elizabeth i has been played by some movie greats, from bette davis tojudi dench to cate blanchett. but for millions of television viewers in the 1970s, the role was defined by one actor glenda jackson. she played a queen, a king, and a real part in politics. i am not only a queen, walsingham, i am a tanner and a tinsmith, a collier and a shepherd. how will my trades prosper if you have your war with spain? bailey. ma am. the fleet is to be dismissed. madam, i must warn you that. no, sir, you must not. you must guard your rattling tongue, lest i have my hangman pluck it out. if i was to close my eyes and think about glenda jackson, i think of a woman of small stature with incredible power. how cruel. how can you say that? don t i live? everyone thinks they can do as they like with me. ..even you! i loved her strength, really. that passionate intensity. every muscle was taut and her face was a. was an amazing picture of strength. ladies and gentlemen, glenda jackson. applause
political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. this is southern israel and that is gaza, and the war here has dominated the news agenda since early october. tragic and polarising, it s one of the biggest stories of 2023 and one that i have followed here and reported on throughout, speaking to people in israel and in gaza about how they re living through it. the year has seen many important and profound stories, from the war in ukraine to donald trump s legal affairs in the us and for india, a successful moon landing. i m going to bring you just some of those moments. we begin in turkey and syria and the devastating earthquake that struck early on the sixth of february. these images show the moment the first quake hit. with a magnitude of 7.8, it destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed thousands of people. a second powerful tremor hours later increased the death toll even further. i was one of the firstjournalists to reach the epicentre,
part of the ceremony performed behind a screen. the king, by then divested of his robes, was anointed with holy oil. zadok the priest by handel plays # zadok the priest. # and nathan. # the prophet. over the tunic, gold robes. # ..anointed solomon king. and one by one, the king was presented with the coronation regalia. receive this all set under the cross. some by representatives of different faiths. # rejoiced! finally, the centrepiece of the crown jewels, made from 22 carat gold, st edward s crown. king of kings and lord of lords, bless we beseech thee this crown. # rejoiced! and said. god save the king. congregation: god save the king. - a public declaration of support from son to father, heirto king. i, william, prince of wales, pledge my loyalty to you and faith and truth i will bear unto you as your liegeman of life and limb, so help me god. god save the king. congregation: god save king charles! i watching on, family, including, on the third row, prince harry. choir s
south africans are realising that if they don t change the way they vote, south africa is going to end up in a very, very dark place. there will be anarchy, there will be looting all over this country because nothing will be working. - if certain things are not resolved we will become a failed state. the anc, mandela s party, has ruled uninterrupted for 29 years. is a day of reckoning coming? welcome to hardtalk, on the road from south africa. i m stephen sackur. back in 1994, the one overwhelming emotion in this country was hope. the repressive, racist apartheid regime had been toppled. the new power in the land was the african national congress, promising a better life for all south africans. well, three decades on, it s time to judge how the anc is doing. to too many south africans, this looks and feels like a story of failure. khayelitsha township, cape town. nestled under majestic table mountain, a sprawling reminder of south africa s status as the most unequal society
overwhelming emotion in this country was hope. the repressive, racist apartheid regime had been toppled. the new power in the land was the african national congress, promising a better life for all south africans. well, three decades on, it is time to judge how the anc is doing. for too many south africans, this looks and feels like a story of failure. khayelitsha township, cape town. nestled under majestic table mountain. a sprawling reminder of south africa s status as the most unequal society on earth. in africa s most advanced economy, at least half of young people can t find work. life here is never easy, but right now, south africa s power crisis is hitting the poorest hardest. no one in khayelitsha wants to be sick when the power is off. but it happens every day. the main township hospital has had to adapt to what they call load shedding . the man in charge is david binza. with load shedding now in place, and the different stages instead of reducing they are actually