That her nickname for husband david was goldenballs in 2001. 0ur arts correspondent David Sillito looks back at his life. Dont you get fed up of each other . Oh, yes, yes. I call him golden balls, you know, now. Did you ever say, you dirty rat . Never. Jimmy cagney. Orson welles. Jimmy stewart. These were distant, mysterious screen gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. The fact is that youre a crowd puller and frazier s not, is he . Why is that . Well, number one, hes ugly. His interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. He cannot talk. And who told him he could sing . But of all those 2,000 or so guests, one always haunted him. I interviewed everybody from Henry Kissinger to Billy Connolly to james cagney to dame edith evans, all those people. And im only remembered for one thing, i was attacked by a sodding emu. Hes not aggresive Rod Hull And Emu Rather punctured the suave tv persona. I knew we should never have booked it.
Such as david bowie and paul mccartney. And in 2001 Victoria Beckham let slip that her nickname for husband david was goldenballs. 0ur arts correspondent David Sillito looks back at his life. Dont you get fed up of each other . Oh, yes, yes. I call him golden balls, you know, now. Did you ever say, you dirty rat . Never. Jimmy cagney. Orson welles. Jimmy stewart. These were distant, mysterious screen gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. The fact is that youre a crowd puller and frazier s not, is he . Why is that . Well, number one, hes ugly. His interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. He cannot talk. And who told him he could sing . But of all those 2000 or so guests, one always haunted him. I interviewed everybody from Henry Kissinger to Billy Connolly to james cagney to dame edith evans, all those people. And im only remembered for one thing, i was attacked by a sodding emu. Hes not aggresive Rod Hull And Emu Rather p
days after the fire. the fire is being treated as arson. you re live with bbc news. the proportion of students getting top a level grades in england, wales and northern ireland has fallen sharply from 12 months ago but remains higher than pre pandemic levels. today s results show 27.2% of exams were given an a or an a star down more than nine percentage points on last year. the biggest fall was in england, where ministers had said they wanted to return to pre pandemic marking standards more quickly. frances read has more details. for the students opening their exam results today, this has been a long road. having received teacher assets grades for their gcses in the pandemic. it was quite tough.
having received teacher assets grades for their assessed grades for their gcses in the pandemic. it was quite tough. we were the final year to not do formal exams, so it was quite a push, really. there is a wider plan to bring grades back to pre pandemic levels after a spike of good results through 2020 and 2021. this year, the overall pass grade has dropped a percentage point from last year, standing atjust over 97%. but the drop in top grades is being felt more keenly in england, showing a disparity between the nations. top grades in england are only about 1% higher than before the pandemic. unlike in wales and northern ireland, where they are still 7 8% higher. but 0fqual has reassured students there is protection built into the grading process even if they didn t perform as well in their exams.