Newscast

Votes Cast

02 Sep 2022

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Laura K is back on the day the Tory leadership ballot closes. And another battle is being drawn between the release of Lord of the Rings prequel (The ...

Done and Husted

01 Sep 2022

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Chris returns to discuss the final stretch of the Tory leadership contest and how the PM is spending his final days in office. Also, Adam hosts his...

Going Global

31 Aug 2022

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The biggest international news stories with the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen.Our International Editor discusses the life and death of last Soviet leader Mikha...

The No Show

30 Aug 2022

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Liz Truss has called off her primetime BBC interview. So instead, Adam interviews Nick Robinson, who was meant to be asking the questions, on why thes...

How High Could Bills Go?

26 Aug 2022

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The energy price cap explained. After the energy regulator Ofgem announces an increase in the energy price cap, Adam is joined by Martin Lewis, from M...

Down Grade

25 Aug 2022

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GCSE grades are out and they show a growing regional divide in England. Adam is joined by BBC Education correspondent Hazel Shearing, and Sam Freedman...

Ukrainecast: Six Months On

24 Aug 2022

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Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaliy Shevchenko from Ukrainecast, mark the anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine by following the stories of Max, Anna, Hu...

Not a Moment too Moon

23 Aug 2022

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NASA’s mega-rocket lunar mission is go for launch!The BBC's science editor Rebecca Morelle explains everything you need to know about the American s...

Raising the Bar

22 Aug 2022

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Criminal barristers in England and Wales will take part in an indefinite strike. The BBC's Dom Casciani and barrister Rosalind Burgin explain what's g...

Rental Arithmetic

19 Aug 2022

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Are the under 30s facing a cost-of-renting crisis?New BBC research has found that four in 10 of this age group are now spending more than 30% of their...

University Challenges

18 Aug 2022

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The results are in! On the day that students receive their exam results, we also find out that the BBC’s Amol Rajan is the new host of University Ch...

Who is Rishi Sunak?

17 Aug 2022

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Newscast profiles the Tory leadership candidate.How have his politics been shaped by his education and jobs? How is he viewed in his Yorkshire constit...

Who is Liz Truss?

16 Aug 2022

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Who is Liz Truss and what would she be like as leader? Are the comparisons with Margaret Thatcher accurate? What was going on with that cheese speech?...

The Fall of Kabul: One Year On

15 Aug 2022

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What’s happened to Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover?Adam is joined by the BBC’s Lyse Doucet and Yalda Hakim to look back at the days and mon...

Salman Rushdie Attacked

12 Aug 2022

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The novelist is stabbed in New York state. The BBC's Katie Razzall, gives Adam the latest on the incident and the background to the author.On the day ...

Dry Hard

11 Aug 2022

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Is the UK heading for a drought? Adam speaks to the head of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan about the impact of the recent dry weather and soa...

We're caught in a cap

10 Aug 2022

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Inquisitive (not suspicious) minds thinking about energy prices. The energy price cap - the maximum amount suppliers can charge customers in England, ...

The X-President Files

09 Aug 2022

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The FBI searched Donald Trump’s home on Monday evening, in what he says was a raid. The BBC's Chi Chi Izundu is outside his house in Florida and we ...

Tooth be Told

08 Aug 2022

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DIY dentistry on the rise as Britons struggle to find NHS treatment.A BBC investigation has found that nine in 10 practices across the UK are not acce...

Westminster Picnic

05 Aug 2022

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A political picnic on Westminster’s College Green whilst parliament is on its summer recess. Adam and Chris review the key moments of the last 12 mo...

Economic Matters

04 Aug 2022

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The UK is expected to fall into recession, inflation could hit 13% and interest rates continue to rise according to the Governor of the Bank of Englan...

China’s Taiwan Warning

03 Aug 2022

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Beijing is planning military drills near Taipei after reacting with fury to a controversial visit by US Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The BBC’s China corres...

Truss Funds

02 Aug 2022

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Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss has scrapped a plan to link public sector pay to local living costs, within hours of announcing it. The BBC’...

From Russia with Steve and Angela

01 Aug 2022

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Are Russians being hit hard by economic sanctions?Almost six months on since Russia invaded Ukraine, Adam is joined by BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenbe...

Rooney 1-0 Vardy

29 Jul 2022

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Rebekah Vardy loses libel case against Coleen Rooney in the ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial.Adam is joined by Abi Clarke, host of the BBC Sounds podcast,...

Profit Scorning

28 Jul 2022

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Energy companies have posted huge profits, but energy bills are still going up. The BBC’s Carrie Davies talks through the figures and what’s happe...

The Roar of the Lionesses

27 Jul 2022

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England head to Wembley for the Euro 2022 final. Gabby Logan and eight-year-old Tess, whose celebrations at the semi-final went viral, chat to Adam ab...

Monkeypox Health Alert

26 Jul 2022

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A global health emergency is declared, so how worried should we be?Adam is joined in the studio by the BBC’s James Gallagher and Dr Rosamund Lewis f...

Our Next Prime Minister

25 Jul 2022

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We're backstage at the Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss Tory leadership debate. Adam, Chris and Alex talk it all through... Today's Newscast was made by Chri...

They Think It’s All Dover

22 Jul 2022

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There's a "critical incident" at the English port and holidaymakers are queuing for hours and hours. The BBC’s Katy Austin is in Dover to explain wh...

Industial Action Man

21 Jul 2022

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Adam, Chris and Alex question the general secretary of the RMT union, Mick Lynch, about the next round of rail strikes.They also look back on the care...

Two Blue

20 Jul 2022

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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak go head to head in the race to be prime minister, after Penny Mordaunt was knocked out of the Conservative leadership contes...

40.3C

19 Jul 2022

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The UK has recorded its hottest-ever temperature, so BBC weather presenter, Matt Taylor, is back in the studio to talk through the impact of this extr...

The Heatwave

18 Jul 2022

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The UK experiences one of its hottest days on record, with a high of 38.1C recorded in Suffolk.Adam is joined by BBC Weather presenter Matt Taylor and...

Forecast

15 Jul 2022

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A national emergency is declared as the UK faces a record-breaking heatwave. The Sunday Times health editor Shaun Lintern and rail expert Anna-Jane Hu...

Chat Hancock

14 Jul 2022

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Matt Hancock is in the studio to talk about why he’s backing Rishi Sunak to be the next leader of the Conservative Party, as Suella Braverman exits ...

Six pack

13 Jul 2022

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Half a dozen Tory leadership candidates remain.As the number of candidates in the race to be the next PM is reduced, Chris looks at who’s in front, ...

Contesting Times

12 Jul 2022

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Eight candidates remain in the Conservative race to be Prime Minister. Adam and Chris discuss those who have made it through to the first round of vot...

11-ish Horse Race

11 Jul 2022

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It's sweltering in Westminster... and the Conservative leadership race is hotting up too.Adam is joined by Chris and Alex, as well as Nick Timothy, wh...

Sir Clear Starmer

08 Jul 2022

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The Labour Leader is cleared by police over Durham lockdown beers. And the former chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has launched his bid to be the leader of th...

Them’s the Breaksitcast

07 Jul 2022

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Boris Johnson has resigned but says he will stay on as caretaker prime minister until a new leader of the Conservative Party is chosen. Adam, Chris an...

Boris Johnson resigns

07 Jul 2022

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The Prime Minister Boris Johnson quits as Conservative leader. He’s said a “herd instinct” at Westminster rejected his bid to stay on. But a gro...

Resignationcast (Gove sacked)

06 Jul 2022

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The Levelling Up Secretary, Micheal Gove, is removed by Boris Johnson, and the Attorney General, Suella Braverman, says she will stand for the party l...

Resignationcast (Part 3)

06 Jul 2022

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What is going on in No 10 Downing St right now? As more ministers quit and pressure grows on Boris Johnson to resign, Adam is joined by Chris, Vicki a...

Resignationcast (Part 2)

05 Jul 2022

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Can Boris Johnson survive? In our second emergency Newscast of the night, Adam, Vicki and Chris discuss the latest comings and goings in Westminster. ...

Resignationcast (Part 1)

05 Jul 2022

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit Boris Johnson's cabinet. In the first emergency Newscast tonight, Adam and Chris chew ove...

Fuel Stop

04 Jul 2022

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More than a dozen protesters have been arrested for driving too slowly during demonstrations over rising fuel prices. The BBC’s Katy Austin steers A...

Omicron and On

01 Jul 2022

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Should we be worried about the rise in Covid infections? Adam is joined in the studio by Newscast regular, the BBC’s James Gallagher.Political corre...

No Pact

30 Jun 2022

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The Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran says there’ll be no election pact with the Labour Party. As the Nato summit comes to an end, she talks to Adam, ...

There’s Summit about Nato

29 Jun 2022

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The defensive alliance strengthens its defences and invites Finland and Sweden to join.Adam is joined by Katya and BBC Security Correspondent Frank Ga...

Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced

28 Jun 2022

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Breaking news on the pod as Ghislaine Maxwell is sentenced to twenty years in prison. Also as Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon proposes 19 ...

G7-Force

27 Jun 2022

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World leaders meeting in Bavaria promise to support Ukraine for “as long as it takes”. Adam chats to Chris, who's interviewed the PM there, and Vi...

Dowden and Out

24 Jun 2022

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Oliver Dowden quits as Conservative Party chairman after the Tories lose two by-elections. Adam, Chris and Alex are joined by Will Walden, former advi...

Brexit and by-elections

23 Jun 2022

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Six years after the UK voted to leave the EU, Adam and Victoria Derbyshire speak to one of Brexit’s orchestrators, Nigel Farage. The former politici...

Earthquake in Afghanistan

22 Jun 2022

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Adam is joined by Lyse Doucet and Sayed Rahman from the International Rescue Committee, who’s in Kabul, after an earthquake killed at least 1,000 pe...

Trainstopping

21 Jun 2022

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The biggest train strike in 30 years has disrupted travel for millions. Simon Jack and Anna-Jane Hunter, a former Network Rail director, join Adam to ...

Happy 5th Birthdaycast!

20 Jun 2022

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The biggest rail strikes in 30 years are going ahead after last-minute talks went nowhere. Chris and Laura are back with Adam to think through what it...

Running Up That Chart

17 Jun 2022

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Zoe Ball reacts to Kate Bush’s return to number one and the possibility that the UK might host next year’s Eurovision. We reopen the "Newscast T...

An ‘odious position’

16 Jun 2022

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We speak exclusively to Sir Alex Allan, who resigned as the PM’s ethics advisor in 2020, about the resignation of his successor Lord Geidt.He tells ...

Geidt Outta Here

15 Jun 2022

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Adam and Vicki react to the sudden news that Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser Lord Geidt has quit. They’re joined by home affairs correspondent Do...

Grenfell: Five Years On

14 Jun 2022

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Remembering the 72 people who died... We mark the anniversary with Victoria Derbyshire, who reported at Grenfell Tower in west London five years ago. ...

Brexitcast

13 Jun 2022

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Adam, Chris and Katya are back talking Brexit on the day that the UK reveals plans to ditch parts of EU deal.And Jacqui Wakefield, from Panorama, desc...

Jurassic World Service

10 Jun 2022

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The dinosaur expert on the latest film, palaeontologist Steve Brusatte, tells Adam he thinks the feathered ones are the scariest. And actor Damian Lew...

Angela Rayner

09 Jun 2022

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Labour’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, says she sometimes wishes Keir Starmer would "put some more welly into it" to make the public love him as muc...

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

08 Jun 2022

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A Newscast travel and transport special!Adam is joined by travel expert Simon Calder to discuss whether we’re in for a summer of disruption on the r...

Johnsonwards

07 Jun 2022

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The prime minister says it’s time to draw a line under Partygate. Adam and Chris are joined by former Downing Street chief of staff, Gavin Barwell, ...

Johnson and on

06 Jun 2022

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The prime minister wins vote but suffers large Tory rebellion. Adam, Chris, Vicki and Alex get together late on Monday night to talk it all through. T...

Ukrainecast: 100 Days of War

03 Jun 2022

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Thursday February 24th 2022 until today. In this special episode, the Ukrainecast team take you through some of the key moments in the Ukraine war. We...

Depp Wins and the Jubilee Weekend

01 Jun 2022

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Johnny Depp has won his libel case against Amber Heard – he’s been awarded $15m in damages. Amber Heard has also won one of her counterclaims for ...

Flightmare

31 May 2022

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Thousands of passengers caught up in half-term flight chaos.Adam discusses the delays and cancellations with Newscaster Anna Saunders and Rory Boland ...

Snoozecast

30 May 2022

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Dan Walker and Dr Michael Mosley are learning how to get a good night’s sleep. And Liverpool fan, Suzanne Gower, and Mathieu Zagrodzki, from the Uni...

Any Questions-cast?

27 May 2022

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Adam gets answers about the £400 energy grant that’s going to every household, as he moonlights on another legendary show. With the help of Simon J...

Newscast! The Musical

26 May 2022

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One of our listeners has sent in a tribute to Chris Mason, Newscast star.Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke joins Adam, Chris and Alex Forsy...

Sixty Pages of Gray

25 May 2022

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After five months and nine days, the Sue Gray report into lockdown gatherings at Downing Street has finally arrived. Adam, Chris and Vicki pore over t...

Wine Time Fridays

24 May 2022

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Insiders tell of packed lockdown parties at Downing Street. Laura is back in the studio to tell Adam about her Partygate Panorama scoop. And they’re...

Wine Minister

23 May 2022

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Boris Johnson has been pictured drinking at an event in Downing Street during lockdown. Marianna Spring’s sitting in for Adam today and she’s join...

Monkeypox Business

20 May 2022

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What is it and how worried should we be? James Gallagher has the latest, as 11 cases of monkeypox are confirmed in the UK.Sue Gray’s Partygate repor...

Ba-Ba-Blackford

19 May 2022

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The SNP’s Ian Blackford joins Adam, Chris and Marianna Spring to talk about lambing at his home in Scotland, the cost of living and Partygate – 12...

The Shrinking Tenner

18 May 2022

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Prices are rising at their fastest rate for 40 years and the chancellor is warning that the next few months will be tough. Adam is joined by Adam Shaw...

Truss Issues

17 May 2022

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The Foreign Secretary Liz Truss sets out new legislation to rewrite parts of the post-Brexit trade deal. Adam and Katya chew over how the European Un...

Stormont Stalemate

16 May 2022

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The prime minister has been in Northern Ireland to try to resolve the power-sharing crisis. Adam is joined by Chris Mason in Belfast, and Prof Katy Ha...

Vardy v Rooney

13 May 2022

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Half-time analysis of the “Wagatha Christie” trial. Abi Clarke, host of 5 Live’s Wagatha Christie podcast, dissects the latest developments in R...

'A culture of entitlement'

12 May 2022

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Labour MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy tells Adam, Chris and Alex about experiencing sexual harassment at university and threats of rape. She also ex...

Protocol The Whole Thing Off?

11 May 2022

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Brussels and London at odds over the post-Brexit treaty for Northern Ireland. Adam is joined by Vicki Young and Katya, to mull over the potential cons...

The Prince’s Speech

10 May 2022

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Charles steps in for the Queen, setting out the government’s agenda. Adam is joined by Chris, as well as former BBC royal correspondent, Jenny Bond,...

Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow?

09 May 2022

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Sir Keir Starmer says he’ll quit if he’s fined for breaking lockdown rules…Adam chews over the Labour leader’s predicament with Chris, who’s...

Electioncast 2022 Part 2

06 May 2022

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Boris Johnson admits it was a tough night for the Tories as they lost hundreds of seats. Chris Curtis, the head of political polling at Opinium Resear...

Electioncast 2022

06 May 2022

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We stayed up all night so you didn't have to... Adam, Laura and Chris get together first thing in the morning to figure out what happened in the elect...

Inflation Nation

05 May 2022

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Interest rates rise as the Bank of England warns we’re facing a “sharp economic slowdown”...Adam is joined by Paul Johnson, director of the Inst...

They Think it’s Oil Over

04 May 2022

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The EU has proposed some of its toughest measures yet against Russia, including a total ban on oil imports. Adam is joined by Katya and energy expert ...

"Who’s Lorraine?"

03 May 2022

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Boris Johnson asks, Newscast answers... by profiling the ITV "legend" Lorraine Kelly. Also, a leak from the US Supreme Court suggests the national rig...

Grand Slammed

29 Apr 2022

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Former tennis champion Boris Becker has been jailed over his bankruptcy. The BBC’s tennis correspondent, Russell Fuller, joins Adam to discuss the r...

Chelsea Blues

28 Apr 2022

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The Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries tells Adam and Chris that Chelsea FC are on "borrowed time" and must be sold within weeks.She also says that the ...

Porn in Parliament

27 Apr 2022

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The Conservative Party is investigating claims that an MP watched pornography on his mobile phone in the Commons. Adam and Vicki Young discuss the lat...

A Musk Buy

26 Apr 2022

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Why is Elon Musk taking over Twitter?Adam is joined by Jill Lepore, presenter of the Podcast Elon Musk: The Evening Rocket, and Tim Higgins of the Wal...

Misogyny in Parliament

25 Apr 2022

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MPs have condemned claims made about Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, as misogynistic. MP Kim Leadbeater tells Adam why stories like this put wo...

L’électioncast: the result

24 Apr 2022

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Emmanuel Macron wins five more years as French president after beating Marine Le Pen…Adam is joined by our Europe Editor Katya Adler and the BBC's J...

L'Électioncast part deux

22 Apr 2022

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France gears up for Sunday’s presidential run-off…In true Brexitcast style, Katya Adler updates Adam from the back of a taxi in Paris as the Macro...

Partygate Probelem

21 Apr 2022

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With Boris Johnson thousands of miles away in India, MPs have approved an investigation into whether he misled Parliament over lockdown parties. Adam ...

Netflixodus

20 Apr 2022

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As Netflix loses 200,000 subscribers, has the bubble burst for the streaming giant? Adam is joined by director, producer and filmmaker Alastair Fother...