BBC Reports on World Cup Screenings in Kenya

From the Open Air Cinema archive. Originally published in 2010, noting BBC radio coverage of a World Cup screening in Kenya. Preserved as a historical record; the BBC iPlayer episode and the photo that accompanied this post are no longer available.

For weeks now countless millions of us have been captivated by the World Cup. There have been moments of extraordinary passion and excitement, triumph and defeat. And the cameras can bring every second of the drama right into your living room...that is, as long as you've got a television. Because there are still places that are largely beyond the reach of television, places where they've seen nothing of the World Cup. But BBC correspondent Annie Caulfield watched salvation come to one lucky village in Kenya.

To hear the story, skip the player to 21:34