Summary
Newscaster JR is the first contestant in the first ever Newscast quiz. And why is Beyonce posting about the Nigeria Sars protests? The BBC's Mayeni Jones joins Adam to discuss what is going on in Lagos.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Ben Weisz, Sej Asar, Alix Pickles, Frankie Tobi Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos
Get in touch: newscast@bbc.co.uk
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, if you were listening to the last episode, |
| 0:07.0 | you'll know that last night I went to the theater |
| 0:11.9 | in the West End to see Adam Kay, the former doctor turned author and stand up to his one-man show. |
| 0:19.9 | And well, I'm not going to do like a full like theatre review opening night sort of thing, but I will say it was quite emotional for three reasons. |
| 0:28.4 | Reason number one, well you're back in the theatre, you then suddenly realize this is something I haven't done for ages because of coronavirus |
| 0:35.0 | and it was a bit different because there was lots of empty seats between me and everyone else and one-way systems and apps and temperature checks and stuff. |
| 0:43.0 | Then there was a second thing, which is that this is a show about a doctor, |
| 0:47.0 | and of course it's got quite an edge to it now because of coronavirus. |
| 0:52.0 | And Adam K, as you heard in the podcast has got some very strong |
| 0:55.0 | opinions about what's going on and then the third thing that made it really |
| 0:59.0 | emotional was the fact that the audience were mostly people who work in the NHS and this show was put on |
| 1:05.6 | as a kind of benefit gala thank you for them. So all of that added up to make it quite a night at the theatre. And we're going to have |
| 1:15.2 | quite a day on newscast because this is the day we unveil our inaugural |
| 1:20.9 | newscast quiz which we're going to call Castor Mind. |
| 1:27.0 | Plus we'll get you all the news you need to know. |
| 1:28.8 | On this edition of Newscast. |
| 1:31.3 | Newscast. Newsscast. Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:33.0 | What is this virus? |
| 1:34.0 | How does it spread? |
| 1:35.0 | How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones? |
| 1:38.0 | No one's got to have a fucking clue what Brexit is. |
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