1 December 2000 : TV / Radio listings

Monday 4 December

8.30 – 9.00pm Radio 4
Crossing Continents
This documentary follows the campaign of the eunuchs of Bangladesh for political rights, investigating the marginalisation and abuse they suffer from the wider community.

Tuesday 5 December

6.00 – 6.30am BBC 2
Lessons from Kerala
Investigates the reasons why Kerala, one of India’s poorest states, has the best healthcare and education in the country.

6.30 – 7.00am BBC 2
Home to Banaba
Former citizens of a tiny Pacific island return to see the devastation wrought by 80 years of phosphate mining

Thursday 7 December

11.00 – 11.30am BBC Radio 4
Crossing Continents
Haiti: Andy Kershaw examines some of the poorest and most deprived areas of the western hemisphere investigating the deportation of thousands of US residents to places they have never seen before in an attempts to combat drugs and crime

Friday 8 December

1.45 – 2.00am BBC 2
What Have the 90’s Ever Done for Us?
‘The political landscape underwent huge changes; tropical rainforest fires; melting ice caps and rising sea levels gave cause for concern; and scientists battled against malaria and CJD