Horrible histories, is this something i should take my nieces to . Horrible histories was a boon for parents and families and something that everyone could watch and enjoy. It had Great Success on tv, where it has more of a sketch format, going from to romans and victorians and the greeks and the 1940s and wartime. This is them just doing one thing, rotten romans, where they make the transition to the big screen and concentrate on one aspect. It hasnt got the original cast, so if you are a fan of them, theyre not really in this. Some make cameos, but they have got a bit starry for this, with a lot of famous faces. Every kid studies roman britain, so the Young Emperor nero, played by craig roberts, dominated by his mum, kim cattrall shes not in the original she sends atticus, atti, off to the wilds of the of the empire, the untamable stain of the empire, britain, where boudica is rousing the troops to rebellion and inspiring young women all over the place to take up arms, much to the di
More than 1,000 people have been arrested in moscow during unauthorised protests against the banning of many opposition candidates from local elections. There were scuffles as police dispersed groups of protesters, who responded with anti putin chants. The Authorities Say around 30 candidates failed to collect enough valid signatures, but the barred candidates say they have been blocked for political reasons. From moscow, 0leg boldyrev reports. Police told muscovites not to come out for this unsanctioned protest, but a few thousand people turned up anyway, and very soon many of them paid for it by being dragged into custody. The arrests were met with defiance. So the police are trying to push back the protesters, who came here because the candidates they support were not allowed to participate in the elections. We dont know how many people came to protest, but certainly there are plenty of people angry that the candidates theyve been supporting were denied the chance to participate in
Conversation and unearthed his story of the last few years and managed to get that told. What was it like talking about his story, because a lot of war veterans dont like to talk about it. Now, archie, he did not have any problems talking about war, he was very honest and open and pragmatic about everything, he never really dwelled on it. On the morbid 01 really dwelled on it. On the morbid or darker side of war, the memories, the happy ones despite the tragedy he suffered in 1941 when he was shot down and lost his left arm but she would live with for the rest of his life. Always talks about it. understand he is a bit of a prankster. Yes, he did like his jokes. One story that always sticks in my mind is when he was posted out to north africa and they had to bury some hurricanes back in long haul staging flights and with little entertainment in the air and one story is he was flying wing to wing with another aircraft and the pilot was looking the other way and he got so close that he ta
Swedishjudge has substantial risk to life. And a swedish judge has ordered the american rapper to be released from custody. Hello and welcome to world news today. The to world news today. Secretary general of nhs ti wa nts the secretary general of nhs that he wa nts to the secretary general of nhs that he wants to avoid a new arms race after the us formally pulled out at a Cold War Nuclear weapons pact with russia. They say nato supports washingtons decision and blames russia for the collapse at the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty. President trump says russia has violated the treaty by developing a new type of bandit cruise missile. Our Diplomatic Correspondent james reports. It cruise missile. Our Diplomatic Correspondentjames reports. It was a crucial moment towards the ending of the cold war. At that moment in 1987 and the leaders at the United States and soviet union signed at the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty. Ronald reagan and gorbachev promise to destroy all
There was a retaken penalty. When it was introduced, people were saying there would be no more controversy and put all because of var are now they are saying there is too much. Live with it, limited. You cant un inve nt live with it, limited. You cant un invent the wheel. Thats calibrated to within a fraction of an inch. You are the offsider you are not. There is notjust, its on or off. There we go. Tough love from martin, he says it how it is. That is it from the papers for tonight. Dont forget, you can see it seven days a week on the bbc news website. If you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on iplayer. A big thank you to martin and jane. Coming up, the film review. Hello there, welcome to the film review on bbc news. Taking us through this weeks cinema releases is james king. What do you have for us this week . Playmobil the movie is an animated musical, but will it have us dancing in the dark of the cinema . We go back to the glory days of hitchcock, bergman and