Monday, 5 September 2011
23 years later: Oprah returns to Williamson, West Virginia
In 1987, The Oprah Winfrey Show visited the small town of Williamson, West Virginia. The town had been thrust into the national spotlight when Mike Sisco, a local man with AIDS, jumped into a public swimming pool. While this would not be news in recent years, it was a lightning rod for anger and fear about AIDS and homosexuality in 1987.
Though Mike passed away in 1994, he changed his hometown forever. Twenty-three years after Oprah's first visit, some of the citizens who spoke out have returned to the Williamson Field House, where the original show was filmed, to reflect on whether their opinions have changed with time.
Tuesday 6 September 2011
First television interview: Discovery headquarters hostages come forward
On September 1, 2010, at about 1 p.m., a man entered the lobby of the Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.
He was wielding a gun and wore a yellow backpack filled with explosive devices. He took three hostages - two Discovery employees and a security guard. Now, the hostages speak for the first time on Oprah.
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Aging beauty: Cybill Sheperd, Dynatsy's Linda Evans and Desperate Housewives' Teri Hatcher
Actress and model Cybill Shepherd, Dynasty's Linda Evans and Desperate Housewives' Teri Hatcher reveal their most startling confessions about aging and beauty.
Thursday 8 September 2011
Ultimate amazing animal: the ape who has conversations with humans
After learning about Kanzi in a Time magazine article, Lisa Ling traveled to the Great Ape Trust in Iowa, where primatologist Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh has been studying bonobos for nearly 40 years.
Dr. Sue has been teaching Kanzi to communicate using lexigrams on a computer.
Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh introduces Lisa Ling to Kanzi, an amazing ape who can have conversations. See how he uses lexigrams to say what's on his mind and meet baby Teco, his son.
Plus, when Sex and the City star Kristin Davis traveled to Kenya to go on safari last year, she thought she was going to admire the wild animals from afar. Instead, she found herself trekking into the wilderness to save an orphan elephant. She reveals.
Friday 8 September 2011
15 years after the O.J. verdict: former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman's stunning revelations
O.J. Simpson's iconic 1995 trial and acquittal on charges of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman, was one of the most unforgettable stories of the decade.
Oprah goes one-on-one with former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman about the O.J. trial - the key players, the evidence - his shocking revelations.
The Oprah Winfrey Show is on SABC3 Monday to Friday at 17h30.