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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
0:04.5 | Hello, dream come true. |
0:06.8 | I've become a BBC News blooper in real time today. |
0:10.4 | This was the scene on BBC Breakfast, Monday morning, 5 past 8. |
0:14.4 | So still a few days to go, but the government is trying to fill that vacuum. |
0:18.9 | They deny reports in a newspaper that the plan to show up in the government |
0:23.6 | is called Operation Big Dog or Operation Red Meat, |
0:27.6 | but the government is pushing ahead. |
0:29.3 | And I have made some inquiries, and it turns out the mystery voice was |
0:33.7 | Carol Kirkwood of Weather fame. |
0:36.1 | And the reason it happened is that they were having some sound problems, |
0:38.8 | and they left Carol's mic faded up. |
0:41.2 | And because I am in a cupboard with a speaker so I can hear the presenters, |
0:45.7 | it came blasting out the speaker. |
0:47.9 | And it sounded like it was somebody commenting on the fate of the BBC |
0:50.8 | license fee in a not positive way. |
0:54.0 | It really wasn't. It was just a technical mock up, |
0:56.8 | but it has launched a million and one conspiracy theories. |
1:00.0 | And actually the fate of the license fee is something we're going to talk about |
1:02.9 | on this episode of Newscast. |
1:04.7 | Newscast. |
1:05.6 | Newscast from the BBC |
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