The Week: The War In Iran Escalates
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Today, Adam, Chris and Faisal are joined by Panorama Jane Corbin to discuss the latest strikes in the war in Iran.
They look at a straining relationship between Israel and the US and how the UK is reacting to the shock to the global economy.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.3 | If American politics is leaving you with a lot of questions, you're not alone. |
| 0:12.2 | On America's, we chat through what's really going on. |
| 0:15.3 | Make sense of what's happening in the US, with new podcast episodes arriving throughout the week. |
| 0:20.6 | America's, listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:24.0 | Chris, I've got a pitch for you. |
| 0:25.7 | All right. |
| 0:26.2 | What are you doing on Saturday the 25th of April? |
| 0:28.7 | My Saturdays are usually free, but... |
| 0:31.0 | Great, good. |
| 0:31.6 | I think you're about to tell me that this one might not, but... |
| 0:34.1 | How about something called cast fest? |
| 0:36.9 | Cast fest. Now, we've done one of these before, which is when we get lots of the podcasts from our stable together. We're doing it again on the 25th of April. Convinced me, where is it? It's at Mada Vale Studios, the BBC's legendary home of live performances. Now we're talking. And they're actually closing down. So we're going to be some of the last people to ever perform there. |
| 0:56.4 | Take that, Beatles. |
| 0:57.5 | And who do we get to see? |
| 0:59.3 | You, me, Laura, Paddy, Henry, all the Americasters. |
| 1:04.0 | Oh, I see. |
| 1:04.3 | Yeah, Fame Under Fire. |
| 1:06.1 | Top Comment, Mariana's new podcast. |
| 1:08.2 | We're all going to be there with a live audience. |
| 1:12.7 | We will be revealing at a later date |
| 1:15.0 | how you can actually get tickets for this. |
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