this cultural life. let s take you to the beginning. what s your earliest cultural memory? as a kid, we had, iwas exposed to pantomime, live theatre of various thoughts, circus, the circus was a big deal, variety, live variety, descendants of the music hall, including at the age of nine a trip to the ardwick hippodrome to see laurel and hardy live on stage on the famous tour, which i later realised was the famous tour, and the two important things about that were one, two extraordinary things, one was it was in colour they were in colour and two, that oliver hardy com pletely couldn t get his act together at all, he was absolutely out of control, and of course later we realised that that was because he was cracking up and it was the end of their of their career. were they funny? no. but i was fascinated, it didn t make any difference. of course, in school, from the earliest age, i was drawing, putting on sketches, generally wanted to be creative in all kinds of differen
Sheffield. Indian Authorities Say a signal problem was likely responsible for the countrys worst train crash in decades. 275 people were killed in the accident and another 1200 were injured when a passenger train hit a stationary Freight Train before derailing and striking a second passenger train. Prime minister Narendra Modi has vowed to punish anyone found responsible for the immigration minister has told gb news its wrong for migrants to demand better Hotel Accommodation while waiting for their asylum claims to be processed east. Its after a protest was sparked in london by migrants being asked to sleep four to a room. Speaking to camilla tominey, Robert Jenrick said the government will never put their interests above the british public. He also said sharing hotel rooms is necessary to get value for taxpayers money. Members whether these are migrants who have said they are destitute, theyve said that they have absolutely nowhere to stay, no friends, no family, no money, and the tax
south east of england where we could have 50 mph gales in norfolk and suffolk. in the early hours. elsewhere, net of dry weather and clear skies. temperatures 7 9. we are in between weather systems so the low pressure system to the north west of scotland will enhance the showers so some of them could be heavy and merged together but elsewhere it is a much better picture in the south, sunshine and showers, some areas may stay dry but showers, some areas may stay dry but showers can emerge pretty much anywhere. temperatures, a bit more sunshine around, up to 21, but it is the high teens further north. we have changes as we move into thursday, roma is drunk with power and determined to destroy the left. in an exclusive interview with newsnight, john mcdonnell warns there ll be consequences for keir starmer if he remains intent on purging the party s left wing. i think what he s allowed to happen is a right wing faction become drunk with power and use devices within the par
but elizabeth williams thought it was given too much time. bbc breakfast editor richard frediani told us, it wasn t just breakfast that covered the post office scandal extensively this week. that was true of most bbc outlets, and indeed the media in general. but why did it take a tv drama to bring the issue to such prominence? even one as powerful as this. tthey say money somehow gone missing from this branch, which it hasn t, and i have to pay it back, which i won t. so i say, prove it. prove that i m wrong and you re right. show me the figures . but they can t or won t do that. so now they want to close me down to shut me up because they don t want everyone knowing what i know. which is? that the fancy new computer system that they ve spent an arm and a leg on is faulty. chris williams emailed us to say, it has taken an itv drama and an anonymous viewer had the same concern. well, ifjournalism has been found wanting here, and we ll be exploring that question in a moment,
i think in my acting days, i did a tiny bit of bbc radio. oh, you did? it might have been in this very studio some 60 odd years ago. really, here? fantastic. well, we ve got to dig those performances from the vault. i can t think what it was. it was something. ken loach, welcome to this cultural life. it s a great pleasure to come. and good to see you. you too. you were born in 1936. you grew up in the midlands. tell me about your family. what did your parents do? my father was an electrical engineer. took his apprenticeship in the mines. the whole family, my father s family were miners from the warwickshire coalfields, and he worked at alfred herbert s machine tool factory all his life ao odd years. skilled worker, then? yes, a skilled worker. electrician. and he had a work ethic that was formidable. he worked seven days a week. and my mother had been a hairdresser, but like women of that time, it was a matter of pride for my father that she should not have to work. but.lo