The other thing I’d say about this job and mental health, it’s to do with the pressure that people are under. Now, this is not saying that journalism is a more pressurised job than anything else, of course it’s not. You’re not operating on people and saving people’s lives, so I’m not making silly comparisons. But you are under daily pressure to deliver. And if you don’t deliver, well there are questions to be asked about your job and whether you can do the job and all the rest of it. So, they are quite important questions about you as an individual, and therefore that daily pressure brings its own issues. NIKKI- It’s true, you do work like a machine. You’re not just turning up and reading other people’s words; you put in a full shift before you go on the Ten. You’re across everything. You have to be across everything; and it’s a sad world at the moment. You’ve spoken quite openly about having depression. No way Jon, John and Lucia! Right on Tai! We should feel remorse for the ESL students in Spain and in many other places. English grammar strictly states that have got is incorrect and rightly so: have (pres) and got (past tense) should never be used together or taught as a correct usage in English, regardless of its idiomatic usage. HUW- Honestly, I just feel that, I don’t know, I feel a bit old these days. I still love the job. And there’s a Coronation coming up; I’m not going to go before then.

Matthew and Lily make a charming young couple, despite their differences and their occasional inability to see eye-to-eye. And although they're very much in love, they seem to encounter more than their fair share of obstacles and inconveniences, including visits from Lily's eccentric Russian family and Matt's dreaded mother, and a persistent scarcity of funds - not helped when Matthew's disapproving family decide to cut him off without a shilling... NIKKI- He is one of the most recognisable broadcasters on television, with one of the most recognisable voices, Huw Edwards has been at the BBC for almost 40 years, covering the biggest stories of our time with professionalism, warmth, and a stamina I can only dream of. The formula for constructing this type of sentence is present auxiliary + past participle, not present aux. + past tense.”NIKKI- Late nights with Tracey and Fox. Well, until next week everyone, we’ll see you later alligator. Yes, Honestly was an obvious sequel to No, Honestly, although the lead names and actors changed and there was no direct storyline continuity. I myself use ‘have got’ sometimes (maybe more after having lived in the UK for some time), but only when in a situation where it’s something relevant to something else in the present moment, and if it’s something temporary rather than permanent – and I only ever ever use it in speech, never in writing. PRESENTER- That’s Newscast from BBC News, the podcast that knows a lot of people who know a lot about the news. PRESENTER- You know when you’re 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? That’s what we try and do every day on Newscast.

EMMA- Also are you still shielding? Because many immunocompromised people are, and they feel that one particular drug might be the key that finally opens their front door. But the NHS aren’t presently funding it. HUW- It’s not to do with offloading in that way. It’s to do with putting myself in a different place. And I think that’s very healthy.If you say ‘I’ve got this book that says…’, that’s acceptable (in spoken language), because ‘got’ still implies something that is relevant to the present moment (like I’m going to tell you something interesting from the book) and is usually something more temporary. But to say “I’ve got a sister” is plain nonsense. It should be “I have a sister”. A sister is something you either have or don’t. HUW- Whereas you might have very good and meaningful things to say about other stuff as well. That issue I recognise. With me – that’s a very blunt question do I regret it – once or twice when people have said very, very stupid things, yes. Who would you say you became closest to out of the other contestants? Were there any unlikely friendships? End note: ‘I have got to (do something)’ is surely an entirely different use of language relating to necessity/imperative/must? Reply

I work passive progressive perfect past negative modal = I wouldn’t have been being worked (yes, honestly, you really can do that and it’s still only one verb). It seems that some of you are of the opinion that have got (to mean have) is just “lazy” and/or “wrong”. Furthermore, it seems that no amount of evidence to the contrary would convince you otherwise. Seriously, please stop spreading misinformation. It’s your goddamn job to teach English as it IS spoken, not as you would have it spoken. English grammar did not come down on freaking stone tablets from heaven. It’s what’s embodied in the actual speech patterns of the people who use English, nothing more. (Side note: Different speech or writing communities have different practices, and there are practical social consequences to following different standards.) No, because I didn't know what the competition was going be like on day one. So, all I wanted to do was not be first out, that was my main thing. Then as the series went on, I suppose the camaraderie took over really. Of course you think ahead, but you don’t want to plan too far ahead because you don’t want to jinx yourself. HUW- Emma Tracey. Well, it’s really nice to be here. And can I just say, Emma, whoever you are, I’m pleased to be here in my status as an iconic broadcaster. Thank you very much. Rules DID NOT COME FIRST! Spoken language did not, nor does not, come from or originate from rules. Rules are an afterthought……simply an attempt to codify a given language after it has taken form. The only time the Rule Book can be closed and set in stone is with a dead language (or at least until we find new manuscripts and new usages of dead languages.) As languages evolve, so do rules. Imagine an English Grammar book in 500 years. I personally believe American English will evolve into some form of Spanglish that will dominate the landscape.NIKKI- And Mark, the government’s stance is that they haven’t rolled out Evusheld yet because they don’t know how effective it is against the Omicron variant of COVID and other more recent variants. Why do you and others still want it? What I will say though, is regarding REDUNDANCY. Surely the point is to be able to convey a message or meaning as economically and efficiently as possible (unless of course you purposefully want to add breadth and depth to your language for literary/poetic effect). Therefore ‘got’ is redundant. It adds nothing to the overall meaning, so get rid of it. Trim the fat – like you would an infected appendix. Americans seem to be more likely to do this trimming… There were two series in total. Georgie Fame wrote and sang the theme tune for the first, also turning up in two episodes – Once as pop singer Clive Powell (his real name) and later as himself. EMMA- So, we know obviously depression isn’t necessarily reactive or connected with something that you’re doing. But this is a pretty big job and you’re exposed to quite a lot. Does it actually have an impact on your mental health?

MARK- Yeah, I’ve got a condition called pulmonary sarcoidosis, it’s an autoimmune disease, it affects my lungs and other parts of my body. I’ve had it for 12 years. When the pandemic hit we were told to go into shielding, and basically for the past, well up until November 1 when I actually got Evusheld, I paid for it privately, it’s been a case of shielding. At times I’ve been separate from my family. I spent about seven months during that living in the summer house at various times away from my family. Saying “I’ve got a sister” is not only redundant (one extra word) and violates grammatical categories (being neither truly past simple nor past perfect), it also sounds ugly. Doesn’t it grate on your ears? Just constantly hearing the word ‘got’ (which is usually pronounced with a glottal stop – like ‘GOK’). Today I GOK out of bed yeah, and GOK to work so late yeah, and now I’ve GOK so much work to do yeah, but that’s what we GOKa do yeah… The Sandwich Challenge was a good week for me, a really good week, because it was something a bit different. Trawling the internet for ideas of cakes and how I might convert them into a sandwich. Sitting in the pub with a glass of wine in week one, trying to work out how I was going to make a lobster cake look like an ice cream. Thinking about how I would have to colour sesame seeds to look like hundreds and thousands and then discovering that after Ramadan, you can actually get such a thing! So heading off to the Asian shop to try and find them. Those were good moments.

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HUW- In my experience the BBC, I spoke about this two years ago, it didn’t stop them asking me to present some of the biggest shows we’ve done. And that is a very good reflection on the BBC, I’ve got to say, really good reflection on the BBC. So, I would say to people if you need help and if you think that you’re in a position where you need help, go and get it.