Kick off an informal tour of nigeria. And the dutch Eurovision Contestant is stopped from rehearsing by organisers. Well be live in malmo with the latest. The duke and duchess of sussex have begun their visit to nigeria. Here they are prince harry and his wife meghan being greeted at an event in abuja. Its the start of a three day trip, which is at the invitation of the chief of defence staff. Harry will attend a reception to honour military families, and meghan will co host an event for women in leadership. For more on that, ive been speaking with our africa correspondent simi, who is in abuja. It has been a lively day here for the duke and duchess of sussex and this is their first time in nigeria and as you saw in that, they were enthusiastically greeted by schoolchildren and traditional dancers and spoke about Mental Health and the duke spoke about how it is fortunate to speak up especially if youre feeling emotions like grief and loss and not feel the need to bundle it in. Behind t
we will never see his like again. and the bbc director general tim davie said michael was the king of the chat show and he defined the format for all the presenters and shows that followed david sillitojoins us now. its unsuprising so many have already paid tribute michael parkinson was a legendary broadcaster. what is is interesting is how the show started, it was a fill in for the dead days of summers just a few weeks. they said we will have a chat show and mix people from different backgrounds and see what happens. he said, can we do without the desk and make it informal and it was like a graveyard slot. the fact that we are still talking about those interviews 50 years on suggests there was a special moment going on there. and