Night Waves - Simon Schama, Beeban Kidron, End of Human Rights
Arts & Ideas
BBC
4.2 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2013
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Historian Simon Schama joins Philip Dodd to discuss his book and TV series The Story of the Jews. Stephen Hopgood and Clive Stafford Smith debate the pros and cons of the human rights industry, and whether it has shifted to serve Western interests. Director Beeban Kidron on her documentary InRealLife, which explores the impact of the internet on children and young people.
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| 0:21.7 | The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession. |
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| 0:45.7 | Simon Sharma on the story of the Jews, |
| 0:48.4 | the series already controversial |
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