yes, do you need to.? take your jacket off. hello, i m john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio four podcast, in which i ask leading creative figures to reveal the key moments in their life, and the most important cultural works that fired their own artistic imagination. my guest is director, screenwriter and playwright mike leigh. he s known for gritty social dramas, including vera drake and secrets and lies. domestic comedies, like life is sweet and happy go lucky, and historical stories, including mr turner and peterloo. i spoke to him in one of the many radio studios in bbc broadcasting house. mike, welcome to this cultural life. let s take you to the beginning. what is your earliest cultural memory? as a kid, we had, and i was exposed to. ..pantomime, live theatre of various sorts. circus. the circus was a big deal. variety. live variety, the old, you know, descendants of the music hall, including, at the age of nine, a trip to the ardwick hippodrome in manc
hello, i m john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio four podcast, in which i ask leading creative figures to reveal the key moments in their life, and the most important cultural works that fired their own artistic imagination. my guest is director, screenwriter and playwright mike leigh. he s known for gritty social dramas, including vera drake and secrets and lies. domestic comedies like life is sweet and happy go lucky, and historical stories, including mr turner and peterloo. i spoke to him in one of the many radio studios in bbc broadcasting house. mike, welcome to this cultural life. let s take you to the beginning. what is your earliest cultural memory? as a kid, we had, and i was exposed to. ..pantomime, live theatre of various sorts. circus. the circus was a big deal. variety. live variety, the old, you know, descendants of the music hall, including, at the age of nine, a trip to the ardwick hippodrome in manchester to see laurel and hardy live on stage.
who work together there is nothing but watch. chemistry is the main special sauce. our timing was perfect for each other. you burn a hole in my bed. and we are going to be pals, right? there is one guy, who is out of control, and one guy trying to say come down. you ever disagree on material? no. yeah. the audience has to feel like they are loose and having fun. we are really able to fake fun and looseness. yeah. i actually grew up as a kid on comedy teams. that s how i learned about comedy, on comedy teams. hey, hey, michelle pfeiffer. comedy teams are dependent on harmony, harmony blends into one voice. it s like, wow. i think chemistry is something that you are secure enough that you can be playful. you are kind of delighted in being with them, so it kind of comes out, you feel it. you feel excited. i m not feeling sassy. oh, you are never feeling sassy. you wouldn t know what sassy looks like on me. why don t you eat a bowl of wings? wh
Wait, a well, we know all of your youve been telling the truth. You about your marriages. Yeah. Youd be a very good candidate. First of all, the people trust you. You do the monologue, at the beginning. Your barometer of whats happen you would be a wonderful not a [ cheering ] order. Order, in the court. Now, wait, a second. Order, in the court. Ii said this, last time let this man talk. [ laughter ] i w im a not for a judge, because y you have to go to some school. That was another crazy thing how judge ginsburg was chosen. He had one year, on the court uh, you would think theres somebody would be a little better than that, you know. Ive been in court more than he has. [ laughter ] there you see . Right there. Ive had im talkin court experience. Well, itit nobody, i think, really, could, uh, survive that kind of, uh no, not that kind of scrutiny. Boy, thats tough. No. Thats really tough. Well take a break. Were comin back. Okay, heres this is this is a good night, for, uh, a new comed
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side Natalie Morales and al roker that just dropped a bomb on us. You say you have amazing video later. Amazing video. Of the aurora borealis. Youll want to stay tuned for this. Hell show you next week. Lets start with the top story. The suspicious packages that led to tense moments at the Jacksonville International airport. Kerry sanders is there for us this morning. What happened. Well it is now confirmed by the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office that one man is in custody. He has been arrested. Police say the zelko told the security checkpoint that, quote, ive got a bomb here. That setoff a response that landed him in custody. For unknown reasons, another man in the security line ran. He is manuel rivera. He was chased to the parking garage where he was arrested. The two men we