27 episodes
The Covid Inquiry Podcast BBC Radio 4
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3.1 • 43 Ratings
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Full coverage of the Covid Inquiry from its hearings in London and from around the UK. With Jim Reed, Lorna Gordon, Hywel Griffith and Jennifer O'Leary.
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1. The Covid Inquiry: The Beginning
Welcome to the Covid Inquiry Podcast. Subscribe now for everything you may have missed in the Covid Inquiry this week.
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2. "It Started Very Simply"
The Covid Inquiry begins in West London. With evidence from Professor David Heymann, Bruce Mann and Katharine Hammond on how prepared the UK was for a coronavirus pandemic.
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3. "How Sorry I Am"
In the second week of the Covid Inquiry, we hear from Professor Dame Sally Davies, former Prime Minister David Cameron, and former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Jim Reed reports.
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4. "A Witness Box Not A Soapbox"
In the third week of the Covid Inquiry, there's evidence from former Health Secretary Matt Hancock and former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Jim Reed reports.
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5. "We Didn't Know What Was Going On"
In the fourth week of the Covid Inquiry, Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford and former Scottish Chief Medical Officer Catherine Calderwood give evidence. With Jim Reed.
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6."Punched In The Mouth"
In the fifth week of the Covid Inquiry, Former Northern Irish First Minister Arlene Foster and Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove give evidence. Jim Reed reports.
Customer Reviews
Eventually becoming a decent podcast
I came to this initially expecting something along the lines of the BBCs ‘Grenfell Inquiry Podcast’ which covered the events and even got specialists in to explain some of the issues. It seemed to be coming out of the BBC”s news department and even just repeating what was said elsewhere wouldn’t require much effort.
Instead we got a seriously lacklustre effort, in its early episodes little more than a brief couple of minutes to tell us that an inquiry was happening and nothing else. As time has gone on and the names of those appearing have got bigger the coverage has expanded, but still in such a way that it’s difficult to follow, chopping Hunt, Johnson, Sunak et als replies into sound bites so they just hang in the air.
A wasted opportunity.
COVID-19 podcast
This podcast is a pale imitation of what the BBC produced re the Grenfell Inquiry. It is way too short. Remember it is meant to report on the events of a WEEK at the Inquiry. It feels more like it is reporting on a morning or afternoon session. BBC please adopt the formula you used for Grenfell Inquiry podcast. This inquiry is too important for the BBC to get this wrong.
PS I made the above comment at the time Boris Johnson et al were giving their evidence. Instead of taking this on board the podcast has got worse. For the episodes covering the devolved governments they have lasted less than 10 minutes on average. This unacceptable. You can’t, properly cover a weeks evidence in that time. If the BBC are not going to devote the resources so this podcast can be of the quality it produced for the Grenfell Inquiry, then please don’t bother?
Just a summary of events
This podcast just summarises who said what with no extra insight. The Grenfell podcast gave loads of useful explanation of why things mattered. I hoped it would improve as things got going but it’s all the same. This podcast falls well short of inform, educate or entertain