hello, good evening. good evening. that distinctive music can mean only one thing. it s time for channel 4 news and one of the most famous faces in broadcasting. jon snow has been the face of the programme since 1989. over the course of three decades, he has grilled every prime ministerfrom margaret thatcher up to and including theresa may, he drew the iconic words, let bygones be bygones from nelson mandela. he shared a plane with idi amin, reported on wars in iran and crises in vietnam, and it s not all been hard news he has danced and sung on tv and even got stoned on camera. but he s also been accused of being too partisan, of having political views that were too obvious and which undermine the network s impartiality. and so, at a time when the future of channel 4 is up for grabs, his words have come under unprecedented scrutiny. jon snow, welcome to the media show, and i guess before we start, the first question is you ve got a few days left at channel 4 news hopin
from nelson mandela. he shared a plane with idi amin, reported on wars in iran and crises in vietnam. and it s not all been hard news. he has danced and sung on tv and even got stoned on camera. but he s also been accused of being too partisan, of having political views that were too obvious and which undermine the network s impartiality. and so, at a time when the future of channel 4 is upforgrabs, his words have come under unprecedented scrutiny. jon snow, welcome to the media show, and i guess before we start, the first question is you ve got a few days left at channel 4 news. hoping for an interview with borisjohnson? i m absolutely standing ready and i have every hope that that phone call will come and i ll suddenly be able to say i have literally interviewed every prime minister since i ve started. before we get stuck in, ijust want to get one thing clear, which is how you see yourself. we know how we see you, but how do you see yourself? do you see yourself as a news
south, no snow, but cold air to in the north, potentially but no guarantee of snow and in between, where the battle lines are drawn is where the battle lines are drawn is where we could see a mixture of sleet and snow and that dividing line, a bit further north or south could make the difference but we will keep you updated. that cold fightback will come later in the week, after a milder spell in the middle of the week. at the moment, very familiar, very grey, pretty chilly but there is sunshine across the highlands and grampian is, the north west of northern ireland, through parts of anglesey and gwyneth but it s a cold day. temperatures in single figures for many of us. tonight the cloud in place for most parts but where you have clear skies to end the day, the greatest chance of frost, shown by the blue on the charts, mainly on the blue on the charts, mainly on the hills. where cloud sits in place, one or 2 degrees tomorrow, a chilly start and it s the winter solstice, the
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the series n the edge. joe root came out dancing. these were conditions ideal for batting. root and david malan seemed capable of doing lots of it. 50 four david malan. no wickets in the first session, englishmen in adelaide out of hiding. butjust as those woke up and checked their phones. gone! ..joe root left the conversation. that touch moved the match. australia had dismissed officially the best batter in the world. the rest wouldn t be a problem. that was dawid malan, gone to starc for 80. and this was ollie pope, prodding at nathan lyon on 5. that time! whenjos buttler met his own starc end, england had lost four wickets for 19 runs, and we were watching another repeat. when it ended, england were still 237 runs behind. australia s attack was supposed to be weakened. the aussies didn t have to bat again, but chose to, sensing it probably wasn t as difficult as it had just been made to look. they finished 45 1, a long way ahead. pretty frustrating and disappointing. it