I cant think what it was. It was something. Ken loach, welcome to this cultural life. Its 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 family. What did your parents do . My father was an electrical engineer. Took his apprenticeship in the mines. The whole family, my fathers family were miners from the warwickshire coalfields, and he worked at Alfred Herberts machine tool factory all his life. Ao odd years. Skilled worker, then . Yes, a skilled worker, electrician. And he had a work ethic that was formidable. He worked seven days a week and my mother had been a hairdresser. But like women of that time, it was a matter of pride for my father that she should not have to work. But. Lovely woman, very kind. What sort of cultural upbringing did you have at home . Well, it was a very normal, i guess, suburban house, semidetached, in nuneaton. Erm. Cinemas nearby . There were cinemas, but we didnt go as a family
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 family. what did your parents do? my father was an electrical engineer. took his apprenticeship in the mines. the whole family, my father s family were miners from the warwickshire coalfields, and he worked at alfred herbert s machine tool factory all his life ao odd years. skilled worker, then? yes, a skilled worker. electrician. and he had a work ethic that was formidable. he worked seven days a week. and my mother had been a hairdresser, but like women of that time, it was a matter of pride for my father that she should not have to work. but.lo
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 family. what did your parents do? my father was an electrical engineer. took his apprenticeship in the mines. the whole family, my father s family were miners from the warwickshire coalfields, and he worked at alfred herbert s machine tool factory all his life. ao odd years. skilled worker, then? yes, a skilled worker, electrician. and he had a work ethic that was formidable. he worked seven days a week and my mother had been a hairdresser. but like women of that time, it was a matter of pride for my father that she should not have to work. but. ..lovely woman, very kind. what sort of cultural upbringing did you have at home? well, it was a very normal, i guess, suburban house,
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 family. what did your parents do? my father was an electrical engineer. took his apprenticeship in the mines. the whole family, my father s family were miners from the warwickshire coalfields, and he worked at alfred herbert s machine tool factory all his life. ao odd years. skilled worker, then? yes, a skilled worker, electrician. and he had a work ethic that was formidable. he worked seven days a week and my mother had been a hairdresser. but like women of that time, it was a matter of pride for my father that she should not have to work. but. ..lovely woman, very kind. what sort of cultural upbringing did you have at home? well, it was a very normal, i guess, suburban house, semidetached, in nuneaton. erm. cinemas nearby? there were cinemas, but we didn t g
he denied he had any intention of using nuclear weapons in ukraine and accused the west of trying to destroy russia. the number of crimes in england and wales that result in someone being charged is now half of what it was seven years ago. figures released today show that the proportion of crimes reported to police that result in a charge has fallen from just over 15% in march 2015 to just over 5% now. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is here with more details. the good news is that on the best official estimate, the number of crimes in england and wales is still lower than it was before the pandemic. but the bad news is that while we are actually reporting more crimes, fewer people are being charged with those offences by the police. here s a graph of the number of crimes reported to the police over the last seven years, rising from about 3.5 million to 5.5 million. so what has been the outcome of those crimes? well, back in 2015, just short of 600,000 of them