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World News Today: 21/09/2009

21/09/2009

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The latest news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

BBC News Channel

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Cambridge Folk Festival

Highlights from the annual Cambridge Folk Festival.

Cambridge Folk Festival: 2009

Cambridge Folk Festival: 2009: Episode 2: Oumou Sangare

Episode 2

Episode 2: Oumou Sangare

2009

Oumou Sangare

BBC Four - Cambridge Folk Festival, 2009, Oumou Sangare

Malian singer Oumou Sangare and her band of musicians and dancers take to the stage.

Oumou Sangare and her vibrant band of musicians and dancers delight the Festival audience with their bold, seductive and funky take on traditional Malian music.

Oumou Sangare, the 'Songbird of Wassoulou', and her vibrant band of musicians and dancers delight the Cambridge Festival audience with their bold, seductive and funky take on traditional Malian music, resulting in a spectacular stage performance.

Mali's great Wassoulou diva is a talent to be reckoned with. Sangare's songs have always caused a stir - her chosen rhythm is the resonating jittery sound of the kamalengoni (the hunter's harp) - and her songs focus on subjects not publicly expressed in Malian culture. Outspoken and fearless, her lyrics highlight the issues that women in Mali face, as she constantly strives to better the position of women at home and throughout the world. 

An icon and role model for modern African women, Sangare is both keen to encourage and embrace new ideas through her music whilst at the same time holding a deep respect for tradition and those who came before her. The result is a musical and visual spectacle which has brought her worldwide recognition and success.

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

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Artists from the world of folk, roots and acoustic music at the Cambridge Folk Festival.

Top artists from the world of folk, roots and acoustic music, live in concert or in special performance backstage at the 2009 Cambridge Folk Festival.

New. 2/4. A spectacular performance by Oumou Sangare and her band of musicians and dancers. A role model for 
African women, the Malian Wassoulou singer has embraced new ideas in her songs while also maintaining a deep respect for tradition. <s)

Mr and Mrs Mackintosh

03/09/2006

BBC Two - Mr and Mrs Mackintosh

The influence his wife Margaret had on the work of architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Film examining the overlooked artistic influence his wife Margaret had on the work of architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, from the Glasgow School of Art to Scotland Street School.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh is one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, but the contribution of his wife and artistic partner has often been overlooked. 

This film sets out to redress the balance by exploring their enduring relationship. Shot on location in Scotland, France and Austria, the story is told through a re-examination of the Mackintosh legacy and the extent of Margaret's influence on his work, from the Glasgow School of Art to the Hill House and Scotland Street School. 

With contributions from John Bellany, Benedetta Tagliabue and Jonathan Meades.

BBC Two Scotland

Mr & Mrs Mackintosh

Documentary highlighting the relationship between architect 
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his artistic wife Margaret, whose input into her husband's designs is often overlooked. Part of BBC4's This Is 
Scotland season. See panel. 
First shown on BBC2 Scotland

The Glencoe Massacre

05/02/2007

BBC Two - The Glencoe Massacre

How 38 men, women and children of the clan MacDonald were slaughtered in 1692.

Documentary examining the Glencoe massacre, one of the most famous and emotive legends in Scottish history, yet one of the most misunderstood.

Documentary telling the story of the Glencoe massacre. In the early hours of 13th February 1692, 38 men, women and children of the clan MacDonald were slaughtered in their homes. Despite popular belief, this was not a typical clash between two highland clans but a planned attempt at eliminating a community by government soldiers. 

The Glencoe massacre is one of the most famous and emotive legends in Scottish history, yet one of the most over-simplified and misunderstood.

John Michie narrates the often misunderstood story of the slaughter of 38 members of the MacDonald clan in their homes in the early hours of 13 February 1692. Their lives were taken not by a rival faction, but by government soldiers serving under the king, intent on eliminating the entire community.
See panel.
(First shown on BBC2 Scotland)

What Darwin Didn't Know

26/01/2009

BBC Four - What Darwin Didn't Know

The story of evolution theory over the past 150 years and how it may develop in future.

Evolutionary biologist Armand Marie Leroi tells the story of evolution theory since Darwin postulated it in 1859 and how the new science of 'evo devo' might predict its future.

Documentary which tells the story of evolution theory since Darwin postulated it in 1859 in 'On the Origin of Species'.

The theory of evolution by natural selection is now scientific orthodoxy, but when it was unveiled it caused a storm of controversy, from fellow scientists as well as religious people. They criticised it for being short on evidence and long on assertion and Darwin, being the honest scientist that he was, agreed with them. He knew that his theory was riddled with 'difficulties', but he entrusted future generations to complete his work and prove the essential truth of his vision, which is what scientists have been doing for the past 150 years.

Evolutionary biologist Professor Armand Marie Leroi charts the scientific endeavour that brought about the triumphant renaissance of Darwin's theory. He argues that, with the new science of evolutionary developmental biology (evo devo), it may be possible to take that theory to a new level - to do more than explain what has evolved in the past, and start to predict what might evolve in the future.

Biologist Armand Marie Leroi explores the progress that has been made since 
Charles Darwin 's On the Origin of Species was published in 1859 and looks at the work of the scientists who have striven to prove his theories.

The Dark Heart of Italy

08/06/2005

BBC Four - The Dark Heart of Italy

Tobias Jones celebrates the vitality of Italy, while also revealing its darker side.

Tobias Jones celebrates the vitality of Italy but also reveals its darker heart, highlighting the frustrations and characteristics of the country that both infuriate and charm.

Italy has been likened by writers to 'falling in love with a prostitute'. British journalist and writer Tobias Jones takes this as his starting point in his adopted home city of Parma. In celebrating the uniqueness and vitality of Italy, he also reveals its darker heart - highlighting the frustrations and characteristics of the country that both infuriate and charm.

Alongside this, and as a further illustration of Italy's darker heart, Jones tells the story that has rocked Parma in recent times Parmalat - the dairy company and owner of Parma football club, which turned out to house the biggest corporate fraud in history.

British journalist Tobias Jones explores the country's more sinister characteristics from his adopted home of Parma.

The Best of Youth

The Best of Youth: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Four - The Best of Youth, Episode 3

Giulia discovers that Carlo has ended up on the terrorist's hit list.

Drama series centred around an Italian family from the 1960s till the present day. Giulia's discovers that Carlo has ended up on the terrorist's hit list.

Drama series telling the story of an Italian family from the 1960s till the present day, set against major events in Italian history. Giulia's life underground as a member of the Red Brigades continues. She discovers that Carlo - now a prominent banker and university teacher - has ended up on the terrorist's hit list. Loner cop Matteo is transferred back to Rome where he starts an affair with a young Sicilian woman.

Drama series telling the story of an Italian family from the 1960s till the present day.

Drama series telling the story of an Italian family from the 1960s till the present day, set against events in Italian history.

The Best of Youth: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC Four - The Best of Youth, Episode 4

Now 18, Sara decides to attend an art restoration school in Rome.

Drama series centred around an Italian family from the 1960s till the present day. Now 18, Sara decides to attend an art restoration school in Rome.

Drama series telling the story of an Italian family from the 1960s till the present day, set against major events in Italian history. Now 18, Sara decides to move away from father Nicola to attend an art restoration school in Rome. On a trip to Milan to investigate the attempted prison suicide of a corrupt bureaucrat, Nicola accidentally comes across a photograph of his dead brother Matteo in an art gallery.

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