Green In The Media 25th April - 1st May

Monday 25th April

One Planet
On: BBC World Service Radio
Time: 11:32 to 11:50 (Also 1630, Fri 1930, Sat 0030, Sun 1930)
One Planet looks at how we use our planet.

Alive in Chernobyl
On: BBC Radio 4
Time: 20:00 to 20:30
On the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Olga Betko goes in search of the tiny elderly rural population who chose to defy the radiation and return to their land.

Tuesday 26th April

Party Election Broadcast by the Scottish Green Party
On: BBC 2 Scotland
Time: 17:55 to 18:00 (Also STV 1825, BBC1 1855)
A party election broadcast by the Scottish Green Party.

Nuclear Eternity
On: more4
Time: 22:00 to 23:15 (Also 0025)
This innovative and award-winning film takes a timely look at the dangers of the nuclear power industry. In the few decades since the first nuclear reactors were built, more than 250,000 tonnes of radioactive refuse have been produced, which will remain hazardous to human life for at least 100,000 years. Deep underground in Finland, Onkalo, a gigantic and impenetrable repository, is being built, to store Finnish nuclear material in the coming millennia. Building began in the 20th century and will be completed in the 22nd. Nuclear Eternity takes the form of a letter to future generations, asking the philosophical and existential questions prompted by Onkalo. How can a civilisation that has only existed for a few thousand years hope to know what the world will be like in 100 millennia from now?

Heavy Water
On: more4
Time: 23:15 to 00:25
On 26 April 1986, reactor four at Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded, sending an enormous radioactive cloud over Northern Ukraine and neighbouring Belarus. The danger was kept a secret from the rest of the world and the nearby population went about their business as usual. May Day celebrations began, children played and the residents of Pripyat marvelled at the spectacular fire raging at the reactor. After three days, an area the size of England was contaminated with radioactive dust, creating a 'zone' of poisoned land. Based on Mario Petrucci's award-winning poem, this film tells the story of the people who dealt with the disaster at ground-level: the fire-fighters, soldiers, 'liquidators', and their families. The poetry is read by David Bickerstaff, Francine Brody, Juliet Stevenson, David Threlfall and Samuel West.

Wednesday 27th April

Costing the Earth
On: BBC Radio 4
Time: 21:00 to 21:30 (Also Thu 1330)
In the UK we eat around three bars of chocolate a week each. Raw cocoa prices have risen dramatically, but Tom Heap finds that higher prices could bring about a sustainable future.

Saturday 30th April

Our World
On: BBC News
Time: 05:30 to 06:00 (Also 1430, 2130, 0330, Sun 1430, 2330)
The Vanishing Antarctica.
Featuring news programmes on current issues around the world. Richard Wilson travels to the West Antarctic Ice Shelf to see the work of the British scientists who are investigating changes to the shape of the ice - and the possible consequences for our world.

JG Ballard - The Drowned World
On: BBC Radio 4 Extra
Time: 18:30 to 19:00 (Also 0030)
The author's 1962 debut novel set in a submerged London of the future, transformed by global warming. Read by Robert Glenister. Episode 1 of 4.

Sunday 1st May

Countryfile
On: BBC 1
Time: 19:00 to 20:00
Tom Heap investigates how tighter EU regulations could see more of our bathing water failing safety tests


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