Coming in December 2021
Featuring voices from across the U.S. and around the globe, connect your audience to the world with these unique stories and perspectives. This month, we reflect with World War II survivors and pilots for the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, evaluate Malcolm X’s visit to the English town of Smethwick days before his assassination, discuss the Beatles’ international incident after they refused an invitation from the First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos, and discover leading news stories for the year ahead forecasted by BBC correspondents. See below for details.
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Docs and Specials
Witness History: World War II in the Pacific
One hour
December 1 – 31
For the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, stories of the war in the Pacific as told by the people who were there. A survivor of Pearl Harbor details his numerous lucky escapes; we hear recollections from pilots in the Battle of Midway; and reflect on the testimonies of survivors from the bombing of Nagasaki.
Malcolm in the Midlands
One hour
December 11 – 17
Just days before his assassination, Malcolm X was to be seen striding up a quiet residential street in the English town of Smethwick – followed by a small huddle of reporters. But what led one of the world’s most prominent civil rights activists to this small town in the Midlands? And what does this have to do with British politics of the mid-1960s, and the civil rights movement in America?
When the Beatles Didn’t Meet Imelda
One hour
December 18, 2021 – January 14, 2022
In 1966, The Beatles played before gigantic crowds during a visit to the Philippines. We hear the story of the international incident which followed, after they refused an invitation from the now infamous First Lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos.
Correspondents Look Ahead
One hour
December 31, 2021 – January 6, 2022
BBC correspondents forecast the leading news stories for the year ahead.
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Why is that? Could this solar farm be a climate change solution?
- Description: Experts say rapid innovative solutions are needed to end our dependency on fossil fuels. Could a new project in the Swiss Alps provide an answer? Switzerland is committed to being climate neutral by 2050 and there are already plans to recreate the floating solar farm across the country and abroad.
- Suggested social copy: Experts say rapid innovative solutions are needed to end our dependency on fossil fuels. Could a new project in the Swiss Alps provide an answer?
- Duration: 2 minutes 29 seconds
Why is that? Last chance to save the world’s ‘sinking cities’?
- Description: Lagos, Jakarta and Mumbai are on the front line of climate change with increasingly intense rainfall and storm surges threatening their futures. Can decisions at COP26 save them? Swenja Surminski, a climate change resilience expert from the London School of Economics explains.
- Suggested social copy: Lagos, Jakarta and Mumbai are on the front line of climate change with increasingly intense rainfall and storm surges threatening their futures. Can decisions at COP26 save them?
- Duration: 4 minutes 11 seconds
- Description: Is a vegan diet better for our health? Many cultures have had vegan elements to their diets for centuries. But lots of people around the world are considering going vegan because of its low impact on the environment, and to improve animal welfare. But there could also be some health benefits, as dietician Marisa Moore, explains to BBC Minute.
- Suggested social copy: It’s good for the environment, but what about your health?
- Duration: 4 minutes 9 seconds
