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Last broadcast on Mon, 9 Nov 2009, 01:00 on BBC Radio 5 live.
Synopsis
Dotun Adebayo takes you through the night with reports on flooding and mudslides in El Salvador, President Obama's healthcare bill and the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.
Including Breaking Science News with the Naked Scientists; Reading Between the Headlines; and Australia Desk with Phil Mercer.
UP ALL NIGHT BOOKSHELF
1. The Oxford English Dictionary. (Chosen by Anita Sethi, 27/4/09).
2. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. (By popular demand, 11/5/09).
3. Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan. (Coreena in Essex, 25/5/09).
4. The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. (John in Gravesend, 1/06/09).
5. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. (Oriel in Bristol, 15/6/09).
6. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell. (David in Ironbridge, 22/6/09).
7. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. (Paula in Lewisham, 29/6/09).
8. Animal Farm by George Orwell. (Steve in Ormskirk, 6/7/09).
9. The Bible.
10. Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee, 20/7/09.
11. The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, 27/7/09.
12. Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. (Matthew in Edinburgh, 3/8/09).
13. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, 10/8/09.
14. Geoffrey Chaucer's, "The Canterbury Tales".
15. Oxford Advanced Atlas by John Bartholomew. (Irene Coleford, Gloucester).
16. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. (Pat in Newcastle, 28/9/09).
17. The Nation's Favourite Poems, foreword by Griff Rhys Jones.
(Steve in Ormskirk, 5/10/09).
18. The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald. (Carina in Brighton).
19. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
20. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 2/11/09.
21. The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, 9/11/09.
22 to 100 to come week by week! Listen in to the Books phone-in "Reading Between The Headlines" from 0200 to 0330 every Monday morning and take part in the selection process.
Chapters
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Floods and mudslides kill more than 90 in El Salvador
Heavy downpours caused floods and mudslides after Hurricane Ida swept past Central America. A state of emergency has been declared in many areas. Gene Palumbo is a journalist in San Salvador.
1 06.22 -
House of Representatives votes in favour of Obama healthcare reforms
Paul Glastris, Editor in chief of Washington Monthly, explains what is so significant about the proposed healthcare reforms and what they mean in practice for US citizens.
2 11.03 -
Berlin celebrates 20th anniversary of fall of wall
Chris Mason is in Berlin and sets the scene on the celebrations that will take place to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
3 17.31 -
A ride round Berlin in a Trabant
It was hailed at the time as a symbol of the triumph over capitalism. Chris Mason takes a tour of Berlin in one of the most memorable symbols of the Communist era.
4 3:05.29
Broadcast
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Mon 9 Nov 200901:00
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