2006 Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands' English Service - a list of the new programmes coming up on Radio Netherlands this week, beginning on Saturday.
SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER *** Weekend Connection *** Every Saturday, the Newsline team brings you Weekend Connection, with thought-provoking reports on the issues making headlines in the Netherlands, Europe and beyond. It's a lively mix of local colour and "the big picture". One week you might hear how Dutch farmers are doing their part to combat bird flu, the next week it's about the worldwide attempt to punish crimes against humanity. Big or small, Weekend Connection covers it all! Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (Australia/Asia/Far East), 12.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 05.00 (Western N America & New Zealand) *** Vox Humana *** In Vox Humana this week, we look at the wretched lives of political prisoners in one of the most closed societies in the world. Canadian author Karen Connolly travelled around Burma and met Burmese former political prisoners in Thailand and decided to fictionalise the stories she heard along the way. Stories that raised haunting questions about the price people were willing to pay in their struggle for democracy. Producer Chris Tenove talked to Karen Connolly about her novel "The Lizard Cage" - for which she too struggled, spending nine years imaging herself in the prison cell with her main character. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (Australia/Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia)Repeated: Sun 1430 (South Asia), Sun 1900 (N America, Africa)
SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER *** Amsterdam Forum *** Virtual crack - is online gaming bad for you? Online video games are one of the biggest growth areas in mass entertainment. They are used as entertainment and stress relief by many around the globe. But as the world of online gaming grows, the debate about its social impact is intensifying. A clinic has recently opened in Amsterdam, designed to treat people addicted to playing online games. They say the games may look innocent, but can be as addictive as gambling or drugs. They claim gamer addicts risk their relationships, health, education and careers to satisfy their addiction. So is online gaming a harmless diversion from reality - or a dangerous addiction? Have your say on the topic at: www.radionetherlands.nl/features/amsterdamforum/. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.05 (Australia/Asia/Far East), 11.05 (Eastern N America), 15.05 (South Asia), 18.05 & 20.05 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia)
MONDAY 16 OCTOBER *** Newsline *** The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia) *** The Research File *** What distinguishes animals from humans? "Emotions", you might say. But with large numbers of people reporting apparently human-like emotions in their pets, we find out what this says about animals, their consciousness and our theories of what's going on. Also in this edition; why sweaty palms could help predict who'll respond to medication for alcoholism, and how a new computer system has confirmed that there's a black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia)Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa)
TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER *** Newsline *** The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia) *** EuroQuest *** "Muslim Alienation in an Alien Nation" Muslim radicalisation expert Atef Handy talks about his recent report on why Dutch born Muslims turn against society and embrace Islamic fundamentalism. No part of the Dutch Muslim community is more maligned than young Moroccan males. Ahmed Dadou, an articulate spokesman for the Dutch Moroccan Community, talks about what's alienating his peers. The German government recently met Muslim community officials for the first Islam summit. It was billed as a rational discussion meant to enhance relations and improve the integration of Muslims into German society. And then, a controversial production of a Mozart opera meant it all got a bit weird. "Indigene" is a new film telling the story of North Africans who fought to liberate France in World War Two and it's opening up a forgotten chapter in French history. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia)Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa)Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), Mon 1900 (Africa)
WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER *** Newsline *** The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia) *** The Weekly Documentary *** "But I got an A in Dutch" What impact do current Dutch asylum procedures have on the children of refugees who've had their requests refused and been told they must return home. What happens when children born in the Netherlands are locked up in high security detention centres? What is the impact, not only on them, but on those they leave behind? Find out in this week's documentary "But I got an A in Dutch". Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia)Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa)Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), Mon 1900 (Africa)
THURSDAY 19 OCTOBER *** Newsline *** The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia) *** Dutch Horizons *** Dutch Horizons takes you for a boat tour on a lake that came close to being drained and turned into land. We also visit a Dutch province in the centre of the country, where there used to be water. The wide open spaces of Flevoland are the perfect setting for five enormous works of land art. And you'll meet a remarkable falconer and his 13 birds of prey. Douglas Lovell uses the birds to teach children about love for animals and respect for each other. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia)Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa)Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), Mon 1900 (Africa)
FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER *** Newsline *** The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia) *** A Good Life *** French settlers who fled Algeria after independence in 1962 - the 'pied-noirs' or 'black feet' as they were called - are returning in their tens of thousands to see the country where they were born and brought up. We travel with a group of pied-noirs from Marseilles to the eastern Algerian port of Bijaya. Plus, the camel has long been part of the landscape in many African countries. It's used for a variety of tasks. We visit Mauritania where camel milk could prove a potent source of income for this Saharan nation. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia)Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa)Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), Mon 1900 (Africa)Repeated: Tues 1500 (S Asia), Tues 1900 (Africa)
(Source: R Netherlands)