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The World This Weekend: 22/12/2019

22/12/2019

BBC Radio 4 - The World This Weekend, 22/12/2019

News with Mark Mardell including Britain's future place in the world, plus pantomime.

News with Mark Mardell including Britain's future place in the world discussed by Elisabeth Brawn of RUSI and former diplomat Lord Ricketts. Plus the changing face of pantomime.

News with Mark Mardell. After the Government announced a review of Britain's place in the world we bring together defence expert Elisabeth Brawn of RUSI and former top diplomat Lord Ricketts to discuss the future.  We look ahead to the 500th anniversary of  the birth of William Cecil -  the most trusted adviser of Elizabeth I - with direct descendant Lord Salisbury and historian Professor Kate Williams.  Plus, Anita Harris discusses how pantomimes are changing in a gender fluid world.

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