It's Just Not Cricket
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2017
⏱️ 28 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Bridget Kendall introduces correspondents' stories. Jon Sopel asks if we have got it all wrong about Donald Trump. He's not just a deal maker, he has ideologues standing right behind him. Will Grant, in Mexico City, muses on how President Trump wants to build a wall on the Mexican border and yet a distinctly unsavoury Mexican has been sent back across that border, to the US. North East Nigeria is still in the grip of violence as the military continues its operations against Boko Haram. But Katerina Vittozzi visits a zoo where life is more peaceful and where young lovers can meet - but don't touch. Lucy Daltroff is in Japan, where modern life and screens are getting in the way of getting together, so babies are not being born. And Huw Cordey struggles to find sleep in West Papua because of a pesky insect; and matters soon turn sinister.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:03.0 | Welcome to From Our Own Correspondent. |
| 0:05.0 | This is the Radio 4 edition which was broadcast on Saturday, the 4th of February 2017. |
| 0:11.0 | We've got stories from the states, Mexico, Nigeria, Japan and dastardly deeds in Indonesia, |
| 0:17.0 | all introduced by Bridget Kendall. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello, today there's a bad ombre from Mexico who's also a special gift. |
| 0:25.6 | In northeast Nigeria our correspondent plays Guzbury in a zoo. |
| 0:30.4 | We hear how young Japanese men are too glued to their screens to find real love. |
| 0:36.0 | And from West Papua we have a tale of an insect and thoughts of murder. |
| 0:41.0 | To the delight of his supporters and the concern of others, President Trump |
| 0:46.4 | has continued his whirlwind of activity in the White House with his executive orders, |
| 0:51.2 | his new appointments and of course his tweets. |
| 0:55.0 | He's told Americans not to worry about the tough phone calls he has to make, reassuring |
| 0:59.8 | them that he's a dealmaker. |
| 1:02.0 | But John Sopel, who's been scrambling to follow all the Trump moves, |
| 1:06.1 | says what's happening isn't just about making new deals. |
| 1:10.1 | Maybe we all had it wrong. In so far as people took seriously the idea of a Trump presidency, |
| 1:15.6 | the received wisdom was that this was a dealmaker, |
| 1:18.8 | someone who carried no ideological baggage, |
| 1:21.3 | a man who'd showered his large eson, Democrats and Republicans alike, |
| 1:25.8 | without much discrimination. |
| 1:27.8 | He'd be a president who'd come to office and soon realize that life is complicated and that pace of change is always slow with severe limitations and what you can achieve. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.