there was, i think, some criticism from the high auspices in france about the idea that a french channel would be broadcasting in english. am i right? well, look, the traditional idea of the french language, the language of moliere, was that it must be preserved, it must be looked after, it must not have too much franglais and english words. it won t come as a surprise to you, as being somebody who s half french, half british, having been steeped in that from the word go in my life, that i actually think and i know having worked for the bbc, world service, bbc world, france 24 and reaching out to across the planet, the more we can communicate between each other s cultures, look at our politics in those countries that have free speech because, of course, that isn t true and free news and free reporting, that is not true. and if ever the internet has shown that or indeed real time reporting on ukraine or whether it s partygate as i was again this morning, yes, there was a hesitancy becau
the idea that a french channel would be broadcasting in english. am i right? well, look, the traditional idea of the french language, the language of moliere, was that it must be preserved, it must be looked after, it must not have too much franglais and english words. it won t come as a surprise to you, as being somebody who s half french, half british, having been steeped in that from the word go in my life, that i actually think and i know having worked for the bbc, world service, bbc world, france 24 and reaching out to across the planet, the more we can communicate between each other s cultures, look at our politics in those countries that have free speech because, of course, that isn t true and free news and free reporting, that is not true. and if ever the internet has shown that or indeed real time reporting on ukraine or whether it s partygate as i was again this morning, yes, there was a hesitancy because some people thought that they should be custodians and the best way of
was that it must be preserved, it must be looked after, it must not have too much franglais and english words. it won t come as a surprise to you, as being somebody who s half french, half british, having been steeped in that from the word go in my life, that i actually think and i know having worked for the bbc, world service, bbc world, france 24 and reaching out to across the planet, the more we can communicate between each other s cultures, look at our politics in those countries that have free speech because, of course, that isn t true and free news and free reporting, that is not true. and if ever the internet has shown that or indeed real time reporting on ukraine or whether it s partygate as i was again this morning, yes, there was a hesitancy because some people thought that they should be custodians and the best way of keeping the culture and the language was that way. when president chirac decided to have the french elise website not just in french but also in english, quite
the pollen, high tree pollen levels for england and wales for today and tomorrow. in scotland and northern ireland, they are not quite as high. the temperatures by the end of the afternoon will have reached the high teens in the midlands but fresher in eastern scotland. here is the forecast for tonight, fine weather across the bulk of the uk but here is that weather front unfortunately, whether you like it or not, approaching northern ireland bringing cloud and rain by the early hours of sunday morning, especially to western parts of northern ireland, elsewhere we are in for a dry and sunny start to the day, sunshine from the word go for many parts of the uk for easter sunday. a different story for the west. a slow moving weather front which should reach belfast by the afternoon, so a lot cooler here. only 13 degrees, with the rest of the country typically around 15 20 c. that weather front will make further progress across the uk by monday,
broadcasting in english. am i right? well, look, the traditional idea of the french language, the language of moliere, was that it must be preserved, it must be looked after, it must not have too much franglais and english words. it won t come as a surprise to you, as being somebody who s half french, half british, having been steeped in that from the word go in my life, that i actually think and i know having worked for the bbc, world service, bbc world, france 24 and reaching out to across the planet, the more we can communicate between each other s cultures, look at our politics in those countries that have free speech because, of course, that isn t true and free news and free reporting, that is not true. and if ever the internet has shown that or indeed real time reporting on ukraine or whether it s partygate as i was again this morning, yes, there was a hesitancy because some people thought that they should be custodians and the best way of keeping