To the Lighthouse (Lab)
Newscast
BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Why is there a shortage of covid tests? Adam speaks to epidemiologist Alan McNally who was one of the people involved in setting up the Milton Keynes Lighthouse Lab. And as the unemployment rate continues to increase and finding a job is becoming harder, former winner of The Apprentice, Lee McQueen, offers some handy CV tips.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Lead producer: Frankie Tobi Producers: Ben Weisz and Natalie Ktena Assistant Editor: Emma Close
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.2 | Hello. |
| 0:06.6 | I've been getting a notification on my phone quite a lot the last few days that I keep |
| 0:11.0 | ignoring because it is a reminder that this week I should have |
| 0:15.1 | been going to see Elton John performing live that's been postponed till next |
| 0:20.8 | year so to cheer myself up I've done what I often like to do which is to |
| 0:24.7 | take song titles of a particular artist and adapt them for one of the big news stories |
| 0:30.1 | today. So here are Elton John's song titles adapted for coronavirus testing capacity issues. |
| 0:37.0 | Shall we fire up the non-copyright infringing library Plinky Pl Plunky version of Melton John. |
| 0:45.0 | Love it. |
| 0:52.0 | Here we go. |
| 0:55.0 | Benny and the tests. |
| 0:58.0 | Q-I's. Take me to the pilot program. |
| 1:02.0 | Die don't go breaking my heart. |
| 1:04.0 | That's Dido Harding, obviously. |
| 1:07.0 | Can you feel the swab tonight? |
| 1:10.0 | And this is my favorite. |
| 1:12.0 | Are you ready for glove? And this is my favorite. |
| 1:15.0 | Are you ready for glove? |
| 1:20.0 | Sorry Elton and sorry for you having to listen to that as well. We will talk about what is happening with Test and Trace, along with the latest on the |
| 1:24.3 | economy in this edition of Newscast. |
| 1:27.3 | Newscast. |
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