Mussolini's Gay Island
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2013
⏱️ 28 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Correspondents' despatches from around the globe. Who'll emerge victorious from the struggle in Taksim Square? Paul Mason gives his view after spending the week in Istanbul. Lyse Doucet believes the new prime minister of Pakistan faces a daunting set of problems -- but she finds there's little chance of him going hungry! The Nigerian military say they're making progress in their campaign against the rebels of Boko Haram - Will Ross has been to the north-east of the country to make his own assessment. Alan Johnston explains how Mussolini's Fascists created a corner of Italy where homosexuals could be glad to be gay. And foreign journalists are rarely welcomed in North Korea but Juliet Rix has been there as a tourist and was delighted to meet the locals and go dancing in a park in Pyongyang. Tony Grant produces From Our Own Correspondent
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is a download of From Our Own Correspondent. |
| 0:03.4 | We make one edition of the programme for the BBC World Service, |
| 0:06.7 | but this is the one broadcast on BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:09.6 | Here to introduce it, Kate Aide. |
| 0:11.8 | Today, far from the bright lights of Istanbul, a small town where the Turkish spring will not be happening. |
| 0:19.0 | A groaning intray for Pakistan's new Prime Minister many problems to solve but we learn he |
| 0:25.0 | won't be going hungry. Why Mussolini's fascists created a corner of Italy |
| 0:30.7 | where some were glad to be gay, and broad smiles all round as we dance |
| 0:36.2 | with the locals in a park in North Korea. Thousands of Turks have defied their |
| 0:42.0 | Prime Minister and have again occupied Tachim Square in Central Istanbul. |
| 0:46.8 | Thousands more demonstrated in the capital Ankara. |
| 0:50.0 | There's now been more than a week of nationwide protest. |
| 0:53.0 | The Prime Minister, |
| 0:54.1 | Redchepe Type Edouan, has his own popular backing. |
| 0:57.6 | Yesterday a vociferous crowd greeted him on his return from a trip abroad. |
| 1:02.0 | He described some of the demonstrations as acts of vandalism |
| 1:05.9 | and terrorism. The protesters say Mr. Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party |
| 1:11.6 | are guilty of growing authoritarianism and Islamization. |
| 1:15.3 | Paul Mason, just back from Istanbul, says it's far from clear which side will emerge to claim victory. |
| 1:21.8 | When I was a kid, footballs were made of leather, |
| 1:25.0 | and when they got wet and you headed one, |
| 1:27.0 | you came away with a stunned, slightly spacey feeling. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.