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Global Business
Denmark's Wind Power Progress
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Denmark is on course to generate 50% of its electricity from wind power in the next three years. Show more
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Weekend
Hong Kong Selects a New Chief Executive
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
New Hong Kong leader chosen by a specially-appointed committee. Show more
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Weekend
Carrie Lam Elected as Hong Kong Leader
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Beijing-backed Carrie Lam is elected as the new Hong Kong chief executive. Show more
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Weekend
Beijing-favoured Candidate Becomes New Hong Kong Leader
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Beijing-favoured candidate Carrie Lam is elected as Hong Kong chief executive. Show more
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Over to You
How Will The World Have Their Say Now?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Network Controller, Mary Hockaday explains the decision to axe World Have Your Say and outlines other changes to the schedule including new arts programming. Show more
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Heart and Soul
The Return of the Heathens
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The fastest growing religion in Iceland is Norse paganism. Why are people choosing to take up a religion that was banned in the country 1,000 years ago? Show more
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The Newsroom
Hong Kong Elects First Female Leader
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Carrie Lam is backed by Chinese Government but is opposed by pro-democracy groups, Pakistan begins building fence on border with Afghanistan Show more
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Valley Fontaine asks why we do yoga and how has it become so popular. Millions of us do yoga every day; but there’s controversy about whether we’re doing it for the right reasons. Show more
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Gramophone
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
“Superstar” economics – how the gramophone led to a winner-take-all dynamic in the performing industry. And innovations have created superstar economics in other sectors too. Show more
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The Documentary
Horses for Courses
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The glamour, graft and glory at the most important thoroughbred horse auction on earth. Show more
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Newshour
New Hong Kong Leader Promises To Heal Divide
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Carrie Lam vows to heal divisions as pro-democracy activists dismiss election as a sham Show more
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Live at the Oxford Literary Festival
Live At The Oxford Literary Festival
1 hour, 39 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
On Sunday 3rd April the BBC World Service will be broadcasting live from the Oxford Literary Festival, between 14:00 and 16:00 BST. As part of the Identity season, presenters Anu Anand, Jamie Coomarasamy and Jo Fidgen will look at ideas of identity being discussed at the Festival, with international authors and thinkers, performers and festival go-ers.
Do leaders shape their people’s identity, or is it the other way around? And can it ever be said that we end up with the leaders we deserve? Show more
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The day's top stories including Formula One, Test cricket and World Cup qualifiers.
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How can women's boxing build upon it’s moment in the Olympic spotlight?
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The second-half of the World Cup qualifier from Wembley between England and Lithuania.
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The Newsroom
Hundreds Arrested During Protests in Russia
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrested at protest, Mosul offensive intensifies, Thousands take part in Yemen protests, Uber takes self-driving vehicles off the road. Show more
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Heart and Soul
The Return of the Heathens
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The fastest growing religion in Iceland is Norse paganism. Why are people choosing to take up a religion that was banned in the country 1,000 years ago? Show more
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The BBC World Service drama that's made and set in Nigeria.
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Newshour
Several Hundred Arrested in Moscow Protests
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny among those detained in anti-corruption rally. Show more
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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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Digital Planet
Performing Surgery With a Hand-Mounted Exoskeleton
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
A hand-mounted exoskeleton for surgeons; Japan’s extreme weather-predicting K computer; Social networks guide to weather forecast; Protecting accelerometers from attack Show more
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An influential "objectivist" philosopher; a political assassination in Colombia; the deportation of Estonians to Siberia; the killing of King Faisal. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 2017/03/27 00:06 GMT: Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian Leader
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The Russian President meets Hassan Rouhani in Moscow. Show more
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Outlook
Outlook Weekend: Do The Hustle
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Hear about an abandoned Afghan boy who survived on his wits, the ex-fraudster who ended up a barrister and the homeless New Yorker who hustled herself a Harvard education Show more
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HARDtalk
Ben Ferencz, Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi Trials
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Looking back, what does the last surviving prosecutor at the Nazi trials think they achieved? Zeinab Badawi speaks to 98-year-old Ben Ferencz in Florida about the nature of evil. Show more
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The Food Chain
One Potato More
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Is the humble spud the solution to the global food supply? Show more
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Newsday
Russia: Opposition Leader Arrested In Anti-corruption Protests
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
The protesters wanted Prime Minister Medvedev to resign over corruption allegations. Show more
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