Daily: YOU’RE LISTENING TO THE STREETS – Inside ‘Anywhere But Westminster' with John Harris and John Domokos

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The video series Anywhere But Westminster by John Harris and John Domokos is one of the Guardian’s most acclaimed strands and now a winner of the Orwell Prize. What makes it work? The Two Johns tell Dorian Lynskey about why we need more reportage and fewer pundits, how they talk to real voters without falling into vox pop stereotypes, the value of uncertainty… and why we are all Walsall now. “I cried on camera when a group of Liverpool mums described life without a Sure Start Centre.” – John Harris “We ask people about their lives, not who they're going to vote for.” – John Domokos “The world is full of commentary and punditry. To increase knowledge, you have to report.” – John Harris “I can't remember what it was like to be certain of stuff… Making this series has changed my mind and values.” – John Domokos “Although I’ll never vote Conservative in my life, now I understand why people do.” – John Harris Presented by Dorian Lynskey. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.9	Anywhere but Westminster, which recently won the All Well Prize for Journalism.
1:17.2	Carrie Gracie, chair of the judges, said that the series rose to the All Well challenge
1:22.0	by getting up and down the country talking to ordinary people
1:24.4	listening so hard to their stories and putting those stories at the heart of our
1:27.9	understanding of contemporary Britain. John Harris and John Domicos thanks for
1:31.4	joining me. Thanks very much. John Harris you started out a music John of this sort of started as one thing that became something else.
1:44.4	Can you just give us the brief origin story?
1:47.0	Well, John has this sort of slightly embarrassing sort of tale of how it started,
1:52.0	which was that I think I quite fancied being a fairly
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