just the latest marker in the rise of women s sports, but with fans and brands hungry for more, are the building blocks in place to fulfil all that potential? i will be discussing all that with the director of the english women s football association soccer to many of us. and a four time us olympic medal winner now running the sports innovation lab that focuses the spending focuses on the spending habits of women sports fans around the world. plus, levelling the playing field why is there such a difference in pay between men s and women s sport? when will that gap start closing? i ll find out from sophie goldschmidt, who has hammered out deals from basketball to rugby to golf and brought in equal prize money to the world of surfing. she s now the big boss of us ski and snowboard. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, a warm welcome to the show. women s sports is on the rise. here in the uk, the recent euro women s football championship drew record crowds at sta
many factories have been ordered to close, and shops are restricting their normal opening hours. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. london prides itself on being a culture capital, this city buzzes with creativity. now, artistic trends come and go, of course, but my guest today has retained his status as the godfather of pop art for some six decades. sir peter blake came to fame in the 1960s. he is still painting today. so, what keeps his creativity alive? sir peter blake, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. are you still creating, painting, doing the collage every day? do you still get that urge? i do. i get quite a lot of pain at the moment. i ve got a sore neck which sometimes begins to hurt and i have to stop. but i work every day. i haven t worked today yet, but i looked at what i m working on. let me take you right back. yeah. because i m always interested with artists to figure out what impelled them to create. you
been ordered to close, and shops are restricting their normal opening hours. now on bbc news, talking movies: godfather anniversary special. # the first time. 50 years ago, a roberta flack song topped the record charts. # ever i saw yourface. we are today seeing the progress of modern china. ..president nixon made a historic visit to china and in britain, there was a 47 day miners strike. and in the cinema world, there was a momentous event. what many claim is the greatest movie ever made was launched a portrait of an italian american crime family in new york in the 1940s and 50s. it was, for a time, the highest grossing film ever made, a blockbuster that was also a work of great art. it was the godfather. i m going to make him an offer he can t refuse. hello from new york, i m tom brook and welcome to our talking movies godfather anniversary special. half a century on, we celebrate and reassess the landmark classic, directed by francis ford coppola, starring movie greats
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a short time ago nasa announced it s given the go ahead for the launch of the artemis mission test flight to take place on monday next week. it s being heralded as the return of human exploration of the moon. you are watching the flight readiness review briefing for nasa s artemis i mission, this uncrewed flight test is currently targeted for august 29, at 8:33am eastern time, from historic launch pad, 39b. it s expected that the mission will lead eventually to the first woman and the first person of colour setting foot there. it is the apollo mission for a new generation as our science editor rebecca morelle explains. after a 50 year gap, we re heading back to the moon, and it all starts here with the artemis mission and nasa s huge rocket. it s called the space launch system, or sls for short, and it s the most powerful rocket ever built by the us space agency. it stands nearly 100 metres about 320 feet ta
normal opening hours. now on bbc news. on this week s travel show lucy hedges heads for the big outdoors as the usa celebrates the 150th birthday of yellowstone national park. on herjourney she encounters grizzly bears, wolves and bison as yellowstone looks for new ways to work in conjunction with native american tribes. this week, i m taking a journey across yellowstone national park as it celebrates its 150th anniversary. oh, my god, this isjust spectacular! i ll meet the people using this milestone to address the park s complex history by returning america s largest land mammal back to native american tribes in a historic partnership. the ecological importance of restoring the animal to the landscape heals the land. by integrating this animal back into our diet, it heals us. a pioneer in animal conservation, i ll attempt to track down the park s elusive wolves that were reintroduced in one of the most successful rewilding initiatives of all time. it doesn t happen too much