Access All Christmas Special - Best Bits of 2022
Your favourite Access All podcast moments from 2022 in one place.
We've had a ball since we launched back in April.
Nikki and Emma were strangers at the beginning of the year and now have become great friends through some very open conversations and a bit of over-sharing.
They introduce favourite moments on subjects like relationships, first jobs, karaoke choices - nothing has been off limits.
Remember when Nikki disliked Emma's Halloween costume? Why Nikki admitted her boyfriend Dave made her cry happy tears or when the team lost control over trousersnake-gate?
Plus visits from some of our favourite guests: comedian Rosie Jones, Actors Leon Harrop and Sarah Gordy, and Stricly star Ellie Simmonds.
Warning, prepare for plenty of laughs.
Transcription
29th December 2022
bbc.co.uk/accessall
Access All β episode 33
Presented by Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey
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NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Hi everyone, itβs Nikki and Emma here.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Weβre passionate about stories on disability, mental health and wellbeing, and we really want more people to hear them through this pod, Access All.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ So, if you can please can you follow and subscribe to Access All on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. It really helps others find this pod, and weβd really appreciate it.
ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I love karaoke Emma. I love it.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Do you? Oh, we must go for some karaoke. Iβm really excited about that, because I bought myself β I mean I bought my niece, not myself β my niece a karaoke machine for Christmas.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Right, your niece?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yes, my niece, who Iβll be in the house with all over Christmas, obviously.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, great present.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I am so excited. Karaoke is mildly accessible if you know the words to the song.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Good point.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Itβs not accessible if you donβt know the words to the song because you canβt read the words to the song.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Have they not got braille karaoke?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ So, [in weary tone] I think in could hook up my braille display to my phone, and get the lyrics off of an app.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Letβs not be lazy about this, Ems, come on.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh, Iβm so lazy. I mean, the reason that karaoke isnβt accessible to me is because Iβm so lazy.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I used to go three times a week, every week, for several years.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh my gosh.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, and I won a few competitions.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Wow!
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ On a Saturday night we had karaoke in our local pub, and I was studying music at the time. I was really into The Cranberries. About 10 oβclock everyone was having a drink, they wanted an upbeat, they want I Will Survive. And I was like [sings to the tune of Zombie] , and their tanks, and their bombs, and their bombs, and their guns β and everyone was like open mouthed at me.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ So, did you put on the accent as well?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, full accent for the whole lot.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Iβm more of a sort of Grease mega mix, Hopelessly Devoted, Eternal Flame sort of person.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Thatβs better.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Living on a Prayer, Sweet Child of Mine, Bohemian Rhapsody, give it welly. Can we go to karaoke in the New Year then?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yes. Letβs do our own New Yearβs Eve party in January.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ This is my role in this podcast, so forgive me for saying this, but should we throw in a few disability related songs?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh stuff that, Ems. Itβs not all about disability. Iβd get bored of it, love.
MUSIC-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Theme music.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Itβs Access All. Iβm Nikki Fox and Iβm joined by my beautiful co-host and very good friend, Emma Tracey, currently trying to decompress from a hugely busy year.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, it was busy, but for us itβs been an absolutely huge success. Since we started back in April weβve created some really memorable moments I would say.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I have loved doing this podcast, Emma. Itβs definitely β donβt tell Watchdog, the One Show or the news β but my favourite job.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh, that makes me so happy.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I just love coming in and having a chat with you.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ What were your standout moments, would you say?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ There were so many. Sam Renke, sheβd just written a book, Best Thing Since Sliced Bread, she was phenomenal. I loved Anne Hegerty. I loved Rosie Jones. I mean, these are all the celeb fancy pants ones. I would say I loved Ellie but you went and did that interview on your own, didnβt you Emma?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, I loved Ellie.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Iβm not over that. But also all the guests, you know the stories that weβve been telling over the last few months, and we get to speak to some wonderful people.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Itβs the people, the disabled people who get in touch and tell us their stories, and then come on and share it with us really publicly, when itβs really difficult for them. That is a real honour. Iβve found the whole thing very cathartic because Iβve sort of splurged about my own stuff, about exercise and accessibility and people saying that my kids are my carers. Itβs felt like a great space, because you get it, you understand, youβre disabled too, youβre a woman.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ How very dare you, how, howβ¦
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I just think thatβs been fun for me as well to share stuff like that too.
Remember you can listen back to all of our previous episodes by searching ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Access All on your ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds app. We thought weβd take this opportunity during Crimbo limbo week to reflect.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, weβre going to have a little delve into a bit of disability showbiz, a bit of the old razzle dazzle. Thereβs lots more disables on the telly now, Em, which is good, isnβt it? We need a few more though.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ When I think back to when I was a kid the only people I can actually bring to mind are Willow, Warwick Davis, who weβre hoping to have on soon, and then Corky from Life Goes On, who had Downβs Syndrome. I donβt know if youβve ever seen that?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I think it was bigger in Ireland than it was in the UK.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, so it was this American drama. And it was the first time Iβve ever seen a person with Downβs Syndrome in an acting role.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I donβt remember anyone, Ems. I donβt remember growing up seeing anyone disabled.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Do you think itβs because you didnβt really know you were disabled when you were a kid? Because I think, I knew I was blind, but I hadnβt connected that with the disability community or being disabled. So, I remember seeing Mary go blind in Little House on the Prairie, and Lucy go blind in Neighbours, and they kind of registered with me; it was something I could relate to.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Spuggie, me eyes. Do you remember that? That was Byker Grove.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh, Byker Grove?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah. Ant and Dec, wasnβt it?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah. I remember lots of people going blind, but I donβt think I knew I was disabled, if that makes sense.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No, I didnβt either. Me and my sister grew up both of us as disable, and even though we used to stand in front of the telly with my mum in little callipers looking like two little robots, I didnβt feel any different. Even when I went to school, I remember I used to do all the dance classes and everything. I used to love it. I went around telling everyone I was going to be a ballerina, with no concept of being disabled. And then I did a dance once for the school end of year assembly, or whatever it was, and they videoed it β good old video, back in the day, in 1608. When I watched it back I turned to my friend and I went, βWhoβs that disabled bird ruining the shot?β
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ But actually when I found out I was disabled it was great and I really embraced the disability community.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ It was different when you were younger.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ And I am extraordinarily excited when we meet famous disabled people. And one of your favourites is our next clip, isnβt it?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh yes, I adore her. After we did our interview I stalked her on every social media platform, begged her to follow me so that I could keep in contact with her. Itβs only Rosie Jones.Μύ
ROSIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Jingle bells] Hello. How are you?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ So good for seeing you.
ROSIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I feel like I need to explain my voice, not the disabled part, but itβs a little bit deep and husky. Hello.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ And whyβs it so deep and husky?
ROSIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Iβve been in Edinburgh. I drunk all the alcohol, I was screaming my head off, and now Iβve ruined it. I think it makes me sound quiteβ¦
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Sexy.
ROSIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ β¦sexy.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, Iβm with you. Sexy.
ROSIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Growing up in the β90s being disabled, being the first person with a disability to go to my mainstream school was hard. And to add onto it I was having feelings for other girls. I remember wanting to kiss a girl in my class when I was four.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No!
ROSIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Four years old. But because it was the β90s, because on TV, in books there was no disabled people, and when they were rarely on TV they were the victims, they were vulnerable, they were the villains. And god forbid, none of them were having sex. No one was, oh my god, in a loving relationship. When I was old enough I thought no, I want to put this right. But even nowadays I couldnβt believe the lack of disabled characters in childrenβs books.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah. So, you wanted to change that?
ROSIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yes. So, thatβs why I wrote Edie. I donβt think itβs a spoiler because everyone out there should have read the first book at least.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Jingle bells] And that was the lovely Rosie talking about her book, the Amazing Edie Eckhart. And I just absolutely loved talking to her. And that clip has just reminded me for the moment where it was like, oh itβs really nice, isnβt here, to hear somebody who has a similar experience to you. Because I grew up not knowing anyone who was disabled, so did my sister, we just knew each other. And we were the first disabled people to go to a mainstream school. I had a lot of similarities to Rosie. And also, I suppose you might have felt this too, Ems, working in this industry now, I remember part of her interview she was talking about a lot of the shows that she works on, a lot of the comedy shows, and she was talking about getting really knackeroonied. At first she was sort of pushing herself beyond her limits and she would be like, yes of course I can climb those four flights of stories, Iβll be absolutely fine, no worries at all. But now sheβs got to a point where sheβs not feeling like she has to please or hustle. Sheβs established, she feels sheβs in a safe position to put her foot down and go no, if you want me we need to be working in an accessible location. Iβm not going to climb four flights of stairs and then start recording a show and be absolutely exhausted. So, I love that because I often feel a bit like that as well working in this industry.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, I think we do try and push ourselves and get round stuff when really the ideal thing would be to ask for the proper accommodations.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ But itβs also hard when you feel like youβre trying to climb that ladder, isnβt it, and youβre trying to get to where you want to be. And it does take a little longer I think for some disabled people. It certainly has for me; itβs taken absolutely yonky doodles. Iβm 42.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ But our production that really realised that and worked really, really hard to make everyone comfortable was Ralph and Katie. A feel-good drama, still on iPlayer, and the leads are two actors with Downβs Syndrome, Leon and Sarah, playing Ralph and Katie a married couple. Μύ
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ It was a spinoff of the A Word, wasnβt it?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ It was a spinoff of the A Word, exactly, which is a really popular drama about a little boy whoβs autistic. So, we got to speak to Leon and Sarah and ask them all about the filming and being on the show. It was just such a lovely experience.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Jingle bells] What I love about the whole programme is okay, you guys both have Downβs Syndrome, and youβre touching on areas that other people may not be familiar with, but itβs not about that at all. Youβre just any married couple. Jules, I wanted to ask you, was that kind of the main drive with the series?
JULES-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Itβs about a married couple just navigating through friendship, jealousy, tensions, parents potentially splitting up. And it was really important that that was the driving force. We have an amazing group of five disabled writers that worked with each other, and they all had an episode each, and theyβve all done some fantastic stories. And Downβs is touched upon occasionally. Katie gets very angry in episode one about assumptions people make about her because of her Downβs Syndrome.
KATIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Every day of my life people think I canβt do things for myself. Every day I have to take that shit. But not from you, not from my husband!
JULES-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Theyβre just people. And these guys, when they talk about their Downβs Syndrome, they talk about it being not how they want to be described.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Thatβs it.
JULES-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Isnβt that right, Sarah?
SARAH-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Itβs not about disabilities and itβs not about Downβs Syndrome; itβs about the person behind it basically. Thatβs what Iβm always pointing out.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Assumptions. Ooh, that grinds my gears, I tell you.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Sarah, what was your favourite filming day?
SARAH-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ When Ralph and Katie get together and have a talk about whatβs wrong with Ralph. Because it was very, very windy and very, very wet and you canβt even hear my voice that well.
JULES-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Sarahβs very good at remembering the worst day, arenβt you Sarah? That was in the Lake District. How many layers of clothes did you have on in the Lake District, Sarah? Can you remember?
SARAH-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I canβt remember. Was it 13?
JULES-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ It was a lot of layers, wasnβt it? Itβs a lovely scene with you and Nigel, who plays your dad, it was a lovely scene, but you were absolutely bloody freezing, sorry, you were absolutely freezing, werenβt you? I can tell you one big secret about Leon Harrop: in the episode three where heβs hurt his leg and he was on the sofa a lot, he was so tired that he quite often fell asleep.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Leon!
ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Jingle bells] That was Jules there as well who we had, who was part of the production team. Was Jules the producer?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Jules was the producer yes, and she was kind of giving us the intel. Maybe some of the stories that Leon and Sarah werenβt going to share she shared on their behalf, which I thought was very nice of her all together, wasnβt it. And you can still watch it on iPlayer, as I say, and itβs well worth it.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh, itβs well worth it.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ And it finishes off at Christmastime so itβs absolutely ideal for this time of year.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I got dead hooked when I was doing my prep for that. I loved it, loved it. youβve got another show on TV at the moment, Ems, one of my absolute favourite shows, because you know obviously I wanted to be a dancer. In my head I choreograph full routines. Itβs [Strictly Come Dancing theme music plays].
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Strictly Come Dancing.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Iβm so sad that you got to interview Ellie Simmonds while I wasnβt here. I was away. Iβve never regretted a holiday so much as when I found out that Ellie and Nikita were coming on. No, it was just Ellie, wasnβt it, sorry.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ It was Ellie. Her partner, Nikita Kuzmin wasnβt available to come on.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I love Nikita as well. Isnβt Nikita diabetic?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yes, type 1 diabetes, so everyone can see the monitor on his arm when heβs dancing. And itβs a really good way for people to feel seen as well. what a great couple and what a great interview Ellie was.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Jingle bells] And how did you and he adapt the dances?
ELLIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ So, at the start when we first started training he just started chatting to me and just got to understand what I could do, what I couldnβt do. And from thereon when we got really comfortable and really good friends with each other we would just chat about it, and heβd be like, βCan you do this? Can you do that?β And then when he got to know me he just thought of all the ideas in his mind. So, it was the stride length, it was again with dwarfism and achondroplasia Iβve got bowing of the legs, so with the Cha-Cha-Cha and some of the leg movements youβve got to go fully straight which I canβt do, so he was aware of that. Again, the height difference with the hold, the likes of the Paso Doble he was doing a lot of it on his knees. And he was just doing the dances so it just worked and suited for me, so on a Saturday night it was able for me to go out there and shine because of the ideas and the choreography and the things that he did.
We would get a couple of hours off before we start back on Monday, and on those times where I would be resting, I would be sleeping and catching up, he would be working away and thinking of the dance for the week ahead. So, in a way these pro dancers they never stop. Theyβre literally amazing. Theyβre thinking of things, theyβre dancing, theyβre dancing with us, theyβre teaching us, theyβre doing stuff all the time. And for him having that extra just bit of a challenge, which wasnβt a challenge for him; he absolutely loved it.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Do you think actually being a Paralympian helped with the training and the kind of approach to it all?
ELLIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ It did help, no definitely, because some of the skills that I learnt from my swimming days, not just physical but mental, with the nerves and the pressure, those skills that I did when I was a swimmer to cope with those I did it on a Saturday night.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ So, what kinds of skills? What can I learn?
ELLIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ So, when you get really, really nervous again your heart rate raises. For me I just think about my breathing, I focus on something thatβs stable. So, when I would walk on the dancefloor I would either look at Nikita or I would look at the glitter ball up on the roof; just two things to forget about all the people that are watching, to forget about the TV, to forget about the judges and the spectators. Those little things. And just realising that nerves are okay, it shows that you care, it shows that you want to go out there and do well, itβs passion. So, just flicking it from the anxiety side and thinking itβs positive, your bodyβs getting ready to go out there and show the world what itβs made of.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Do you get to keep your costumes? Does everyone get to keep them? Iβm very keen that you get to keep those dresses basically.
ELLIE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yes, Iβve taken two actually, my two favourite ones. Iβve just kept them for myself as a memory. It was the gold dress on my first dance, and my red dress on my last dance. And it was so nice of them. I probably wonβt wear them when Iβm going out to the shops or anything, but theyβre definitely ones that Iβll just keep as fond memories.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Youβre listening to the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs disability and mental health podcast, Access All. And weβre going through some of our favourite clips of the year.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ On 8th September this year Queen Elizabeth II died at 96 years old. While she was lying in state a shorter accessible queue was devised for disabled people who wanted to visit Westminster Hall.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Now, lying in state is the very formal occasion in which a coffin is placed on view to allow the public to pay their respects in the days before the funeral. All you needed to do was show your blue parking badge. So, I went to speak to the people who were waiting in that separate queue.
FEMALE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah. This is my son, heβs my carer.
MALE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Itβs been pretty well organised and that. There could be a more few seats maybe. You got married on the Coronation day, didnβt you?
FEMALE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yes, I got married.
MALE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ So, itβs an association with the Queen that sort of goes back a long time.
FEMALE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ She got married on the second and we got married on the sixth. She had a horrible day; we had a lovely day.
MALE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ In terms of weather youβre talking about.
FEMALE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I mean weather, yes.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I was going to say! Why was it important for you to come here?
FEMALE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I just wanted to come along.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Just be part of it.
FEMALE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ It just makes me cry.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh, donβt cry.
FEMALE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I know, just thinking of it. She was our Queen for so long. I was seven when she was crowned. You just want to be able to say youβve done it, to be quite honest.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ And do you think you could have done it if they hadnβt had this, the access sorted?
FEMALE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No. I needed the accessible definitely. I couldnβt have walked.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ That must have been quite a moment, Nikki. And you were right in the middle of it.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, I know. It wasnβt quite as chock-a-block as I thought it would be when I got down there, but it was a very special moment. Of course this queue was the accessible queue, so it wasnβt the queue as we saw on TV, miles and miles and miles. But they had to go to another location beforehand and there was some queuing involved there. some people had been sort of up and at it for a good couple of hours, so it wasnβt the smoothest ride for a lot of people, but they made it nonetheless.
ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Now, weβve pulled together four of our favourite chatting moments, Emma. Are you ready for this?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I am.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Weβve really got to know each other on our podcast. Shouldβve really done it in private.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Now, talking about the clips that are coming up, I was absolutely shocked to learn that you donβt like dressing up for Halloween, because youβre such a party girl and such a glamour puss. Thatβs a weird phrase, isnβt it, glamour puss?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Iβll take glamour puss, I like it.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Youβre such a glamour puss that I just thought youβd be really into it.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh no, no. Halloween can do one.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I donβt like dressing up either because I donβt know what I look like. I donβt know what other people are supposed to look like. How am I supposed to know how Iβm supposed to look when Iβm someone else?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ From my perspective, when you grow up as a disabled minger β which is basically what I was, Ems. I mean there are photos out there, I wish you could see them. Thereβs one that horrifies everybody.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Listen, I canβt see them and I donβt believe you.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No, literally thereβs one where I had ridiculous peach blusher on, bright amber hair, I mean it was all going on.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ You didnβt even need a costume.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No, I didnβt. Exactly. I was scarier than anything you could dress up in on Halloween. And itβs taken me years to look the way I want to look, as best as I can, so why then revert back to making yourself look awful?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ But I donβt think dressing up has to look awful anymore. I mean, I looked awful.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Iβm still getting over, to be honest, your reaction to my fail safe, go-to Halloween costume.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ The binbag.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, the binbag.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Jingle bells] The only time I had to dress up was for my friendβs hen do, and I canβt remember where we were, Magaluf or somewhere like that. And I was a part-time wheelchair user at the time. I think they were going as the emergency services or whatever, so I just said to my very good friend, Lee, you go as a nurse, Iβll go as the patient in the wheelchair. And then we just literally got an old rag, and I put some red lipstick on it and I tied it round my head like a bandana.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Thatβs perfect.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Thatβs the most effort Iβve ever gone to.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ As a kid I was always the one in the binbag, always. I just didnβt know what else to do.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ In a binbag, what?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ You know you wear a black bag.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Why did you wear a black bag, Em?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I donβt know. Itβs something to do withβ¦
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Who told you to do that? Who told you to wear a black bag?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Other people were doing it as well.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Somebody was taking the mickey.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Do you think I was the only one in a black bag?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I think you might have been the only one in a black bag. And Iβll tell you something, Emma, if weβd have been friends that would have not have passed on my watch.
ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Jingle bells] My first job with a company was working for a supermarket; I had two different supermarket jobs. I was a checkout assistant. I used to love it very, very much. It was around about that time, this was getting late β90s now, where diversity ticks were coming in and companies were having to be a little bit more aware of employing disabled people. Because I remember I got both jobs without an actual face-to-face interview. They were just so pleased that Iβd applied, that I was fairly able to do the job and I was disabled, so happy days. So, basically I just sat on the checkouts. And it was a job that I loved because I love a good old chat, so I loved talking to customers. And then obviously it all went media, media, media, but those were my first two proper jobs.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ And what did you learn as a disabled person from doing those jobs?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I mean, I learnt in hindsight, back then I probably should have said a few more things, but I was just insistent that I was able to do everything. So, checkout, fine, my arms were just about strong enough to sweep everything through; could take the money, all hunky dory. Except for when there was a massive sporting event coming on and people bought crates of like 24 bottles of lager. And I was like thereβs no way Iβve got the strength to scan that through, so I just used to ask customers to scan their own beers. So, I learnt that Iβm resilient.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Thatβs fine. People are used to that now.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, I used to go, excuse me sir, or madam, you probably canβt tell but Iβm actually disabled, would you mind just sweeping those beers through the checkout because theyβre too heavy for me, my arms wonβt take it. Come up with a little gag, ha-ha-ha, thank you very much, could you also pack your own stuff. Have a lovely day.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ And did it always work out?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, it did.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Did people always just say, oh yeah, cool?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah, I had the longest queue because I used to have a nice little chat with everyone. The only thing the boss used to say was, Nikki, you need to be a little bit quicker, not in the scanning, but stop talking so much.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ And what did the bosses think of you getting people to scan their own stuff?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I never told them, Ems. Oh my goodness, I was the OG self-checkout.
ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Jingle bells] When I met Dave I was 40, and I knew pretty much that I loved him. He knows that. And I know that he loved me too, but obviously he took a little bit longer because Iβm just an open book and I just look at him and Iβm like I love you, not playing it cool in the slightest. But Iβve had to learn to not be perfect all the time. And what I mean by that is Iβm very independent, I have my PAs, Iβve got my job, I want people to see the happy, fun, bubbly Nikki all the time. Which is just ridiculous, you canβt live that way. And when you have a boyfriend obviously you have to let go. Iβve had to allow him to do some things for me, like personal things that I do with my PAs, which I never dreamed of doing that with another fella.
The big thing for me when I started dating Dave was I was thinking okay, so when I go to the bathroom I will need a bit of a hand, that is just to sit down and to stand up, okay. But I need someone; I canβt do it without someone. That ship sailed back in my 20s. And I was like how do I do that, because if Iβm going to spend any longer than eight hours with him, Iβm going to have to ask him. So, when we first started dating I planned it so that one of my PAs would meet me wherever we were and I would sneak off for 15 minutes and come back. Then I was like okay, this isnβt going to be viable long term, right. Heβs so intuitive my fella, and so empathetic and wonderful, I remember this distinctly: we were like a good couple of months in, we were getting to the point where we were definitely going to be staying over with each other, and as we were saying goodbye he came to my window and he goes, βWell, I guess for you now youβve just got to put up with me giving you a hand going to the bathroom, havenβt you?β And I was like ah, and I cried a bit.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Jingle bells] We went to see the Fleet Foxes in concert.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ You went to a concert? Lovely.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I went to a concert. You know my love for music.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yes.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I love the Fleet Foxes. I introduced Rach to the Fleet Foxes, Rachel being my sister. She also quite fancies the lead singer. But yeah, we drove all the way up. My boyfriend came; Rach and her PA came, Soph. And we had a lovely old time. And honestly, Emma, nothing happened that like caused any problemos, what with two disableds going on tour and going to a concert.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Parking was okay?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Parking was dandy. Hotel was brilliant.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ The viewing platform was all right?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ It was lovely. It was at the back, but the venue that we went to wasnβt enormous. No oneβs heads were blocking my view. We were right by the bar. Honestly, we got really looked after. The only thing Rach and I, my sister, we were going to get two taxis, accessible taxis, and we dialled and it seemed there was only one in the area. So, I gave that taxi to Rach and my boyfriend was like, Iβll drive. Heβs got a big van, heβs got a ramp, stick the old chair in the back. So, it was all a bit off the cuff. But we did it and it was lovely.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ So, you didnβt fall off the viewing platform?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Didnβt fall of the viewing platform, no we did not, no. And they were brilliant the Fleet Foxes. Honestly, see them live. They are amazing.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah. You werenβt asked for proof of disability on the way in or anything?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Laughs] No. Do you know what, surprisingly Emma, the two girls that rocked up in their electric wheelchairs with headrests werenβt asked if they were disabled.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Well, Iβve heard of people being asked for medical evidence before they go into a concert. Is that personβ¦? Do you really need that carer with you? What are they actually going to do for you? Could you not go in without them?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No, it was more like, do you want another carer.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Jingle bells] That was so funny.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Honestly, it still makes me laugh.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ If you thought that was funny, this next bit is justβ¦it made me howl.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I love this bit so much.
[Jingle bells] But Dave, our studio manager behind the glass, we call him the wizard. Heβs a technical genius. He sent us this video the other day. Itβs from a blind influencer and sheβs telling us about an unexpected photo she received. Now, even though people know she canβt see it seems that some men like to send her pictures that she describes as:
CLAIRE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ A lot of lower regional area pictures from guys.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ She has to use AI technology to tell her what is in pictures, and the technology isnβt always perfect.
CLAIRE-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Maybe they donβt believe Iβm blind, but I rely on a screen reader to narrate my phone to me, and it also narrates images. And I have just received an image, and I have to share this with you, this is what my screen reader has described to me: βOne face, probably a mushroom growing in the groundβ.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ So, obviously it looked at the picture that Claire Sisk got sent, thatβs the influencer weβre talking about here, and decided that rather than the lower regions of a man, it was probably a mushroom growing in the ground.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh, I just love it so much. What else could you use to describe? Thatβs brilliant.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Well, Iβm sort of hoping a cucumber maybe.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Aubergine.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Whatβs AI technology, Nikki?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Artificial intelligence, doody.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ What does it mean?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Emma, youβre testing me. This isnβt on the script. Iβm thinking Terminator, Skynet.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Isnβt it the technology is sort of using intelligence, or whatever that means, to kind of guess at stuff to be a bit more human? Is that what it is?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yes, Emma Tracey, thatβs what it is. Emma Tracey, I donβt have any idea.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I know, thatβs why I asked you!
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I always say AI but what is it? I think robots, do you know what I mean?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Well, I just thought if I heard AI technology I might not necessarily know what it means. But I also knew you didnβt know what it means, thatβs why I asked you.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Iβll tell you what, Iβd love to know what the audio description is like for Naked Attraction.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ What is that? Is that the programme where everyone has to get naked the first time they meet?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Get their bits and bobs out yeah, yeah, yeah. You choose someone by your naked body.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Well, the first time I ever went to the cinema to see audio description it was for Brokeback Mountain, which has quite a lot of sex scenes. Or maybe it only has one sex scene, but it seemed like a long sex scene because it was audio description and I wasnβt used to that.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh amazing. What did they say?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ So, I canβt remember the exact description from Brokeback Mountain, but the kind of thing audio describers usually say is, βShe looked into his eyes lovingly. He puts his arm around her and draws her in for a deep kissβ.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh, a deep kiss.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Yeah.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Wowzers. What about 50 Shades of Grey?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I havenβt watched that, Nicola.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No, I havenβt either. But can you imagine the audio description on that?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ You see, I read a lot of audio books as well so Iβm used to other voices saying really sort of β not that I listen to audio porn β but really sort of sexy things.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Iβm doing that really annoying thing, because I donβt have a clue what itβs like, getting all excited about it and sounding a bit like a bit of a perv.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ It would be quite good if there was an audio describer that just followed me around.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ That would be good.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Just saying, βNikki sits down in the studio. She looks tired, but ready for a great podcastβ.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Thatβs quite good, that. βNikki clearly missed her mouth when she drunk her coffee and had stains all over her top. Nikki couldnβt find a brush this morning.β Dave, the wizard in the studio, didnβt bank on us doing this when he sent us that clip.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh my gosh, Dave has found us a clip of the TV show Naked Attraction.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh Dave, you filthy, filthy genius. [Music] Stop it!
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ She scans the smorgasbord of shlongs on displayβ¦
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No!
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ β¦from lengthy trouser snakes to peckers.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No!
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Ally purses her lips, browsing the offerings like sheβs perusing a dinner menu.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh that isβ¦she said shlong!
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ And trouser snake.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Browsing like sheβs browsing a dinner menu.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ But this is not objective. Audio description is supposed to be reasonably informative. But theyβre just throwing in words there.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I donβt know what itβs like to not see, but if I couldnβt see Iβd want to hear the word schlong.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ But trouser snake though. If you canβt see and you donβt read magazines and stuff you might not even know what a trouser snake is.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No, thatβs true. But browsing the various schlongs like sheβs browsing a dinner menu.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Itβs one of the usual describers as well. Iβve heard her describe Coronation Street, childrenβs stuff on CBeebies. The describers are my friends now. And when I hear them say that sort of chat Iβm like how can I now listen to you do the Twirlywoos tomorrow morning?
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ This has thrown you, hasnβt it, Ems?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Itβs just I wish it wasnβt her. I wish it was someone else.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Oh, you like her. You know thisβ¦
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Sheβs like a middle aged lady. She seems like a nice lady.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Sheβs having a whale of a time. Thatβs the best gig sheβs ever had. She didnβt mention the pubic hair, but then pubic hair itβs gone now, hasnβt it? Weβre all bald, arenβt we?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ No comment.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ [Jingle bells] Oh, we have had a bit of a blast this year, havenβt we?
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ We have.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Itβs been brilliant, Ems. Weβve had Paralympians, actors, Strictly contestants, a governess, a baroness and an astronaut. Blimey, when you say it like that.
EMMA-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Quite a list. What was your best moment of the last year and what would you like to see more of? Tell us. You can email accessall@bbc.co.uk, tweet @ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔAccessAll, Instagram also @ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔAccessAll, or send a voice note to our WhatsApp 0330 123 9480. And remember to start your message with the word Access, please.
NIKKI-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ And listen, as itβs the season of goodwill and all that, if you could recommend or share this podcast, or just introduce someone random to Access All we would really appreciate it, especially as winter can be such a miserable time. So, hereβs to the New Year. Merry Christmas everyone. I hope that youβve not put any pressure on yourselves. Just try and enjoy something. Have a rest if you can.
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PRESENTER- You know when youβre worried about something, but then you talk to your friend who knows more about the subject than you do, and straightaway you start to feel better? Thatβs what we try and do every day on Newscast.
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Now, theyβre saying that that would be simple to do, it would give everyone certainty.
PRESENTER- We talk to people who are in the news:
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ You were chasing me round with a plate of cheese.
PRESENTER- We talk to people who know whatβs going on in the news:
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ At least I didnβt get up and slap anybody.
PRESENTER- We talk to people who understand what the news means:
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ I think that heβs decided heβs going to listen, and then he might just intervene.
PRESENTER- And we talk to the best ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ journalists, asking the most important questions:
CHRIS-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Whatβs wrong with chinos? You donβt want them, people to start wearing chinos?
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Donβt start me, Chris.
PRESENTER- Thatβs Newscast from ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, the podcast that knows a lot of people who know a lot about the news.
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ And I was like, go on Kate, put some more welly into it!
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Listen to Newscast every day on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds.
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Iβm glad I asked that.
CLIP-ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Iβm very glad that you asked that!
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