Great opera directors. When you give him the soup, you do it like that and go, hello heres Jonathan Miller directing don pasquale. A man of many parts, he was a broadcaster, writer, sculptor and intellectual and he could have been a neurologist. Were it not for beyond the fringe. Sorry to drag you away from the fun, old boy. Thats ok, sir. The wars not going very well, you know. Oh, my god he was a newly qualified doctor when hejoined the Ground Breaking satirical review, which also starred alan bennett, peter cook and dudley moore. The Shows Success was huge and millers medical career never recovered. Goodbye, sir. Or is it au revoir . No, perkins. Laughter. If you prick us, do we not bleed . He went on to direct plays, including Laurence Olivier in the merchant of venice. A bit more clarity. Strident, sometimes rude he became a big beast of english theatre. Itjust needs to be a little more clarified. He was brilliant, he was mercurial he could bite, as well. You know, he said to a gr
Thanks. And well have all the weather. If youre stuck indoors you arent missing much. This is the view, cloudy, murky, pretty wet in places. A lot of muddy fields if youre taking the dog for a walk later. What is in store for the weekend . Ill have all the details. Thanks. Also coming up the underwater treasures of Hms Invincible. The 250 year old captured french warship that revolutionised the royal navy. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. After weeks of campaigning, voting is underway in the general election. This morning, the Party Leaders were out casting their ballots. Its the third election in less than five years and the first to be held in december for nearly a century. The first results are expected before midnight. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright. And a warning his report includes some flashing images. Voting at 7am. The prime minister, borisjohnson, had some canine company as he cast his ballot at this polling station in westminster. Have you all got your p
Increasingly, every waking moment in washington seemed to hang on the latest revelations from these 12 us officials, called as fact witnesses by democrats to bolster their case that President Trump abused his office for personal political gain. With impeachment all but certain and pressure building, the president rang into his favourite programme, fox and friends, for a nearly hour long interview. Mr president , you expect an impeachment vote. Do you expect to get impeached, and would you say you embrace the idea of. No, i dont expect it. You dont expect it . You dont expect democrats will vote for this . I think its very hard for them to impeach when they have absolutely nothing. Still, the president has begun strategizing with republicans and claims he wants a senate trial. But what of the key question, whether a white house meeting in us aid was expressly tied to the ukrainians announcing investigations into the bidens . Perhaps the most damning testimony against the president came
Of modern football. Now the president of uefa warns that racism in the game is rising. The situation is not the same as 20 years ago. Its much worse, and its getting worse and worse. Its all over. The former fast bowler and england captain bob willis has died at the age of 70 and santas new little helper the us first lady pops into a Salvation Army centre in london to help with christmas preparations. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Divock origi Takes Centre Stage for liverpool in the merseyside derby. All of tonights results in england and scotland. Good evening. A show of unity at natos 70th anniversary gathering embodied in the traditional end of meeting statement has been overshadowed by footage of the canadian Prime Minister, justin trudeau, in conversation with other leaders, apparently mocking donald trump. The president responded in a press conference by calling mr trudeau two faced. It came after testy exchanges yesterday betwen the us leader and frances president , un
With Alberto Salazar, who was banned forfour with Alberto Salazar, who was banned for four years with Alberto Salazar, who was banned forfour years for doping allegations. Thanks, katie. Also, the weather with Thomasz Shafernaker. At the moment, it is grey and rainy. But we can all look forward to some sunshine over the weekend. Thanks, thomasz. Also coming up. We have a special report about the damage being done to the black sea long used as a dumping ground for plastic and Chemical Waste. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Neither the conservatives nor labour are being honest about spending, in the run up to next months election according to the independent institute for fiscal studies. The Research Group has examined both parties economic plans and say theyre not credible because the tories would end up spending more than their manifesto pledge, and that labour would struggle to deliver the spending increases it has promised. The details come from our economics correspondent a