Programming note: CNN on the Frontlines, a TV special with Anderson Cooper, coming to CNN International on 23 December.

The TV special on CNN International (DStv 401) in which Anderson Cooper interviews the 24 hour news network's international correspondents now has a date, times, and a name for South African viewers who would like to watch: it will be called CNN on the Frontlines and will be an Anderson Cooper hour long TV special.

CNN on the Frontlines is a look at the big international stories of 2011 through the eyes of CNN International's correspondents who've covered it all - often in dangerous situations.

The TV special with Anderson Cooper as moderator and Susan Chun as producer will zero in on Egypt, Libya and the Japan tsunami with CNN's correspondents who all travelled to New York to bring their insights: Nic Roberton, Matthew Chance, Sara Sidner, Arwa Damon, Ben Wedeman, Hala Gorani, Ivan Watsno and Kyung Lah.

CNN on the Frontlines will go out on Friday 23 December at 20:00 (South African time), Saturday 24 December at 09:00, Sunday 25 December at 16:00, and Monday 26 December at 15:00.

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