Pick ’N Don’t Mix
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Adam is joined by Professor Dame Anne Johnson, who’s about to take over as president of the Academy of Medical Sciences. She joins our Health Editor Hugh Pym to discuss the latest pandemic figures, and whether the public are getting the message about social distancing.
And as the inquiry into the Scottish Government’s handling of allegations against Alex Salmond heats up, Sarah Smith puts it in context, and explains why it could prove tricky for the First Minister.
Studio Director: Frank McWeeny Producers: Ben Weisz, Sej Asar, Jo Deahl Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, today some scamps on social media |
| 0:07.2 | created a fake Twitter account for Woolworth's, you know, the famous defunct shop, |
| 0:13.4 | and announced that Wilworth was coming back. |
| 0:16.0 | And then loads of news websites reported that news breathlessly, as you would if |
| 0:19.8 | Wilworth was coming back, |
| 0:21.6 | without realizing that it was all a fake Twitter account. But anyway, wouldn't it be great if |
| 0:26.8 | Wilworth did come back? We're bringing it back right now with a Woolworth's audio experience on |
| 0:33.1 | newscast. So come with me as we go through the shop doors. It's kind of late 80s, early 90s, I'm thinking. |
| 0:40.0 | Oh, let's just pop over to the pick and mix. |
| 0:44.3 | Go up the bag there. Yum. Oh, let's go to the music section. And let's see what tapes and CDs we can listen to on the headphones. |
| 1:02.0 | Oh, next we're going to the PE in school uniform section. |
| 1:05.6 | Do you remember that's always where you got your black plimsels for games or PE or whatever you called it. |
| 1:12.1 | Oh, and now we're in the VHS section. |
| 1:16.1 | Remember, that's how films used to come. |
| 1:21.2 | Oh, I'm feeling quite nostalgic now, |
| 1:23.4 | especially the time my grandma took us to the pick and mix |
| 1:26.5 | and made us get exclusively aniseed balls because she said they'd be delicious and they were gross. |
| 1:33.3 | Anyway, lots of real stuff that is actually happening in the real world to discuss on this edition of Newscast. |
| 1:39.6 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:41.9 | What is this virus? How does it spread? |
| 1:46.7 | How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones? |
| 1:49.4 | No one's got to a fucking clue what Brexit is. |
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