BONUS! Live At Castfest: The Newscast Q&A!
4/27/202636 min
Recorded live at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios, Adam, Chris and Henry get grilled by the audience at Castfest.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Adam Fleming, Chris Mason and Henry Zeffman. It was made by Anna Harris with Kris Jalowiecki. The social producer was Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Matilda Macari. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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First 90 secondsAdam Fleming· Host0:00
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Adam Fleming· Host0:34
[electronic tone] Hello, I've got another bonus episode from this weekend's Cast Fest for you. This was when we brought together lots of the BBC News podcasts at the BBC's historic Maida Vale Studios, and it was great fun. And thank you to everyone who, who came along and made it such a good day. What you're gonna hear now is the question and answer session that me, Henry, and Chris did with some of the newscasters who were there.
Speaker 21:01
Newscast.
Speaker 31:01
Newscast from the BBC.
Asma Khalid1:03
Humanity's next great voyage begins.
Speaker 51:06
We are in the midst of a rupture.
Asma Khalid1:07
Nostalgia will not bring back the old order.
Chris Mason· Host1:10
Six-seven.
Speaker 21:11
Six-seven.
Chris Mason· Host1:12
Yeah.
Speaker 31:12
It's supposed to be me as a doctor.
Tristan Redmond1:14
Daddy has, has also a special connotation.
Speaker 31:16
Ooh, la, la.
Speaker 11:17
Thinking about it like a panto helped.
Speaker 31:20
[laughs] Do we play music now or what do we do?
Adam Fleming· Host1:21
[audience applauding] Do you know my first thought as you were applauding was like, "Oh, it's very nice that they're applauding." Then I was like, "Oh, it's quite a long way to the stage-