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 26 DECEMBER
*** The State We're In ***
I was a bad boss, briefly: Elaine Pondant of Nacogdoces, Texas, had a terrible supervisor and swore she would never be a bad boss. Then one day, she did just that. Elaine explains what pushed her over the edge and how she climbed back.
Collaborative divorce - a personal story: Cathryn and Peter Merten were brought together by destiny and a couple of errant cases of chicken pox. They married, had two kids and a life that seemed to be going according to plan ... except that it didn't. A portrait of a love story where boy gets girl, boy marries girl, boy splits up with girl and then they become friends.
Personal loss in Rwanda: Jean-Paul Samputu is a Rwandan musician whose family was slaughtered in the genocide of 1994. He tells Jonathan about forgiving the murderer of his family, who happened to be a childhood friend.
Forgiveness in Rwanda: Jonathan continues the discussion with Jean-Paul Samputu and Vincent Ntkirutimana about their reunion nearly a decade after Vincent murdered Jean-Paul's family.
Down's but not out: Otto Baxter is 22 years old and has Down's Syndrome. He also wants to have sex. But that's not so easy in a culture which marginalizes people with disabilities. He and his mother, Lucy, talk openly about why it's his right to do what other people his age is doing.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.00 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.00 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.00 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.00 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
00.30 Europe
05.00 North America
14.00 Europe
23.00 North America and CBC
*** 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):
19.30 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
04.00 Africa and Asia
13.00 North America
17.00 Europe
22.00 Asia
*** Network Europe Extra ***
Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0300 North America
1200 North America
1500 Europe
SUNDAY 27 DECEMBER
*** 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 12065, 6040, East China 9720
1800 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
1900 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
0500 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1430 Europe
1700 Europe
2200 Asia
*** Radio Books (primary programme) ***
'The Little Impostor' - by Fouad Laroui
Author Fouad Laroui was born in Morocco, attended university in Paris and now teaches in Amsterdam. Identity is an important theme in Laroui's work and plays an important role in his Radio Books story. At a French Lyceum in Casablanca, all the boys are going home for the end of year holiday except Mehdi. His wish to experience a French-style family Christmas comes true - but with unexpected consequences.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.30 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.00 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.30 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
19.30 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
00.30 Europe
05.30 North America
10.30 Africa and Asia
14.40 Europe
MONDAY 28 DECEMBER
*** Curious Orange (primary programme) ***
Michel Walraven is your guide to modern-day Holland.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.30 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.30 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
00.30 Europe
13.00 North America
14.30 Europe
22.10 Asia
23.10 North America and CBC
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
*** 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):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** Euro Hit 40 ***
Europe's No.1 chart Show.
Broadcast times on WRN
05.20 North America
*** Classic Dox ***
'The House of Orange: A Union of Nation and Family' (Orig. broadcast Dec. 2002)
A portrait of the House of Orange and the role it has played in the life of the Dutch nation. Historians and archive material tell the story of the Netherlands' Royal Family from 16th century Stadhouder William the Silent to the three queens of the 20th century. Produced by Marijke van der Meer.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
Broadcast times on WRN
13.20 North America
*** European Jazz Stage/ World Music ***
A swing edition with the Benjamin Herman Quartet and the Benny Golson All Stars who remember Clifford Brown. All of that, on the European Jazz Stage with Daniel Frankl.
*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***
Live! at the Concertgebouw 2008
Devotional music by an opera composer, no less: Puccini's 'Messa di Gloria'. The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra under Jaap van Zweden, this week. Hans Haffmans is the programme's host.
TUESDAY 29 DECEMBER
*** 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):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***
I was a bad boss, briefly: Elaine Pondant of Nacogdoces, Texas, had a terrible supervisor and swore she would never be a bad boss. Then one day, she did just that. Elaine explains what pushed her over the edge and how she climbed back.
Collaborative divorce - a personal story: Cathryn and Peter Merten were brought together by destiny and a couple of errant cases of chicken pox. They married, had two kids and a life that seemed to be going according to plan ... except that it didn't. A portrait of a love story where boy gets girl, boy marries girl, boy splits up with girl and then they become friends.
Personal loss in Rwanda: Jean-Paul Samputu is a Rwandan musician whose family was slaughtered in the genocide of 1994. He tells Jonathan about forgiving the murderer of his family, who happened to be a childhood friend.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.30 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.15 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.15 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
04.00 Africa and Asia
10.30 Africa and Asia
14.15 Europe
*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***
Live! at the Concertgebouw 2009
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra brings music for strings, percussion and celesta by Bartok, and Tchaikovsky's 'Symphony no. 4' in f minor, Op. 36. Your host is Hans Haffmans.
*** Commonwealth Story ***
A selection of winning stories chosen from the large number of entries for the 2009 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.
'Light After Death' - by Soraya Sunitra Kee Xiang Yin, Malaysia. The transforming effect of the six o'clock sun. Read by Liz Sutherland.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.50 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
Broadcast times on WRN
00.50 Europe
04.25 Africa and Asia
10.50 Africa and Asia
22.50 Asia
23.50 North America and CBC
*** Classic Dox ***
'Imagining Farm Machinery' (Orig. broadcast Dec. 2003)
An upstate New York dairy farm in the late 1950's provides a landscape where memory and family history intersect with fiction and farm machinery. Where do
the roots of our imagination lie buried? How much is passed on from father to son? By retelling family stories is it possible to recover "what we lost"? Produced by David Swatling.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
WEDNESDAY 30 DECEMBER
*** 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):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** Reloaded (primary programme) ***
Another selection of this week's programme highlights presented by Mindy Ran.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
18.15 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.15 Europe
22.10 Asia
*** Classic Dox ***
'Worlds Apart: Story of the Collard Family' (Orig. broadcast Nov. 2001)
One family and two cultures. For decades Aboriginal children were taken away and fostered out or brought up in an orphanage - a parent's worst nightmare. The story of the Collard family puts a human face on Australia's stolen generation. Produced by Dheera Sujan.
*** Newsline ***
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
THURSDAY 31 DECEMBER
*** 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):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** Earth Beat (primary programme) ***
Next week on Earth Beat we recycle some of our favourite stories. Producers present interviews which made an impact on their lives. So tune in to find out why Fiona now brings Tupperware to the butchers, why Michele bought a dozen green plants and why Jan will be eating potatoes and onions for months to come.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.35 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
04.00 Africa and Asia
05.10 North America
10.00 Africa and Asia
13.00 North America
14.00 Europe
17.30 Europe
22.10 Asia
23.10 North America and CBC
*** Classic Dox ***
'The Music of Lutes and Harps' (Orig broadcast May 2007)
Confucius described the harmony between husband, wife and children as the music of lutes and harps. The influence of Confucius on Chinese family life - particularly his teachings on filial piety and the relationship between stable family life and a stable state - is still felt today. A New York Festivals Finalist produced by Marijke van der Meer.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
15.15 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
FRIDAY 1 JANUARY 2010*** 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):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** 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):
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.15 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.10 North America
10.00 Africa and Asia
13.00 North America
17.30 Europe
22.10 Asia
23.10 North America and CBC
*** Classic Dox ***
'The House' (Orig. broadcast Dec. 2001)
An unusual story of a Czech émigré who unexpectedly hears that the old family home in the Bohemian mountains still exists. What he finds under the floorboards when he visits the house bring the painful family past back to life. Produced by Michele Ernsting.
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
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