Census: Losing My Religion

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

For the first time less than half of people in England and Wales describe themselves as Christian, according to Census data. Scotland Editor James Cook is off the bench, subbing in for Adam, to unpack the headcount on ethnicity and religion. He is joined by the BBC’s Global Population Correspondent Stephanie Hegarty and think-tank director Sunder Katwala. Marianna Spring, the BBC’s Disinformation & Social Media correspondent, discusses campaigner’s fears that the Online Safety Bill has been watered down. This episode of Newscast was presented by James Cook and made by Tim Walklate with Madeleine Drury, Chris Flynn and Emma Jacobs. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery and the assistant editor was Sam Bonham. If you have been affected by any of the issues mentioned in this episode, you can find help and support here https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.9	Hello, it's James Cook here, the BBC's Scotland Editor standing in for Adam, who is rolling
0:10.9	through ditches in Kent on a hostile environment course.
0:14.2	Although I'm sure he's out there now listening and subscribing of course to newscast on BBC
0:19.1	Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:21.9	Now, hopefully Chris is in a rather less hostile environment.
0:26.7	Westminster.
0:27.7	Yeah, hello.
0:29.7	It's been hostile for one or two, but you know, I think if you had a list just on newscast,
0:35.1	she would regard this as infinitely more hostile than the badlands of Kent, which
0:40.0	often cried themselves.
0:41.0	But yeah, it seems a bit hostile.
0:42.0	It seems benign enough to me right now.
0:44.2	Good.
0:45.2	And as we record, it's what, 20 to 6 in the evening.
0:49.7	And that means that the game, the Battle of Britain, has not yet begun.
0:55.5	So we do not know the result, obviously, although by the time newscasters listen to this
0:59.9	episode, Chris, they will.
1:01.6	I'm sure.
1:02.6	Probably no, in the outcome of England versus Wales.
1:05.8	How's your world cup going?
1:07.4	Well, so I have got the mighty Canada in the newscast sweepstake, which means the world
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