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Quarantina Fey

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.46.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The chancellor says we’re facing “a severe recession, the likes of which we haven’t seen”, and today saw some bleak numbers on jobs and benefits. We talk to two people whose careers have been badly affected by the pandemic, including a drag queen who has become a security guard! Producers: Harriet Noble, Frankie Tobi, Natalie Ktena and Georgia Coan. Studio manager: Emma Crowe Editor: Dino Sofos

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:05.0

Hello, it's Adam here, all safely unpacked.

0:08.2

A reference you will get if you were listening carefully

0:10.2

to yesterday's episode.

0:11.9

Today, we're gonna have a big chat about the economy

0:14.4

because lots of new, quite stressful numbers came out

0:19.3

and we're also gonna talk about prospects

0:22.0

of a new bank holiday in October.

0:26.2

And just wanted to let you know about a conversation

0:28.7

we also recorded today with the journalist Catherine Mayer,

0:32.3

which we're going to bring you in a special episode

0:35.5

all in its own because it was very moving

0:40.2

and raised lots of questions for Catherine

0:44.0

and for the rest of us because it's about her husband

0:47.4

Andy Gill, a musician from the band Gang of Four,

0:51.4

who died in February.

0:53.7

That's the next episode of the coronavirus newscast.

0:57.0

Here's this episode.

0:58.0

The coronavirus newscast from the BBC.

1:00.5

What is this virus?

1:01.8

How does it spread?

1:02.9

How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones?

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