people used to say i was there, and now people say i watched it on television. slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! as we begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, nine out of ten people watching only one of three networks. more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it s television s primetime prairie pot boilers dallas.” a move like that will destroy all of ewing oil and ruin our family name. i assure you, a thought like that never crossed my mind. brother or no brother, whatever it takes, i ll stop you from destroying ewing oil. dallas established new ground in terms of a weekly one-hour show that literally captivated america for 13 years. dallas is a television show which is rooted in the 1970s and one of the crazy things that emerges is this character, j.r
complete with a noose, gallows, and countless confederate flags. now while some have had a racial reckoning after george floyd s death in 2020, the insurrection was a glaring warning that a significant portion of our country is threatened by an america no longer powered by white dominance, and one that takes accountability for our history there it is. cue the upwar over critical race theory, which is not taught anywhere, for the record. this is leading to a reality where white parents are trying to ban books about real american history that does not feed a fairy tale. and while we did see some signs of justice this year with george floyd and ahmaud arbery and daunte wright s killers convicted, at the same time, kyle rittenhouse, who killed two people, is being celebrated as the latest hero of the right wing extremists, including those serving in congress. it s part of a larger vitriol we re seeing in american politics. it s gotten so bad that a father thought it was appropria
do that. people are no longer embarrassed to watch televtelev. we have seen the news and it s us. slowly but surely the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be pupon us. as we begin the 80s. nine out of ten people were watching only one of three networks. more than 30 million people are addicted to it. what is it? it s television s primetime prairie pot boiler of dallas. a move like that will destroy all of you and ruin our family name. brothers or no brothers, whatever it takes, i will stop you. dallas, the one hour show that captivated america for 13 years. dallas rooted in the 1970s. this character, jr as a pop phen phenomenal. tell me which you will be staying with tonight. whatever it is, it s much more delicious than the i am looking at now. you could do something so unexpected that it would become news over night. [ gunshot ] . the national obsession around who shot jr is hard to imagine how obsessed we were with that question but we were
our producer, hannah, has been staking this out for several weeks. today she noticed the activity. we came down to the courthouse. we saw an fbi agent going into the grand jury courtroom, presumably testifying, and then shortly thereafter, that s when two prosecutors from the u.s. attorney s office came out of the courtroom, walked two courtrooms down to the magistrate courtroom and that s where they handed down this indictment that was returned by the grand jury. the foreperson of the grand jury was also in the courtroom. and the magistrate judge said she would be signing this arrest warrant for steve bannon. this is a justice department, according to the attorney general s statement, who has acted according to the rule and the law. we saw that play out today with the federal grand jury returning this indictment. attorney general merrick garland issued a statement very shortly after news of this indictment came out, jake, saying that they adhered to the rule and the law here
mp carolyn harris. can i thank the minister, can i thank the clerks. wonderful women, thank you. the pope calls for world leaders to consider radical decisions to tackle climate change, in an exclusive message recorded for the bbc ahead of the cop26 summit in glasgow and big bearand baby bear are different. and it s the spooky season let s find out what mark kermode thinks about disney s antlers and much more in the film review at 5.45. in the last hour a 66 year old woman from somerset has been found guilty of murdering her husband after a row over a family meal. penelope jackson stabbed david jackson to death at their home in somerset. after her arrest she told police she had stabbed him as he was an aggressive bully . she s beenjailed for a life, with a minimum term of 18 years in prison. jon kay has the background to the case. february this year and police arrive at a bungalow on the somerset coast. element can you come outside for a minute. thank you. pennyjackson o