you live coverage of Crystal Palace vs. Southampton as the new Premier League season gets underway.

We'll have reaction to all the day's top flight action.

Plus we'll be looking ahead to the women's US Open final and we'll round-up the day's other sporting drama - including the second women's golf major of the year, the ANA Inspiration, qualifying for Formula One's Toscana Grand Prix and the latest from the Tour de France.

Photo: Danny Ings (Getty Images)


SAT 18:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y5l73)
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SAT 18:06 The Newsroom (w172x7bbr02rbn7)
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SAT 18:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pt5tjvyhh)
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SAT 18:32 Trending (w3csyvmw)
The volunteers fighting hate on Facebook

Nina spends three hours a day on Facebook – not sharing selfies or catching up on news, but trying to make the network a nicer place.

She’s a German member of a large and growing international movement called #IAmHere. Started in Sweden in 2016, tens of thousands of volunteers in more than a dozen countries organise in closed Facebook groups.

They target popular posts, often from mainstream news organisations, which get overrun by extremism, violent threats and hate speech. Their goal is to inject balance into the conversation with facts and more moderate views.

There’s some evidence to indicate that their efforts are starting to have an impact. We’ve been in around Europe visiting #IAmHere’s founder, Swedish journalist Mina Dennert, and several members from the German group – fittingly called #IchBinHier.

We find out how they operate – and what motivates people like Nina to spend so much time trying to chip away at such an enormous issue.

Presenter: Reha Kansara
Reporter: Jessica Bateman

Photo: German #IAmHere volunteer Nina
Photo credit: BBC


SAT 18:50 More or Less (w3ct0pxt)
Sex workers in the 18th century and jellyfish

Did one in five women in 18th century London made a living selling sex? And a suspicious statistic about the speed of jellyfish.

(Girls dancing for trade in Drury Lane, Westminster. Lithograph: Museum of London/Getty Images)


SAT 19:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y5pz7)
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SAT 19:06 BBC Proms on the World Service (w3ct0x8p)
BBC Proms 2020

Joy and sorrow: Shostakovich's Piano Concerto and Ravel's tribute to lost friends

Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings (Piano Concerto No. 1)

Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Jason Evans, trumpet
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, conductor

In our second visit to the 2020 season of BBC Proms, London's Philharmonia Orchestra, directed by the Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi, play two contrasting works. The first is a gentle tribute to both the lost world of 18th century courtly dances and to friends of the composer, Maurice Ravel, lost in the First World War. The second is the exuberant Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings by the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Two young British musicians, pianist Benjamin Grosvernor and trumpeter Jason Evans, are the soloists in the Concerto.

The French composer Maurice Ravel wrote Tombeau de Couperin, which in this context loosely translates as a Memorial to Couperin, around the time of the First World War. Francois Couperin was a leading composer of the French Baroque era of the 17th and 18th centuries and Ravel's piece originally started as a transcription of one of Couperin's dances called Forlane. That was in early 1914. Then the First World War began and things changed for music, musicians and the rest of Europe. Ravel became a truck driver at the front and the carnage he witnessed affected him deeply. So what started as a good-humoured re-working of 18th century courtly music turned into a memorial to fallen friends. For instance, the last movement of the original piano version of the Tombeau is dedicated to the musicologist Joseph de Marliave: his wife Marguerite Long gave the premiere of the piano suite in 1919. Ravel, who had unparalleled command of orchestration, later turned four of the six movements of the piano version into a symphonic work that has remained popular ever since.

Dmitry Shostakovich started his musical career as a pianist. In fact, in 1927 he was among the finalists of the Chopin piano competition in Warsaw, perhaps the most stringent of the world’s piano contests. He wrote his Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings as a vehicle to show off his pianistic skills, giving the premiere in 1933 and continuing to play it for many years afterwards. The unusual inclusion of trumpet as a second solo instrument is explained by the work's genesis: it was originally conceived as a concerto for Alexander Schmidt, the principal trumpet of the Leningrad Philharmonic, whose playing deeply impressed the composer.
The mood and form of the Concerto is far removed from the tradition of big Russian romantic concertos, such as those by Tchaikovsky or Rachmaninov. Instead, Shostakovich uses just the limited colour palette of a string orchestra and produces an ever-changing kaleidoscope of short melodies and quirky harmonies, liberally peppered with distorted quotations from other composers' works and popular tunes of the day. Shostakovich spent much of this period writing for the stage and film and also had a lot of experience of accompanying silent movies on the piano. Perhaps some of the pastiche and parody, often used in these genres, has found its way into the Concerto.

(Photo: Benjamin Grosvernor, Jason Evans, Philharmonia Orchestra and Paavo Järvi play Shostakovich at a BBC Prom at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Credit: BBC/Chris Christodoulou)


SAT 20:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y5tqc)
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SAT 20:06 The Arts Hour (w3cszk39)
Backstage: Celtic Connections

Celtic Connections is Europe’s largest winter music festival, with over two thousand musicians from across the world gathering for a global celebration of music. Nikki Bedi talks to some of the biggest and most exciting names who took part.
Americana star Ryan Bingham tells us about the stories he felt compelled to sing about and how he moved from riding bulls, to winning an Oscar, a Grammy and a Golden Globe for his song The Weary Kind.
Cathy Jordan, lead singer of the band Dervish, talks about the power and heritage of Irish music.
Eighth generation Sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan, who mixes Hindustani classical music with traditional folk, explains why the instrument works so well across continents and styles.
Singer-songwriter Valérie Ékoumè on the inspiration she finds in her Cameroon roots.
We’ll hear from British folk supremo Sam Lee on songs steeped in the ancient world and the old stories.
The festival’s Creative Producer Donald Shaw tells us what makes a Celtic connection
And The East Pointers share the importance of music to the inhabitants of Prince Edward Island in Canada’s remote North Atlantic.


(Photo: Ryan Bingham. Credit: Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)


SAT 21:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y5ygh)
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SAT 21:06 Newshour (w172x2yw6mfw432)
Afghan government urges ceasefire with Taliban

The Afghan government has called for a ceasefire at the start of the first direct talks with the Taliban in Qatar; the militant group is asking for patience. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said both sides had a historic opportunity to overcome their divisions.

Also in the programme: Deadly wildfires continue to sweep through US West Coast states; and how Covid-19 is affecting remote indigenous tribes in Brazil.

(Photo: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the opening session of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar. Credits: EPA).


SAT 22:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y626m)
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SAT 22:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3csz9pz)
India struggles to contain Covid-19

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

India is now the second worst affected country in the world by the coronavirus, having recently surpassed Brazil. The government there has committed to significantly ramping up testing but there is growing concern over large numbers of cases in smaller towns, cities and rural India where healthcare services may not be able to cope. Yogita Limaye had a brush with the virus herself but recovered quickly.

An era of Japanese politics is drawing to close with the departure of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest serving prime minister in modern times. Mr Abe announced he would be standing down because of serious health problems. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes examines his legacy.

Wildfires have raged through central and northern Argentina for much of this year. More than 14,000 hectares of precious grassland and vegetation have so far been lost. Natalio Cosoy has met some of the people who call the banks of the Paraná River home and have been trying to cling onto their livelihoods.

In the mid-1950s, a couple of winegrowers near the town of Agde in southern France kept chasing away German holidaymakers sunbathing naked on their property next to a sandy beach. Eventually it became too much work and they decided to rent the land out to nudists. Fast forward to today, Cap d’Agde is home to the biggest naturist resort in Europe. Chris Bockman has been finding out how the naturist and swinging community faired with coronavirus restrictions.

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

(Image: Fisherwoman wearing a protective mask at a crowded Mumbai market. Credit: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas)


SAT 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pt5tjwfh0)
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SAT 22:32 The Documentary (w3ct0x1s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:32 today]


SAT 23:00 BBC News (w172x5nzr2y65yr)
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SAT 23:06 The Newsroom (w172x7bbr02rycw)
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SAT 23:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct0x60)
Father Joe

Just over a year ago, 29 year old Lyra McKee was shot dead in Northern Ireland.

The day after she was murdered, the parish priest in the part of Londonderry where she was shot was angry and deeply upset, and he spoke out against those who pulled the trigger. Father Joe Gormley knew it could be dangerous to be so vocal but nevertheless he said: "Our parish is full of so many good people and these people come into our area and use us to carry out such vile acts. How dare they. How dare they."
"They have done it in this Holy Week. They have done it in a way that is totally, totally anti-Gospel and literally anti-Christ."

Father Gormley was right. Speaking publicly took its toll. He felt at risk from groups like the New IRA and Saoradh, and fellow clergy urged him to watch it.

However Father Gormley hasn't stopped meditating on Lyra's death. Now he feels it's safer to tell the story of what it's like to serve parishioners in a housing estate which has been at the heart of the sectarian conflict for so long.

Presented by Siobhann Tighe.

(Image: Father Gormley / Credit: BBC)