Caroline Flack, The BBC and Storm Dennis..

Morning Glory with Mike Graham

Matt Hall

News, Unknown, News & Politics

4.4 • 741 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Following the tragic news of the death of Caroline Flack, Mike asks why is there such a culture of blame? Chief Exec of the Royal Meteorological Society, Professor Liz Bentley tells of the chaos caused by Storm Dennis and we speak to you, our listeners about the future of The BBC..

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0:00.0	Talk Radio across the UK, online, on DAB and on your smart speaker. This is Talk Radio.
0:11.1	Good morning. It's Monday the 17th of February. You're listening to Breakfast with Mike Graham, standing in for Julia Hartley Brewer right here on Talk Radio. Coming up, it's been a very sad weekend in the news. TV presenter Caroline
0:21.1	Flack took her own life, age 40, and there's been a huge outpouring of love for her, but there
0:25.5	are so many people trying to point the finger of blame at the media, at ITV, at the legal system,
0:30.5	at social media, even at the police. Why are we trying to find someone to blame for this
0:35.0	tragic news? I'll speak to psychologists and people
0:37.5	who knew Caroline Flack well. Also, I'll talk about the plans for number 10 to scrap the BBC
0:41.6	license fee in favour of a subscription model and Britain's on board the quarantine diamond princess
0:46.8	cruise ship in Japan are accusing the government of forgetting about them. I'll find out if we
0:51.3	should still be worried about the coronavirus. Plus, John Hammondon weather trending will join me after a weekend of wind, rain and flooding,
0:57.9	courtesy of Storm Dennis.
0:59.8	It's five minutes past seven in the morning.
1:01.9	It is Monday.
1:02.9	You're listening to me, Mike Graham, right here on Talk Radio.
1:05.8	Across the UK, online, on DAB, and on your smart speaker.
1:10.6	This is Talk Radio.
1:12.8	And we are also live streaming this show on YouTube.
1:15.2	So I'm delighted to tell you that for the first time on breakfast,
1:17.8	you're able to watch it as well as listening to it.
1:19.9	I'm in the company this morning of Neil Wallace, former tabloid editor, media commentator as well,
1:23.7	and Eric McElroy, American commentator and comedian.
1:26.4	Morning to both of you.
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