Summary
Half-time analysis of the “Wagatha Christie” trial. Abi Clarke, host of 5 Live’s Wagatha Christie podcast, dissects the latest developments in Rebekah Vardy’s libel case against Coleen Rooney, with BBC football correspondent John Murray commentating on the most dramatic moments so far. Legendary pop master Ken Bruce joins us from Turin, where he previews the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, along with Russia editor (and Eurovision superfan) Steve Rosenberg. And BBC political correspondent Ione Wells chats about nuclear power, gridlock in the Northern Ireland Assembly, and potential job cuts in the civil service. Today’s Newscast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Alix Pickles, Cordelia Hemming and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, we're recording this episode of newscast on Friday afternoon, which means it's |
| 0:08.7 | day 4 of the Wagatha Christie libel case brought by Rebecca Vardy after Colleen Rooney |
| 0:15.3 | accused her in that viral social media post from October 2019 of leaking personal stories |
| 0:20.6 | about her to the sun newspaper, which is denied. |
| 0:24.5 | Rebecca Vardy finished giving evidence this morning, and now it's Colleen Rooney's turn. |
| 0:29.8 | We're going to turn to Abby Clark, Tik Toker, comedian and the presenter of the BBC's |
| 0:34.5 | podcast. |
| 0:35.5 | It's Wagatha Christie. |
| 0:36.5 | Hi, Abby. |
| 0:37.5 | Hello. |
| 0:38.5 | How's the podcast going? |
| 0:40.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:41.5 | Well, I mean, it's an ever-growing beast. |
| 0:44.0 | I don't think we knew what it was going to be or how it was going to go. |
| 0:48.6 | But each day we're working it out, and I think it's getting more and more fun. |
| 0:52.7 | What was it about this case that made you think, oh, we could do a whole podcast about |
| 0:56.3 | this? |
| 0:57.3 | Radio 5 Live that initially came to me with the idea, and I'm a true crime obsessive. |
| 1:05.2 | So they wanted to do a podcast about Wagatha Christie, and they wanted me involved, and |
| 1:09.8 | I said, okay, but I want to make it a true crime podcast. |
| 1:14.7 | Those were my terms. |
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