Educating Newscast
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
It’s GCSE results day! Branwen Jeffreys is reporting on the picture across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while headteachers Sir Anthony Seldon and Educating Yorkshire’s Jonny Mitchell tell Adam how their schools got on.
And documentary-maker Louis Theroux has made a speech about the future of TV in which he said the BBC has been ‘playing it safe’. Former creative director of BBC Alan Yentob and documentarian Molly Dineen discuss how documentaries are commissioned.
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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Tom Smithard with Hayley Clarke, Madeleine Drury and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
BBC Sounds topics: 00:00 - Newscasters let us know their GCSE results 02:31 - Headteachers Jonny Mitchell and Anthony Seldon join Branwen Jeffreys to chew over GCSE results 19:09 - Documentary makers Molly Dineen and Alan Yentob discuss whether the BBC has grown too safe in its commissions
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's been GCSE Results Day in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, which means |
| 0:11.1 | lots of newscasters have been opening envelopes, or clicking on links, here is Chloe. |
| 0:17.4 | Hi Adam, it's Chloe here from York. I'm very happy with my GCSE results because I've managed |
| 0:23.0 | to pass in every single one of my subjects that I've taken, and luckily I've managed to do well |
| 0:29.1 | enough that I will be able to go to college next year and do a musical theatre course, |
| 0:33.6 | which I'm very excited for. Hope the invitation to the end of terms show will be |
| 0:38.2 | winging its way to me. So, a more mixed reaction from newscaster Tilly. |
| 0:43.1 | Hi Adam, this is Tilly from Yorkshire. I am pleased with my results consisting of mainly |
| 0:47.3 | 60s, 7s and 8s. In a couple of subjects grades were slightly lower than anticipated. However, |
| 0:52.1 | I was shocked with my dance result. I was told I achieved a 7 in my practical and thought |
| 0:56.1 | the written exam went well, but I got a 4. Yet this won't affect my chosen career path. |
| 1:00.8 | I got an 8 in art, which is great for my aspirations of being an artist, but what a complete miracle |
| 1:05.6 | that I pass Spanish. Still waiting to hear from college where I'm hoping to do a levels in art, |
| 1:11.2 | graphics and sociology. I hope everyone else is pleased with their results too. |
| 1:15.6 | Tilly, I hope you keep dancing, not to sound too much like Tess. A lot of Yorkshire in this |
| 1:20.8 | episode today, and finally here is you and who's in Rotherham. Hello Adam, my name is |
| 1:26.0 | you and I have been attending Abbey School in Rotherham for the last 5 years. Today I got my exam |
| 1:32.0 | results. I have autism, which is why I went to Abbey School. I've passed all my exams, so I'm |
| 1:38.7 | really happy because now I can go to college to do the course I want, which is a tier-level free |
| 1:44.4 | in computing digital support. I worked really hard revising for my exams and I'm really proud of |
| 1:50.0 | myself today. Ah well done, however you did, and remember it's just a stepping stone, and thank |
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