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As the UK prepares to begin leaving the EU, what are the key deals to be done? Chris Morris cuts through the jargon to discover how everyone's lives could change.

Brexit: A Guide for the Perplexed BBC Radio 4

    • Government
    • 4.7 • 6 Ratings

As the UK prepares to begin leaving the EU, what are the key deals to be done? Chris Morris cuts through the jargon to discover how everyone's lives could change.

    Science

    Science

    Science became an unlikely battleground in the Brexit negotiations, which meant the UK was cut off from the billions of euros provided by the EU’s Horizon programme. Britain’s access to European satellites was also restricted. Adam Fleming asks how the new borders in science have affected the measurement of the polar ice caps and the search for new malaria treatments.
    Presenter: Adam Fleming
    Producer: Sally Abrahams
    Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
    Editor: China Collins
    Sound: Neil Churchill

    • 14 min
    Services

    Services

    Brexit has made it trickier for UK lawyers and architects who want to work in Europe, even musicians have to fill in customs paperwork when they go on tour. So why has the service sector seemed to boom since the UK’s departure from the EU? Former Brussels correspondent Adam Fleming investigates.
    Presenter Adam Fleming
    Producers: Diane Richardson and Sally Abrahams
    Researcher: Octavia Woodward
    Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
    Editor: China Collins
    Sound: Neil Churchill

    • 14 min
    Movement of People

    Movement of People

    The free movement of people from the EU has ended, but immigration has reached record levels. Former Brussels correspondent, Adam Fleming, charts how Britain’s workplaces and universities have changed as a result of Brexit, and learns from seasonal workers about the art of picking asparagus.
    Producers: Sally Abrahams and Diane Richardson
    Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
    Editor: China Collins
    Sound engineer: James Beard

    • 14 min
    Trade in Goods

    Trade in Goods

    Former Brussels correspondent Adam Fleming explores how businesses have adapted to new trade rules, three years after the UK left the EU.
    He finds out why allergy-friendly nutrition bars are being sold to Australia and the Middle East instead of the EU, and the reason exports of British eels have ground to a halt.
    Presenter: Adam Fleming
    Producers: Diane Richardson and Sally Abrahams
    Editor: China Collins
    Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
    Sound: Neil Churchill

    • 14 min
    Destinations

    Destinations

    Where might Brexit be taking the UK? Chris Morris takes a look beyond the daily news frenzy. As well as the withdrawal agreement currently being negotiated, there are much bigger questions now in play. What sort of economy, society and international links could the UK have? Journeying into this new world he discovers the possible destinations, the dramas to come why some are still clinging to the cheese sandwich theory of referendums.
    Producer: Chris Bowlby
    Editor: Hugh Levinson

    • 13 min
    Security

    Security

    Britain's EU membership has shaped the way its security agencies and police co-operate with counterparts across Europe. Chris Morris discovers how Brexit might affect this. How far will co-operation continue as before, especially in key fields such as counter-terrorism? Will access to key databases be lost, and will the transfer of data be more difficult? And will extradition be affected?
    Producer: Viv Jones
    Editor: Hugh Levinson

    • 13 min

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