The James Norton Show

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Happy Valley star James Norton talks about the success of the show, helping Ukrainian friends caught up in the war, and how a health breakthrough could improve his life. Plus, the government’s net zero strategy is put under the spotlight by Chris Stark, Chief Executive of the UK's Climate Change Committee and Sophie Eastaugh from the BBC’s The Climate Question podcast. This episode of Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming and was made by Chris Flynn with Ivana Davidovic, Miranda Slade, Cecelia Armstrong and Madeleine Drury. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Damon Rose.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Hello, I'd like to say a big thank you for the tips you sent in about how to reduce
0:09.5	my screen time.
0:10.5	We've had one from Emma in Edinburgh who says,
0:12.9	I find having something else to do with my hands really helps.
0:15.9	I like to knit, which I've been doing long enough not to look at my hands constantly.
0:20.3	Well, would you like to hear how I got on?
0:23.6	Here is the story of my week starting on Monday.
0:27.0	Hello, today's screen time, three hours and 12 minutes, down 48% on the average of last week.
0:36.4	Well done me.
0:37.4	Oh, and this is going to be my first night when I do not sleep with my phone next to the
0:41.4	bed, which will be intriguing.
0:44.4	Well, I now finally know what my alarm clock actually sounds like.
0:51.9	Do I feel more rested?
0:55.0	I have a sort of illusion that I slept a bit more deeply and woke up in a bit more of a
0:59.1	relaxed way.
1:01.2	But I think that is an illusion because I'm a deep sleeper anyway and my phone never used
1:05.8	to wake me up in the middle of the night.
1:07.7	That wasn't the problem.
1:08.7	It was looking at it before bed.
1:10.6	But I think I think I could do this actually.
1:13.0	I'm not sure why I need my phone by my bed.
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