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Adam Fleming, host of Newscast and AntiSocial, unpicks some of the key elements of the UK election.
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The US Election: 1. Primaries, Caucuses and the National Conventions
How do the parties select their presidential candidates?
This episode was hosted by Justin Webb (Today Programme host and Americast host) alongside Sarah Smith (BBC North America editor and Americast host) and Ned Foley (director of the election law program at Ohio State University).
Producers: Dan Gordon and Alix Pickles
Production coordinator: Sabine Schereck
Senior News Editor: Sam Bonham -
The US Election: 2. The Campaign Trail
What happens on the road and who actually pays for it all?
This episode was hosted by Justin Webb (Today Programme host and Americast host) alongside Anthony Zurcher (BBC North America correspondent) and Mary Frances Berry (Professor of American Social Thought, History and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania).
Producers: Dan Gordon and Alix Pickles
Production coordinator: Sabine Schereck
Senior News Editor: Sam Bonham -
The US Election: 3. The TV Debates
How important is it for a candidate to "win" the live TV debate?
This episode was hosted by Justin Webb (Today Programme host and Americast host) alongside Sarah Smith (BBC North America editor and Americast host) and Margaret O’Mara (Chair of American History at the University of Washington).
Producers: Dan Gordon and Alix Pickles
Production coordinator: Sabine Schereck
Senior News Editor: Sam Bonham -
The US Election: 5. Becoming President
What can the president do (and not do) when they are in office?
This episode was hosted by Justin Webb (Today Programme host and Americast host) alongside Anthony Zurcher (BBC North America correspondent) and Margaret O’Mara (Chair of American History at the University of Washington).
Producers: Dan Gordon and Alix Pickles
Production coordinator: Sabine Schereck
Senior News Editor: Sam Bonham -
The US Election: 4. The General Election
How does election day work?
This episode was hosted by Justin Webb (Today Programme host and Americast host) alongside Anthony Zurcher (BBC North America correspondent) and Mary Frances Berry (Professor of American Social Thought, History and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania).
Producers: Dan Gordon and Alix Pickles
Production coordinator: Sabine Schereck
Senior News Editor: Sam Bonham -
1. How do you get the campaign right?
Taking you inside the campaign trail and looking how parties make it work to their advantage.
This episode was hosted by Adam Fleming, Newscast and Anti-Social, alongside political correspondent and host of Any Question, Alex Forsyth, as well as John McTernan who worked as Tony Blair's Political Secretary and Lee Cain, key strategist for Boris Johnson’s campaign to be prime minister and Downing Street Director of Communications.
Producers: Alix Pickles and Alex Lewis
Production Manager: Janet Staples
Editor: Sam Bonham
Credit: Good Morning Britain, Boris in a fridge archive clip.
Customer Reviews
Israel & Palestine
This is a really helpful foundation and bite size review of the history of the region. Thank you to those involved.
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Back to Basics
The show simplifies complex topics in a very neat fashion!