Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands Worldwide's English Service - a list of the new programmes coming up on Radio Netherlands Worldwide this week, beginning on Saturday.
SATURDAY 30 May
*** The State We're In ***
ALONGSIDE KEN IN PRISON: Jonathan talks about the killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa with Ledum Mitee, an Ogoni rights activist in Port Harcourt Nigeria. Ledum explains his memories of Ken's last days, and the personal cost he has paid in his campaign for environmental protection and justice.
ELLEN'S STORY: Ellen Szita was illiterate till she was 45 years old. Now, she's the author of a book and a campaigner for adult literacy - she talks to Jonathan Groubert about how she made that journey.
KURDISH WASH AND READ PROGRAMME: Correspondent Dorian Jones reports on a new initiative to help disadvantaged Kurdish refugees in Turkey - the Kelebek initiative allows women to bring their household washing into the centre and while the machines are running, they can attend literacy and language classes.
THE RIGHT TO READ IN ENGLISH: Shabnam Ramaswamy believes that the English language marks the dividing line between rich and poor in India. She talks to producer Dheera Sujan about the lessons learned from her illiterate grandmother, and the work she's doing now to bring her grandmother's dream to hundreds of children in a remote Indian village.
TIANANMEN SQUARE MEMORIES: Ying Chang was part of the seven-week protest which ended with the brutal 4 June massacre. She tells Jonathan what she remembers most, and what she wasn't allowed to see and talk about back then.
ERASING HISTORY: Karen Meirik reports from Beijing on how house demolitions there aren't just symptoms of an overheated economy or corruption, but the politically-motivated targets of a government punishing Beijing residents for their support of the 1989 protest.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
*** Network Europe Week ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.
Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Note that we run Network Europe Week every hour on Monday until 1600
SUNDAY 31 May
*** Network Europe Extra ***
Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
*** Radio Books (primary programme) ***
'White Patches Lost on the Plain' - by Sus van Elzen
Belgian journalist Sus van Elzen is interested in international politics. He's written about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and progress in China prior to the Beijing Olympics.
In his Radio Books story, a young woman leaves a crowded city to live in a small village. A handful of mostly elderly people are the only residents - but there are still secrets to uncover.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
MONDAY 1 June
*** Curious Orange (primary programme) ***
What happens when you scrape off the top 40cm of earth in Enkhuizen, Holland? You find 3000-year-old stuff, that's what. We'll take you to the site of the excavation.
We'll also take you to the Bijlmermeer - 12 years ago it was the site of a tragic plane crash, now it's the site of a culture-uniting art walk.
And, for a little more Dutch art, we'll take you all the way to Australia, for the opening of the "Intensely Dutch" exhibition!
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
*** Radio Books (repeat from Sunday) ***
'White Patches Lost on the Plain' - by Sus van Elzen
Belgian journalist Sus van Elzen is interested in international politics. He's written about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and progress in China prior to the Beijing Olympics.
In his Radio Books story, a young woman leaves a crowded city to live in a small village. A handful of mostly elderly people are the only residents - but there are still secrets to uncover.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe
*** Network Europe Week ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
TUESDAY 2 June
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***
ALONGSIDE KEN IN PRISON: Jonathan talks about the killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa with Ledum Mitee, an Ogoni rights activist in Port Harcourt Nigeria. Ledum explains his memories of Ken's last days, and the personal cost he has paid in his campaign for environmental protection and justice.
ELLEN'S STORY: Ellen Szita was illiterate till she was 45 years old. Now, she's the author of a book and a campaigner for adult literacy - she talks to Jonathan Groubert about how she made that journey.
KURDISH WASH AND READ PROGRAMME: Correspondent Dorian Jones reports on a new initiative to help disadvantaged Kurdish refugees in Turkey - the Kelebek initiative allows women to bring their household washing into the centre and while the machines are running, they can attend literacy and language classes.
THE RIGHT TO READ IN ENGLISH: Shabnam Ramaswamy believes that the English language marks the dividing line betwen rich and poor in India. She talks to producer Dheera Sujan about the lessons learned from her illiterate grandmother, and the work she's doing now to bring her grandmother's dream to hundreds of children in a remote Indian village.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe
*** Earthbeat (repeat from Thursday) ***
The tale of two cities with very different attitudes to traffic noise. Amsterdam, where the bicycle is king of the road, has dealt with noise by making sure that parking a car in the centre is so expensive you'd need to sell your car to do it.
Meanwhile in Mumbai, "I honk therefore I am" seems to be the drivers mantra. We hear about a campaign to change this. Plus, how to turn sunlight into fuel, and how to get gold from toxic sludge.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
WEDNESDAY 3 June
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
*** Bridges with Africa (repeat from Friday) ***
We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa. The show goes beyond the clichés of starving children and war-ridden countries and seeks to bring you genuine voices from a vibrant continent.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe
*** Reloaded (primary programme) ***
Another selection of this week's programme highlights presented by Mindy Ran.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
THURSDAY 4 June
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
*** Earthbeat (primary programme) ***
The most edible of Dutch delicacies, the eel, is under threat. This mysterious fish travels thousands of miles to spawn in the Sargasso sea but lives most of its life in freshwater rivers and lakes in Europe. Stocks are declining at an alarming rate, and are 100th of what they were 20 years ago. So who's to blame and what's being done about it?
We follow fishermen as they release eels in an effort to restock. Conservation groups think that this isn't enough and the only way to keep this species from extinction is to keep it off the supermarket shelves.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe
*** Curious Orange (repeat programme) ***
What happens when you scrape off the top 40cm of earth in Enkhuizen, Holland? You find 3000-year-old stuff, that's what. We'll take you to the site of the excavation.
We'll also take you to the Bijlmermeer - 12 years ago it was the site of a tragic plane crash, now it's the site of a culture-uniting art walk.
And, for a little more Dutch art, we'll take you all the way to Australia, for the opening of the "Intensely Dutch" exhibition!
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
FRIDAY 5 June
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
*** Bridges with Africa (primary programme) ***
We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa. The show goes beyond the clichés of starving children and war-ridden countries and seeks to bring you genuine voices from a vibrant continent.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe
*** Reloaded (repeat programme) ***
Another selection of this week's programme highlights presented by Mindy Ran.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
(R Netherlands)