Ralph Baer, widely credited as the father of the video games industry, has died. Newshour's Julian Marshall speaks to Paul Drury, a writer for Retro Gamer magazine, who knew him. We also hear a classic clip from the man himself - Ralph Baer - and a 1973 advert for his invention - the Magnavox Odyssey - that changed gaming history.

The 'Father of Video Games'

Henry Clarke Price (@HenryCP) shows Ben James (@BenJourno) of BBC World Service radio around the BBC's UK general election campaign hub

Outside Source in the BBC Campaign Hub (BBC World Service)

James Last was wildly popular in some places, but met deep disdain in others.  Nick Higham ponders the ambiguous appeal of music that some people find really awful.

The joy of cheesy music

The Burmese pro-democracy leader won world-wide respect for her courage and resilience during her long imprisonment by the military government in Myanmar. But she's disappointed some people who think she should be more vocal in defence of other victims of oppression.  A radio essay by Jill McGivering, who's been following her career for decades.   

Aung San Suu Kyi and the disappointments of practical politics

The Indian government is very keen on World Yoga Day on Sunday, and has been encouraging government employees and others to take part.  Some people aren't so keen -- especially Muslims who are worried that they are being asked to follow a Hindu religious tradition. Tinku Ray in Delhi talks Emily Buchanan of BBC World Service's The World This Week through some of the contortions the government has had to adopt.

World Yoga Day in India

John Heffernan, who recently played J Robert Oppenheimer on the London stage, delivers one of the scientist's famous speeches to Owen Bennett Jones. July 16 marked the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb detonation.

(Photo by Keith Keith Pattison for the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Oppenheimer: "Life is nothing if not a constant re-evaluation"

Professor Sharon Lewin  tells The Newsroom about new hope for HIV sufferers after a French teenager is in remission twelve years after she stopped taking drugs. 

HIV Remission July20

Irish women are live-tweeting Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Enda Kenny their menstrual cycles to highlight the country's restrictive abortion laws.

Irish women tweet periods to Enda Kenny

Richard Upshall lives in Dubai and was inside the hotel when the fire took hold. He told the BBC Newsroom what happened.

BBC interview with eyewitness inside Dubai fire building

British Council Learning English - S01E01 - Listening

Daytime television was once thought of as the nursery slopes of a TV career. Today its complex formats and production requirements are seen by many as more challenging than peak-time programming.

“You will learn more making a daytime show than any other.”– Rachel Innes-Lumsden

Smaller teams, smaller budgets and tighter schedules mean there’s little room for error. That makes a daytime production team a well-oiled machine where everyone knows their job.

Street Auction (above) and Dom on the Spot are two BBC One daytime series that were given the green light by commissioning editor Lindsay Bradbury. Alongside Lindsay in this week’s podcast are Julia Foot, series producer of Street Auction, and Rachel Innes-Lumsden, executive producer from the independent production company TwoFour which makes Dom on the Spot

In this podcast you’ll learn:

- the pros and cons of working on daytime programmes
- the daytime TV production process
- the relationship between commissioning editors and programme producers
- the schedules for daytime productions

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Inside daytime television: Ideas, reveals and hard work

The BBC's international radio station. We bring you a selection of our audio - news, science, technology, health and all sorts of other interesting stories from our daily shows on www.bbcworldservice.com 

The joy of cheesy music

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