You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about the

podcast I work on. I'm Dan Clark and I commissioned factual podcasts at the BBC.

It's a massive area but I'd sum it up as stories to help us make sense of the forces shaping the world.

What podcasting does is give us the space and the time to take brilliant BBC journalism

and tell amazing compelling stories that really get behind the headlines.

And what I get really excited about is when we find a way of drawing you into a subject

you might not even have thought you were interested in.

Whether it's investigations, science, tech, politics, culture, true crime, the environment,

you can always discover more with a podcast on BBC Sounds.

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

You're listening to Tuesday's episode of The Archers from BBC Radio 4. And the Come on,

come on Lily, get your mask on and start smashing stuff up.

Give me a chance.

Just I need to tie my hair back first.

Oh, damn, I didn't think to bring a bobble.

Honestly, I know it seems a bit weird, but it's dead fun once you get going.

Sorry, Paul.

I'm sure it would be great. It's just not what I imagined when you said

birthday day out. Well you said you wanted a surprise so surprise.

Surprise!

Uh, no, I've misjudged it.

I haven't I.

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