About Panorama Part 2: Behind the camera
You, Me and the Big C: Putting the can in cancer
BBC
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Executive producer Lucie Kon and director Chris Alcock of Panorama’s 'Britain’s Cancer Crisis' join Deborah, Lauren and Steve to give a fascinating insight into how the film was made.
Plus Neil Bayman, Associate Medical Director at the Christie, shares his response to the Panorama.
He discusses the challenges of giving cancer care during the pandemic and talks about the impact Kelly Smith had at the hospital.
Don't forget, you can get in touch by using the #YouMeBigC across all forms of social media - spread the word and share the positive support.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:12.0 | Last night's panorama programme, of course, showed the awful truth that we could lose more people |
| 0:17.0 | to cancer, due to delayed treatments and interventions than we do to Covid-19 itself. |
| 0:24.0 | We know we can avoid this tragedy in a number of ways, one of which, of course, is to expand the operation |
| 0:29.0 | and to bring forward the implementation of radiotherapy around the country. |
| 0:34.0 | This summer, especially, I had to clear the backlog and to give people hope, including delivery, |
| 0:39.0 | close to home in places like Westminster and General Hospital in Kendall. |
| 0:43.0 | Would he meet with the all-party group on radiotherapy to discuss our six-point plan |
| 0:47.0 | to help to give people hope to save lives immediately and in the long term? |
| 0:53.0 | Mr Speaker, we share a common mission in this space, because we've already invested £200m in expanding diagnostics, |
| 1:05.0 | and this is an incredibly important part of the reopening of the NHS. |
| 1:10.0 | So I'm very, very happy to meet with him and his group and all those interested in expansion of not just radiography, |
| 1:17.0 | but all types of diagnostics. |
| 1:23.0 | Hello and welcome to You Me and the Big Sea with me, Deborah James, aka Belle Wave, |
| 1:28.0 | Laura Mann, otherwise known as Gal vs Cancer. |
| 1:31.0 | Hi! |
| 1:32.0 | And Steve Bland, otherwise known as Steve Bland. |
| 1:36.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:37.0 | Yeah, if you're a music podcast, if you're a music podcast, we've covered loads of topics |
| 1:42.0 | and they're all available on BBC Sounds. |
| 1:44.0 | You can get in touch with us to suggest, well, anything, chat with us, suggest future topics, |
| 1:50.0 | come on the pod by using the hashtag You Me, Big Sea across all forms of social media. |
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