Titan Implosion: How Did It Happen?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
What could have caused the Titan disaster, and why has it attracted so much coverage? Science correspondent Jonathan Amos joins us to discuss.
Media and culture editor Katie Razzall and entertainment reporter Daniel Rosney are in Glastonbury for the start of the festival.
And there’s set to be another high pollen count weekend. Hay fever sufferer and diplomatic correspondent James Landale gets advice from GP Dr Sarah Jarvis.
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This Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn, Alex Collins and Madeleine Drury. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editor is Fiona Leach.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, this weekend the Met Office is forecasting very high slash high pollen counts across |
| 0:11.1 | most of the UK on Saturday, which you will probably already be aware of if you've got |
| 0:16.8 | hay fever. |
| 0:18.2 | One of the BBC's most noted hay fever survivors is diplomatic correspondent James Landale. |
| 0:23.6 | Hi, James. |
| 0:24.6 | Hello. |
| 0:25.6 | I'm glad I'm not sniveling as we speak. |
| 0:28.1 | Well, yes, obviously you've taken enough anti-histamines or you're in a sealed environment. |
| 0:31.7 | Bit of both. |
| 0:32.7 | Well, we've managed to arrange a GP consultation for you because we've got Dr Sarah Jarvis |
| 0:38.1 | who is the resident radio two doctor on the Jeremy Vines show. |
| 0:41.2 | Hi, Sarah. |
| 0:42.2 | Hello. |
| 0:43.2 | James, you've got a question for Dr Jarvis. |
| 0:45.8 | Yeah, I resent my hay fever because I never had it as a child. |
| 0:50.2 | I grew up in the countryside. |
| 0:51.8 | I used to play in, I used to make dens in hay barns and absolutely no effect whatsoever |
| 0:58.1 | I could be approximate to any kind of grasses. |
| 1:01.6 | Unlike many of my family, I had very, very few hay fever symptoms. |
| 1:05.8 | But as an adult, having spent a large part of my life living and working in Westminster, |
| 1:12.2 | I have developed this reaction to London plain trees. |
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