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BBC
World does not plan to be content with a barrage of India
specific programmes this summer, it would seem.
The
channel has announced a range of fresh weekend programming,
split into three seasons for the coming three months targeted
at the avid traveller and aviation aficionado.
April
on BBC will be heralded with Voyager, in which various
intrepid travellers follow in the footsteps of famous men
before them in the legendary journeys they undertook. Michael
Palin will trace the road taken by Ernest Hemingway through
many exotic locations the author visited and wrote about
in his novels, in the first episode, to be aired at 2.40
pm, Saturdays. Among others, archeologist Michael Wood takes
a unique expedition from Greece to India, tracking the Footsteps
of Alexander the Great, in June.
Frontiers
in Flight also takes off this April on BBC World, with
a focus on the evolution of modern day aviation, renowned
fighter pilots who served in the two World Wars and historic
flights that changed the face of the field. The shows will
air at 7:40 pm Saturdays with repeat telecasts on Sundays.
The
Women at the Top season on the channel is being programmed
to coincide with the 2002 Business Woman of the Year award
in June and will train the spotlight on women who have advanced
to the pinnacle in their chosen fields. It includes a three
part series Boss Women featuring some of the best
women achievers the world has seen in recent times, to air
Saturdays 7:40 pm. This season will be complemented with
women specific Hardtalk Specials and World
Business Report which will highlight contributions from
women in business.
For
those with a yen for wheels, lifestyle programme Top
Gear takes off this summer on the channel on Thursday
evenings. The Car's the Star and Clarkson's
Car Years are the episodes that target the car lover
with a critique on the state of the global car industry
as well as a look at modern models.
Among
its other programming initiatives are The Future Just
Happened, a four part series on how the Internet and
the new economy are forming the backbone of a new social
order that revolves around high technology. Designing
Our Lives, another four part series this summer, takes
a look at how people are being compelled to improve their
tools and surroundings to fit changing needs and wants.
The channel's flagship science documentary series, Horizon,
continues with an in-depth look at the lost city of Atlantis,
in mid-April.
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