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The Stephen Jardine Programme: Switching off the TV and Malawi teacher

09/02/2018

Switching off the TV and Malawi teacher

BBC Radio Scotland - The Stephen Jardine Programme, Switching off the TV and Malawi teacher

Is switching off the TV better for family life?

Is switching off the TV better for family life? The retired teacher changing lives in Malawi and the Scottish writer whose family has a dark Nazi past.

PHONE IN
Conservative MP Jeremy Lefroy has urged families to switch off their TVs and play games together. Stressing the importance of "family time and meal times" in a Westminster Hall Debate he claimed that TV and social media stops families from talking to each other and went on to say that family breakdown was overlooked as a cause of mental health problems in children.

STEPHEN ASKS
Is switching off the TV better for family life?

Also on the programme....

JANET CHESNEY
Retired teacher Janet Chesney from Airdrie is transforming lives in Malawi. After volunteering there she discovered a huge gap in secondary education for girls. She began campaigning and fundraising and 14 years on the Edinburgh Girls High School is now open and educating 160 women every year.

RIVER RESCUE
Stuart Kiltie from Dumfries joins Stephen to talk about his experience of jumping into the River Nith to help a woman in difficulty. Also joining us will be Mike Dunn of the Royal Life Saving Society to give advice on what you should do in an emergency situation.

NOLOs
Why are people turning to NOLOs (that's no and low alcoholic drinks), what are the challenges when it comes to promoting them and are they going to continue to grow in popularity? Peter Sherry is the owner of the Beerhive off licence in Edinburgh, Josie Smith is a columnist and stylist and Paul Brennan from Missouri Creative works extensively with drinks brands.

WINTER OLYMPICS
Live from the opening ceremony we bring you a bluffer's guide to the Winter Olympics and find out how difficult it is for the body to perform at extremely low temperatures.

PUNTER WITH A PASSION
This week's punter with a passion is Alastair Hacket, Secretary of the Scottish Detector Club. He'll be doing his utmost to convince Stephen of the merits of his favourite pastime.

A NAZI IN THE FAMILY
Derek Neimann is a Scottish natural history author who made a shocking discovery about a secret that had been kept from him for 50 years - his grandfather was an SS officer in concentration camps during the Second World War. He recently gave a talk about his family to a Jewish audience in London.

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