Radio 1 listeners how he was reduced to tears when producers showed him a preview of a video featuring Irish children from around the world which will appear on the show on the 27 November.The broadcaster admitted the video made the whole severity of the pandemic come down on him ‘in one go.’‘It was this scene that involved children from around the world of Irish heritage and who are from Ireland, and they were singing a song,’ he explained. ‘I can’t tell you too much, but I’ll just tell you [that] it was so beautiful and so emotional.’‘… for me watching it, I just realised… I was thinking of the grandparents who aren’t going to see these gorgeous grandchildren all over the world for the first time in a long time.
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