23 June 2000 : TV/Radio listings

Saturday 24 June

7.05 – 7.30am BBC 2
Global Tourism
This programme looks at the growth of the global tourist industry and the social and cultural problems it creates.

11.30 – 12.00am BBC Radio 4
From Our Own Correspondent
Kate Adie discusses various topical issues with correspondents worldwide. Also broadcast on BBC World Service at 6.05pm and 11.30pm.

Sunday 25 June

3.30 – 4.00am BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

6.30 – 6.55am BBC 2
A Vulnerable Life
Examines the vulnerability of those living in rural India.

12.30 – 1.00pm BBC Radio 4
The Food Programme
Genetically modified food promises to end hunger in the world’s poorest countries but is this true and what about the concerns raised about GM foods in the West?

7.30 – 9.00pm BBC 2
Smith, Mugabe and the Union Jack
On the night that the polls close in the general election, David Dimbleby visits Zimbabwe. Includes footage of Mugabe talking of recent events that have hit the news headline such as the occupation of white owned farms, the intimidation aimed at opposition party members and followers and Britain’s relationship with its ex-colony.

8.00 – 9.00pm Channel 4
The Day the World Took Off
As part of a series focusing on Britain’s Industrial Revolution, this programme looks into the past to examine why the incentive for change was prominent in the West and did not in the East.

Monday 26 June

4.00 – 4.30pm BBC Radio 4
The Food Programme
Genetically modified food promises to end hunger in the world’s poorest countries but is this true and what about the concerns raised about GM foods in the West?

4.30 – 5.00pm BBC Radio 4
Four Corners

Wednesday 28 June

4.45 – 5.00pm BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

Thursday 29 June

3.45 – 4.00am BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent
Also broadcast at 7.45 and 12.30 on BBC World Service and 11.00am on BBC Radio 4.

8.30 – 9.00pm BBC Radio 4
In Business: Going Glocal
Over the lasts 30 years Singapore has been a success story, moving from "third world poverty to prosperity". Peter Day investigates its new strategy for economic survival in the 21st century as it increasingly faces the challenge of how to sustain this growth.

12.30 – 1.00am BBC 2
Fuelling the Philippines Tiger
Is the Philippines economic growth adversely affecting it’s environment and how can it be protected against this progress?

Sunday 2 July

BBC World Service
International Question Time
‘Responsible Business in the Global Economy’: This debate, held in association with the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum, is to be chaired by Sheena McDonald.