Preview: CNN International Programme Information Weeks 22 & 23
Leading Women
- Padmasree Warrior and Mariah Carey (Credit: Getty Images)
Saturday 31 May at 0530 BST/ 0630 CET and 1930 BST/ 2030 CET
Sunday 1 June at 1330 BST/ 1430 CET
This month, ‘Leading Women’ profiles one the most successful singers of all time, Mariah Carey, and one of the top executives of Cisco, Padmasree Warrior.
Mariah Carey is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with 14 studio albums to her name. Over the course of a career spanning two decades, Carey has sold 63.5 million albums, won five Grammy Awards and 31 Billboard Music Awards, amongst many others. She has been involved with several charity organisations such as the Make-a-Wish foundation and has partnered with brands such as Pepsi, Motorola and Elizabeth Arden.
Carey talks to ‘Leading Women’ about her new album, and the accident that delayed its release. She also opens up about her family and her twins, as well as the hardships she has faced in her career, and how she uses social media to promote her music.
Padmasree Warrior is the Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at Cisco Systems, Inc. Widely recognized for her creative, visionary leadership, she was named as one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” by Forbes for two years running. She was furthermore named one of the “25 Most Influential Women in Wireless” by Business Insider, has been awarded the Visionary Award by Silicon Valley’s SVForum and was included in The Wall Street Journal’s list of the “50 Women to Watch”.
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Winning Post
- Host Francesca Cumani at the Kentucky Derby
Saturday 31 May at 0830 BST/ 0930 CET and 2200 BST/ 2300 CET
Sunday 1 June at 1730 BST/ 1830 CET
This episode of ‘Winning Post’ comes from the Kentucky Derby, America’s most prestigious race, as it celebrates its 140th year. The show looks at how the Derby became known as the ‘fastest two minutes in sport’, interviewing top riders, runners, owners and trainers.
Host Francesca Cumani profiles race favourite California Chrome, and visits the renowned thoroughbred operation, Claiborne Farm, to investigate why Kentucky is synonymous with horse breeding. Established in 1910, this family farm has been the home of many derby winners, including the famous Secretariat, who is buried there. Cumani takes a ride through the region’s famous bluegrass fields.
Cumani also meets Jim Wilson, the director and producer of ‘Mine that Bird’, a film about the classic story of the underdog Kentucky Derby winner, to talk about how the derby has become etched in popular culture.
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Rugby Sevens Worldwide
- Christina Macfarlane speaks with Gavin and Scott Hastings
Saturday 31 May at 0845 BST/ 0945 CET and 2215 BST/ 2315 CET
Sunday 1 June at 1745 BST/ 1845 CET
This month, ‘Rugby Sevens Worldwide’ features the two places integral to Rugby Sevens’ birth: England, the country where rugby was born, and Scotland, the home of Rugby Sevens. In a year which will see Scotland decide whether to remain within the UK, the programme spans the border to capture the highlights from the climax of the Sevens World Series.
As Glasgow prepares to host the Commonwealth Games this summer, ‘Rugby Sevens Worldwide’ is at the Glasgow Sevens to take a look at how the game is developing in the nation which gave birth to the sport and hosted its inaugural World Cup.
Host Christina Macfarlane speaks to Gavin and Scott Hastings, brothers and legends of Scottish rugby, about the Commmonwealth Games, asking what could it do for Sevens rugby. She also discusses with the brothers how it will be a chance to showcase the game and Scotland’s team to a truly global audience.
The programme also visits the headquarters of English Rugby, Twickenham, during the London Sevens to see the winners’ triumph and the player of the series anointed.
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Human to Hero
- Hidetoshi Nakata and Patrick Vieira
Patrick Vieira – Wednesday 4 June at 1700 BST/1800 CET and 2230 BST/2330 CET
‘Human to Hero’ airs within World Sport
CNN’s ‘Human to Hero’ gets to the heart of what it means to be a sporting star, exploring the dedication, determination and inspiration involved for the world’s best athletes. With just one month to go before the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Rio, ‘Human to Hero’ continues profiling former football legends:
Hidetoshi Nakata competed twice at the Olympics, and three times in the FIFA World Cups, in 1998, 2002 and 2006. Nakata has played extensively for Italian clubs, first for A.C. Perugia, then Roma, Parma, Bologna, and Fiorentina. Nakata retired from professional football in 2006, at the age of 29. He has also been involved in fashion, becoming a regular fixture at the Fashion Week’s runway shows.
Patrick Vieira rose to prominence while playing for Arsenal for almost a decade, becoming club captain and winning three Premier League titles and four FA Cups. He later played for Juventus and Internazionale before retiring in 2011. He’s now the manager of the Elite Development Squad at Premier League club Manchester City. Vieira has made 107 appearances on the field for France, including the 1998 World Cup, where France won, and the 2006 World Cup finale against Italy. He is also a Goodwill ambassador to the Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations.
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Make, Create, Innovate
- Chris Toumazou has developed a new method for sequencing DNA
‘Make, Create, Innovate’ airs within Quest Means Business
In this ‘Make, Create, Innovate’, host Nick Glass reports on ‘Genealysis’, a new method of sequencing someone’s DNA that is so fast it has been dubbed ‘quick-read DNA’. By replacing entire labs with a USB or a chip, the method produces results within 30 minutes.
Glass speaks to Chris Toumazou, the professor from the Imperial College in London who has devised the method, about how this technology could change the face of future medicine. It enables faster, simpler and more cost-effective DNA analysis which means patients can get real time diagnosis of infectious diseases and genetic conditions.
But beyond human pharmacology, farmers and vets can use Genalysis to diagnose conditions in animals. The future also promises military, and personnel uses, as well as applications in the beauty industry. To test this out, Glass has his DNA sampled to create an anti-aging skin cream especially for him.
Living Golf
- Pinehurst Country Club in North Carolina where the US Open and the US Women’s Open will take place (Credit: Getty Images)
Thursday 5 June at 1030 BST/ 1130 CET and 1730 BST/ 1830 CET
Saturday 7 June at 0830 BST/ 0930 CET and 2200 BST/ 2300 CET
Sunday 8 June at 1730 BST/ 1830 CET
Duration: 30 minutes
‘Living Golf’ in June looks ahead to the US Open and the US Women’s Open.
Host Shane O’Donoghue travels to Pinehurst in North Carolina which this month becomes the first club ever to host the tournaments in the same year, and also hosting them back to back, two weeks’ running. The programme takes a look at the history of the club, and the demands on the Pinehurst Number 2 course of hosting two Majors in two weeks.
‘Living Golf’ also meets key figures in the women’s game, including the head of the LPGA, Mike Whan, to talk about this unique move, where both the US Open and US Women’s Open are played on the same course, and what it says about the current status of women’s golf. The show also stops off at Annika Sorenstam’s academy where O’Donoghue gets a personal lesson from the ten-time Major winner, who claimed three US Open victories during her stellar career.
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