Ten years of The Briefing Room
The Briefing Room
BBC
4.8 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
It's ten years since the Briefing Room was first transmitted in May 2016. And what a decade it's been. To mark the tenth anniversary the programme looks at the biggest changes at home and abroad since that momentous day in British broadcasting. We’ve had Brexit, a pandemic, the Gaza war, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump - twice. It is hard to remember such a time. So David Aaronovitch's three expert guests will help him answer the question: are we even the same people as we were back then?
Guests: Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, King’s College London Bronwen Maddox, Director and CEO, Chatham House Meg Russell, Professor of British and Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science at University College London.
Presenter: David Aaronovitch Producers: Caroline Bayley, Kirsteen Knight, Sally Abrahams Production Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele Sound engineers: James Beard and Neil Churchill Editor: Richard Vadon
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | What a decade it's been since the briefing room was first transmitted in May 2016. |
| 0:15.6 | To mark our 10th anniversary, we're looking at the biggest changes at home and abroad since that epochal day in British |
| 0:21.5 | broadcasting. And the changes have been big. The British people have spoken and the answer is |
| 0:29.3 | we're out. Thank you, Nigel. Thank you. Let June the 23rd go down in our history as our Independence Day. |
| 0:39.3 | Brexit means Brexit and we're going to make a success of it. |
| 0:45.3 | I've been wondering what that special place in hell looks like |
| 0:51.3 | for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely. |
| 0:59.0 | America, America! |
| 1:04.0 | Together, we will make America great again. |
| 1:09.0 | Thank you, God bless you and God bless America. |
| 1:13.6 | Too many of them coming over. If you're legal, you should come over with a passport, not on a boat. |
| 1:20.6 | We have to stop the boats. Stop the boats. Stop the boat. |
| 1:25.6 | From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction. |
| 1:32.4 | You must stay at home. |
| 1:34.4 | Breaking news, the UK's mass vaccination programme against coronavirus has begun. |
| 1:40.8 | Good morning, so we're going to give the injection in the top of your arm just here. |
| 1:53.0 | Russia invades in a major military assault by land, sea and air. |
| 1:58.0 | Come from your offices, your homes, your schools and universities. |
| 2:03.4 | Come in the name of peace to support Ukraine, to support freedom, to support life. |
| 2:10.2 | Palestinian militants say they've taken more than 50 Israelis hostage |
| 2:14.0 | during their biggest cross-border attack in decades. |
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