:00:04. > :00:09.The eurozone crisis deepens. The French economy is downgraded
:00:09. > :00:15.tonight amid new fears about Greece. France loses its cherished AAA
:00:15. > :00:17.credit rating and other countries face being downgraded. President
:00:17. > :00:27.Sarkozy insists his government won't change course but others
:00:27. > :00:30.argue the decision could have a serious impact. The downgrade for
:00:30. > :00:35.France means that potentially in the future, French borrowing costs
:00:35. > :00:37.will rise. That is bad for France and potentially bad for the
:00:37. > :00:41.eurozone. And growing concern that talks in
:00:41. > :00:44.Greece over its debt burden are in serious trouble. We'll be looking
:00:44. > :00:46.at how damaging the day's developments are for the euro.
:00:46. > :00:48.Also tonight: Plans to cut child benefit for
:00:48. > :00:52.better off families. The Prime Minister acknowledges it's unfair
:00:52. > :00:54.for some. A British student is to be
:00:54. > :00:59.extradited to America for his website which helped people watch
:00:59. > :01:04.films for free. The Prime Minister visits the Saudi
:01:04. > :01:07.king but are they talking diplomacy or weapons?
:01:07. > :01:17.And a new exhibition by the man dubbed Britain's greatest living
:01:17. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:24.In sport on the BBC News Channel, Amir Khan gets set for a world
:01:24. > :01:34.title rematch. He says he has been given another chance against Lamont
:01:34. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:46.Peterson, who beat him on a points Good evening. Within the last hour
:01:46. > :01:49.France, the second biggest economy in the Eurozone, has had its
:01:49. > :01:52.cherished AAA credit rating downgraded. The decision by one
:01:52. > :01:55.ratings agency, Standard and Poor's, could have an impact on its
:01:55. > :02:01.borrowing rates and crucially, the viability of the eurozone's bailout
:02:01. > :02:04.fund. There are reports tonight that four other countries may be
:02:04. > :02:08.downgraded and there are new fears that talks to resolve Greece's debt
:02:08. > :02:18.problem may be in crisis. Gavin Hewitt is in Paris and reports on a
:02:18. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:23.turbulent Friday 13th for the euro. The French Evening News tonight,
:02:23. > :02:30.and the moment that France learnt it had been stripped of its top
:02:31. > :02:34.griddle -- Triple A credit rating. Facing an election, this had been
:02:34. > :02:38.President Sarkozy's fear. It was only the verdict of one ratings
:02:38. > :02:42.agency, but already his opponents say it represents a failure of his
:02:42. > :02:48.policies. It was left to the French Finance Minister to make this
:02:48. > :02:53.announcement. TRANSLATION: It is not good news
:02:53. > :02:59.but this is not a catastrophe. The ratings agencies do not control the
:02:59. > :03:03.politics of France. We do. At the Lycee Palace tonight, President
:03:03. > :03:08.Sarkozy gathered together his top advisers. What the downgrade will
:03:08. > :03:14.mean is an increase in French borrowing costs. France's debt is
:03:14. > :03:17.set to reach 90% of its output this year. They have to raise 290
:03:17. > :03:24.billion euros just to pay off old debts. The French government
:03:24. > :03:28.already has to pay 3.1% to borrow. That figure could now increase.
:03:28. > :03:33.Potentially in the future, French borrowing costs will rise. That is
:03:33. > :03:38.bad for France and potentially bad for the eurozone, because France
:03:38. > :03:41.finances the rescue shield. President Sarkozy and Chancellor
:03:41. > :03:45.Merkel the downgrade also weakens the firepower of the eurozone's
:03:45. > :03:53.main bail out fund, which is linked to the credibility of the nations
:03:53. > :03:57.that bracket. -- that back it. There was a protest tonight outside
:03:57. > :04:02.the ratings agency's office tonight in Paris, calling it a declaration
:04:02. > :04:06.of war against France. But most people say they downgrade has the
:04:06. > :04:11.potential to damage President Sarkozy. It is a very big blow to
:04:11. > :04:17.Sarkozy, to his party, and 100 days from the elections, it is very bad
:04:17. > :04:22.news. As well as France, Italy, achy country, was significantly
:04:22. > :04:26.downgraded tonight. Spain, too, saw its credit rating cut and Austria
:04:26. > :04:33.lost its triple-A rating. Other European countries were also set to
:04:33. > :04:37.be downgraded. The downgrade discussed here tonight and in other
:04:37. > :04:42.affected European capitals was not the only bad news for the eurozone
:04:42. > :04:48.today. Key talks aimed at reducing Greece's debt burden have now run
:04:48. > :04:53.into difficulties. Protests against spending cuts have continued in
:04:53. > :04:58.Athens. Greece needs to agree a new rescue package. A central element
:04:58. > :05:02.of any deal is that investors agree to take significant losses. Those
:05:02. > :05:07.talks appear close to collapse, raising the prospect of a Greek
:05:07. > :05:11.default. I think it is pretty much 99% certain that Greece will
:05:12. > :05:16.default on its debts. When you look at the crease economy and the rate
:05:16. > :05:22.it is contracting and the fact that the debt is going up day-by-day. --
:05:22. > :05:26.the Greek economy. France says the judgment of the rating agencies
:05:26. > :05:31.should not be overestimated but today after a brief lull, the
:05:31. > :05:36.eurozone crisis was threatening once again.
:05:36. > :05:41.Robert Peston is here. You have a formal statement from Standard and
:05:41. > :05:45.Poor's. What does it say? It has just landed in my e-mail basket in
:05:45. > :05:50.the last few minutes and it is, frankly, pretty shocking. It is as
:05:50. > :05:55.bad as we feared it might be. Nine eurozone governments have had their
:05:55. > :06:02.credit rating downgraded. Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain have had
:06:02. > :06:08.their ratings downgraded by two notches. And importantly, Portugal
:06:08. > :06:13.is now categorised in the junk, as Juncker, essentially, meaning
:06:13. > :06:16.broadly it is as bad as Greece in the view of Standard and Poor's.
:06:16. > :06:23.Those who have learnt to Portugal now face very big risks of a
:06:23. > :06:28.default of serious losses. France, downgraded by one notch. And a
:06:28. > :06:32.number of other countries, nine in total downgraded. What I also found
:06:32. > :06:35.really extraordinary is that if you look at all the members of the
:06:35. > :06:40.eurozone, only one is said by Standard and Poor's to have a
:06:40. > :06:45.stable outlook, and that is Germany. How serious is this for the
:06:46. > :06:52.eurozone? Well, some will say it is simply a statement of the obvious,
:06:52. > :06:55.that they have not fixed their financial prices. It may, however,
:06:55. > :06:59.exacerbate that crisis, because it may make it harder for some of
:06:59. > :07:02.these countries, in particular Portugal, to mend itself. One has
:07:02. > :07:08.to be worried about Portugal because the economy is contracting
:07:08. > :07:12.so fast. But the other thing about today, Friday the 13th, that was
:07:12. > :07:17.shocking, is that talks between Greece's creditors and the Greek
:07:17. > :07:23.government broke down. And that raises the risk of a default by
:07:23. > :07:29.Greece. Although many people have probably said to you, we expect
:07:29. > :07:33.this default, actually, as and when it comes it will do significant
:07:33. > :07:37.damage, because the eurozone has still not put in place the bail out
:07:38. > :07:43.fund that would protect other countries from a withdrawal of
:07:43. > :07:49.credit. Unfortunately, these downgrades make it much harder to
:07:49. > :07:53.put in place that firewall, that bail out fund. So this particular
:07:53. > :07:57.Friday the 13th may be remembered for some time to come. And it
:07:57. > :08:01.absolutely shows, everything that has happened today, while this
:08:01. > :08:05.process of so-called kicking the can down the road, not reaching a
:08:05. > :08:11.lasting, sustainable solution, is so profoundly worrying for all of
:08:11. > :08:15.The Prime Minister has hinted that there may be a rethink of
:08:15. > :08:19.controversial plans to stop child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers.
:08:19. > :08:22.David Cameron acknowledged that there is potential unfairness for
:08:22. > :08:27.some families. The Chancellor has insisted the principle of taxing
:08:27. > :08:37.the benefit of better off parents will stand. Ministers will look at
:08:37. > :08:37.
:08:37. > :08:42.how the plans are implemented when the changes take effect next year.
:08:42. > :08:46.The first family allowances will be paid on August 6th. From 1946, the
:08:46. > :08:53.principle was clear, all families got the allowance later called
:08:53. > :08:56.child benefit, irrespective of their income. Simple but expensive.
:08:56. > :09:00.When the coalition came to power, it said that universal child
:09:00. > :09:04.benefit was no longer affordable. In 2010, the Chancellor announced
:09:05. > :09:11.it would be withdrawn from all families where a parent paid tax at
:09:11. > :09:16.40%, that is earned more than about �44,000 a year. That would save the
:09:16. > :09:20.Treasury around �2.5 billion annually. The political problem for
:09:20. > :09:24.the Government is that it hits around one in five families who are
:09:24. > :09:28.currently receiving the benefit, including many in the Conservative
:09:28. > :09:32.heartlands. And there are strange anomalies. A working couple could
:09:32. > :09:38.together earn up to �87,000 and still receive child benefit. That
:09:38. > :09:44.is because they are each paying basic rate tax of 20%, and not the
:09:44. > :09:49.higher 40% rate. But a family with one working parent and an income of
:09:49. > :09:54.�45,000 only just over the 40% tax threshold, lose all have their
:09:54. > :09:56.benefit. David Cameron is keen to show that his family friendly. He
:09:56. > :10:00.will not drop the child benefit policy entirely but he is hinting
:10:00. > :10:04.that he may be willing to make changes. He said, there is a
:10:04. > :10:08.threshold, a cliff edge issue. We have always said we would look at
:10:08. > :10:11.the steepness of the curve, we have always said we will look at the way
:10:11. > :10:14.it is implemented. The Prime Minister has been under sustained
:10:14. > :10:17.pressure from backbenchers who think the policy of taking child
:10:17. > :10:22.benefit away from higher rate taxpayers is a guaranteed vote-
:10:22. > :10:25.loser. So he has been playing good cop, sympathising with their
:10:25. > :10:30.concerns, and he has asked the man next door, the Chancellor, to see
:10:30. > :10:33.what can be done to soften the blow. George Osborne may have to play bad
:10:33. > :10:38.cop and tell MPs there simply is not enough money to change the
:10:38. > :10:42.policy. We will be removing child benefit from higher rate taxpayers.
:10:42. > :10:46.We have not set out how we will implement that. We will do that in
:10:46. > :10:50.the next few months. I do not expect major rewriting of the
:10:50. > :10:55.policy, but even making small changes to help those who fall just
:10:55. > :10:58.inside the higher tax bracket could be complicated and costly. They do
:10:58. > :11:04.not have the information available about household income that would
:11:04. > :11:09.enable them to solve one of the problems. Unless and until they
:11:09. > :11:14.recreate that system, which I do not think they are prepared to do,
:11:14. > :11:16.these sort of problems are almost impossible to overcome.
:11:16. > :11:22.opposition's advice to the Government is to leave child
:11:22. > :11:25.benefit will alone. These proposals would be unfair and bureaucratic.
:11:25. > :11:28.Unfair because some families on lower incomes would end up losing
:11:28. > :11:33.child benefit while wealthier families would end up much better
:11:33. > :11:37.off. The Treasury say that now that times are tough it is both fair and
:11:37. > :11:40.popular to take handouts away from better-off families. While there
:11:40. > :11:46.may be minor changes, universal child benefit is about to be
:11:46. > :11:50.consigned to history. A 23-year-old university student
:11:50. > :11:53.faces extradition to America up on charges of copyright infringement.
:11:53. > :11:56.Richard O'Dwyer from Bolsover in Derbyshire allegedly earned
:11:56. > :12:00.thousands of pounds through his website which helped people watch
:12:00. > :12:04.American films and TV shows for three. He could face up to 10 years
:12:04. > :12:11.in jail if convicted in the US. He says he will appeal against the
:12:11. > :12:16.decision. This report contains flash photography.
:12:16. > :12:20.On his way to court this morning, the Sheffield student who funded
:12:20. > :12:24.his education with a website that earned him �150,000. Richard
:12:24. > :12:29.O'Dwyer has been trying to stop his extradition to the US. At the
:12:29. > :12:35.moment, we are banking that the judge agrees that the website was
:12:35. > :12:40.legal in the UK. If it is legal here, you cannot extradite someone.
:12:40. > :12:43.His TV shako website got 300,000 hits a month. It was a gateway to
:12:43. > :12:47.other websites where people could watch programmes and films for free.
:12:47. > :12:52.Now in its place, a page from the US government warning others not to
:12:52. > :12:56.try the same. Richard O'Dwyer's lawyers argued that his website
:12:56. > :13:00.amounted to little more than a list of other website links, a bit like
:13:00. > :13:03.a Google page, and as such he had not broken the law. They also said
:13:03. > :13:07.that because British authorities had not brought any charges against
:13:07. > :13:13.him, there were no grounds to extradite him to the United States.
:13:13. > :13:17.But the judge disagreed. He said US prosecutors spoke of direct
:13:17. > :13:21.consequences of criminal activity by Richard O'Dwyer in the USA. Such
:13:21. > :13:26.a state of affairs does not demand a trial here, and does, in my
:13:26. > :13:31.judgment, permit one in the USA. Richard O'Dwyer's mother condemned
:13:31. > :13:37.the decision and the extradition treaty behind it. Very disappointed.
:13:37. > :13:41.In fact, disgusted. I had hoped for better from the judge. Disappointed
:13:41. > :13:45.with this Government was signing up to this treaty which has opened the
:13:45. > :13:49.floodgates to America to come and see his British citizens without
:13:49. > :13:55.even having set foot out of this country. That extradition law needs
:13:55. > :14:00.fixing, fast. Critics say the extradition rules favour American
:14:00. > :14:07.prosecutors, but a review last year said they were fair. Of 130
:14:07. > :14:12.American requests between 2004-2011, Britain refused seven. But the US
:14:12. > :14:17.authorities agreed to all of Britain's 54 requests. I am sure
:14:17. > :14:21.the family are disappointed. Many feel there should be in operation
:14:21. > :14:25.something which would allow in appropriate cases, where the facts
:14:25. > :14:28.take place mainly in this country, for any trial to take place here.
:14:28. > :14:32.This would have been one case where there would have been compelling
:14:32. > :14:38.arguments for that to happen. Richard O'Dwyer is the first person
:14:38. > :14:48.to face extradition under copyright laws. He has got two weeks to
:14:48. > :14:48.
:14:48. > :14:52.appeal, and if convicted in the US, David Cameron has used his first
:14:52. > :14:56.prime ministerial visit to Saudi Arabia to reassure the Saudis
:14:56. > :14:59.Britain is doing all it can do a pose the threat posed by Iran.
:14:59. > :15:03.Saudi Arabia fears instability in the region and is boosting defence
:15:03. > :15:07.spending, which could benefit British arms manufacturers. But the
:15:07. > :15:12.visit is proving controversial for some. Frank Gardner has this report,
:15:12. > :15:15.which contains flash photography from the start.
:15:15. > :15:18.David Cameron's first visit to Riyadh as Prime Minister is not
:15:18. > :15:23.before time, said the Saudis. They would have liked him sooner.
:15:23. > :15:27.Today's talks have been about deepening the strategic partnership
:15:28. > :15:32.and confronting shared concerns. Like Iran's recent military
:15:32. > :15:36.exercises in the Gulf, its suspect nuclear programme and its threat to
:15:36. > :15:41.block the Strait of Hormuz, vital to global oil supplies. We are now
:15:41. > :15:46.looking at this whole issue of having an embargo on Iranian oil.
:15:46. > :15:49.We need to get that regime to think again. It can take a different path
:15:49. > :15:53.at stop destabilising the region, stop a march towards a nuclear
:15:53. > :15:57.weapon in. In terms of the Straits of Hormuz, it is in the interests
:15:57. > :16:02.of the whole world that they are open, and I'm sure that if there is
:16:02. > :16:06.a threat to close them, the world would make sure they stayed open.
:16:06. > :16:09.Western warplanes, bought by Saudi Arabia, patrol the coastal oil
:16:09. > :16:13.field. The country is a huge customer for British arms exports
:16:13. > :16:17.and it is once again on a buying spree, nervous about developments
:16:17. > :16:23.in the region. Saudi Arabia feels that it is surrounded by threats.
:16:23. > :16:25.In Egypt, the Arab Spring protest movement has removed a key ally,
:16:26. > :16:32.President of Barack. On its southern border, Yemen risks
:16:32. > :16:35.becoming a failed state. The Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
:16:35. > :16:40.has seen violent clashes with Shi'ites. Iran is flexing its
:16:40. > :16:45.military muscle. The Saudis are also suspected of stoking unrest in
:16:45. > :16:50.the Arab world. -- the Saudis also suspect it. It is concerned about
:16:50. > :16:53.the way in which Washington dumped Hosni Mubarak last year, concerned
:16:54. > :16:58.about the way that could leave Saudi Arabia hanging or abandoned
:16:58. > :17:02.itself. So it is really rearming itself, preparing for any
:17:02. > :17:05.challenges over the next several years. Saudi troops have already
:17:05. > :17:12.gone into neighbouring Bahrain to bolster the Government's there when
:17:12. > :17:15.it put down large-scale protests by Shi'ites. Recent clashes with its
:17:15. > :17:20.own Shi'ite minority have left several dead and raised ethical
:17:20. > :17:25.questions over human rights. think we are really concerned that
:17:25. > :17:30.we may see the sale of arms which could be used to put down protests
:17:30. > :17:33.within Saudi Arabia or indeed with in other countries in the region.
:17:33. > :17:37.Downing Street says sales of arms and warplanes like these were not
:17:37. > :17:42.the focus of today's talks, but if bilateral trade is to continue
:17:42. > :17:48.growing, while at the same time Britain pushes for democratic
:17:48. > :17:52.reform, David Cameron will have to navigate a delicate middle course.
:17:52. > :17:59.Coming out on the programme: David Hockney on how there is beauty in
:17:59. > :18:04.everything, even fly-tipping. how could they do it? Other times I
:18:04. > :18:13.think, you know, it looks rather good with a tree next to it, rather
:18:13. > :18:17.Network Rail is to be prosecuted for the crash at Grayrigg in
:18:17. > :18:20.Cumbria back in 2007. One passenger died and 28 people were seriously
:18:20. > :18:24.injured when a Virgin train careered off the line. Now the rail
:18:24. > :18:28.regulator is taking legal action after earlier investigations
:18:28. > :18:34.revealed the derailment was caused by poorly maintained points. Danny
:18:34. > :18:37.Savage has more details. The Grayrigg rail accident let the
:18:37. > :18:41.carriages of a Virgin Pendolino train from London to Glasgow are
:18:41. > :18:45.scattered across an embankment in the field. It had been travelling
:18:45. > :18:51.at more than 90 mph when it derailed. One passenger was killed,
:18:51. > :18:56.and more than 80 others were injured. Now Britain's rail safety
:18:56. > :18:59.regulator is bringing charges against Network Rail. A statement
:18:59. > :19:03.today reads: It is in the public interest to bring criminal
:19:03. > :19:07.proceedings against Network Rail for a serious breach of health and
:19:07. > :19:11.safety law. 84-year-old Margaret Masson died in
:19:11. > :19:17.the crash. The lawyer representing her daughter has welcomed today's
:19:17. > :19:20.developments. It seems to me that the prosecution of Network Rail is
:19:20. > :19:24.an appropriate and natural consequence, given the evidence
:19:24. > :19:28.that came out of the inquest in Kendal towards the end of last year.
:19:28. > :19:32.Why has it taken five years to bring any charges? The rail
:19:32. > :19:38.regulator says it had to wait until after the inquest into the death of
:19:38. > :19:42.Margaret Masson. That finished late last year, concluding that a badly
:19:42. > :19:46.maintained set of points in his cutting here caused the crash.
:19:46. > :19:50.Network Rail says it has not hidden from its responsibilities and that
:19:50. > :19:54.it accepted quickly that it was a fault that caused the accident.
:19:54. > :20:04.Five years on, the points have been removed from the track here. But
:20:04. > :20:05.
:20:05. > :20:08.The United States has upgraded diplomatic relations with Burma and
:20:08. > :20:10.will start the process of exchanging ambassadors with the
:20:11. > :20:14.country. The announcement came after today's release of hundreds
:20:14. > :20:17.of political prisoners by the Burmese government. Large crowds
:20:17. > :20:22.gathered outside jails to Greek leaders of the democracy movement
:20:22. > :20:25.as they were set free. -- Crete. After days of mounting tension in
:20:25. > :20:28.Pakistan between the government and the army, the country's Prime
:20:29. > :20:34.Minister has appealed for support from Parliament. As the need to
:20:34. > :20:36.choose between democracy and dictatorship. There are unconfirmed
:20:37. > :20:42.reports that the Prime Minister phoned British diplomats earlier
:20:42. > :20:47.this week expressing fears of an impending coup. Today the Foreign
:20:47. > :20:51.Secretary, William Hague, calls for calm beneath nuclear state. Orla
:20:51. > :21:01.Guerin reports from Islamabad. In the grip of a political crisis
:21:01. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:08.Today Pakistan buried two policemen, the latest victims of the militants.
:21:08. > :21:14.As well as battling that enemy, the fragile civilian government here is
:21:14. > :21:19.facing an escalating conflict with its own army. The military is on
:21:19. > :21:24.the warpath because of a mysterious memo asking the Americans to help
:21:24. > :21:29.prevent a coup. It was sent last May in the turbulent days after
:21:29. > :21:34.Osama Bin Laden was killed on Pakistani soil. The government
:21:34. > :21:38.denies sending the unsigned document, which requests direct
:21:38. > :21:47.intervention in conveying a strong, agent and direct message to the
:21:47. > :21:49.army chief. In parliament today, another crisis session, but
:21:49. > :21:56.Pakistan's Interior Minister insists the Government will serve
:21:56. > :22:00.its full term until 2013. democracy, we are in transition, so
:22:00. > :22:05.our sand downs will be there. As I always say, we have a bird in
:22:05. > :22:08.flight, but we will land in a nice way. Aren't you having a real
:22:08. > :22:14.crisis with the army? There is speculation about a coup.
:22:14. > :22:18.wouldn't say crisis, no. Difference of opinion is always there. Will
:22:18. > :22:22.this Government still be in position next week? Next week,
:22:22. > :22:26.insha'Allah until 2013. Interior Minister is trying to send
:22:26. > :22:29.a message here, that the tension can be diffused and he is adamant
:22:29. > :22:34.that the government will survive, but with the army and government
:22:34. > :22:37.engaging in open verbal warfare, sung here are writing off this
:22:37. > :22:46.administration and predicting that it could be gone within days. --
:22:46. > :22:50.Inside Parliament, defiance from Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
:22:51. > :22:55.We have made mistakes, he said, but that does not mean democracy should
:22:55. > :23:02.be punished. Many here doubt the army has the stomach for another
:23:02. > :23:05.coup, but it seems military chiefs want change, one way or the other.
:23:05. > :23:10.They are determined that the government should go, but they
:23:10. > :23:14.would like it to take a form in which they do not get the blame for
:23:14. > :23:19.it, and at the same time I think they will probably use the
:23:19. > :23:23.judiciary for that purpose. Supreme Court is the next
:23:23. > :23:28.battleground. It could disqualify the Prime Minister over a long-
:23:28. > :23:37.running corruption case. Judges will consider that on Monday. For
:23:37. > :23:41.now, this nuclear armed nation is The Royal Academy is preparing for
:23:41. > :23:46.a major exhibition of the landscape work of British artists David
:23:46. > :23:51.Hockney. It is a show that includes enormous canvases, drawings and
:23:51. > :23:54.films displayed on banks of video screens. It is all inspired by the
:23:54. > :23:58.landscapes of East Yorkshire. Arts editor Will Gompertz went to meet
:23:58. > :24:03.the man described as Britain's greatest living artist and heard
:24:03. > :24:07.his views on art, life and fly- tipping.
:24:07. > :24:11.David Hockney's new exhibition is called A Bigger Picture because the
:24:11. > :24:16.pictures get bigger, and one is 10 metres wide. And the artist wants
:24:16. > :24:20.us to step back and think about a bigger picture. The majority of the
:24:20. > :24:25.exhibition his recent work, almost all of which is of the same subject,
:24:25. > :24:34.the landscape of East Yorkshire. You have swapped the sunny climes
:24:34. > :24:38.of Los Angeles for East Yorkshire. Why? Well, it wasn't planned. I
:24:38. > :24:43.tell my friends in Los Angeles, you know, they said, when are you
:24:43. > :24:49.coming back? Why are you there? I say, I am on location, as we say in
:24:49. > :24:53.Hollywood. I began to realise there was a very good subjective.
:24:53. > :24:56.much of the Hollywood hills are in these paintings? Remember,
:24:56. > :25:00.California has, you know, marvellous light, I mean that is
:25:00. > :25:06.why Hollywood is there, but East Yorkshire can have rather wonderful
:25:06. > :25:13.light. I mean, it is not quite as intense, but there is more variety
:25:13. > :25:16.in it. The worry about things like wind farms? -- do you worry? I mean,
:25:16. > :25:26.yes and no. There is beauty in everything in a way, even a wind
:25:26. > :25:30.farm. For instance, sometimes they dump rubbish in this lane, and of
:25:30. > :25:34.refrigerator, something like that. Sometimes I look at it and think,
:25:34. > :25:39.how could they do it? Other times I think, you know, it looks rather
:25:39. > :25:44.good next to that tree, rather absurd. There is a side of me that
:25:44. > :25:46.some have... It is not that bad! One of the things you have to live
:25:46. > :25:51.with these days is the moniker of being Britain's greatest living
:25:51. > :25:58.artist. It doesn't bother me. It doesn't mean much to me, actually.
:25:58. > :26:06.I mean, I live in a remote place, I tend to stay in it. I am not very
:26:06. > :26:12.social. Deafness played a part in all of this as well. Los Angeles
:26:12. > :26:16.Zoo is not too bad, New York is difficult. London is difficult. I
:26:16. > :26:20.like the quiet of the East Yorkshire. First there was
:26:20. > :26:23.Constable, then Turner, and now David Hockney is reinventing the
:26:23. > :26:31.way we look at the British landscape. Are you pleased with it?