if you have watched my bbc for series secrets of cinema, which is now on iplayer, you will know that i m a great fan of pop bio pics. from the buddy holly story to good vibrations, the latter of which told the story of legendary belfast record label boss terri hooley. there s more than a touch of hooley s maverick genius in creation stories. a new film about alan mcgee who helped launch the careers of bands like primal scream and oasis. anything you can find in this box. tvps? later! co written by irving welch, produced by danny boyle and starring ewan bremner, you could be forgiven for thinking that this has something of a trainspotting feel. i have a dream! indeed, mcgee comes across as basically a more successful version of spud, someone who is, style enthusiasm for class a narcotics leads him but not into a gutter in edinburgh, but to a swanky poolside terrace in la. now you had one of the biggest bands in the world, where does it go from here? played in his younger years
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time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. ireland edge a thriller at murrayfield their winning run against scotland goes on in the six nations. india strike back they level the 2020 series with england after a masterclass by captain virat kohli. and, goal of the season? quite possibly. an incredible piece of skill at the emirates, but was it enough to win the the north london derby. hello and welcome to sportsday. the six nations served up another thriller this afternoon a late penalty from ireland continues the winning streak over scotland. there was drama right to the end at murrayfield. ireland s victory taking them up to second in the table. our sports correspodent katie gornall reports. they say this is scotland s best team in 20 years, so what better time to prove it then against their old photos? ireland have won nine of their past ten matches against scotland, dominating the start of this one asjohnny sexton s kick eventually made i
cheering. you can murder a liberator, but you can t murder liberation! you can murder a revolutionary, but you can t murder revolution! and you can murder a freedom fighter, but you can t murder freedom! lakeith stanfield plays young car thief william o neill, who s strong armed into spying on black panther leader fred hampton, charismatically portrayed by daniel kaluuya. hey! are you listening? jesse plemons is roy mitchell, a federal agent instructed by martin sheen s dracula likej edgar hoover to bring hampton down by any means necessary. yet despite having no previous political allegiances, o neill finds himself torn between the desire to save his own skin and his growing admiration for hampton. these ain t no terrorists. it s a credit to stanfield that he manages to keep the complexities of his character alive throughout the movie, leaving us constantly wondering exactly where his loyalties lie. by contrast, kaluuya, who seems certain to earn a second oscar nomination ne
here in a few minutes. first, it s time for click. this week a collection of collectables. welcome to click! this week, we re going to be talking about rare and collectible items. now, lara, you ve been looking into something that s been getting a lot of hype recently, haven t you? i have. now, can you tell me what is the most collectible um. this shirt? oh, i know this thing. everyone s always asking me about this online. well, i managed to dig out my peter andre doll! it s has been signed by peter andre himself! no way! all hail the andre! now, the thing is there are plenty of collectible, valuable things in the world, and by definition, each one of them is very rare. so it might surprise you to learn that people have started to buy digital collectables. see, the thing is, you can make an identical copy of a digital file you can make millions of them if you want, just with a couple of button presses so surely, that means that digital items can t be unique. can they?