BBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview Schedule Sunday 2 August 2020

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Early
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 00:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  Tech Life—Big tech facing a break-up?
  
  The biggest tech firms are grilled by US lawmakers over abuse of market power. (R)
3. 00:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 00:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 00:32GMT
  
  Kalki Presents: My Indian Life—My Indian Life
  
  Kalki Koechlin presents tales of being young and Indian in the 21st Century. (R)
5. 00:50GMT
  
  Resolves—Resolves, Nino Redruello
  
  8/8 How a chef in Madrid plans to use cooking to support his city's recovery (R)
6. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 01:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
7. 01:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—02/08/2020 01:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
8. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 01:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
9. 01:32GMT
  
  Trending—Why do some influencers back bad products?
  
  From make-up to gadgets: exposing the dubious products on your Instagram feed. (R)
10. 01:50GMT
  
  Over to You—The pros and cons of the immersive documentary
  
  Listeners’ react to the immersive documentary that adopts some techniques used in drama (R)
11. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 02:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 02:06GMT
  
  Artists at Work—Helen Garner: The Spare Room
  
  Friendship, caring, nursing and anger in a short, fierce novel from Australia
13. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 03:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 03:06GMT
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—Australia’s blame game
  
  Stories from Australia, Laos, Florida and France (R)
15. 03:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 03:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 03:32GMT
  
  United Zingdom—United Zingdom, 'British drag is slapdash and hodgepodge'
  
  3/10 Zing’s in Birmingham, fangirling over UK Drag Race star Sum Ting Wong (R)
17. 03:50GMT
  
  The Big Idea—Consciousness: A strange theory
  
  Humans are conscious, but is consciousness also in tables and chairs? (R)
18. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 04:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
19. 04:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—02/08/2020 04:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
20. 04:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 04:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
21. 04:32GMT
  
  The Cultural Frontline—What’s the future of visual arts?
  
  Tina Daheley hosts a discussion on what’s next for the visual arts globally
22. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 05:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
23. 05:06GMT
  
  Assignment—Venezuela's 'Bay of Piglets'
  
  A failed coup in Venezuela - a story of hubris, incompetence, and treachery (R)
24. 05:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 05:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
25. 05:32GMT
  
  Heart and Soul—Burying the dead in New York City
  
  Funeral director Clive Anderson has been struggling to deal with new Coronavirus cases. (R)
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Morning
1. 06:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 06:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 06:06GMT
  
  BBC Conversations—Spain's tourism industry
  
  We hear from Spanish business owners as the UK adds Spain to its quarantine list
3. 06:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 06:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 06:32GMT
  
  The Conversation—Women demanding equality in sport
  
  Two women campaigning for gender equality in sport (R)
5. 07:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 07:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 07:06GMT
  
  The Compass—The Senses, The senses: Touch
  
  1/5 When our sensory system goes wrong, we learn how our senses help us understand the world (R)
7. 07:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 07:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 07:32GMT
  
  The Food Chain—Dominique Crenn: My life in five dishes
  
  How a six-month-old orphan went on to become a three Michelin star chef (R)
9. 08:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 08:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 08:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—02/08/2020 08:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
11. 08:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 08:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
12. 08:32GMT
  
  The Cultural Frontline—What’s the future of visual arts?
  
  Tina Daheley hosts a discussion on what’s next for the visual arts globally (R)
13. 09:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 09:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 09:06GMT
  
  The Inquiry—Why isn’t the world doing more to help the Uighurs?
  
  With an estimated million Uighurs in detention camps, China has stifled world criticism. (R)
15. 09:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 09:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 09:32GMT
  
  Outlook—Discovering my grandfather's secret Nazi past
  
  Growing up Julie Lindahl had been forbidden from looking into her family history
17. 10:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 10:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
18. 10:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—02/08/2020 10:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
19. 10:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 10:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
20. 10:32GMT
  
  Heart and Soul—Burying the dead in New York City
  
  Funeral director Clive Anderson has been struggling to deal with new Coronavirus cases. (R)
21. 11:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 11:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
22. 11:06GMT
  
  The Documentary—The Bomb
  
  An explosion that changed history. Could one man have stopped it? (R)
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Afternoon
1. 12:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 12:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 12:06GMT
  
  Newshour—Melbourne placed under night- time curfew
  
  The Australian state of Victoria declares state of disaster as Covid -19 cases rise
3. 13:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 13:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 13:06GMT
  
  Artists at Work—Helen Garner: The Spare Room
  
  Friendship, caring, nursing and anger in a short, fierce novel from Australia (R)
5. 14:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 14:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 14:06GMT
  
  The Forum—Picasso, artist of reinvention
  
  How an artist changed our way of seeing (R)
7. 14:50GMT
  
  The Big Idea—Consciousness: A strange theory
  
  Humans are conscious, but is consciousness also in tables and chairs? (R)
8. 15:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 15:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
9. 15:06GMT
  
  Sportsworld—Sports marketing post Covid
  
  We look into the sponsorship of sport - specifically fast food sponsorship
10. 16:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 16:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
11. 16:06GMT
  
  The World Debate—The Engineers: Re-engineering the Future
  
  How engineering can tackle the problems of Covid 19 (R)
12. 17:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 17:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
13. 17:06GMT
  
  The Documentary—The Bomb
  
  An explosion that changed history. Could one man have stopped it? (R)
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Evening
1. 18:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 18:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 18:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—02/08/2020 18:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
3. 18:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 18:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 18:32GMT
  
  The Documentary—Ingenious, The milkshake gene and the cyclops gene
  
  2/2 Find out what you’re made of – one gene at a time (R)
5. 19:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 19:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 19:06GMT
  
  Music Life—Throwing away lyrics with Chali 2na, Omar, Skye Edwards and Rodney P
  
  What's the first step in the creative process? (R)
7. 20:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 20:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 20:06GMT
  
  Newshour—Covid deaths in Latin America pass 200,000
  
  Brazil and Mexico have reported more fatalities than any country apart from the US.
9. 21:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 21:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 21:06GMT
  
  The Cultural Frontline—What’s the future of visual arts?
  
  Tina Daheley hosts a discussion on what’s next for the visual arts globally (R)
11. 21:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 21:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
12. 21:32GMT
  
  United Zingdom—United Zingdom, 'British drag is slapdash and hodgepodge'
  
  3/10 Zing’s in Birmingham, fangirling over UK Drag Race star Sum Ting Wong (R)
13. 21:50GMT
  
  The Big Idea—Consciousness: A strange theory
  
  Humans are conscious, but is consciousness also in tables and chairs? (R)
14. 22:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 22:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
15. 22:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—02/08/2020 22:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
16. 22:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 22:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
17. 22:32GMT
  
  Heart and Soul—Burying the dead in New York City
  
  Funeral director Clive Anderson has been struggling to deal with new Coronavirus cases. (R)
18. 23:00GMT
  
  BBC News—02/08/2020 23:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
19. 23:06GMT
  
  People Fixing The World—Financing the forests
  
  Making rainforests a profitable investment (R)
20. 23:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—02/08/2020 23:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
21. 23:32GMT
  
  Discovery—Brian Greene
  
  Brian Greene studies the universe at the largest and smallest scales imaginable. (R)
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Late
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—03/08/2020 00:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  World Business Report—US broadens action against Chinese tech companies
  
  TikTok could be sold to Microsoft whilst other Chinese tech companies may face US ban
3. 00:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—03/08/2020 00:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 00:32GMT
  
  The Food Chain—Dominique Crenn: My life in five dishes
  
  How a six-month-old orphan went on to become a three Michelin star chef (R)
5. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—03/08/2020 01:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 01:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—03/08/2020 01:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
7. 01:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—03/08/2020 01:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 01:32GMT
  
  The Why Factor—Cinderella
  
  Why is Cinderella such a universal story? (R)
9. 01:50GMT
  
  More or Less—Covid in Africa
  
  Do we have enough data to know what’s happening on the continent? (R)
10. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—03/08/2020 02:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
11. 02:06GMT
  
  The Forum—Picasso, artist of reinvention
  
  How an artist changed our way of seeing (R)
12. 02:50GMT
  
  Sporting Witness—Coe vs Ovett
  
  British runner Sebastian Coe remembers his rivalry with Steve Ovett at the 1980 Olympics (R)
13. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—03/08/2020 03:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 03:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—03/08/2020 03:06 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
15. 03:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—03/08/2020 03:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
16. 03:32GMT
  
  CrowdScience—Why do conspiracy theories exist?
  
  Why do conspiracy theories exist and why are we seeing so many in this pandemic? (R)
17. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—03/08/2020 04:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
18. 04:06GMT
  
  Newsday—US expert: coronavirus "extraordinarily widespread"
  
  We get a vivid picture from an emergency room in Atlanta Georgia
19. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—03/08/2020 05:01 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
20. 05:06GMT
  
  Newsday—Coronavirus: Iran cover up revealed by whistleblower
  
  BBC Persian finds actual death rate is nearly triple what Iran's government has claimed

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