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Newscast BBC Podcasts
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The UK’s flagship daily news podcast from the BBC, Newscast dives into the day’s big stories so you’re never out of your depth.
Newscast picks the brains of BBC News experts so you’re ready if someone picks yours, covering the latest developments in politics in Westminster and beyond, what the cost of living means for the money in your pocket and the impact of climate change.
Can Rishi Sunak turn the Conservatives fortunes around? Will Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party win the next general election? Newscast will give you all the best insights from BBC News so you’re across all the day’s top stories.
Newscast is hosted by trusted journalists including Adam Fleming, BBC Political Editor Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. Joined by special guests, including Lyse Doucet, Katya Adler, Marianna Spring, John Simpson and Victoria Derbyshire among others.
In this election year, Newscast will track all the developments from Westminster - as well as following all the big developments around the world, from the race to the White House, to the war in Ukraine.
Catch Newscast seven-days a week and watch on BBC One at 23:40 on Thursday night or later on BBC iPlayer
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Newscast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Newscast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Americast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Newscast (and if you’re reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below.
The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r
Americast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07h19zz
Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm
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Electioncast: Manifesting Manifestos
Today, Laura is joined by Faisal Islam and James Cook to talk about what we can expect in manifestos this week, and how parties say they’ll pay for policies.
They chat about the Conservatives’ announcement on welfare spending, Labour’s plans to build more prisons and Nigel Farage’s response to Rishi Sunak’s D-Day blunder.
And we ask why the SNP didn’t mention Scottish independence on Friday’s debate.
You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg, Faisal Islam and James Cook. It was made by Chris Flynn with Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham. -
Electioncast: How Did Sunak's D-Day Blunder Happen?
Today Adam, Laura and Henry talk Sunak’s D-Day blunder, and the 7-way TV debate that followed it.
Henry also talks about receiving a letter from the chief Treasury civil servant disputing the Conservatives’ £2000 tax claim.
And we lookahead to manifesto launches next week.
You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming, Laura Kuenssberg, and Henry Zeffman. It was made by Chris Flynn with Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham -
Electioncast: The Big BBC Debate (Analysis!)
Today, we look at the first BBC election debate, where leading figures from the seven main parties take part.
Presented by Mishal Husain the representatives of the parties take questions from the studio audience, and challenge each other over the course of 90 minutes. The line-up in full;
Conservative Party: Penny Mordaunt
Labour Party: Angela Rayner
Scottish National Party: Stephen Flynn
Liberal Democrats: Daisy Cooper
Green Party: Carla Denyer
Reform Party: Nigel Farage
Plaid Cymru: Rhun ap Iorwerth
You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham -
Electioncast: The Big BBC Debate (In Full!)
Presented by Mishal Husain the representatives of the parties take questions from the studio audience, and challenge each other over the course of 90 minutes. The line-up in full;
Conservative Party: Penny Mordaunt
Labour Party: Angela Rayner
Scottish National Party: Stephen Flynn
Liberal Democrats: Daisy Cooper
Green Party: Carla Denyer
Reform Party: Nigel Farage
Plaid Cymru: Rhun ap Iorwerth
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Electioncast: Sunak’s D-Day Apology & TV Debates
The BBC election debate is tonight so Adam invited host Mishal Husain into the Newscast studio to hear how the preparations are going.
And Disinformation & Social Media Correspondent Marianna Spring is back with her latest findings from the UK Undercover Voters.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Gemma Roper. George Dabby and Cordelia Hemming are the Undercover Voter producers. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham -
Electioncast: Argy Bargy in Basildon and Billericay
Today, the election campaign quietened down as political figures took part in D-Day commemoration events.
Adam, Chris and Laura discuss Lord Cameron’s visit to Normandy, how candidate selection works - and the rush to find candidates in some areas, as well as the Green Party’s NHS policy.
A full list of candidates will be available on the BBC website when they are published.
You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Gemma Roper and Sam McLaren. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Customer Reviews
My Favorite Podcast
I’m a longtime American devotee of your show and just want to thank you for expanding to the weekend. The crisis period we’ve all lived through rolls on, and nobody really can say when things will stabilize. The high standard of journalism set by the BBC is more essential than ever.
Slanted viewpoints
I used to really enjoy this podcast back when it was Brexitcast and even in the last couple of years as Newscast. But it seems the last few months or so, the viewpoints feel less and less balanced and more and more slanted in a left leaning direction.I've always looked to the BBC for a balanced approach, but it seems Newscast is following suit with a lot of the other BBC articles I read on the News app. Sad and disappointing.
Chris Macy
Just caught up on Have I Got a Bit More News for You and had such a good time playing Where’s Chris Macy!