As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
Khadr: Patricia Edney
It's Omar Khadr's first day free on bail -- and we'll speak to the woman whose roof he'll be living under while he appeals his conviction: Patricia Edney, the wife of Mr. Kadhr's lawyer.
UK election follow-up
The Conservative Party -- led by Prime Minister David Cameron -- wins in a landslide in the U.K. election -- and in Scotland, the Scottish National Party storms to victory.
Boston Philharmonic chief conductor
There will be repercussions re: percussion. And brass and woodwinds. Which is why the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic will themselves decide who will be its next conductor.
Part Two
Nepal Qatar workers
Tens of thousands of workers from Nepal are unable to return home to help rebuild after the earthquake, because of Qatar's restrictive foreign worker polices.
Medieval competition
Armed, and armoured, combatants make a lot of clanging noises at the Medieval Combat World Championship -- whence our guest returned having slain, or at least dented, the competition.
Part Three
Khadr: religious studies professor
Omar Khadr's religIous studies professor tells us that -- far from being a terrorist -- the convicted war criminal is "the most present person" he's ever met.
Old Toronto schooner
Construction workers unearth the remains of a 19th-century schooner in downtown Toronto.
Show Credits
As it Happens was produced this week by:
Laurie Allan
Robert Ballantyne
Annie Bender
John Chipman
Dawna Dingwall
Katie Geleff
Chris Harbord
Kevin Robertson
Pedro Sanchez and
Kate Swoger.
Our technician is Reynold Gonsalves. The show director is Kevin Ball.
Chris Howden is the show writer, and Carol's co-host this week.
John Perry is the Senior Producer, and the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Robin Smythe.
Our intern is John McGill.
We'd also like to thank some other people who helped out this week:
Alex Mason and Stephen Puddicombe in Halifax
Tom Jokinen in Ottawa
Davorin Cikovic at Radio Archives and Mark Crawley in Toronto
Michael O'Halloran in Calgary and
Anne Penman in Vancouver.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Have a great weekend.