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28 April 2000

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28 April 2000 : TV/Radio listings:

Saturday 29 April

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.
Various aspects of the theme of sustainable development are subject to examination in these lectures which are to culminate in a round table discussion hosted by the Prince of Wales.
3. Business: Sir John Brown, chief executive of BP Amoco, talks on how business can contribute to sustainable development.

11.30pm BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

Sunday 30 April

3.30am BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

6.35am BBC 2
‘I used to work in the sun’
Malaysia, among other S. E. Asian countries is trying ‘systematic industrialisation’. This programme looks at how this has affected the Malaysian people.

9.05am BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

8.05pm BBC World Service
The Reith Lectures 2000

Monday 1 May

10.05am BBC World Service
One Planet

10.05pm BBC 1
Back Passage to India
Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, stars of The Royle Family, travel to India to make a documentary about the Shree Bhairav Eye Hospital in Rajasthan.

Tuesday 2 May

11am BBC Radio 4
Calcutta Stories: City of Hope
Simon Parkes looks at what the future holds for Calcutta, a city haunted by poverty and squalor.

Wednesday 3 May

4.45pm BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

8pm BBC Radio 4
The Reith Lectures: Respect for the Earth
Various aspects of the theme of sustainable development are subject to examination in these lectures which are to culminate in a round table discussion hosted by the Prince of Wales.
4. Health and Population: Director-general of the World Health Organisation, Gro Harlem Brundtland, "calls for a radical new approach to enable the planet to meet the basic needs of its six billion people".

Thursday 4 May

3.45am BBC World Service
From Our Own Correspondent

8.05pm BBC World Service
One Planet

Friday 5 May

2.05am BBC World Service
One Planet