From Our Home Correspondent 23/09/2018

From Our Own Correspondent

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4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

. In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country. Gabriel Gatehouse offers a personal reflection on the strong feelings of antipathy recently directed at the BBC - and him - by supporters of Tommy Robinson - for many years associated with the far-right organisation, the English Defence League - and what this says about the changing media landscape. Martin Gurdon introduces us to Slasher, the star of his flock of chickens, and explains how her quirks and distinctive character reveal much about the dramas witnessed by Britain's army of amateur hen keepers. Rebecca Ford in the Potteries celebrates the founder of modern circus and reveals how locals there are planning to use his legacy to promote the area as a centre of excellence for this ever-evolving form of entertainment. In the wake of the tense summer Test series between England and India, Mihir Bose regrets the way both teams - and their supporters - behaved and wonders if cricket can retain its status as a 'special' team sport. And Travis Elborough, long puzzled by a road notice in his native Worthing, finally unravels the mystery and finds it's a sign of the times.

Producer Simon Coates

Transcript

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading from our home correspondent. I'm Michelle
0:04.1	Hussein. Our pieces this time include a correspondent accustomed to foreign
0:09.3	feels thinking about fake news at home.
0:13.0	We've the story of the man who created the modern circus 250 years ago
0:18.0	and who could just help keep it alive today.
0:22.0	The Kent henkeeper who has something close to a love-hate
0:25.8	relationship with one of his flock. There's also something for cricket fans as we
0:30.5	look back on England versus India, but with a plea on why cricket should matter
0:36.2	to us all. And the mystery of the road sign that had something missing.
0:42.4	First, the BBC's Director General Tony Hall spoke the other day about the corporation's role
0:47.8	in countering threats to democracy.
0:50.7	A plague of disinformation and fake news had to be challenged, he argued.
0:56.0	It's something that correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse has had calls to reflect upon recently,
1:01.0	not in a foreign field, but with a story here that he was working on for Newsnight.
1:07.0	Being a foreign correspondent is easy glory.
1:11.0	Trips to the front line with friendly rebels, the crack of bullets behind walls for cover.
1:16.0	Come, come, this way is safe.
1:18.0	Scary? Absolutely.
1:20.0	Dangerous, sometimes.
1:22.0	But there's camaraderie too, and hospitality.
1:25.0	Stay for lunch, thank you BBC, thank you for telling our story to the world.
1:30.0	Those three magic letters, BBC, they act as a badge of integrity, they open doors.
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