Troubled Water - Episode 1

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BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.1 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Are we running out of water? Britain may be known for its rain but, as our climate changes, there are warnings we could be closer than we think to our taps running dry.

In this episode of Troubled Water, James Gallagher asks why our pipes are being pushed to the brink and what can be done about it, all from the comfort of his bathroom. Huddled in the loo, he talks to Professor Hannah Cloke, OBE, who predicts rainfall events through her work at the University of Reading, Dr Francis Hassard, from the Water Science Institute at Cranfield University, Andrew Tucker who manages water demand at Thames Water and inventor Garry Moore who shows how he's hoping to revolutionise our loos with his air-pressurised Velocity toilet.

Presenter: James Gallagher Producer: Tom Bonnett

Transcript

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0:00.0	This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box.
0:05.0	The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from.
0:09.0	And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape.
0:12.0	The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape.
0:12.5	The IRA inmates who found a way.
0:14.5	I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path
0:19.5	through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history.
0:25.0	The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them.
0:28.5	Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:35.0	BBC Sounds.
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0:40.0	Hello there and welcome to Seriously from BBC Radio 4. I'm James Gallagher and you're about to hear the first episode of my Radio 4 series Troubled Water.
0:50.0	Starting off huddled in my bathroom, I'm asking whether we could be closer than we think to running out of drinking water in the UK.
0:57.5	Then I'm squeezing into my wetsuit to tackle water pollution in our rivers,
1:02.0	and after that meeting people who were flooded and then
1:04.8	somewhat ironically left without any water to drink. To hear all three parts
1:09.9	search for Troubled Water on BBC Sounds.
1:13.0	Oh, this is my idea of bliss. A long piping hot bath. But in a minute I'm going to have to get out.
1:30.0	I'm James Gallagher and in this series Troubled Water I'm going to be investigating the fragile state of our water supply.
1:38.0	I mean why is human excrement being pumped into our rivers and closing our beaches.
1:43.4	If you remember just last summer that hideous drought,
1:46.7	I mean my garden, don't know about yours, was a barren wasteland.
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