the corporation has made to the british film industry over the decades, through five top directors who have picked up their skills here at the bbc. i went to meet these filmmakers who ve shaped modern cinema. the multi award winning ken loach whose credits include the landmark movie, kes. mike leigh known for his legendary use of improvisation in films that have brought him seven 0scar 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 ve been around for 100 years but almost 50 years ago i came to portland place to a bbc appointments board, and i gotan apprenticeship as a bbc news trainee. since then, over the years, i have witnessed
bolsonaro is re elected. welcome to the programme. we begin in here in the uk, where borisjohnson has announced that he will not stand in the contest to choose the next conservative leader, and prime minister. despite saying he thought there was a good chance he could be backin was a good chance he could be back in downing street next friday he said he thought he could not unite his party. nominations close on monday afternoon, with the former chancellor rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the only declared candidates. our political editor, chris mason, has been following the day s developments. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has
says its navy fired shots to repel a north korean ship that had passed into the sea boundary between the north and south. north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shot. now here on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson and just a note that this programme was recorded before the news broke about boris johnson s announcement broke about borisjohnson s announcement that he would not stand in the conservative party leadership contest. the turmoil in the conservative party, the psychodrama, the soap opera with ever more unlikely plot developments, has its roots in brexit, the unresolved question of how this country should reshape itself, having decided to leave the eu. that is one reason my guest on political thinking this week matters. david frost is seen by his admirers as the guardian of the brexiteer flame, the man who borisjohnson put into the house of lords and made his chief brexit negotiator, who s now considering a bid to become a member
north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shots. now on bbc news, ros atkins on resignation of liz truss. ros atkins gives his analysis on some of main news stories of the week. this programme was recorded before the news broke about boris johnson s announcement that he would not stand in the conservative party leadership contest. when a prime minister takes office there is no time limit, no fixed number of terms. their leadership stretches out in front of us. margaret thatcher stood down after 11 years. tony blair served ten. recently, though, we ve had four prime ministers in six years all of them conservatives. david cameron left downing street after the brexit vote. theresa may had three years before tory mps intervened. it was the same for borisjohnson. and in early september, it was the turn of liz truss. i am honoured to take on this responsibility. weeks later, at its annual conference, the tory party chair said liz truss was its greatest as
britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson, says he will not stand in the contest to choose the next leader of the conservative party and therefore prime minister. despite saying he thought there was a good chance he could have been back in downing street next friday, he said he didn t think he could unite his divided party. nominations close on monday afternoon, with the former chancellor, the uk s finance minister, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the only candidates who ve declared they re running. our political editor, chris mason, has this report. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has continued to tick up. this minister re