asner: i ll tell you about the golden age of television. this period in time will be looked upon as the platinum age. lear: our obligation is to entertain, and if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. kunta. kunta kinte. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television network. congress has no right interfere with the media. well, excuse me! we have a responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s, which end in a few hours, have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. what was allowed that hadn t been before? it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. i want to watch an al
james anderson and stuart broad take three wickets each on the first day of the second test at old trafford. space as you ve never seen it we ll speak to the man who s remastered these amazing images of the apollo missions. good morning. some mist and fog to watch out for this morning, some quite dense across the southeast. some starting with sunshine but generally we will see cloud build and some splashes of rain in parts of the west. i will have all the details later on the programme. it s friday august 26th. millions of households in england, scotland and wales will find out at 7am what they could be paying for gas and electricity in october, as the energy regulator ofgem announces a new price cap. this is the maximum amount companies can charge consumers for each unit of energy. it s expected to mean that the average household bill will rise to more than £3,500 a year. jo black reports. the waterfront at ipswich. but behind the attractive facade and expensive boats, so
to get the same sort of slapstick and physical comedy. i mean, we never thought about its importance, except that, you know, it was two girls trying, and the value of friendship. it must have something going for it. i don t vo-dee-oh-doe-doe. you vo-dee-oh-doe-doe. i don t vo-dee-oh-doe-doe. they couldn t say sex, so they said vo-dee-oh-doe. you voe-dee-oh. everybody knew what they were talking about. once. my son didn t watch laverne & shirley or happy days. i said, you don t like it? he says, i like it, but what s missing? spacemen! cause we were getting into space. and so that s when i created a spaceman. whoo-oo-oo! wait a minute. who are you? i am mork from ork. the writers all rolled their eyes. an alien? he wants an alien. i had to make up a story fonzie s running out of adversaries. that s right. fonzie s never lost a.yet. and we got the home-planet advantage.
britney spears has released herfirst new music since 2016 a duet with sir eltonjohn. # hold me closer, tiny dancer. # whoo oo. the new song hold me closer incorporates three of sir elton s classic hits tiny dancer, the one and don t go breaking my heart. it s britney s first step back into the music industry after her release from a conservatorship that controlled almost every aspect of her life. joining me now is professor jennifer 0tter bickerdike, a cultural historian, author and professor of popular music at the bimm institute. her latest book, being britney, is a biography of the star. we spoke at the time of the conservatorship, it s good to have you back with us. let s talk about the music in a moment, but this is about a lot more than just the music. about a lot more than ust the music. , ,., , about a lot more than ust the music. , , ., ,, about a lot more than ust the music. , ., ,, about a lot more than ust the music. , ., .