If youve watched any Big International tv dramas of the past few years, chances are the uk could well have played a role in bringing the story to the screen. The industry here is enjoying something of a golden age. A record £4 billion was spent making tv shows in the uk in the past year, almost double the figure before the pandemic. Heres our media correspondent david sillito. I do suppose if i were forced to take a wife, you would be the least objectionable option. Is that meant to be a complement . Bridgerton. Outlander. Thank you for returning lady bolton safely. Game of thrones all made in the uk. This is bad wolf in cardiff, just one of a number of new studios to have opened up in south wales. The tv industry is absolutely booming at the moment. There has been a fourfold increase in Drama Production in the uk over the last seven or eight years, which means that if you tot it all up, spending has gone from around £400 million in 2013 to 4 billion a tenfold increase. Tv drama now
The us in the uk have expressed deep concern that russia has amassed Tens Of Thousands of troops at the border with the ukraine. The Foreign Secretary discussed the threat in liverpool. Here is our Diplomatic Correspondent james langdale. Russian forces on manoeuvre near the border with the ukraine, at least according to the russian government, which says this is alljust regular training. But western governments are not so sure. They estimate more than 100,000 Russian Troops are now massed on the border, enough, they claim, for an invasion. That is something these ministers say they are determined to prevent. The Foreign Secretary and g7 counterparts want to act together and put on a show of unity that russian aggression would be wrong and would come at a high price. It would be wrong and would come at a high price at a high price. It would be extremely at a high price. It would be extremely serious at a high price. It would be extremely serious if at a high price. It would bei extreme
He was working. He was all business. Right, he had to do it himself. I went on for the ride. Have you seen how small his capsule was . He wasnt doing somersaults, he didnt have your windows. The only way he knew he was weightless was his straps were flying. Right, because he was strapped in. Underlining just how remarkably space travel has changed since 1961. How it will evolve in 2022 and beyond for the next generation, well, thats anyone s guess. Mark lobel, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with susan powell. Hello, mild air has been pushing its way northwards across the uk through sunday. It is following on a Weather Front, this band of cloud you see here on the satellite picture. That is tied in with an area of low pressure that could get north west of the uk overnight tonight and sought mild evening, increasingly breezy, very windy overnight for the western and Northern Isles of scotland and stormy conditions with widespread gales and further showers for Western Sc
Other deaths recorded as well. The uk renews its appeal for everyone eligible to come forward for a Booster Vaccine as Research Shows it significantly reduces the chance of developing symptoms from the omicron variant. New guidance is issued for care homes in england that will limit visitors to three for each resident, as Omicron Cases surge. Britain warns russia it will face severe consequences if it invades ukraine as a g7 meeting of Foreign Ministers to discuss rising tensions gets under way. And englands cricketers slump to a nine wicket defeat in the first ashes test in brisbane. To remind you of our breaking news, this is the developing situation in America Where A Serious Of Storms and tornadoes have been battering the south and midwest. In the latest update, the governor of kentucky has reportedly said that at least 50 people are likely to have been killed in this devastating outbreak of tornadoes, but he did say that, whilst reports are heartbreaking, the number of dead could