Sugar and Spikes
Newscast
01/04/22
•32m
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We’re into a third year of this pandemic and the UK is reporting record numbers of Covid cases. How worried should we be and what do we still not know?
Adam hears from the BBC's health editor, Hugh Pym, and the World Health Organization’s Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, who says there’s hope yet for a healthier 2022.
Meanwhile, with a decision imminent on whether Virginia Giuffre’s US lawsuit against Prince Andrew will be allowed to continue, what does this ruling mean for the Duke?
And Newscast is back with a boss. Lord Alan Sugar is on to tell us about how well British businesses have dealt with Covid, the latest series of The Apprentice, and the death of the Blackberry phone.
Today’s Newscast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Georgia Coan and Rachel Judah. The studio director was Emma Crowe and the assistant editor was Alison Gee. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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The Newscast Christmas Party 2021
December 22, 2021
•44m
...and you're invited! Singer Jessie Ware and her mum/podcast co-host Lennie, Radio 1’s Greg James and author Bella Mackie, plus filmmaker Richard Curtis and broadcaster Emma Freud, are the special guests at Newscast's virtual Christmas party this year. A bit of a family affair!
It’s been another year of big news, so as a seasonal treat, we talk about the politics... of Christmas food, we review the year in music, and we celebrate the best festive films.
The Newscast Christmas special was produced by Daniel Wittenberg with Alix Pickles, Sally Abrahams and Ros Jones. The sound design was by Emma Crowe and the studio manager was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
Thanks to: Twentieth Century Fox and Hughes Entertainment and Chris Columbus for Home Alone 2. BRON Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Scott Free Productions and Ridley Scott for House of Gucci. Gary Sanchez Productions, Project Zeus and Hyperobject Industries and Jesse Armstrong for Succession. New Line Cinema, Guy Walks into a Bar Productions, Gold/Miller Productions and Jon Favreau for Elf.
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Novax Mr Djokovic?
January 5, 2022
•30m
Australia cancels top tennis player's visa... We catch up with the BBC’s tennis guru Russell Fuller to find out what’s really going on.
Boris Johnson has confirmed Plan B rules will continue for three weeks. Vicki Young talks Adam through the latest in Westminster.
And what was the Theranos scandal all about? James Clayton (who's currently at the CES tech conference in the US) explains why it's gone very wrong for Elizabeth Holmes, the world's youngest self-made female billionaire.
Today’s Newscast was made by Sam Bonham with John Murphy, Georgia Coan and Rachel Judah. The studio director was Emma Crowe and the assistant editor was Alison Gee.
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