Can't Get No Sleep
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2019
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Had a late night? Well here's a programme about insomnia and the businesses trying to solve it.
Elizabeth Hotson takes part in what is possibly the world’s laziest gym class, and speaks to bed manufacturers, sleep app engineers and the inventor of a sleep robot.
But does any of these solutions actually work? Elizabeth asks Dr Michael Farquhar, sleep consultant at Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Plus Dr Michael Grandner, director of the sleep and health research programme at the University of Arizona, suggests a cost effective way of curing insomnia. Producer: Elizabeth Hotson
(Picture: Man suffering from insomnia; Credit: chameleonseye/Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Business Daily on the BBC World Service with me Elizabeth Hotson, |
| 0:28.6 | accompanied by the hoot of a party popper and the strains of Old Langsign, |
| 0:32.9 | the lazy producers way to indicate that celebrations are, |
| 0:36.3 | or rather were afoot for New Year's Eve. |
| 0:39.7 | But today is all about the morning after. |
| 0:43.3 | And whilst some of you may be go-getting energetic sorts, listening to this programme on headphones |
| 0:48.2 | whilst rampaging through the countryside on a brisk New Year's hike, others of you will still be in bed. |
| 0:54.0 | Dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream. |
| 1:03.5 | Sleep and everything that goes with it is a huge industry. |
| 1:07.4 | In fact, the global market for sleep aids, |
| 1:09.6 | and that's everything from fancy mattresses to tracking apps and medication, is predicted to top $80 billion by 2020. |
| 1:17.8 | It seems that businesses will take any opportunity to get us to spend money on sleep. |
| 1:27.4 | That's the sound of a dozen inflatable beds being filled with air |
| 1:31.7 | at the David Lloyd Fitness Club in Fulham, West London. |
| 1:35.5 | They're an integral part of what must surely be the laziest gym class on the planet. |
| 1:41.6 | Napa size. |
| 1:42.9 | The idea is that you, well, have a nap. |
| 1:46.7 | We are going to have a nap today. |
| 1:48.3 | We're going to do 20 minutes. |
| 1:50.2 | So before we get into bed, we are going to do some stretches. |
| 1:53.5 | So if you just come to the side of your bed, everyone, |
| 1:56.5 | stretch out the whole thoracicode. |
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