but not manchester city. not yet anyway. for this all conquering side, that have won the premier league and the fa cup, have one more game between them and a famous treble. inter await. for manager pep guardiola, this has felt like an odyssey to reaffirm his status as one of the greatest managers of all time. 12 years after his last european cup a chance to finally get that monkey off his back. it s a it sa dream. it s a dream. it s a dream to be here it s a dream. it s a dream to be here two it s a dream. it s a dream to be here. two years ago we were there but in here. two years ago we were there but in different situations because of covid 19. we are going to try to do our of covid 19. we are going to try to do our best of covid 19. we are going to try to do our best. we know it s how you behave do our best. we know it s how you behave in do our best. we know it s how you behave in that specific 95 minutes in the behave in that specific 95 minutes in the final
lessons! as the director of the national theatre, what is it about alan bennett plays that seem to make them absolutely bullet proof when it comes to success? don t say that! well, the way alan talks through his characters is the way large audiences wanted to be talked to. they trusted what he had to say, they trusted the way he said it. there s a kind of bond that alan creates in the way he writes, which i can always depend upon. put the van in your drive? that never occurred to me. such as the lady in the van, a play which they subsequently turned into a film about an eccentric old lady who inveigles her way into alan bennett s life. you re not doing me a favour, you know. i have got other fish to fry. is it true that you write about the outsider, principally? well, i suppose it is true. but not consciously. i don t go casting about for people who aren t in the charmed circle, as it were. have you ever had a situation, alan, where you ve taken a play to nick, he was une
they re disappointed they had to drop the case. his alleged victim says she stands by the allegation. caroline hawley reports i ,and , and this contains flashing images. out into the fresh air. on the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy julian assange emerged this afternoon to have his say on the end of the swedish investigation against him. today is an important victory for me and for the un human rights system. seven years without charge while my children grew up without me. that is not something that i can forgive, it is not something that i can forget. but prosecutors in sweden have not cleared julian assange, they have simply said they can t pursue the case any further. translation: there are now no further measures remaining which are possible to advance the investigation. in order to proceed, it would be necessary forjulian assange to be formally served notice of the crimes of which he is suspected. this was a measure that was to have been conducted during an interview i
shortlife, which was immortalised and romanticised in this i pick with his friend and mentor andy warhol. do you want to buy some ignorant art? played by david bowie. who himself became a collector of the one time street artist s work. whatever one thinks of the eye watering auction price paid for the work there is no question thatjean michel basquiat fits into the story of modern art. his paintings reference the so called low art of jean dubuffet. .. there s something ifind quite alarming about that picture. ..and the expressionism of vincent van gogh and the street art scene of 1970s new york, he is a significant figure the canon. of course, nobody knows whether his paintings can sustain $100 million prices but given most are still held privately, hello and welcome to sportsday i m lizzie greenwood hughes, the headlines tonight. alisher usmanov makes another move to control arsenal. england are beaten in penalites again. losing in the final of the under 17 european champi
the queen visits manchester s children s hospital she met some of the injured and the staff treating them. we ll have the latest on the diplomatic row between america and the uk over leaks about the investigation. also tonight: here s one way to take centre stage donald trump on the charge over nato countries defence budgets. don t you understand english? please, please, please, please let s be respectful. a noisy return to election campaigning as ukip says theresa may has some responsibility for the manchester bombing. celebrating the lisbon lions it s 50 years since celtic became the first british side to win the european cup. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: after the terror attack, a trophy dedicated to the city and both manchester clubs join together with £1 million pledge to help the victims families. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. at 11 this morning, a minute s silence was observed across the uk to remember the 22 peo