19/09/2013
Warwick Davis on Spamalot and Star Wars. Faisal Islam on economic boom and bust. UEFA vote to move 2022 Qatar World Cup to winter. French vote to ban beauty pageants.
Warwick Davis, star of TV sitcom Life's Too Short, on making his West End stage debut in Spamalot, Star Wars fandom & why at 3 ft 6 in tall he's the ideal height for a badminton player.
UEFA nations vote in favour of moving the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter months, to avoid searing temperatures in summer that can top 50 degrees. Reaction from Qatar.
Renowned economic commentator Faisal Islam explains the idea of the default line, and assesses the causes of the financial collapse that heralded the age of austerity.
US and UK regulators fine the investment bank JP Morgan $920 million over its role in the so-called London Whale trading scandal.
A 大象传媒 investigation raises doubts over the South African police investigation into the death of Anni Dewani, the British woman shot dead on her honeymoon in Cape Town three years ago: her husband stands accused of ordering her murder.
Beauty pageant organiser Pam Boon gives her reaction to news that French lawmakers have voted to ban pageants for children under the age of sixteen, and explains what protections are currently in place in the industry.
And Bobby Friedman & Paul McNamee join Richard to count down five of the most talked about news stories of the past seven days in Chart the Week.
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- Thu 19 Sep 2013 14:00大象传媒 Radio 5 Live