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Mar 2021
30m 38s

A Night at the Oprah

BBC News
About this episode

The night after Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, the BBC’s Royal Correspondent Jonny Dymond breaks it down.

And it’s back to school in England - but all classroom tests involve swabs up your nose...

Studio director: Russell Newlove

Producers: Georgia Coan, Daniel Wittenberg, Alix Pickles, Louis Coan

Episode Editor: Ben Weisz

Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham

Editor: Dino Sofos

Get in touch: newscast@bbc.co.uk

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