TransPennine Eurovision Express
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Adam gets the train to Liverpool for Eurovision, as a rail service is nationalised.
Joining him at Lime Street station is Ben Clatworthy, transport correspondent for the Times, to discuss what the nationalisation of TransPennine Express means for passengers.
Also, with the Eurovision final imminent, the Eurovisioncast team drop in to give us a preview, and a brief on how the scoring works.
Today’s Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Tim Walklate with Chris Flynn, Rufus Gray and Nicky Edwards. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.4 | Hello, I'm very excited because after my tale of wool about not getting a Eurovision |
| 0:10.4 | ticket, I've managed to get my hands on one for the semi-finals. |
| 0:13.8 | So I've just arrived just a second in Liverpool, the Eurovision City for 2023 hosting it on |
| 0:19.1 | behalf of Ukraine, obviously. |
| 0:21.1 | And the second you get off the train, you know that Eurovision is happening. |
| 0:24.4 | There are posters all across the platform on most of the walls in the station and then |
| 0:29.3 | you notice the people in the station. |
| 0:31.6 | So there's a guy with a Union Jack waistcoat, some people were wearing Union Jack skirts |
| 0:37.2 | with ponchos over the top. |
| 0:38.4 | Oh, she's got some sequins and actually there's some more sequined jackets over there as |
| 0:43.1 | well. |
| 0:44.1 | I think I saw out the corner of my assembly dress as like a kind of poppy pirate, so not |
| 0:48.6 | quite sure what that, you know what, but he's one of the acts. |
| 0:52.2 | So yeah, I'm going to head over to the arena, which is down by Liverpool Docks and I'm |
| 0:57.3 | going to watch the semi-final, which will be watched by millions of other people on BBC |
| 1:01.8 | One on Thursday evening. |
| 1:03.9 | And in this episode in newscast, the second kind of two-thirds of it is going to be a collaboration |
| 1:08.7 | with our cousins at Eurovision cast who have been just having an absolutely fantastic time |
| 1:13.2 | behind the scenes here. |
| 1:14.9 | And actually the first half of the podcast is going to be a story related to where I'm |
| 1:19.6 | standing right now, the train station, all that on this episode of newscast. |
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