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The Today Podcast: Why we need to talk about cancer ft. Stephen Fry

Why we need to talk about cancer ft. Stephen Fry

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Amol and Nick ask people affected by cancer why it’s so important to talk about it.

Amol and Nick hear from people affected by cancer including Stephen Fry, Jeremy Bowen, Edward Stourton and Paralympian Erin Kennedy.

In a week in which King Charles III shared his cancer diagnosis, Amol and Nick ask why it’s important to talk about cancer. 

Stephen Fry talks about his own diagnosis of an aggressive prostate cancer and we also hear from Paralympian Erin Kennedy, the BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen, broadcaster Edward Stourton and from Steve Bland whose partner, the ‘You, Me and the Big C’ host Rachael Bland, died of cancer in 2018.

Nick also talks to Amol about his own experience of cancer and they speak to Professor Pat Price, one of the country’s leading oncologists, about why survival rates in the UK are lower than other countries. 

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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV’s political editor.

The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producer is Hazel Morgan. The editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from Jack Graysmark and digital production from Elliot Ryder.

Details of help and support with cancer are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline

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