26/11/2012
With Peter Allen and Louise Minchin. As part of 5 live's Homecoming week, Peter returns to Basildon where he began his career as a junior reporter on the local paper.
The storms that have battered the south-west of England are moving northwards. To date, nine hundred properties are affected by flooding, but the Association of British Insurers warns that up to two-hundred-thousand at risk properties could be left without cover in the future. Peter Allen returns to Basildon where he started his journalistic career in the 1960s, as part of 5 live's Homecoming Week. And Louise Minchin hears Joey Barton speaking English with a French accent.
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5 live Homecoming: Peter returns to Basildon
Read Peter's first impressions of Basildon, where he began his career as a reporter.
Clips
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5 live Homecoming: From Basildon to the House of Lords
Duration: 03:46
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Hear Joey Barton's new accent at French press conference
Duration: 00:29
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Olympic medallist gymnast Max Whitlock hopes to "inspire"
Duration: 03:47
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Essex girl: “There is more to us than fake tans”
Duration: 03:15
Broadcast
- Mon 26 Nov 201216:00BBC Radio 5 Live
