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| 02:00 | 02:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 02:05GMT2/2Shahzeb Jillani explains how the 1971 war over Bangladesh shaped modern Pakistan. 02:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 02:32GMTJustin Rowlatt asks whether Germany wants to dominate Europe's finances.
| 02:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 02:05GMTCarlos Acosta speaks to Stephen Sackur about life after ballet. 02:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 02:32GMTIraqi writers discuss how their work responded to nine years of war and occupation. 02:50GMTChristmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
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| 02:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 02:05GMTStephen Sackur speaks to former mercenary Simon Mann. 02:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 02:32GMTWe talk to the producer of new South African children's rom-com Hoofmeisie. 02:50GMTIn 1971 the first big rock benefit gig was organised by former Beatle, George Harrison.
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| 02:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 02:05GMTStephen Sackur talks to crime writer Val McDermaid. Is there a line she will not cross? 02:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 02:32GMTWe talk to the director and star of this is the year's surprise film-hit, The Artist. 02:50GMTOn Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting.
| 02:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 02:05GMTWe discuss a selection of 60 second ideas from Forum guests. 02:50GMTRajan Datar hears how the Arab Spring has increased audience figures.
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| 03:00 | 03:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 03:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 03:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 03:32GMTKevin Fong looks at new techniques aiming to cure all viral infections. 03:50GMTAltitude sickness caused 10,000m race favourite to collapse at the finishing line in 1968
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| 04:00 | 04:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:05GMTThe best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.
| 04:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 04:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:32GMTHiggs particles at CERN. Roland Pease visits the world’s biggest atom smasher. 04:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones introduces personal reflections from Tarik Kafala and Mary Novakovich.
| 04:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 04:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:32GMTHow to spot the degree to which a photograph may be manipulated 04:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones with insights from BBC correspondents Chris Morris and Nick Thorpe.
| 04:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 04:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:32GMTSunshine and chicken pox; Wellcome Book Prize; silent strokes and sickle cell disease. 04:50GMTWith personal insights from Mark Savage in northern Lebanon and Christine Finn in Paris.
| 04:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 04:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:32GMTThe latest on the search for another planet like our own Earth. 04:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones presents wit and analysis from Michael Bristow and Lorraine Mallinder.
| 04:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:05GMTInsight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world. 04:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:32GMTClouds in cold climates and the environmental impact of our lives online. 04:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones with personal reflections from the BBC's Lyse Doucet and Huw Williams.
| 04:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:05GMTAssignment reports on the battle between old and new cuisine in France. 04:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 04:32GMTSurvivors and bereaved families facing their first Christmas since the Utoya massacre.
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| 05:00 | 05:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 05:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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| 05:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 05:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 05:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 05:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 05:32GMTHow to spot the degree to which a photograph may be manipulated 05:50GMTRajan Datar hears how the Arab Spring has increased audience figures.
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| 06:00 | 06:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 06:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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| 06:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 06:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 06:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 06:32GMTClouds in cold climates and the environmental impact of our lives online. 06:50GMTChristmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
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| 07:00 | 07:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 07:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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| 07:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 07:05GMTArab League visits Syria; racism in football; call to bury 18th century giant skeleton
| 07:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 07:05GMT9 years for Chinese dissident; state funeral for Havel; 100 year old letter to Santa
| 07:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 07:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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| 08:00 | 08:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 08:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 08:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 08:32GMTThe doomsday scenario stalking the eurozone - a major bank going belly up. 08:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones introduces personal reflections from Tarik Kafala and Mary Novakovich.
| 08:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 08:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 08:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 08:32GMT1/3Stories from the year that changed the face of the Middle East with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen
| 08:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 08:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 08:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 08:32GMT2/3Stories from the year that changed the face of the Middle East with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen
| 08:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 08:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 08:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 08:32GMT3/3Stories from the year that changed the face of the Middle East with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen
| 08:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 08:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world. 08:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 08:32GMTWhy regulators have created a 'monster' plus the cowboy who sings about evil bankers. 08:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones with personal reflections from the BBC's Lyse Doucet and Huw Williams.
| 08:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 08:05GMTLive news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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| 09:00 | 09:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:05GMTCarlos Acosta speaks to Stephen Sackur about life after ballet. 09:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:32GMTWe ask five experts to tell us their album of the year 09:50GMTChristmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
| 09:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:05GMT1/2Are NGOs causing a brain drain by attracting educated young people with the big salaries? 09:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:32GMTIraqi writers discuss how their work responded to nine years of war and occupation. 09:50GMTChristmas 1984 - a time of hardship for the protesters against the closure of coal mines
| 09:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:05GMTStephen Sackur speaks to former mercenary Simon Mann. 09:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:32GMTOscar-winning screenwriter, Steven Zaillian, discusses The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 09:50GMTIn 1971 the first big rock benefit gig was organised by former Beatle, George Harrison.
| 09:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:05GMTAssignment reports on the battle between old and new cuisine in France. 09:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:32GMTWe talk to the producer of new South African children's rom-com Hoofmeisie. 09:50GMTHow the world's best known evangelist began preaching internationally.
| 09:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:05GMTStephen Sackur talks to crime writer Val McDermaid. Is there a line she will not cross? 09:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:32GMTThe Strand talks to writers Michael Dirda and Anita Sethi about Sherlock Holmes. 09:50GMTOn Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting.
| 09:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:05GMTInsight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world. 09:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:32GMTSurvivors and bereaved families facing their first Christmas since the Utoya massacre.
| 09:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 09:05GMTWe discuss a selection of 60 second ideas from Forum guests. 09:50GMTRajan Datar hears how the Arab Spring has increased audience figures.
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| 10:00 | 10:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 10:05GMTNews and issues making the headlines each day.
| 10:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 10:05GMTNews and issues making the headlines each day.
| 10:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 10:05GMTNews and issues making the headlines each day.
| 10:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 10:05GMTNews and issues making the headlines each day.
| 10:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 10:05GMTNews and issues making the headlines each day.
| 10:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 10:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 10:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 10:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 10:32GMTAre we as perilously placed now as we were in the darkest days of 2008?
| 10:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 10:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 10:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 10:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 10:32GMTPeter Day looks at the boom in small gin companies.
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| 11:00 | 11:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:05GMTYour reaction to the death of Kim Jong-Il 11:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:32GMTThe daily drama of money and work from the BBC. 11:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 11:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:05GMTAfter the death of Kim Jong-Il, could North and South Korea ever be reunited? 11:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:32GMTCan India produce world-class innovation or does it just adapt ideas from elsewhere? 11:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 11:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:05GMTThe BBC news programme where you set the agenda. 11:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:32GMTIs the US dollar going to be knocked off its perch as the only true global currency? 11:50GMTHow is the world shaping up for the London Olympics and Paralympics in the build up to ...
| 11:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:05GMTCoordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad, have killed at least 57 people & injured more more 11:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:32GMTHow do firms adapt to having an older workforce? The programme reports from Germany. 11:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 11:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:05GMTFrench authorities recommend women should have PIP breast implants removed. 11:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:32GMTThe daily drama of money and work from the BBC. 11:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 11:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:05GMTThe best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.
| 11:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:05GMT1/2John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House. 11:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 11:32GMTHow to spot the degree to which a photograph may be manipulated 11:50GMTChristmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
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| 12:00 | 12:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:05GMTCarlos Acosta speaks to Stephen Sackur about life after ballet. 12:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:32GMTThe ups and downs of the Durban summit, plus empty homes and the great beaver audit. 12:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones introduces personal reflections from Tarik Kafala and Mary Novakovich.
| 12:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:05GMT1/2Are NGOs causing a brain drain by attracting educated young people with the big salaries? 12:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:32GMTHiggs particles at CERN. Roland Pease visits the world’s biggest atom smasher. 12:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones with insights from BBC correspondents Chris Morris and Nick Thorpe.
| 12:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:05GMTStephen Sackur speaks to former mercenary Simon Mann. 12:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:32GMTHow to spot the degree to which a photograph may be manipulated 12:50GMTWith personal insights from Mark Savage in northern Lebanon and Christine Finn in Paris.
| 12:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:05GMTAssignment reports on the battle between old and new cuisine in France. 12:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:32GMTSunshine and chicken pox; Wellcome Book Prize; silent strokes and sickle cell disease. 12:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones presents wit and analysis from Michael Bristow and Lorraine Mallinder.
| 12:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:05GMTStephen Sackur talks to crime writer Val McDermaid. Is there a line she will not cross? 12:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:32GMTThe latest on the search for another planet like our own Earth. 12:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones with personal reflections from the BBC's Lyse Doucet and Huw Williams.
| 12:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:05GMTThousands rally against Russia elections; Libyan independence day; Bethlehem shepherds
| 12:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 12:05GMTChurch's attacked in Nigeria as worshipers gather for Christmas mass;
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| 13:00 | 13:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:05GMTOutlook in Delhi; forbidden love, city voices, and the heiress who helps the disabled. 13:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:32GMTWe ask five experts to tell us their album of the year 13:50GMTChristmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
| 13:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:05GMTThe exiled Iranian doctor who tried to save the life of a girl shot dead during protests 13:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:32GMTIraqi writers discuss how their work responded to nine years of war and occupation. 13:50GMTChristmas 1984 - a time of hardship for the protesters against the closure of coal mines
| 13:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:05GMTBritain's Dame Stephanie Shirley describes bringing up her severely autistic son Giles. 13:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:32GMTOscar-winning screenwriter, Steven Zaillian, discusses The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 13:50GMTIn 1971 the first big rock benefit gig was organised by former Beatle, George Harrison.
| 13:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:05GMTThe outspoken actress forced into hiding for supporting the Syrian uprising. 13:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:32GMTWe talk to the producer of new South African children's rom-com Hoofmeisie. 13:50GMTHow the world's best known evangelist began preaching internationally.
| 13:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:05GMTThe world's worst team, American Samoa, attempts to qualify for the 2014 World Cup. 13:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:32GMTThe Strand talks to writers Michael Dirda and Anita Sethi about Sherlock Holmes. 13:50GMTOn Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting.
| 13:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 13:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:32GMTSurvivors and bereaved families facing their first Christmas since the Utoya massacre.
| 13:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 13:05GMT5/5AC Grayling in conversation with Steven Pinker, a leading authority on language and mind
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| 14:00 | 14:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 14:05GMTInterviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
| 14:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 14:05GMTIraq deputy PM warns over sectarianism; France alert on breast implants;Teacher dress code
| 14:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 14:05GMTCalls for Bird flu research to be censored; Falkland flag row; the French food revolution
| 14:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 14:05GMTMultiple bomb blasts claim lives in Iraq; undercover in Syria; the legislation of history.
| 14:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 14:05GMTDamascus suicide bombings; breast implant fears; the ethics of separating conjoined twins.
| 14:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 14:05GMTInsight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world. 14:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 14:32GMTThe latest on the search for another planet like our own Earth. 14:50GMTIn 1971 the first big rock benefit gig was organised by former Beatle, George Harrison.
| 14:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 14:05GMTMonica Whitlock goes in search of The Children's Choir of the USSR.
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| 15:00 | 15:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 15:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:32GMTThe exiled Iranian doctor who tried to save the life of a girl shot dead during protests
| 15:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 15:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:32GMTBritain's Dame Stephanie Shirley describes bringing up her severely autistic son Giles.
| 15:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 15:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:32GMTThe outspoken actress forced into hiding for supporting the Syrian uprising.
| 15:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 15:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:32GMTBritish singer songwriter Boy George on music, fashion, jail and turning 50.
| 15:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 15:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:32GMTThe world's worst team, American Samoa, attempts to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
| 15:00GMTChristmas carols and readings from the candlelit chapel of King’s College, Cambridge.
| 15:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:05GMTCoverage of Her Majesty the Queen's traditional Christmas message to the Commonwealth. 15:10GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 15:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 15:32GMTPeter Day looks at the boom in small gin companies.
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| 16:00 | 16:00GMTNorth Korea mourns its "Dear Leader"; DRC orchestra; and fresh violence in Tahrir Square. 16:05GMTCarlos Acosta speaks to Stephen Sackur about life after ballet. 16:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 16:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with intervi... 16:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones introduces personal reflections from Tarik Kafala and Mary Novakovich.
| 16:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 16:05GMT1/2Are NGOs causing a brain drain by attracting educated young people with the big salaries? 16:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 16:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with intervi... 16:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones with insights from BBC correspondents Chris Morris and Nick Thorpe.
| 16:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 16:05GMTStephen Sackur speaks to former mercenary Simon Mann. 16:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 16:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with intervi... 16:50GMTWith personal insights from Mark Savage in northern Lebanon and Christine Finn in Paris.
| 16:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 16:05GMTAssignment reports on the battle between old and new cuisine in France. 16:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 16:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with intervi... 16:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones presents wit and analysis from Michael Bristow and Lorraine Mallinder.
| 16:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 16:05GMTStephen Sackur talks to crime writer Val McDermaid. Is there a line she will not cross? 16:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 16:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with intervi... 16:50GMTOwen Bennett Jones with personal reflections from the BBC's Lyse Doucet and Huw Williams.
| 16:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 16:32GMTSunshine and chicken pox; Wellcome Book Prize; silent strokes and sickle cell disease. 16:50GMTHow the world's best known evangelist began preaching internationally.
| 16:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 16:05GMTWe discuss a selection of 60 second ideas from Forum guests. 16:50GMTChristmas 1984 - a time of hardship for the protesters against the closure of coal mines
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| 17:00 | 17:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 17:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 17:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 17:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 17:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 17:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 17:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 17:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 17:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 17:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 17:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:05GMTThe best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.
| 17:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:05GMT1/2Are NGOs causing a brain drain by attracting educated young people with the big salaries? 17:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 17:32GMTHiggs particles at CERN. Roland Pease visits the world’s biggest atom smasher. 17:50GMTOn Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting.
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| 18:00 | 18:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 18:05GMTWe look at life in North Korea & ask what the leader's death means for the country
| 18:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 18:05GMTAs Kim Jong-Il lies in state, we ask are all deaths sad?
| 18:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 18:05GMTRacial epithets - how they are acceptable in some countries, intolerable in others.
| 18:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 18:05GMTWhy is difficult for Sunnis and Shias to get on in some countries?
| 18:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 18:05GMTReactions to two suicide bombings in Syria. Also, why do women have breast implants?
| 18:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 18:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 18:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 18:32GMTClouds in cold climates and the environmental impact of our lives online. 18:50GMTChristmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
| 18:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 18:05GMTAssignment reports on the battle between old and new cuisine in France. 18:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 18:32GMTHow to spot the degree to which a photograph may be manipulated 18:50GMTRajan Datar hears how the Arab Spring has increased audience figures.
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| 19:00 | 19:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:32GMTHiggs particles at CERN. Roland Pease visits the world’s biggest atom smasher. 19:50GMTChristmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
| 19:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:32GMTHow to spot the degree to which a photograph may be manipulated 19:50GMTChristmas 1984 - a time of hardship for the protesters against the closure of coal mines
| 19:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:32GMTSunshine and chicken pox; Wellcome Book Prize; silent strokes and sickle cell disease. 19:50GMTIn 1971 the first big rock benefit gig was organised by former Beatle, George Harrison.
| 19:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:32GMTThe latest on the search for another planet like our own Earth. 19:50GMTHow the world's best known evangelist began preaching internationally.
| 19:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:32GMTClouds in cold climates and the environmental impact of our lives online. 19:50GMTOn Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting.
| 19:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:05GMT1/2John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House. 19:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:32GMTAre we as perilously placed now as we were in the darkest days of 2008?
| 19:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 19:32GMTSurvivors and bereaved families facing their first Christmas since the Utoya massacre.
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| 20:00 | 20:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:05GMTCarlos Acosta speaks to Stephen Sackur about life after ballet. 20:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:32GMTThe exiled Iranian doctor who tried to save the life of a girl shot dead during protests
| 20:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:05GMT1/2Are NGOs causing a brain drain by attracting educated young people with the big salaries? 20:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:32GMT1/3Stories from the year that changed the face of the Middle East with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen
| 20:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:05GMTStephen Sackur speaks to former mercenary Simon Mann. 20:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:32GMT2/3Stories from the year that changed the face of the Middle East with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen
| 20:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:05GMTAssignment reports on the battle between old and new cuisine in France. 20:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:32GMT3/3Stories from the year that changed the face of the Middle East with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen
| 20:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:05GMTStephen Sackur talks to crime writer Val McDermaid. Is there a line she will not cross? 20:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:32GMTThe world's worst team, American Samoa, attempts to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
| 20:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:05GMTMonica Whitlock goes in search of The Children's Choir of the USSR.
| 20:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:05GMTInsight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world. 20:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 20:32GMTPeter Day looks at the boom in small gin companies.
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| 21:00 | 21:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 21:05GMTNorth Korea mourns, Iraq crisis, and the best classical music recording ever?
| 21:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 21:05GMTThe US and Iraqi sectarianism;France's controversial woman of 2011; gay marriage benefits.
| 21:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 21:05GMTBritain reacts to ban on Falklands boats; racism in football; sensitive Santa
| 21:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 21:05GMTBombs in Baghdad; Pakistan PM accuses military of conspiracy; should militants tweet?
| 21:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 21:05GMTWho's behind the bombings in Syria? Wife of China's dissident; Angelina Jolie's new film
| 21:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 21:05GMTGorbachev calls for Putin resignation; deadly gunfire in Yemen; a non-Christian Christmas
| 21:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 21:05GMTEyewitnesses to the attacks in Nigeria; a rally in Karachi; spending Xmas with Twitter
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| 22:00 | 22:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 22:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 22:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 22:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 22:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 22:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 22:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 22:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 22:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 22:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 22:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:05GMT5/5AC Grayling in conversation with Steven Pinker, a leading authority on language and mind
| 22:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:05GMT1/2John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House. 22:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 22:32GMTHiggs particles at CERN. Roland Pease visits the world’s biggest atom smasher. 22:50GMTHow the Kenyan running legend Kip Keino, won Olympic gold in 1968.
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| 23:00 | 23:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:32GMTIraqi writers discuss how their work responded to nine years of war and occupation. 23:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 23:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:32GMTOscar-winning screenwriter, Steven Zaillian, discusses The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 23:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 23:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:32GMTWe talk to the producer of new South African children's rom-com Hoofmeisie. 23:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 23:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:32GMTThe Strand talks to writers Michael Dirda and Anita Sethi about Sherlock Holmes. 23:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 23:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:32GMTSunshine and chicken pox; Wellcome Book Prize; silent strokes and sickle cell disease. 23:50GMTHow the Kenyan running legend Kip Keino, won Olympic gold in 1968.
| 23:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:05GMTWe discuss a selection of 60 second ideas from Forum guests. 23:50GMTChristmas 1984 - a time of hardship for the protesters against the closure of coal mines
| 23:00GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTOnly the BBC brings you World News every half hour. 23:32GMTWe talk to the director and star of this is the year's surprise film-hit, The Artist. 23:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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