As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
Kazakhstan plane crash
A businessman watches as his Kazakh plane tears apart at the 14th row of seats. He tells us he's only alive because he was seated in row 15.
Horses killed
Someone is gunning down members of a herd of horses that have been roaming in eastern Kentucky. Our guest is trying to save the survivors before it's too late.
Gävle goat
We bring you the latest from Gävle, Sweden, where, every year, they build a giant goat out of straw, and then wait until New Years Eve for someone to burn it down.
Part Two
UAE sailor
An Indian sailor struggles to contain the joy of returning to his family after spending 3 years stuck aboard a ship in the Persian Gulf.
Encore: Nardwuar
We revisit our conversation Nardwuar the Human Serviette, the tartan-topped interviewer who's no-holds barred approach to celebrity research has earned him a spot on BC's walk of fame.
Part Three
Encore: Brian Jungen
As It Happens is celebrating the holidays by revisiting some our favourite interviews of the year. Tonight it's Carol's conversation with Brian Jungen. The Indigenous artist has made a career of leaving audiences to stare in wonder at the jaw-dropping beauty he's conjured out of everyday objects.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Jeanne Armstrong
Imogen Birchard
Katie Geleff
Sheena Goodyear
Samantha Lui
Morgan Passi
and Richard Raycraft.
Our technician was AnnMarie Karugonjo. Our show directors were Kevin Ball and John McGill.
Our writer this week was Kevin Robertson. Chrs Harbord was our senior producer. And the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Robin Smythe.
We'd also like to thank:
Mary-Catherine MacIntosh in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Max Paris in Ottawa, Keith Hart, Varad Mehta, Andrew Nguyen and Luke Williams — all in Toronto
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Anne Penman in Vancouver
and Rod Etheridge in St. John's.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Good night, and good weekend.