Thursday, April 5, 2012

Programming note: BBC World News has Billion Dollar Hippy this weekend; Inside Facebook next weekend, as must-see documentaries.


BBC World News (DStv 400 / TopTV 400) has 2 noteworthy new documentaries in April with Billion Dollar Hippy this coming weekend (7 & 8 April) about Apple founder Steve Jobs, and Inside Facebook next weekend (14 & 15 April) about Mark Zuckerberg and his social media network.

Billion Dollar Hippy on Saturday 7 April at 11:30, 23:10 and Sunday 8 April at 04:10, 17:10 (all South African times) looks at Apple which has become one of the biggest corporations in the world, fuelled by game-changing products that tap into modern desires. Its leader, Steve Jobs, was a long-haired college dropout, but infinitely ambitious, and an inspirational perfectionist.

Insiders, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, the chairman who ousted Jobs from the company he founded, tell extraordinary stories of the rise, fall and rise again of Apple with Steve Jobs at its helm

Inside Facebook on BBC World News includes a rare interview with Mark Zuckerberg himself - the founder of the hit social network on Saturday 14 April at 11:30, 23:10 and Sunday 15 April at 04:10, 17:10 (all South African times).

Inside Facebook looks at the revolution in communication that Facebook sparked and the impact it now has on business. The documentary examines Facebook's plans to use the personal information it has collected to power a new kind of online advertising.