seven oscar nominations. james marsh who won an academy award for his celebrated documentary man on wire. mary harron who made the modern american classic american psycho, starring christian bale, and sally el hosaini, a rising star in british cinema, having just launched herfilm, the swimmers, a story of two syrian refugee sisters, to considerable acclaim at the toronto and london film festivals. the bbc may have been around for 100 years but almost 50 years ago i came to portland place to a bbc appointments board, and i got an apprenticeship as a bbc news trainee. since then, over the years, i have witnessed numerous men and women, talented people at the bbc, who've moved on to greatness in the film industry.