Lucy Letby Jailed For Life
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in prison with no chance of parole. She refused to appear in court to hear her sentence or the statements of grief and loss from the families of the babies she murdered. Shaun Lintern, health editor at The Sunday Times, has spent years investigating the case and is in the studio.
And 5 Live commentator Vicki Sparks is back on, as well as former England player Karen Bardsley, talk us through what it was like commentating on the first World Cup final for England since 1966, and what’s next for the women’s game.
You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere
Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Hayley Clarke and Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The senior news editors are Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.
00:00 - A Newscaster’s message from Stadium Australia 01:39 - Remaining questions for the NHS as Letby is sentenced 22:16 - The commentary team behind the 2023 Women's World Cup final
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, well it was not to be for the Lionesses this weekend, although England goalie Mary |
| 0:11.3 | Upps did win the Golden Glove for being best goalkeeper, and newscaster Leanne gets the |
| 0:17.0 | prize for best voice note for a newscaster in the stadium. |
| 0:21.3 | Hi Adam, this is where I'm here. |
| 0:28.3 | Mary Upps, Golden Glove, get in. |
| 0:31.3 | She deserves that. |
| 0:35.3 | You're doing the date. |
| 0:36.3 | You just watch the news. |
| 0:37.3 | That's really tough to take. |
| 0:39.3 | But the end of the day, we were here. |
| 0:43.3 | I'll never be alive to see another local final. |
| 0:48.3 | You know what brother, the girls, proud of the team. |
| 0:51.3 | And they should be really proud of what they've achieved. |
| 0:56.3 | So good that newscasters get to all the big news events and then report on it brilliantly for us. |
| 1:02.3 | Thank you to Leanne, who was there with her 11 year old son. |
| 1:05.3 | And we will virtually return to Australia and the women's world cup towards the end of this episode of newscast. |
| 1:11.3 | Newscast. |
| 1:12.3 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:15.3 | At least I didn't slap anybody, which is good. |
| 1:20.3 | It's the Guardian reading. |
| 1:23.3 | Tofu eating. |
... |
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.