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Isabel Oakeshott Has Entered The Chat

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.46.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Behind the scenes on the Covid WhatsApp leak… Chris Mason speaks to Isabel Oakeshott, the journalist who leaked messages that Matt Hancock sent during Covid. The Former Health Secretary has called it a betrayal. We're also joined by the BBC's Judith Moritz to discuss the findings and failings of MI5, after an inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017 finally concludes. And, as families across the UK celebrate World Book Day, the author Michael Rosen jumps in the studio to share his thoughts on altering language in books and his first-hand experience of Covid. Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming and Chris Mason and was made by Cordelia Hemming with Peter Cooke, Miranda Slade and Danny Wittenberg. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, newscasters. Chris Mason here. This is our Thursday episode. The day when the podcast is also on the telly BBC1 after question time.

0:08.3

If you're not already, why don't you try subscribing to us or following us on BBC Sounds or wherever you find your podcasts and then we'll pop up on your phone or whatever.

0:17.6

Every time we publish an episode, thanks a lot.

0:19.9

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:24.8

Chris, what will you be doing on Tuesday the 7th of March?

0:28.8

I don't know.

0:29.8

Not inviting you anywhere nice.

0:30.8

No, I would hazard a guess at news.

0:33.8

Yeah, you'll be doing news. I will be hovering on the website to get your revision tickets because they're just announced today that that's when they're going to go on sale.

0:40.8

Oh, is that right?

0:41.8

And they also announced that there's loads of Eurovision you can go to. So it's not just the final. There's the semi-finals and there's the jury final and some of the rehearsal and run-throughs as well.

0:49.8

So actually, there are lots of opportunities. All in Liverpool.

0:51.8

In Liverpool to go and see Eurovision.

0:53.8

Is that why people are going to be on the computer sitting F5 or whatever is going to refresh, refresh, give me a ticket?

0:58.8

Although talking about technology, actually a very good way of experiencing Eurovision is with our sister podcast Eurovision cast.

1:04.8

Neat plug.

1:05.8

Yeah, where they basically do what we did with Brexit.

1:08.8

Discuss it a lot in great detail while having an interesting time. But about Eurovision.

1:12.8

Nina Warhurst and Chums, I've seen those things she's put on social media with her kind of lead tables of entrance going back to 1992.

1:20.8

She is hardcore, yeah.

1:23.8

Right, let's see what else we can rustle up on this episode of this podcast.

1:26.8

Newscast.

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