BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule Saturday 14 May 2022

West and Central Africa Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 00:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  World Business Report—First broadcast 14/05/2022 00:06 GMT
  
  The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
3. 00:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—14/05/2022 00:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 00:32GMT
  
  WorklifeIndia—Social media perils for aspiring artists
  
  The majority of streamed music in India is consumed through social media sites or apps
5. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 01:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 01:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—14/05/2022 01:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
7. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—14/05/2022 01:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 01:32GMT
  
  This Is Africa—Gemini Major
  
  Malawian music producer Gemini Major, has just released his second album Island Water
9. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 02:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 02:06GMT
  
  The Fifth Floor—Mariupol: City at the heart of war
  
  How a once pro-Russian city became a symbol of resistance to the invasion (R)
11. 02:50GMT
  
  Witness History—The war in Transnistria
  
  The bloody conflict between Moldova and Russian-back separatists in the early 1990s (R)
12. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 03:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
13. 03:06GMT
  
  The Real Story—North Korea spooks its neighbours
  
  South Korea and Japan consider their next moves as Pyongyang tests new missile technology (R)
14. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 04:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
15. 04:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—14/05/2022 04:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
16. 04:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—14/05/2022 04:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
17. 04:32GMT
  
  Trending—Gaming Brazil's election
  
  How will Brazil’s gaming community affect the upcoming presidential election?
18. 04:50GMT
  
  More or Less—Did the WHO get some of its excess death estimates wrong?
  
  We look at the World Health Organisation’s latest estimates of the pandemic’s death toll
19. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 05:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
20. 05:06GMT
  
  Weekend—North Korea announces more deaths from Covid
  
  More than 170,000 new cases of coronavirus have been reported by the authorities
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Morning
1. 06:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 06:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 06:06GMT
  
  Weekend—US: Improving women's rights in the Taliban's interests
  
  A US official tells the BBC the Taliban stand to gain by improving women's rights
3. 07:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 07:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 07:06GMT
  
  Weekend—Has Russia withdrawn from Ukrainian second city?
  
  US analysts say Russia appears to have withdrawn from positions around Kharkiv
5. 07:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—14/05/2022 07:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
6. 07:32GMT
  
  The Conversation—Women in the world of animation
  
  Two women from Latvia and Colombia speak about the magic of animation (R)
7. 08:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 08:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 08:06GMT
  
  BBC Conversations—Abortion in the US
  
  Women share experiences of undergoing and performing abortions
9. 08:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—14/05/2022 08:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
10. 08:32GMT
  
  Outlook—Twenty-three years longing to find my mum
  
  Omar and Hassan Mohamed are two Somali brothers who never stopped looking for their mum
11. 09:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 09:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 09:06GMT
  
  Not by the Playbook—FA Cup final bonanza
  
  We preview the Men's and Women's FA Cup final taking place at Wembley this weekend
13. 10:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 10:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 10:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—14/05/2022 10:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
15. 10:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—14/05/2022 10:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 10:32GMT
  
  This Is Africa—Gemini Major
  
  Malawian music producer Gemini Major, has just released his second album Island Water (R)
17. 11:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 11:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
18. 11:06GMT
  
  Top of the Pops—Arcade Fire and Soft Cell
  
  Arcade Fire and the reunited Soft Cell talk about their new albums
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Afternoon
1. 12:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 12:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 12:06GMT
  
  Newshour—North Korea's rapidly spreading Covid-19 outbreak a "great disaster"
  
  Leader Kim Jong-un says the outbreak is the greatest disaster his country has ever faced
3. 13:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 13:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 13:06GMT
  
  World Questions—Germany
  
  World Questions discusses Germany’s changing political landscape in Berlin
5. 14:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 14:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 14:06GMT
  
  BBC Conversations—Abortion in the US
  
  Women share experiences of undergoing and performing abortions (R)
7. 14:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—14/05/2022 14:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 14:32GMT
  
  Story, Story: Voices from the Market—14/05/2022 GMT
  
  The BBC drama that's made and set in Nigeria.
9. 15:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 15:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 15:06GMT
  
  Sportsworld—Live Sporting Action
  
  Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Evening
1. 19:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 19:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 19:06GMT
  
  World Questions—Germany
  
  World Questions discusses Germany’s changing political landscape in Berlin (R)
3. 20:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 20:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 20:06GMT
  
  Newshour—People returning to Kharkiv, says mayor
  
  Russian soldiers tried for 11 weeks to encircle Ukraine's second largest city
5. 21:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 21:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 21:06GMT
  
  Music Life—Eurovision 2022 with Cornelia Jakobs, MARO, Alexandra Rotan (KEiiNO), SuRie and Dami Im
  
  Eurovision stars past and present discuss how they created hit songs for the show
7. 22:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 22:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 22:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—14/05/2022 22:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
9. 22:20GMT
  
  Sports News—14/05/2022 GMT
  
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
10. 22:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—14/05/2022 22:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
11. 22:32GMT
  
  The Cultural Frontline—The art of memory
  
  How artists are using the stories and hidden memories of the past
12. 23:00GMT
  
  BBC News—14/05/2022 23:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
13. 23:06GMT
  
  BBC Conversations—Abortion in the US
  
  Women share experiences of undergoing and performing abortions (R)
14. 23:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—14/05/2022 23:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
15. 23:32GMT
  
  Outlook—Twenty-three years longing to find my mum
  
  Omar and Hassan Mohamed are two Somali brothers who never stopped looking for their mum (R)
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Late
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—15/05/2022 00:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  Unexpected Elements—Portrait of the monster black hole at our galaxy’s heart
  
  Astronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy
3. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—15/05/2022 01:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 01:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—15/05/2022 01:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
5. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—15/05/2022 01:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
6. 01:32GMT
  
  CrowdScience—Does photographic memory exist?
  
  Why do some people have better memories than others?
7. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—15/05/2022 02:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 02:06GMT
  
  The Documentary—Billionaire ball game
  
  How the super-rich bought English football
9. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—15/05/2022 03:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 03:06GMT
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—Living through Shanghai’s lockdown
  
  A Chinese megacity in suspended animation; stories from Switzerland, Finland and Jamaica
11. 03:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—15/05/2022 03:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
12. 03:32GMT
  
  The Cultural Frontline—The art of memory
  
  How artists are using the stories and hidden memories of the past (R)
13. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—15/05/2022 04:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 04:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—15/05/2022 04:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
15. 04:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—15/05/2022 04:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 04:32GMT
  
  The Documentary—Grenada: Confronting the past
  
  Laura Trevelyan discovers her family’s connection to the slave trade in Grenada (R)
17. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—15/05/2022 05:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
18. 05:06GMT
  
  Weekend—Ten people dead in New York state shooting
  
  The FBI says that the killing was racially-motivated

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