The Sneeze and the Squeeze
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Going viral without a sniffle, soaring inflation, the life of a Russian journalist...
With the cost of goods and services rising at their fastest rate for 30 years, Marianna Spring (who’s sitting in for Adam) is joined by Louise Cooper, financial analyst and presenter of Radio 4’s Money Box Live, to discuss what this means for us all.
BBC presenter Shaun Ley gives his tips on how to sneeze - or not sneeze - gracefully on air.
And independent Russian broadcaster, Sergei Buntman, tells us what life is like for a journalist in Moscow.
Today’s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate, with Cordelia Hemming and Ben Cooper. Emma Crowe was the technical producer. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, you might have been watching yesterday when news broke that Boris Johnson and Rishi |
| 0:09.8 | Sunak were going to be fined about breaking lockdown rules. |
| 0:13.7 | And when that was happening, I was tuned in to the BBC News Channel. |
| 0:16.8 | The leader of the Lib Dem party, Sir Eddavie, had just been on. |
| 0:20.8 | And then this happened to BBC News TV presenter Sean Lay. |
| 0:26.8 | So, I'm a David, the Liberal Democrat MP. Excuse me, I'm badly. |
| 0:33.8 | I think I've got to wave with it. |
| 0:36.6 | Sir Eddavie, the Liberal Democrat MP and leader. |
| 0:40.0 | If you didn't recognise that sound or you haven't seen the video that's gone viral, that |
| 0:44.6 | was Sean stifling a sneeze and Sean dealt with it impeccably. |
| 0:49.4 | And to hear more about it, Sean is here with me now. |
| 0:52.3 | I don't think I've got to wave with it. I wouldn't have got all these coverage. |
| 0:57.6 | I wouldn't be talking about it. |
| 0:59.2 | Excuse to talk to you. That's great. |
| 1:00.9 | Thank you. How did you stop the sneeze? Did you look at the light? |
| 1:03.4 | No, actually, somebody told me that. That's a tip I'd heard. |
| 1:06.4 | And I don't think it works for me. |
| 1:08.4 | Somebody said if you look, there's a light up there now, it somehow has that effect. |
| 1:11.4 | But I've tried it. And all I do is end up with spots before rise, |
| 1:15.1 | which when you're reading, you're always curious. |
| 1:16.6 | So what I tend to try to do is try to breathe deeper, which is hard if you're fighting, |
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