Edition of hardtalk. I am Stephen Sackur and today i am joined by an audience here at the Bbc Radio Theatre to celebrate 20 years of hardtalk interviews. Who better to have on our birthday than sir ian mckellen . Whether you think of him as richard iii or gandalf, he has won hearts and accolades around the world. Not just for decades of work on screen but his passion of public campaigning, particularly on the issue of gay rights. Please give a warm welcome to ian mckellen. That was quite a welcome. Ian mckellen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Theres a lot to talk about both personal and in terms of yourcampaigning. But there are very few actors with the diversity you have offered your audiences, from the great shakespearean roles to Comic Book Characters in x men. Is there a Common Thread through everything you have done . The Common Thread is there is no Common Thread. There is a variety. What i always admired in my youth was people playing different sorts of parts in different envir
Days news, but now it is time for newswatch. Welcome to newswatch. On this weeks programme, they got their envelopes mixed up, but did bbc news get its News Priorities the wrong way round . We discuss complaints that the embarrassment of the oscars was reported on as if it was an event of major global significance but really, was it . Did you know that things did not go entirely as planned at the oscars this year . Thought so. Any bbc News Programme on monday, the strange events on stage were hard to avoid. It really should not have been that difficult, opening the right envelope at the right time and naming the right film, but at the oscars last night in front of a global audience of billions, it all went horribly wrong. Warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of best film was george best all by la la land, but the only problem, it wasnt. As well as taking a significant airtime, the envelope mix up occupied the first seven or 0 envelope mix up occupied th
Is Making A Living as a limo driver. He is looking wretched, drinks, has bloodshot eyes, and he spends his time looking after Patrick Stewarts charles xavier, who now has what is descibed as a degenerative Brain Disease in the most dangerous brain in the world. They are living off the grid, trying to stay under the radar, keep themselves to themselves or at least that is what theyre trying to do. Heres a clip. Hey, carl, it looks like mr munson hired some muscle. Looks that way. Hes a friend of mine. Friend with a big mouth. I hear that a lot. Then you probably hear this too. Rifle cocked more than id like. Now, the interesting thing about the film is often count to three and start walking away. I have a lawyer in our one, two, three. You know the drill. Get the hell out of here. Now, the interesting thing about the film is often with the superhero comic book franchises, you know exactly where you are. This is such a different beast the plot involves a young girl who logan finds himsel
To stop there. He is not a wealthy man. Coming up next is the film review. Hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases, as ever, is mark kermode. Hello, mark whats in store . So a very mixed bag we have logan, a Superhero Movie that isnt really a Superhero Movie. Viceroys house, a very handsome period drama from gurinder chadha. And certain women, the latest low key offering from Kelly Reichardt. So wolverine, back with us. Yeah, although in a way that kind of missells it. So this is basically a Superhero Movie that isnt about superheroes its about ageing, and its about arthritis, and its about growing old, and losing your memory. Wow, i am already surprised yeah, it is an x men movie for people who prefer westerns to comic book adaptations. Set in a not too distant future in which huthackmans titular character, wolverine obviously, is Making A Living as a limo driver. He is looking wretched, drinks, has bloodshot eyes, and he spends
Messages of defiance yesterday, another clear message, huge praise for the works of the Emergency Services and medical staff. Good morning its thursday, the 23rd of march. The other main headlines on the Westminster Attack this Morning Police say they believe they know the attackers identity and that he was inspired by islamist ideology. Parliament will operate as normal today in a show of defiance. The Prime Minister is expected to make a statement to the commons. We are live at westminster. Lots of Activity Still going on this morning. Lets go to carole with the weather. A wet start to the day but generally speaking and improving weather day. More detail in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. We are here in the aftermath of the Terror Attacks were five people died and a0 people injured some suffering what has been described as a catastrophic injury after a man drove a axa vehicle into the crowd and went on to stab a policeman who later died. Five people are dead, includi