WORLDbytes

London, UK

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WORLDbytes is the ground breaking channel established by young volunteers working with the education charity WORLDwrite. The monthly programme’s credo is “don’t shout at the telly, change the message on it”.

Website: http://www.worldbytes.org/index.html

Videos (94)

Assisted Dying Yes or No: Debating Matters UK final

published 41 days ago

40:11 | 13 views

On the streets of London the public provide more than ‘sound-bites’ and have their say on assisted suicide and sixth form students at the 2009 Debating Matters UK final do battle over this difficult issue. Expert judges take the students to task and...
The EU & the Irish referendum

published 41 days ago

33:33 | 4 views

Are you for or against the EU? On the streets of London the public are split down the middle, most want more information and certainly a chance to vote. In the studio, Oxford University lecturer Chris Bickerton, discusses the nature of the EU and...
Chill out about designer babies

published 41 days ago

4:40 | 7 views

Scientist Joe Kaplinsky takes a critical look at IVF and overblown fears that a new generation of ‘designer babies’ may be on the cards. Kaplinsky shows that these procedures, far from creating a society that will discriminate against the disabled...
Climate Campers

published 41 days ago

5:36 | 6 views

Concerned to avert global disaster, the pressure group Climate Campers meet in the park to discuss radical solutions which include holding your breath to offset your carbon footprint. Will this prove to be too little too late, or does every little...
The Battle of Ideas 2009

published 41 days ago

9:00 | 3 views

Now in its fifth year, the Battle of Ideas festival is upon us once again. With over seventy debates, organised by the Institute of Ideas and hosted by the Royal College of Art, everything is up for grabs, from education and its discontents, to...
Tales from the Missionary Hut: Africack

published 41 days ago

3:21 | 3 views

Nothing is wasted at the London-based charity Africack which collects bodily waste from across London and ships it out to Africa for use as an organic, environmentally friendly fertiliser. From Africack's East London collection point and...
Let everyone in

published 42 days ago

7:20 | 3 views

Curry may be the national dish but the government are stopping the chefs who make the best from coming to the UK. The draconian points based system is now turning thousands away and making many ineligible to stay. The UK Borders Police are using...
Cut backs: The view from the streets

published 43 days ago

9:35 | 8 views

On the streets of London the public are not impressed by politician’s talk of austerity. WORLDbytes volunteers interview young and old, and each other, and as many suggest, what are people who already have little supposed to cut back on? Austerity...
Austerity: Don’t re-invent the Blitz

published 43 days ago

29:32 | 8 views

Austerity now trips off the lips of every politician. They tell us cut backs and tightening our belts are the order of the day. The Imperial War Museum website even provides ten top tips from the Blitz for surviving the recession. Jean, Doris and...
Chill out about DDT

published 2 months ago

0:00 | 4 views

Scientist Joe Kaplinsky takes a sober look at the controversial chemical DDT, noting that it is one of the most effective pesticides ever developed and great at combating malaria. He also employs a critical approach to the intellectual legacy of...