The questions were selected from emails sent by listeners of the BBC’s broadcasts in Somali and the audio made it to the service’s early evening programme within an hour or so.

Watch video of the Somali Prime Minister at BBCSomali.com

I was pleased that my plan worked without too many changes. This was a fairly last minute booking and I was happy that my order of CTB filters arrived just in time. (CTB’s the coloured cellophane used to change warm incandescent lights into something similar daylight. This way our guest mixes well with the cold October light of the Aldwych behind.)

My lighting plan for shoot of Somali Prime Minister at Bush House

You can watch and listen to the interview in Somali here or read a report in English.

We sent our resident coder Peter to Alexandra Palace in North London – on the longest day of the year – for an event which brought together hundreds of wannabe hackers: Mashed.

The term “mash-up” means combining two applications to make something different.

They were conceived in the second wave of dotcom fervour out on the west coast of the US, but they have worked their way firmly across the Atlantic.

After joining a team, he had just 24 hours to create a beautiful new blend from two existing applications.

The feature was broadcast on BBC News 24 and BBC World