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159 :
PISA - Global Education Tables Tested |
first
broadcast:
Mon Nov 25 2013 |
8.02 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
David Spiegelhalter |
producer:
Mike Hally and Mark Whitaker |
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A critical look at the international 'PISA' survey of education systems that consistently ranks British schools well down the 'league table'.
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158 :
Some Corner of a Foreign Field |
first
broadcast:
Sun Nov 10 2013 |
11.45 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mike Hally |
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A global network of cemeteries and memorials now marks every Commonwealth military casualty of the two World War – a commitment that was born amid the mud and slaughter of the Western Front The man responsible for this was Fabian Ware, and in this programme Mark Whitaker tells his extraordinary story.
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157 :
Patently Absurd |
first
broadcast:
Tue Aug 20 2013 |
8.02 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Rory Cellan-Jones |
producer:
Mike Hally |
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The patent system in the USA is so distorted it's now more lucrative for companies known as 'patent trolls' to sue manufacturers rather than actually make anything. The problem's so serious that President Obama has got involved -- and British companies are also targeted if they do business in the US. Rory Cellan-Jones investigates and finds one of the world's biggest trolls in his lair in Dallas.
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156 :
The Silent Epidemic |
first
broadcast:
Tue Feb 12 2013 |
8.00 am
BBC World Service |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mike Hally |
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Mark Whitaker reports from Bangladesh and Vietnam on the surprising fact that drowning is a leading cause of child death across SE Asia, and on the efforts being made to prevent it.
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155 :
The Silent Epidemic (R4) |
first
broadcast:
Fri Jan 4 2013 |
11.00 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mike Hally |
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Mark Whitaker reports from Bangladesh and Vietnam on the surprising fact that drowning is a leading cause of child death across SE Asia, and on the efforts being made to prevent it.
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154 :
The Naughty Pictures Committees |
first
broadcast:
Mon Nov 12 2012 |
11.00 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Laurie Taylor |
producer:
Mike Hally |
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On the centenary of the British Board of Film Censors, Laurie Taylor investigates how local councils used to ban films passed by the BBFC and permit others the Board had banned
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153 :
The Art of Remembrance |
first
broadcast:
Sun Nov 11 2012 |
11.45 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mike Hally |
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Mark Whitaker looks at some of the more unusual ways that artists remembered the Great War, through the works of an painter, an architect, a film-maker, a sculptor and a poet
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149 :
Known Unto God |
first
broadcast:
Sun Nov 13 2011 |
11.45 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mike Hally |
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Mark Whitaker recounts the story of the discovery and re-burial of the remains of an unknown soldier from World War 1, one of about two dozen cases a year in France and Belgium.
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146 :
The New MBAs (2) |
first
broadcast:
Mon Nov 22 2010 |
11.00 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mike Hally |
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Following last week’s look at the UK, this programme examines how American business schools are responding to the Crash of 2008 by placing more emphasis on ethical issues.
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145 :
The New MBAs (1) |
first
broadcast:
Mon Nov 15 2010 |
11.00 am
Radio |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mike Hally |
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A critical look at how UK business schools are responding to the Crash of 2008 by teaching more about ethics, sustainability and corporate responsibility (part 2 will look at the US)
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