Educating Newscast

Published: Aug. 24, 2023, 9:13 p.m.

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It\\u2019s GCSE results day! Branwen Jeffreys is reporting on the picture across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while headteachers Sir Anthony Seldon and Educating Yorkshire\\u2019s Jonny Mitchell tell Adam how their schools got on.

And documentary-maker Louis Theroux has made a speech about the future of TV in which he said the BBC has been \\u2018playing it safe\\u2019. Former creative director of BBC Alan Yentob and documentarian Molly Dineen discuss how documentaries are commissioned.

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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Tom Smithard with Hayley Clarke, Madeleine Drury and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

BBC Sounds topics:\\n00:00 - Newscasters let us know their GCSE results\\n02:31 - Headteachers Jonny Mitchell and Anthony Seldon join Branwen Jeffreys to chew over GCSE results\\n19:09 - Documentary makers Molly Dineen and Alan Yentob discuss whether the BBC has grown too safe in its commissions

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