for sir salman rushdie, authors have been gathering in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was seriously injured in a knife attack. hundreds of writers gathered at the city s public library to read his works and pay tribute. and now on bbc news, it s the media show. hello. in march this year, the bbc gave one of its biggest soaps, holby city, a do not resuscitate order after 23 years. injuly, channel 5 decided we no longer needed good neighbours and the sun went down on ramsay street after 37 years. but cast your mind back to christmas day, 1986. anyone remember this? this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watt s divorce papers after she d lied to him about having six months left to live. 30 million people tuned in to watch that episode of eastenders, more than half the population. today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million pe
today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it through iplayer. so do soaps matter any more? what s their place in the cultural landscape? are we going through a messy den and angie divorce with them? or is it still enduring love, like scott and charlene? i m joined by sir phil redmond, creator of three of the biggest british soaps of all time grange hill, brookside and hollyoa ks. daniel kilkenny is soaps editor for entertainment news website digital spy. tv critic and soap fan emma bullimore is here, and charles collingwood, who s been farming, flirting and digging into his wife s venison pie for a whopping 47 years as brian in the archers. welcome to you all and thanks for coming on the show. phil, if we start with you, all the big soaps eastenders, coronation street, emmerdale have seen huge drops in audience numbers in recent years. you ve criticised soaps for not tackling big social issues like they used to. do you think it s the end of t
While in scotland Face Coverings come into effect on public transport. Billions of pounds of support for workers already announced by the chancellor but at least a Million People cant access it, from Business Owners to freelancers and new starters ill look at whats happening to those who feel like theyre falling through the cracks. Liverpools hopes of celebrating their first ever premier league title are on hold as theyre held to a goalless draw at everton, with manager jurgen klopp admitting they came close to losing the merseyside derby. Today were looking today we are looking at cloud and rain and in the east brighter and warmer but temperatures rising this week as is the humidity. By the end of the week, some of us could see 23 celsius. Its mondayjune the 22nd. Our top story a minutes silence will be held in reading this morning to remember the three People Killed in a stabbing in a park on saturday evening, which police are treating as a terror incident. The first victim has been
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