Understand - Rinsed: 10. New Tricks

Could the water industry be nationalised? Should the water industry be nationalised? And who will bear the ultimate costs for cleaning up our rivers?

Reported and presented by Kate Lamble
Series Producer: Elle Scott
Sound Design: Andy Fell
Researchers: Isaac Fisher and Amy Woods
Production Coordinator: Juliette Harvey
Production Manager: Debbie Waddell
Executive Producer: Joe Kent
Head of Audio of Audio (BBC Studios): Richard Knight
Assistant Commissioner: Chris Walsh-Heron
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke

Rinsed is a BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4

Published on Monday, 8th June 2026.

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