increasingly, she s written and created her own shows. is that the pathway to empowerment in an industry where actors can be just another commodity? jane horrocks, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it is great to have you in the studio. you have been in this acting business for almost four decades. i wonder when you think about your own career, do you feel that you very consciously shaped it or is it more a question of serendipity and stuff thatjust happened? i think there is a lot of both actually, yes. i think i did engineer quite a lot of it in that my choices were very specific but certain things happened at a certain time that kind of formed it as well. and when you think about the big choices, the key choices, that you made that were instrumental in shaping your career, what would you point to? i think probably the biggest choice that i made was leaving the rsc. the royal shakespeare company? yes, which was my firstjob and they offered me another season and i th
spanned four decades and has seen her excel on stage and screen from comedies to musicals. increasingly, she s written and created her own shows, is that the pathway to empowerment in an industry where actors can be just another commodity? jane horrocks, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it is great to have you in the studio. you have been in this acting business for almost four decades. i wonder when you think about your own career, do you feel that you very consciously shaped it or is it more a question of serendipity and stuff thatjust happened? i think there is a lot of both actually, yes. i think i did engineer quite a lot of it in that my choices were very specific but certain things happened at a certain time that kind of formed it as well. and when you think about the big choices, the key choices, that you made that were instrumental in shaping your career, what would you point to? i think probably the biggest choice that i made was leaving the rsc. the royal
straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. today, i vejourneyed to the south coast of england to meet one of the great women pioneers of photo journalism, marilyn stafford. she was born in the united states, but she moved to paris where she became the protege of the brilliant cartier bresson. and like him, she loved to capture intimate portraits of ordinary people. she s worked in war zones and on fashion catwalks. and now, at 93, her work is being admired by a new generation. so, what gives her pictures their power? marilyn stafford, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let s start way back. you trained as an actress, you spent a while as a nightclub singer, and yet you really found your creative voice in photography. what was it about photography that really reached into your soul? i have been called an accidental photographer, because i really did not set out to do the photography at all. the photography was something that was just there. when i was a chi
had a permit to do so. speaking before hearing the culture secretary s views, the greek prime minister, who is facing an election, warned voters return was not imminent. translation: if the greek people trust us again, - i believe we could achieve this target after the elections, with full respect, of course, to the obvious red lines that all greek governments have posed. one red line could be accepting the sculptures back on loan. but the law prevents the british museum from returning ownership to greece, even if it wanted to, unless the culture secretary changes her views, for now, a short term loan looks like the only option on the table. katie razzall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. rain, rain, more rain. sorry, everybody. look at how we closed out the day in somerset. and look at where the rain is at the moment. it s pushing in from the south west. the wind is going to strengthen as well, gale force gusts overnight. the heaviest of the rain at the moment is ac
Im stephen sackur. Getting to the top in showbusiness is hard, but staying there is much, much harder; few stars can match the sustained success in music, film and theatre that clark has enjoyed. Petula clark went on to have a host of hits in the uk, france, the us and pretty much everywhere else. She has worked with legendary names from fred astaire to serge gainsbourg, and continues to sing and tour. So what makes her tick . Petula clark, welcomed the hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. I have to begin by talking about the voice because you do have one of those wonderfully distinctive, Clear Singing Voices and wonder when you reflect on your long career if you feel the voice is the same now as it ever was . Pretty much. Today i am a bit husky, i have a good old english cold. My i have a good old english cold. My voice is perhaps a little bit stronger than it used to be and probably a bit more base in it. Do you think voices mature with age and experience . Of course, they do. Eventually th