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Mar 2021
28m 31s

Series 24 - Episode 4

BBC Radio 4 Extra
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For the final time this series, Newsjack's host Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by Luke Kempner, Mali Ann Rees, Jason Forbes and a virtual audience to make sense of this week in news.

This week, we find out how we might struggle to re-adapt to office life, how Barbie is celebrating Ken's 60th birthday, and what it's like to deal with the Perseverence Rover's galactic ego .

Written by - The British Public Script Editors - Ed Amsden and Tom Coles Producers - Gwyn Rhys Davies and Hayley Sterling Production Coordinator - Mabel Wright Newsjack is a BBC Studios Production

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