Summary
Will festivals be back this summer? It could all depend on how the trial goes in Liverpool this weekend. We speak to festival boss, Melvin Benn, and the band Blossoms, who are performing on Sunday. And also, John Culshaw (from the programme Dead Ringers) reimagines what Boris Johnson’s voicemail could sound like.
Today's Newscast was made by Sam Bonham and Maz Ebtehaj, with Cristina Criddle and Georgia Coan. The Studio Director was Emma Crowe. Dino Sofos is the Editor.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, I have been very restrained and I have not searched the internet to try and get |
| 0:11.3 | Boris Johnson's personal mobile number, even though we've since learnt |
| 0:16.3 | it's been there for anyone who wanted to find it for more than a decade. |
| 0:21.6 | But then we wondered, how would Boris Johnson's voicemail greetings have evolved as a result. So we've |
| 0:28.5 | roped in John Coelshaw. Sure. And I shall have you know I am in no way red-faced about doing up the flat. |
| 0:45.0 | Carrie tells me it's actually burnt oka with subtle hints of chorise. |
| 0:49.0 | Plachierra, Relinchuera, Nuncio, which is Latin for please leave a message. |
| 0:55.3 | Pra. |
| 0:56.3 | Hello, you've reached the phone number of Boris Johnson. |
| 1:02.3 | I can't come to the phone now as Carrie has me doing some |
| 1:06.0 | DIY in the flat first with some wallpapering and then it's curtains for Boris. Hello, you have reached the number of Boris Johnson. |
| 1:19.0 | If you are a foreign power who has got my number off Google. Good luck trying to blackmail me with |
| 1:26.1 | anything worse than people already know about me. Please leave a message after |
| 1:30.4 | a voir da. |
| 1:32.4 | Well if you happen to have my mobile number why not leave a voicemail with your |
| 1:36.6 | review of this edition of newscast. |
| 1:39.3 | Newscast. |
| 1:40.3 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:42.1 | What is this virus? How does it spread how do we protect ourselves |
| 1:46.0 | and our loved ones no one's got to have a clue what Brexit is there have been |
| 1:50.3 | three hundred thousand thirty four nine hundred and seventy four thousand have been 300,000 and 34, 974,000 tests carried out across the UK. |
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