Summary
On the day that Arcadia, the owner of Topshop and Dorothy Perkins, goes into administration, the BBC's Simon Jack discusses what went wrong. And with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon addressing her party conference, the BBC's Sarah Smith joins Adam to talk about what 2021 could hold for the prospect of Scottish independence.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Harriet Noble, Ben Weisz Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello. |
| 0:05.8 | Well, it sounds like the rollout of the coronavirus vaccines |
| 0:08.4 | is getting closer and closer and closer. |
| 0:11.4 | And according to the newspapers today, |
| 0:13.2 | the people running the program are thinking about |
| 0:15.7 | what celebrities they should get to front the campaign |
| 0:19.0 | to encourage us to have the jab. |
| 0:21.3 | Names like David Attenborough are rumored. |
| 0:23.9 | I suppose he's the right age and people do really trust him. |
| 0:26.8 | But we thought we'd go into the archives |
| 0:28.3 | and see how they did it in 1946 |
| 0:30.9 | when the Ministry of Information was encouraging parents |
| 0:33.8 | to get inferior vaccinations for their children. |
| 0:37.4 | And they didn't use celebrities. |
| 0:39.0 | They used mums with birthday cakes. |
| 0:43.3 | This is one of the happiest days in a mother's life |
| 0:47.8 | and in his life, too. |
| 0:51.0 | Babies' lives are in danger on the continent today. |
| 0:54.4 | During the war, immunization ceased in those countries. |
| 0:57.5 | And inferior is rapidly taking its deadly toll. |
| 1:01.1 | For some time, there have been epidemics on the continent. |
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