To explore the wide range of programs we offer at smithsonian associates. Now is the perfect time to turn off your Cell Phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. Thank you for doing that. This past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u. S. Navy fighter weapons program. We are thrilled this evening to welcome the programs founder, Dan Pedersen. He entered the u. S. Navy in 1953 and went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the navys legendary top Gun Program in march 1969. He served in combat during the Vietnam War with a flying crews on Uss Hancock and three on uss enterprise. He retired as a captain having accumulated 6,100 flight hours and 1,005 carrier landings while flying 39 types of aircraft. For those of you who know his story from top gun, youll be happy to know that Jerry Bruk Hiemer is producing a sequel, which is squeded to be released in 2020. Pedersens book, top gun, is available for Purchase And Signing following
go back to your desk and let her sign on and do the job that the taxpayer pays you for. this is a bloody disgrace. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast, he reveals his formative influences and experiences, and how at the age of 86, he s still as fired up as ever. there s an anger. is there? i think that s what drives you. well, you can t see it happen. you can t see it happen and be indifferent, you know, you can t. if there s something that puts fuel in the tank, it s seeing hope destroyed, you know? camera crew s ready. i think in my acting days, i did a tiny bit of bbc radio. oh, you did? it might have been in this very studio some 60 odd years ago. really, here? fantastic. well, we ve got to dig those performances from the vault. i can t think what it was. it was something. ken loach, welcome to this cultural life. it s a great pleasure to come. and good to see you. you, too. you were born in 1936. you grew up in the midlands. tell me about your fami
rishi sunak is trying to agree a new settlement with the eu amid unrest among members of his parliamentary party. a uk based iranian broadcaster which has covered anti government protests in iran extensively says it s had to suspend its operations in the uk following threats against its journalists. you re watching bbc news. now its time for the last of albania s sworn virgins. hello. well, it was certainly worth getting up early this morning for the beautiful sunrise that many of you enjoyed early on. this was one of our weatherwatcher pictures sent in from brighton, thanks tojo, and another one from the northeast of england, this one from berwick upon tweed in northumberland, thanks for sending us that. and today, i think for most parts of the country, it is going to be a bit brighter compared with yesterday. a few more sunny spells to go around, but we ve got thicker cloud heading in scotland. weather fronts here will bring some fairly heavy and persi
all quiet on the western front, leading the field with m nominations. you re watching bbc news. now its time for click. this is an exhibition called luyang netineti. chinese multimedia artist luyang takes us on a journey through their weird world the company by avatars created using motion capture and sd game engines. what i like is the artist has created all new video games in the classic style, but they ve retrofitted them to existing arcade game hardware. how are you doing over there? oh, i m glad this isn t an actual motorbike! i crashed into something i m not meant to! is that a good thing or a bad thing? oh, this really takes me back to a time when i d turn up to a place like this with a pocket full of coins, ready to do battle with space invaders, ghosts and centipedes. that was, of course, until home computers and then home games consoles came along, which meant i didn t need to go out any more. these days, you don t even need to be tied to your home to be a gamer.