Welcome to hardtalk. And i thought i cant go on doing this much longer. But, you know, you come out, you get dry, the people around you are terrific fun and creative and a joy to be with and you think, im stephen sackur. Well, why not, you know, for many filmmakers keep pressing on. And filmgoers movies are about escapism but since then that one remark and entertainment. Look at the listings in your local cinema and youll see what i mean. But not so for my guest today. Has rather dogged me. One of the most lauded and durable directors in the uk Film Industry 00 01 21,395 4294966103 13 29,430 ken loach. But try to distil for me what gets you out of bed and onto the set every morning now. Fundamentally is it about a love for the art, for the craft of filmmaking, or is it because of the political passions that drive you . Both, both. And we do our best not to make bleakfilms. So i disagree with you. You heard my introduction. I heard, yes. And i think that was a little unfair. Because ble
Police on one side, protesters on the other, a raging fire in between. 2a hours previously, this place had been completely normal. Across the university, protesters and students formed a human chain to supply the front line with water and food. Others sat in groups are preparing their supply of weapons. You are sitting here making kind of come up what is a better phrase, petrol bombs. Why we are doing this . Because yesterday you know they used real bullets, shooting him right in the chest, and that can kill someone. So if they upgrade their weapons, we need to upgrade our weapons to protect ourselves, too. This scene shows you how drastically the nature of this competition has changed. It started out five months ago with hundreds of thousands of people marching on the streets in peaceful demonstration. Now, at the entrance to a university there is a roadblock on fire, a burned out car blocking the entrance to this bridge, and around me dozens of protesters in black sitting and waiting
Grand slam champion taking it on a tie break. But, it was actually the server who started the second is that with something of a lull, and as theim blasted countless winners, he struggled to react. Resilience is the only word to sum up sat three, the only word to sum up sat three, the match swung back and forth but it would be again be a tie break to decide it. Theim was the resilient one, 4 1 down, he rose from the jaws of defeat to take a memorable win. Having already downed Roger Federer, this was a powerful display. He now has a semifinal to look forward to. Paul frostick, bbc news. Roger federer is still hoping tojoin thiem. Hes got a winner takes all final round robin match with djokovic to look forward to after coming through against Matteo Berrettini in tuesdays early match. Watching this one for us was austin halewood. A last walk before a possible early exit, day three of the world tour finals, but already winner takes all. Although, unfortunately for Matteo Berrettini, Roger
In hong kong, a Senior Police officer has said that unrest has brought the territory to the brink of total collapse. In the latest clashes with democracy campaigners, the violence spread to a university campus, where police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon. Some of the protesters built barricades and threw petrol bombs. Our correspondent robin brant was there. Yelling. Run, she is shouting in cantonese, and they are running, but not for fun. Hong kong students at their university racetrack were escaping the tear gas and rubber bullets as police raided their campus. Moving onto the grounds of the Chinese University is a marked escalation by the police. They said they needed to stop people throwing bricks and other Dangerous Items from a campus bridge onto passing traffic. By night, that bridge became the front line in a stand off, police on one side, protesters on the other, a raging fire in between. 2a hours previously, this place had been completely normal. Across the u
In hong kong, a Senior Police officer has said that unrest has brought the territory to the brink of total collapse. In the latest clashes with democracy campaigners, the violence spread to a university campus, where police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon. Some of the protesters built barricades and threw petrol bombs. Our correspondent robin brant was there. Yelling. Run, she is shouting in cantonese, and they are running, but not for fun. Hong kong students at their university racetrack were escaping the tear gas and rubber bullets as police raided their campus. Moving onto the grounds of the Chinese University is a marked escalation by the police. They said they needed to stop people throwing bricks and other Dangerous Items from a campus bridge onto passing traffic. By night, that bridge became the front line in a stand off, police on one side, protesters on the other, a raging fire in between. 2a hours previously, this place had been completely normal. Across the u