Summary
The census 2021 drops on doorsteps.
Mathematician Dr Hannah Fry tells us why it’s so important. And it’s Pym’s o’clock on Newscast as our health editor Hugh Pym, and his art teacher brother Will Pym, come together to talk through the first week back at school.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Alix Pickles, Natalie Ktena Episode Editor: Rick Kelsey Deputy Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, it's an important day in any Geographer's Decade. |
| 0:09.8 | Listen to this, the census envelope has arrived in my flat. |
| 0:15.4 | And I'm going to open it right here on newscast. |
| 0:19.5 | And of course, the census is where every household in England and Wales get sent this form. |
| 0:24.5 | You have to fill it in. |
| 0:25.5 | Oh, oh, it's different this year. |
| 0:28.0 | You get a code and you have to go online. |
| 0:29.6 | The form doesn't exist anymore. |
| 0:31.2 | Okay. Well, let's chat about this to Dr. Hannah Frye, who is back. |
| 0:34.9 | Hello, Dr. Frye. |
| 0:36.4 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:37.4 | I'm really, really chuffed at whenever you want to nerd out about data now. |
| 0:40.9 | I'm the person you call. |
| 0:41.7 | That makes me very happy. |
| 0:42.8 | Well, you are a professional numbers person. |
| 0:44.8 | So I mean, you're the person to call, yeah. |
| 0:47.3 | So I studied geography as listeners to newscast will know. |
| 0:51.0 | And so for me, the census is a big, like, big thing. |
| 0:55.2 | It just gives you so much information about the country at a certain point. |
| 0:57.8 | Is it a big thing for you and your work? |
| 0:59.4 | Yeah, totally. |
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