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Aug 2023
6m 4s

Ros Atkins

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

The BBC’s News Analysis Editor, Ros Atkins, knew he wanted to be a journalist when he was ten years old.

He grew up in Cornwall and the Caribbean and read history at Cambridge.

He’s now a trusted broadcaster and a man synonymous with news and, he became a bit of a social media sensation with his explainer videos.

As he once dabbled as a drum’n’bass DJ we wondered what his Inheritance Tracks might be.

Inherited: The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett Passed on: Suite - Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills and Nash

Producers: Ben Mitchell and Jesse Edwards

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