The Americast Advent Calendar
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Maitlis, Sopel and Anthony take a look back at 2020 - an extraordinary year, that featured a global pandemic, civil unrest sparked by the killing of an African American man, and the small matter or a presidential election.
But did any of their analysis prove to be right?? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Americasters! We'll be back next year.
Producer: Natalie Ktena Assistant Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos
americast@bbc.co.uk
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.4 | Hello, it's Adam Fleming here from the BBC Newscast podcast. |
| 0:12.0 | We have just published our special Christmas episode. |
| 0:16.0 | It is a virtual Christmas house party like the ones we're all having to have at the moment. |
| 0:23.2 | And we convinced Euro-Emily Maitless to attend. |
| 0:25.8 | I never want to have to touch anyone's elbow because it feels weird and strange |
| 0:31.3 | and slightly like a test that I keep getting wrong. |
| 0:34.4 | And it's not just her. |
| 0:35.8 | Hello. |
| 0:37.0 | It's Nigel. |
| 0:38.6 | No way. |
| 0:39.6 | We were just talking about you in your Nando's recipe. |
| 0:42.5 | Yes, Nigel Elorson, one of the voices and faces of the nation's Christmas dinner, joined us too. |
| 0:49.5 | For the first time ever, I am not going to do a turkey. |
| 0:53.2 | And then Nick Grimshaw from Radio 1 appeared to try and make us all sound a bit cooler. |
| 0:58.2 | And I just think there's like an other worldliness to night life that you can't recreate at home and I've tried. |
| 1:04.6 | It's a proper virtual Christmas house party like the ones we're all having to have. |
| 1:09.0 | This is where I spill the light. |
| 1:10.4 | You can hear the whole podcast in all of its Christmasy glory on BBC Sounds. |
| 1:15.1 | Just search for newscasts. |
| 1:16.7 | You know by now how much we love a metaphor on America's. |
| 1:26.1 | So today we present to you the America's Advent Calendar. |
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