Reports throughout the week 

Just as Israel ends one war, the programme looks at whether the country is getting ready for what may be its next armed conflict. This time, the enemy is Iran, accused of arming Hezbollah's militia and planning to develop nuclear weapons.  The World Uncovered examines Israel's view of the threat and gains access to the intensely secret world of the Israeli military. In this programme, the military speaks openly for the first time about what it sees as the "existential" threat to Israel, posed by Iran's alleged atomic weapons programme.

(Duration: 45 minutes)

Saturday 11th November at 1415

Repeated: Saturday 11th November at 2215; Sunday 12th November at 0415, 1015 & 1915 

Every day, the world's 24-hour news channels carry pictures from war zones and disaster areas. Many of these pictures are recorded by freelance cameramen and women who risk their lives so that viewers can receive an up-to-date account of what is happening in the world today. Their contribution to global broadcasting is honoured at the coveted Rory Peck Awards in London. The Awards were named in honour of a courageous cameraman who was killed in Moscow during the abortive coup in October 1993. The Firing Line pays tribute to the skill and determination of freelancers like Rory Peck (pictured), whose courage and initiative often gets taken for granted.

(Duration: 50 minutes)

Saturday 11th November at 1010

Repeated: Saturday 11th November at 1710; Sunday 12th November at 0310, 1410 & 2210 

This week, Middle East Business Report looks at Iran. The country has been using missiles to display its strength on military manoeuvres, showing what it calls its 'defensive strength'. It already faces sanctions from the United Nations for having ignored a deadline to stop its nuclear enrichment programme. Now, Iran's Arab neighbours also want to go nuclear. The International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) has announced that four nations, including Saudi Arabia and Algeria, are embarking on nuclear energy programmes with Tunisia and the UAE also showing interest in starting similar programmes. Only last month, Egypt announced it was restarting a nuclear programme which it abandoned 20 years ago. 

(Duration: 30 minutes)

Saturday 11th November at 0730

Repeated: Saturday 11th November at 1230, 1930 & 0130 

Villages On The Frontline is an eight-part series which visits Jordan, Niger, China, the Caribbean, India, Tanzania, Spain and Morocco to find out how ordinary people in some of the poorest communities are finding surprising ways to defeat the encroaching desert and improve their livelihoods. The second episode is from Jordan where ninety percent of the country receives less than 25 centimetres of rain a year and without the farmers it would revert to desert. Jordanian TV reporter, Rula Amin, believes that the media spend too much time on political issues and too little on the water crisis. She travels the length of the country and reports on whether a balance can be found to accommodate the needs of the agricultural community and the rest of the Jordanian population in tackling the problem of chronic water shortages.

(Duration: 30 minutes)

Friday 17th November at 2230

Repeated: Saturday 18th November at 0830; Monday 20th November at 1230;

Tuesday 21st November at 1730 & 2130[S.As]; Wednesday 22nd November at 0430~+ & 1030

# not Asia, Australasia or Middle East            [S.As]   South Asia Only
^ not Europe
~ not South Asia
+ not Asia Pacific