PREVIEW: CNN International Programming Information Weeks 38 & 39
Architecture Theme Week: 24 – 28 September
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. CREDIT: Konrad Wothe/Getty Images
Over the course of the week, CNN will showcase some of the world’s greatest buildings, and explore what makes them so significant. These films will run in prime-time show ‘Connect The World’ from 24 – 28 September, and the week will conclude with a 30-minute round up programme, ‘Great Buildings’ on 28 September.
2100 BST / 2200 CET daily from Monday 24 to Friday 28 September
To coincide with the 40th anniversary of UNESCO World Heritage, CNN asks the world’s leading architects to name their favourite buildings worldwide. In a short film series and a 30-minute in-depth programme, architects will discuss an iconic structure which has inspired and delighted them in the course of their career, plus one of their own designs.
Open Court
Former world number one Boris Becker
Thursday 20 September at 1030 BST / 1130 CET and 1730 BST / 1830 CET
Saturday 22 September at 0830 BST / 0930 CET and 2200 BST / 2300 CET
Sunday 23 September at 1730 BST / 1830 CET
Duration: 30 minutes
In September, ‘Open Court’ travels to Germany to meet some of the stars who dominated tennis in the 1980s and 90s. Host Pat Cash interviews the world’s longest-running World Number One Steffi Graf, and has a hit with Michael Stich in Hamburg.
The programme also travels to meet Boris Becker, the youngest player ever to become Wimbledon champion, in his hometown of Leimen. Here, the former world number one takes the programme on an exclusive tour of his hometown, and visits the Leimen club where he learned the game.
But this edition isn’t all about the past, as ‘Open Court’ also turns its eye to the future. World number seven Angelique Kerber is leading a talented group of young female players from Germany that are moving up the ranks. Having beaten the likes of Serena and Venus Williams, she tells ‘Open Court’ how confident she feels stepping out on court.
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Winning Post
German thoroughbred Danedream
Thursday 27 September at 1030 BST / 1130 CET and 1730 BST / 1830 CET
Saturday 29 September at 0830 BST / 0930 CET and 2200 BST / 2300 CET
Sunday 30 September 1730 BST / 1830 CET
Duration: 15 minutes
In September, ‘Winning Post’ focuses on Germany’s most prestigious race, the Grosser Preis von Baden. The highlight of the German flat racing calendar, this year’s race will be all about one horse: Danedream. Rapidly carving a name for herself as one of the best race mares in the world, she is the first and only mare to win Europe’s two most important middle distance races, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Ascot. Now she’s back on home soil to defend her Grosser Preis von Baden title. ‘Winning Post’ catches up with her trainer and jockey to check on her progress, ahead of her big title defence.
The programme also travels to Baden, where some of the finest fillies in Germany are paraded before owners, trainers and bloodstock agents at one of the continent’s most important yearling sales. ‘Winning Post’ spends the day at the sales, and visits the Röttgen Stud farm outside of Köln, where Danedream’s career began, to see the colts and fillies before they go under the auctioneer’s hammer.
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Leading Women
Pfizer’s SVP and Chief Medical Officer Freda Lewis-Hall
Wednesday 26 September at 1030 BST / 1130 CET and 1730 BST / 1830 CET
Saturday 29 September at 0530 BST / 0630 CET and 1930 BST / 2030 CET
Sunday 30 September at 1230 BST / 1330 CET
Duration: 30 minutes
Profiling some of the most influential women from across the globe, each month ‘Leading Women’ meets remarkable professionals from a variety of fields, including business, the arts, sport and culture. In September, ‘Leading Women’ profiles Freda Lewis-Hall, Executive Vice President of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, and Krista Monson, Casting Director at the Cirque de Soleil.
Freda Lewis-Hall is Pfizer’s Chief Medical Officer and a member of the company’s Executive Leadership team. Appointed by the Obama Administration to the inaugural Board of Governors for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, she also serves on the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows. In 2011, she was selected as the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association’s “Woman of the Year,” received the “Power to End Stroke” Legacy Award, and was named among the nation’s 75 Most Powerful Women in Business by Black Enterprise magazine.
The programme also profiles Krista Monson, Casting Director of Resident Shows and Regional Sourcing at the Cirque de Soleil, who has worked with the world-famous entertainment company since 1994. Monson has also choreographed more than 40 musicals for professional and young performers throughout Canada and Los Angeles. In Canada, she has been recognized for her choreography with two Elizabeth Sterling Haynes awards.
Fashion: Backstage Pass
New York Fashion Week
Saturday 22 September at 0530 BST / 0630 CET, 1330 BST / 1430 CET, and 1930 BST / 2030 CET
Sunday 23 September at 0730 BST / 0830 CET and 1230 BST / 1330 CET
Duration: 30 minutes
CNN celebrates New York Fashion Week with the return of ‘Fashion: Backstage Pass,’ hosted by National Correspondent Alina Cho. In exclusive one-on-one interviews, Tommy Hilfiger invites CNN on a guided tour of his palatial home at The Plaza Hotel, Diane von Furstenberg divulges details of her fashion empire, and Zac Posen gives his first sit-down interview since a scathing media profile and reveals what he’s learned. Patrick Pope, otherwise known as P’Trique, the man behind the viral videos “S**t Fashion Girls Say,” spends the day with Alina in character at Fashion Week. And actor Ewan McGregor, also a car and motorcycle enthusiast, takes Alina for a spin in an Aston Martin while revealing how he came to be the face of iconic British label Belstaff.