but, after five decades in business reinventing whole industries, sir richard branson has been tested as never before, both financially and emotionally. the pandemic left the 72 year old fighting to save his empire and his reputation. he faced questions over how he has used women to promote his brand, and sceptics have asked why someone who campaigns on climate change is sending rockets into space. the original rebel entrepreneur continues to grab the headlines and confound his critics. i ve come to miami to hear the whole story. sir richard branson, thank you so much for speaking to me and to the bbc. how are you? i m good. i always think sitting down to do interviews like this is a bit like i ve never been a psychiatrist s chair, but it s a bit like being in a psychiatrist s chair. of course i m nervous. we ll see how you are in an hour. just to be clear, you have not seen or approved of the questions in advance. nothing is off the table, right? i m afraid that s the case
gonein the elysee palace in paris and has gone in for dinner with president macron. thank you for your company, you are watching the bbc news. stay with us. now on bbc news amol rajan interviews: richard branson. oh, yes, hello. oh, my goodness, hello! the shy schoolboy who became a global celebrity. sir richard branson is a very british bundle of contradictions. the dyslexic who set up a student magazine. the record label founder who didn t listen to music. the 60s hippie who became a multibillionaire. today he s got his own island, and his brand has dozens of companies to its name, from virgin atlantic to galactic. but, after five decades in business reinventing whole industries, sir richard branson has been tested as never before, both financially and emotionally. the pandemic left the 72 year old fighting to save his empire and his reputation. he faced questions over how he has used women to promote his brand, and sceptics have asked why someone who campaigns on climate
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and i am going to correct you on that. someone who flies hot air balloons across oceans i don t need to tell you. someone who does some of the things that you have done and that you are famous for is a bit addicted to danger, with all due respect. so i will still take issue. i m not addicted to death and i m not addicted to danger. what i am addicted to is to actually say yes to things and i m addicted to challenging myself and seeing what i m capable of. if somebody comes along to me and says, nobody has crossed the atlantic in a hot air balloon before. there aren t many world records left. and, you know, i ve neverflown a hot air balloon before, what fun it would be to learn to fly a hot air balloon and then to see if we could fly across the atlantic in it. and then you try to work out all the things that can go wrong and you try to make sure that you can come back to tell the tale. today branson s adventures mightjust be for fun, but for decades they played a vital role in promo
into the weekend, though, there s likely to be more cloud coming in from the atlantic, a little bit more breezy in northern scotland. high pressure will keep it dry, though, for england and wales, and there ll be a lot of sunshine around, as well. but more cloud for scotland and northern ireland just about thick enough to give a little light rain or drizzle here and there. no great amounts by any means. and we ve still got temperatures of 18 degrees in the central belt. in the sunshine for england and wales, temperatures could hit 20 or 21 celsius. and there s more sunshine to come for england and wales on sunday. more of a breeze in the southeast. should actually brighten up with some sunshine in south east scotland. other parts of scotland and northern ireland again seeing more cloud, not much rain coming from that cloud. and where you have the sunshine, it ll be warm again.