[Swprograms] Fwd: BBC World Service Schedule Change - Countdown to the Olympics

["Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

The following came from the BBCWS Press Office and may be of interest.

This would likely be in the "Monday Documentary" time slot - see
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/programme_times/m_o.shtml
for the times applicable to the delivery platform (egad) of your
interest:

For SW to Eastern NA, best bet is "West Africa"; SW to Western NA,
also check the East Asia services; for live webcast, check "Europe";
for XM Satellite Radio, check "Americas".

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA


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The two-part documentary Countdown to the Olympics, originall
scheduled for transmission on Monday 2 and 9 June, has been postponed
to a later date, Instead, there's another chance to hear
Assignment:Taxi to the Dark Side on 2 June and Assignment: Leila's
Story on 9 June.

Another chance to hear Assignment: Taxi to the Dark Side - a
fascinating, moving and detailed look at American abuses of prisoners
in the so called 'war on terror'. It started as a documentary film and
was co-funded by BBC Television as part of its Why Democracy? season.
It was directed by acclaimed American documentary maker Alex Gibney
and many months before the film's Oscar for best documentary, the
World Service commissioned a half hour radio version of the two hour
film.

It tells the story of Dilawar, a taxi driver who was taken to Bagram
prison in Afghanistan on suspicion of terrorism, then so brutally
beaten by American troops during his interrogation that he died three
days later of his injuries.

Presenter/Alex Gibney
Assignment: Leila's Story
Leila lives in Tehran. She was sold into prostitution by her own
mother from the age of 9. At 18, she was sentenced to death by
hanging. Her life was saved by the human rights lawyer, Shadi Sadr.
Leila's story, told in her own words, provides a unique insight into
poverty in Iran and pays tribute to social workers and lawyers
fighting behind the scenes to reform a justice system heavily biased
against women.

According to Shadi Sadr, "a girl is considered one of the first
commodities that can be traded or sold in the eyes of a parent who is
poor in Iran." But the situation appears to be changing. Under Iran's
new child protection laws, child abuse is now acknowledged as a crime.

Today Leila is being cared for and housed by the Omid e Mehr (Hope)
Day Centre for vulnerable girls in Tehran. Privately funded, this
unique home provides psychotherapy and education. Here, the girls are
told that they are equal to men and taught to become self-reliant.
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