BBC World recently gave its viewers the opportunity to select their favourite documentary programmes shown on the channel this year. This week, the three winning documentaries chosen in the Best Of The Year: Documentary online vote will be shown. The third most popular documentary is Kill or Cure? The Deadly Sleep which looks at the most deadly of the forgotten diseases. In second place is The World Uncovered: Sex Crime And The Vatican, which travels to the United States, Brazil and Vatican City to investigate allegations that a secret church directive is being used to silence the victims of child sex abuse. Viewers choice of best documentary of 2006 is Being Indian, which follows the life of Biru Malik, a nine-year-old living with his family whose job is helping prepare funeral pyres and cremate bodies on the banks of the Ganges.

Saturday 30th December at 1030

Repeated: Saturday 30th December at 1730; Sunday 31st December at 0330, 1430 & 2230

The World Uncovered: Sex Crimes And The Vatican

 (Duration: 45 minutes)

Saturday 30th December at 1415

Repeated: Saturday 30th December at 2215; Sunday 31st December at 0415, 1015 & 1915

Being Indian

 (Duration: 30 minutes)

Saturday 30th December at 1630

Repeated: Sunday 31st December at 0030; Sunday 31st December at 0730, 1230 & 2030

As a prelude to the Climate Watch season in April on BBC World, the BBC's environment and science correspondent, David Schukman presents four programmes about climate change in January. This week, Science In The Freezer sees David travel to Antarctica with scientists from the British Antarctic Survey. Living with them at their Rothera base, he follows them as they carry out experiments in the snow, under the ice and in the cold waters of the world's most remote continent. Trapped in the ice, he discovers centuries-old evidence crucial to the understanding of climate change in the future. Viewers can contribute to the Climate Watch season by submitting photos or video clips that capture the changing world. To find out more click here.

(Duration: 30 minutes)

Tuesday 3rd January at 2230

Repeated: Wednesday 4th January at 1230; Thursday 5th January at 1730 & 2130[S.As];

Friday 6th January at 0430~+; Sunday 8th January at 1030

HARDtalk is BBC World's flagship interview programme and this week, Jenny Scott presents five special interviews with key figures from the world of business. On Monday Richard Reed, founder of the British drinks company Innocent, discusses whether an environmentally green business can grow and keep being profitable; Tuesday sees Sir Christopher Bland, Chairman of British Telecom, talk about the new frontier in telecommunications; Justin King (pictured), CEO of UK supermarket chain J Sainsbury plc, features on Wednesday; Ian Cheshire, CEO of one of the largest DIY retailers in the world B&Q, talks about whether global warming can present an opportunity for business on Thursday; while on Friday, John Varley, CEO of the Barclays Group discusses the importance of corporate responsibility in banking today.

(Duration: 30 minutes)

Monday 1st - Friday 5th January 2007 at 0630

Repeated:  Monday 1st - Friday 5th January 2007 at 1130, 1630, 2030[S.As] & 2130~;

Tuesday 2nd - Saturday 7th January 2007 at: 0230~+ 

The knives are out for the American neoconservative intellectuals whose ideals helped inspire the invasion of Iraq. Many of their fellow Republicans blame them for dragging the Bush administration into a quagmire. The BBC's Matt Frei takes a trip 'inside the beltway' of Washington DC's political village, and finds the neocons licking their wounds - but preparing to do battle again.

(Duration: 30 minutes)

Sunday 1st January at 1430

Repeated:  Sunday 1st January at 2330

Sunday 31st December at 1605

Repeated: Sunday 31st December at 2130; Sunday 1st January at 0530~+ 

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