the government changed its mind. the battle of britain proved to be a turning point in the war. it was the bravery and success of the pilots which made victory possible, but, without the support of many others, the battle may not have been won. what a great inspiration for young people today, young girls in particular, that can look upon someone like hazel in the early 1930s making such an important contribution. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hill is finally getting the public recognition she deserved. and you can see the full version of the schoolgirl who helped to win a war on the bbc news channel this weekend, time for a look at the weather. thanks very much, jane. what a difference a day makes, much brighter skies across england and wales than what we have had over the last few days, some blue skies with continuing sunny spell through the afternoon. the skies here are how it is looking across england and wales but the cloud attending to bubble up now over
hello and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i m filling in for mark kermode to review this week s releases. first up, spaceship earth, a fascinating documentary about eight people who lockdown for two years for a science experiment. as i am ready to enter, i take my last breath of this atmosphere in two years. we were pioneers. we were the first biospherians. how can you prepare yourself for a journey into the unknown? the biosphere two is a collection of huge geodesic domes built the biosphere 2 is a collection of huge geodesic domes built in the arizona desert, home to an entire ecological system, including rainforest and an ocean. we called it biosphere 2 because biosphere1 is the earth. in 1991, the eight biospherians went to live and work there. they reckoned we might all have to relocate to mars one day so they wanted to give it a dry run. under the glare of the press spotlight, the experiment suffered from controversy when the team added to the oxygen sup
just 250 yards away, to stand a chance of shooting them down. hazel‘s calculations meant the government changed its mind. so you got three german fighters that day? 98 year old squadron leader alan scott flew both the spitfire and hurricanes. you just put the guns on and fired on them. you never think that mathematically they had to be worked out. the four would have been really difficult because it wouldn t give you the firepower that we had. oh, no, awfully glad she was able to work that out for us. the battle of britain proved to be a turning point in the war. it was the bravery and success of the pilots that made victory possible, but without the support of many others, the battle may not have been won. what a great inspiration for young people today, young girls in particular, that can look upon someone like hazel in the early 19305 making such an important contribution to our later success in the battle of britain, which was vital to this country s survival. 80 years
it is the most famous plane from world war ii. it played a crucial role in the battle of britain. but what we didn t know until now was the role that a 13 year old girl played in this design. this new generation of fighter plane had originally been designed with just four machine guns. but this man, captain fred hill, a scientific officer in the air ministry, became convinced that four guns would not be enough. each plane needed eight. he faced stiff opposition. most thought eight guns would be too many, impossible to fit onto the planes, but captain hill was convinced he was right, so he turned to an unlikely person for help his 13 year old daughter, hazel, a talented mathematician. together, around their kitchen table, they worked through the night on complex calculations to prove that eight guns firing at least 1,000 rounds a minute was essential for success. they talk about burning the midnight oil and coming into the office late after everybody‘s gone, to carry out f
hello. president trump has commuted the prison sentence for his friend and advisor roger stone. he was due to start a three year and four month prison sentence for lying under oath during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 us election. the white house said mr stone would have been at serious risk of covid 19 in jail. within the past hour, mr stone has been speaking to the media. here s some of what he had to say. i am going to do three things i will write a book, another book, about the experience, because people need to understand the extraordinary abuses in ourjustice system. i will help general flynn to get exoneration, because the refusal of the judge to dismiss it and drag it through the summer is outrageous. and i am going to do everything i possibly can, on an independent basis, to get the president re elected, which i think is crucial. a short time ago, our north america correspondent david willis gave this update. roger stone, james, is a polit