Summary
Is the UK heading for a drought? Adam speaks to the head of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan about the impact of the recent dry weather and soaring temperatures, which are forecast to hit 37C (99F) in some parts of the country in the coming days.
Adam is also joined by Charlotte Smith from Radio 4’s Farming Today and BBC Weather’s Matt Taylor to assess how the hot conditions will affect crops and agriculture, and when we can expect some rain.
Today’s episode was produced by Tim Walklate with Beth Rose, Cordelia Hemming and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Emma Crowe.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, happy birthday to newscaster Helen Indarby. |
| 0:08.6 | Don't worry, we're not starting like a sort of CBBC 90s style |
| 0:12.0 | reading out people's birthday cards section. |
| 0:14.3 | And if you'd like one, happy to oblige. |
| 0:16.4 | No, it's because Helen WhatsApped us to say, |
| 0:19.1 | look at this amazing birthday card I got from my daughter, Lois, |
| 0:22.4 | who drew these brilliant pictures of the newscast crew. |
| 0:25.3 | And it is an amazing picture of me, Laura, |
| 0:28.6 | catch Adler and Chris. |
| 0:30.3 | And what's amazing is we don't have faces, |
| 0:33.5 | they're blank faces, but you really manage to capture |
| 0:36.8 | our characters, Lois. |
| 0:38.2 | It's, I don't know how you've done it. |
| 0:39.4 | You've also made Chris Mason look quite kind of hunky. |
| 0:43.1 | And also you managed to include my mustache, |
| 0:45.4 | which I'm very pleased about. |
| 0:47.4 | Also, what's funny is this is the latest incarnation |
| 0:50.0 | of unofficial newscast merch. |
| 0:52.6 | Just a minute ago, Chris from Radio 1, |
| 0:55.2 | one of the producers, came in with his jumper. |
| 0:57.8 | Oh, it's loose. |
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