Hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases, jason solomons. So, jason, what do we have this week . This week, were going back in time, the Horrible Histories Team and their take on rotten romans, roman britain in the rule of emperor nero. Boudica, the celts, and nick frost, those well ancients. Someone also had the bright idea of making the current war starring Michael Shannon and George Westinghouse in a battle for the best light bulbs and americo. Eliminating. And we escaped to the greek it is all of the island of hydro for a love story that lasted 60 years, and inspired some of the most heartbreaking and famous songs 1960s, marion and leonard words of love. Horrible histories, is something i should take nieces to . Horrible histories were a boon for pa rents to . Horrible histories were 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 forma
Hi, good morning everybody and welcome to news 4 midday, im erica gonzalez. We begin with something that will impact you not for just one day, but several days. Rain for the next few days. Its going to look like this. Gray, rainy, chilly. Storm team 4 meteorologist is here with how much more rain we can expect today. Yeah, rain all over the area right now. Radar lit up and it has been all morning. Youll want the umbrella for the rest of the day today. We have rain over the forecast for the next few days. No sunshine until sunday, maybe peeks tomorrow at best. Heres what we have now, mostly light to moderate rain. Thats where we see more moderate rain by the yellows and oranges. Its all moved into charles county, the heaviest, but that steady rain has been continuing all morning. And as we go through the rest of the day, scattered showers staying in the forecast. Make sure we have the umbrella, ev showers, even through tonight hours, were looking at showers through the overnight hours.
Folger shakespeare library. Hello, and welcome to the wonder of will live. Im Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare library, and today you are joining us on a very special day. Were broadcasting here from the historic pastor reading room where for the past 80 years scholars from around the globe have come to use the largest shakespeare collection in the world. Joining on the live feed for making it possible for shakespeare fans to enjoy this special day. Shakespeares influence goes beyond the written word, your arrival was accompanied by the folger consort. If you are interested in their music you can find it on itunes and have a look at the wonder of will room that has been created by itunes. We collect shakespeare material for everyone who wants to celebrate. Today we are here to celebrate the legacy of the worlds greatest storyteller. What better way to do that than pay tribute with stories. I am willing to bet that every one of you has a story to tell about how they g
Atlantic will take shape so our collection holds a large quantity of items that includes the moment as it comes to the United States so the colonies of jamestown. Said shakespeares world this planting itself in north america. That is complicated history also what was good and bad. When he wrote the tempest he clearly had a pamphlet about a shipwreck in bermuda but makes reference to the new world so he never visited but when he uses the phrase like a brave new world that there is someplace to overturn our expectations and that is something that is on his imagination. And from the archives to the theater. This is a copy of a copy of the Laurence Oliviers film 1945 of henry v this gives us the notes it is interesting because that was treated during the Second World War from one of the battle scenes this was viewed as a piece of propaganda of the Second World War so much of this is triumphant to the library of record store in the expression of shakespeares work is something theyre interes
Joining on the live feed for making it possible for shakespeare fans to enjoy this special day. Shakespeares influence goes beyond the written word, your arrival was accompanied by the folger consort. If you are interested in their music you can find it on itunes and have a look at the wonder of will room that has been created by itunes. We collect shakespeare material for everyone who wants to celebrate. Today we are here to celebrate the legacy of the worlds greatest storyteller. What better way to do that than pay tribute with stories. I am willing to bet that every one of you has a story to tell about how they got to know this amazing writer. 400 years ago to this very day, april 23, 1616, William Shakespeare died. The world is much larger and connected today than it was in 1616 and a lot has happened. We are still talking to shakespeare. For many it feels like he is still in the room. If you look around he is still in the room. How is it that we still have more to say about this w