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May 2022
29m 33s

Flightmare

BBC News
About this episode

Thousands of passengers caught up in half-term flight chaos.

Adam discusses the delays and cancellations with Newscaster Anna Saunders and Rory Boland from Which?.

And mathematician, Dr Hannah Fry talks to Adam about her new BBC documentary, "Making Sense of Cancer".

Today’s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate, with Alix Pickles, Miranda Slade and Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

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