14 April 2000 : TV/Radio listings:

Saturday 15 April

7.30am BBC 2
Rousseau in Africa: Democracy in the Making
Analyses Jean Jacques Rousseau’s theories on human nature in relation to the end of apartheid in South Africa

11.30am BBC Radio 4
From Our Own Correspondent
Kate Adie discusses various topical issues with Correspondents worldwide.

6.05pm BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

10.15pm BBC Radio 4
The Reith Lectures: Respect for the Earth
Sustainable development is the theme that five prominent speakers must focus on during these lectures. The series will conclude with a round table discussion hosted by the Prince of Wales.
1.Governance: Chris Pattern, Commissioner of External Affairs for the European Union, explains why he feels ‘civil society and democratic values must flourish’ if governments economic policies are to become environmentally friendly.
Repeated from Wednesday 14th April.

11.30pm BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

Sunday 16 April

3.30am BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

9.05am BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

8.05pm BBC World Service
The Reith Lectures 2000

9.30pm BBC Radio 4
Analysis: Peace in Our Time
Programme looks at current policy making and thought on resolving conflict in problem areas of the world. Have we learnt anything from recent experiences?

Monday 17 April

10.05am BBC World Service
One Planet

4.30pm BBC Radio 4
Four Corners
Discussion following the world’s headline issues and cultures.

10.05pm BBC 1
Panorama
Investigates the ‘world’s fastest growing Aids epidemic in South Africa’ and the way in which the government are responding it.

Wednesday 19 April

4.45pm BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

8pm BBC Radio 4
The Reith Lectures: Respect for the Earth
See Saturday 15 April. Future topics focusing on the theme of sustainable development are: Business; Health & Population; Poverty & Globalisation.
2. Biodiversity: Tom Lovejoy, chief biodiversity advisor to the World Bank and councillor at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, talks about the crucial role that biodiversity plays in sustainable development and how we must attempt to stem the destruction of the biodiversity of our planet.

Thursday 20 April

00.30am BBC 2
Desertification: A Threat to Peace?
‘Farmers from the drylands of Kenya illustrate the problems of living on the physical and economic margins of existence’.

3.45am BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

11am BBC Radio 4
Crossing Continents
Julian Pettifer travels to the Philippines to meet some of the people who are fighting against the Church for the right for women to use birth control. The rate of population growth in the Philippines’ is one of the highest in the world and family planning is needed to help relieve poverty in the country.

8.05pm BBC World
Service One Planet

12pm BBC 1
Panorama
Repeated from Monday 17 April.

Friday 21 April

3.05pm BBC World Service
One Planet