Small Axe of the law
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Looks like the police are going to get more powers to shut down protests. We chat with former police Superintendent Leroy Logan, the real person behind John Boyega’s character, in BBC drama Small Axe. Fergus is also here to let us know about a vaccine production boost.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Alix Pickles, Georgia Coen, Cristina Criddle Episode Editor: Rick Kelsey Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Do you remember Rishi Sunak the movie? |
| 0:07.5 | It was that very glossy, quite long video that the Treasury put out last week to promote the budget. |
| 0:14.3 | Was it only last week? Seems like longer. |
| 0:17.0 | Anyway there is a sequel and it's called Beacon of Hope, the UK Vaccine Story, and it's a documentary that's been made by Downing Street |
| 0:28.0 | to celebrate the development of the vaccine. |
| 0:31.6 | And of course it has dramatic music and it has some of our favorite |
| 0:35.0 | characters back in March we're heading into lockdown you must stay at home the |
| 0:40.8 | NHS is coming under extreme pressure. We were on a mission and the |
| 0:45.6 | mission was to get vaccines for the UK. Most vaccines don't make it. They fall over at |
| 0:50.9 | some point on the way. We were not absolutely confident at all that any vaccine would be possible. |
| 0:56.0 | Every day counted. |
| 0:57.0 | There is no option of age. |
| 0:58.0 | Incredible. |
| 0:59.0 | It's just a colossal effort that I don't think people will realize has happened behind the scenes. |
| 1:05.8 | Every vaccine we've given has given hope to somebody. |
| 1:11.3 | It's ordinary, out of this. |
| 1:17.0 | Questions already being raised about whether that's a good use of taxpayers money, but the government said it's the digital team in number 10 and that's the sort of stuff they do. |
| 1:33.7 | Anyway, I think I might stick with Wonder Vision. |
| 1:36.7 | Anyway, on with the next episode of Newscast. |
| 1:39.7 | Newscast. |
| 1:40.7 | Newscast from the BBC. |
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