with legions of global fans, there s a lot riding on the new show, not least how to replicate the magical furry totoro. this is our backstage puppet workshop, where we re. puppet designer basil twist, who devised the dementors in the harry potter films, isn t giving much away. so, you re showing me chickens. i want to see totoro. right, well, you ll see chickens for now. we re still keeping totoro under wraps, so that people can find the surprise of him when they come see the show. there are clues from los angeles, where basil created the totoro puppet and others with the company behind the muppets, jim henson, in a real east meets west collaboration. i would keep in touch with the japanese as i went, and they re very specific about totoro s eyes need to the distance between his eyes and the shape of his head and how that works, because once you come into a three dimensional world, it s very different than a 2 d world. my neighbour totoro theme plays. what s not different is the musi
after almost four decades and 9,000 episodes, australia is preparing to watch the final scenes from the set of its seminal television soap neighbours. theme plays. set in the fictional suburb of erinsborough, the finale stars fan favourites kylie minogue and jason donovan who got their big break on the soap. it ll be shown in the uk on friday night. let s speak to our correspondent shaimaa khalil, who s in melbourne, where the show is filmed, with fans. it s the end of an era! definitely the end of an era and we are in the very place where fans have gathered in the cold melbourne night, waiting, it s going to be about ten minutes before the last episode airs here. in australia. as you can see behind me, the ramsay street sign has been moved to the centre of the
the music was arranged by fellow composerjohn barry. nearly 40 years later, monty norman sued a sunday newspaper who said that barry had actually written the theme and that monty norman had taken credit for barry s work. monty norman won, settling forever the dispute over who d really written one of cinema s most famous pieces of music, used in every official bond film underlining some of the movies most nostalgic moments. i suppose that s completely inconspicuous. ..and some of its most iconic ones. the films may never have had quite the same impact without monty norman s music. theme plays. monty norman, who s
about the news channel because it is unbiased. i think laura s show last night was excellent, actually. and isn t it interesting when people have got stories to tell, they will go to the bbc, because they know they are going to be protected and that they will be fair? anneka, david, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on pa rtygate. you re both going to stay with us, but we re going to do a pretty sharp turn away from uk politics and downing street and we re going to talk about this. challenge anneka theme plays. i know what i am going to be humming for the next few hours. channel five is returning challenge anneka to british tv screens, 30 years after the original series first ad. anneka rice is still with us, she said it came about after the head of channel five was on the media show a couple of years ago. because the she is coming back to channel five.
to secure the title. at the bottom of the table, burnley were relegated. and success in italy for ac milan, who ve won their first italian seria a title in” years, who ve won their first italian serie a title in” years, after a final day victory at sassuolo. fans took to the streets to celebrate. ac milan beat sassuolo 3 0 to snatch the crown from local rivals inter milan. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall are to appear in a special platinum jubilee episode of the long running tv series, eastenders. they visited the set of the bbc soap in march. it s now emerged while there they were filmed for an episode it s now emerged while there, they were filmed for an episode to be broadcast on the second ofjune, which is the anniversary of the queen s coronation. rhaya barton reports. eastenders theme plays. when tv royalty meets real life royalty. this was the duke and duchess of cornwall visiting albert square back in march.