0:00:00 > 0:00:03Tonight at 10:00pm: the Murdoch press empire in the
0:00:03 > 0:00:13spotlight yet again - The Sun is accused by police of making
0:00:13 > 0:00:13
0:00:13 > 0:00:17unlawful payments to a network of public officials. There also
0:00:17 > 0:00:25appears to have been a culture at The Sun of illegal payments, and
0:00:25 > 0:00:28systems have been created to pursue a take those payments. The -- to
0:00:28 > 0:00:30facilitate those payments. Meanwhile the singer, Charlotte
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Church, gets �600,000 in damages and costs after her phone was
0:00:33 > 0:00:37repeatedly hacked. Nothing was deemed off-limits by those who
0:00:37 > 0:00:42pursued me and my family, just to make money for a multinational
0:00:42 > 0:00:44corporation. We'll have the latest on today's events at the High Court
0:00:44 > 0:00:47and the Leveson Inquiry. Also tonight:
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Nick Clegg says he wants more amendments to the health reforms.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51David Cameron says no big changes are needed.
0:00:51 > 0:00:5431 Britons onboard an Italian cruise ship, drifting without power
0:00:54 > 0:01:01in the Indian Ocean. How the UK's heavy snowfall of
0:01:01 > 0:01:11recent years could be linked to the melting of ice in the Arctic.
0:01:11 > 0:01:41
0:01:41 > 0:01:44And The Artist breaks his silence Good evening. A day after Rupert
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Murdoch launched his new Sunday paper, his press empire is again in
0:01:48 > 0:01:51the spotlight. The Leveson inquiry heard claims that The Sun had
0:01:51 > 0:01:54fostered a culture of illegal payments. The allegation was made
0:01:54 > 0:01:57by one of Britain's top police officers, Sue Akers, who said she
0:01:57 > 0:02:03was investigating a network of corrupt officials as part of the
0:02:03 > 0:02:10inquiries into phone hacking and police corruption. Nicholas
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Witchell reports. Report contains - photography.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19The Leveson Inquiry has moved on to the relationship between the press
0:02:19 > 0:02:25and the police. It is the area of greatest potential danger for News
0:02:25 > 0:02:32International, as today's evidence demonstrated. Little more than 24
0:02:32 > 0:02:37hours after Rupert Murdoch launched the Sun's Sunday edition, here was
0:02:37 > 0:02:42a shocking insight into practices that News International had hoped
0:02:42 > 0:02:47to keep secret. Giving evidence, deputy commissioner Sue Akers, head
0:02:47 > 0:02:52of the Scotland Yard investigation into phone hacking and improper
0:02:52 > 0:02:58payments at News International. payments had been made not only two
0:02:59 > 0:03:06police officers, but to a wide range of public officials. As well
0:03:06 > 0:03:10as police, military, health, government, prison and others. It
0:03:10 > 0:03:14suggests payments were being made to public officials in all areas of
0:03:14 > 0:03:19public life. I have said that the current assessment reveals a
0:03:19 > 0:03:23network of corrupted officials. told Lord Justice Leveson that this
0:03:23 > 0:03:28approach to journalism was deeply embedded. There also appears to
0:03:28 > 0:03:33have been a culture at The Sun of illegal payments, and systems have
0:03:33 > 0:03:37been created to facilitate those payments, whilst hiding the
0:03:37 > 0:03:40identity of the officials receiving the money. The journalists involved
0:03:40 > 0:03:45were well aware that what they were doing was unlawful according to
0:03:45 > 0:03:48criminal law, is that right? Yes, and that is by reference to
0:03:49 > 0:03:55commence being made in staff risking losing their pension or
0:03:55 > 0:03:58their job, the need for care and cash payments -- comments.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03Akers said payments had been authorised at a senior level. The
0:04:03 > 0:04:08sums were significant, one journalist was given �150,000 to
0:04:08 > 0:04:11pay sources. The vast majority of disclosures that have been made
0:04:11 > 0:04:16have led to stories which I would describe as salacious gossip,
0:04:16 > 0:04:26rather than anything which could be remotely regarded as in the public
0:04:26 > 0:04:30
0:04:30 > 0:04:35interest. In a statement, Rupert Of course, one of the reasons why
0:04:35 > 0:04:40the press was able to get away with those alleged past practices was
0:04:40 > 0:04:44the alleged proximity, then, between the press and the police.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50The inquiry heard of another example of that cosy relationship,
0:04:50 > 0:04:54of power in September 2006 Rebekah Wade, the then editor of the Sun,
0:04:54 > 0:05:00was briefed by police that they would not be widening the phone
0:05:00 > 0:05:04hacking inquiry at the News of the World beyond its news editor, --
0:05:04 > 0:05:09its royal editor, even though there was evidence of hundreds of people
0:05:09 > 0:05:14having their phones hacked. Brian Paddick claim that Glenn Mulcaire
0:05:14 > 0:05:18had obtained details of the new identities given to people in the
0:05:18 > 0:05:21witness protection programme. this information to be in the hands
0:05:21 > 0:05:27of Glenn Mulcaire, and by implication, potentially in the
0:05:27 > 0:05:31hands of the News of the World, it is clearly worrying. It was a day
0:05:31 > 0:05:35of evidence which had raised new questions. Fought News
0:05:35 > 0:05:40International, the Metropolitan Police and others. -- for News
0:05:40 > 0:05:43International. As the Leveson inquiry heard its
0:05:43 > 0:05:45latest evidence the singer, Charlotte Church, was at the High
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Court, accepting �600,000 in damages and costs from the
0:05:48 > 0:05:51publishers of the News of the World. The High Court heard that
0:05:51 > 0:05:54journalists began hacking her phone when she was 16 and continued for
0:05:54 > 0:06:04many years. Our home affairs correspondent, June Kelly, has more
0:06:04 > 0:06:04
0:06:04 > 0:06:08She has been famous from the age of 11. Charlotte Church was the young
0:06:08 > 0:06:14girl who grew up in the public eye. As she moved into her teens, media
0:06:14 > 0:06:19interest became more intense, and more intrusive. Today, the court
0:06:19 > 0:06:24heard how, when she was 16, the News of the World began hacking her
0:06:24 > 0:06:27phone. It went on for years. They ran stories about her personal life,
0:06:27 > 0:06:32including her first boyfriend. Some of the medical details were also
0:06:32 > 0:06:35published. What I have discovered as the litigation has gone on has
0:06:35 > 0:06:40sickened and disgusted me. Nothing was deemed off-limits by those who
0:06:40 > 0:06:44pursued me and my family, just to make money for a multinational News
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Corporation. Someone in a newspaper thought that was OK. How can that
0:06:49 > 0:06:53be, in any right-thinking society? Charlotte Church has often been in
0:06:53 > 0:06:56the headlines because of her private life. Here, with her former
0:06:56 > 0:07:00boyfriend and the father of her two children, the rugby star, Gavin
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Henson. The News of the World decided her parents, too, were fair
0:07:04 > 0:07:09game. The paper was said to have issued an ultimatum to her mother,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Maria, described as a vulnerable with a complex medical history. She
0:07:12 > 0:07:17was coerced into an interview in which she was asked about how she
0:07:17 > 0:07:21had harmed herself and attempted suicide. These people were prepared
0:07:21 > 0:07:24to go to any lengths to prevent the exposing their behaviour. Not just
0:07:24 > 0:07:28in the deliberate destruction of documents over the number of years,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32but also by trying to make this investigation into the industrial
0:07:32 > 0:07:36scale of their illegal activity into an interrogation of my
0:07:36 > 0:07:42mother's medical condition. In my opinion, they are not truly sorry,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46only sorry they got caught. 600,000, the church family payout
0:07:46 > 0:07:51is one of the biggest. Other large settlements have included the actor,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Jude Law, he received one at around 30,000. His one-time goal from
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Sienna Mellor got 100,000, and there was -- one-time girlfriend
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Sienna Miller. And there was �60,000 for Paul Gascoigne. Because
0:08:03 > 0:08:07some of the claimants haven't revealed how much they have
0:08:07 > 0:08:13received, it is impossible to do a running total of how much this is
0:08:13 > 0:08:15costing the company. There are 180 more potential claims.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, says he wants further
0:08:17 > 0:08:20changes to the Government's controversial health reforms in
0:08:20 > 0:08:23England. He's written to colleagues saying he supports amendments
0:08:23 > 0:08:26designed to limit competition within the NHS. Downing Street says
0:08:26 > 0:08:31there's no need for significant changes to the bill, which was
0:08:31 > 0:08:38being debated by the House of Lords again today. Our political editor,
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Nick Robinson, reports. There is, you might think, something rather
0:08:43 > 0:08:46curious about the deputy prime minister writing a letter which
0:08:46 > 0:08:50appears to call on the Prime Minister to amend the government's
0:08:50 > 0:08:54health bill, but that is what happened today. In a joint letter
0:08:54 > 0:08:59with Baroness Shirley Williams, Nick Clegg proposes a series of new
0:08:59 > 0:09:09amendments to the health bill, because we want to rule out beyond
0:09:09 > 0:09:11
0:09:11 > 0:09:14doubt any threat of a US-style It is important to address the
0:09:14 > 0:09:19concerns that people have expressed about the role of competition. I
0:09:19 > 0:09:22have always regarded competition as a means to a better NHS, not as an
0:09:22 > 0:09:27end in itself. That is why our amendments will make it clear that
0:09:27 > 0:09:29the competition is the servant of the NHS, never its master. Nick
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Clegg sounds like a campaigner trying to change a bit of
0:09:33 > 0:09:38government legislation, rather than a senior minister who is actually
0:09:38 > 0:09:41pushing it through. The reason is clear put up in his letter, he says
0:09:41 > 0:09:45he wants to give final reassurance to those with worries about the
0:09:45 > 0:09:49health bill. Who does he mean? People in his own party. Peers who
0:09:49 > 0:09:53are going to vote on the bill in the next few days, and party
0:09:53 > 0:09:58activists, who could vote to kill the whole thing in just under a
0:09:58 > 0:10:02fortnight. A year ago, the Lib Dems spring conference voted for major
0:10:02 > 0:10:06changes to the health bill. Now, the man who proposed that mission
0:10:06 > 0:10:10is planning another, to kill it altogether. He is gathering names
0:10:10 > 0:10:15on a party petition. The question is, would the NHS be better with
0:10:15 > 0:10:18this bill, with all the amendments that have been passed, all with no
0:10:18 > 0:10:23bill at all. I have no doubt in my mind that the NHS would be better
0:10:23 > 0:10:28with no bill at all. Public health, not private wealth. The government
0:10:28 > 0:10:31will move to amend its health bill, to try to reassure those who fear
0:10:31 > 0:10:35the NHS will be damaged by competition, and the further
0:10:35 > 0:10:39involvement of private companies. It won't be enough, though, to
0:10:39 > 0:10:44satisfy the opposition. This has all the hallmarks of a face-saving
0:10:44 > 0:10:48exercise for Mr Clegg, that will convince nobody. He has had two is
0:10:48 > 0:10:52to work out his position and it is a bit late in the day to come
0:10:52 > 0:10:56forward with these amendments. It is as if Lib Dems have finally
0:10:56 > 0:11:00woken up to the fact that this bill turns the NHS into a market. Not so
0:11:00 > 0:11:04long ago, the Prime Minister, his deputy and the Health Secretary
0:11:04 > 0:11:09said they had listened to critics of their NHS reforms. Today, Nick
0:11:09 > 0:11:15Clegg said yet more changes were needed, though, to make what his
0:11:15 > 0:11:18aides say was a bad Bill, it better. European Union leaders have imposed
0:11:18 > 0:11:22further sanctions on Syria today, in response to the violent
0:11:22 > 0:11:25suppression of anti-government protests. During the day, Syrian
0:11:25 > 0:11:28troops have again attacked a number of towns, including Homs, and
0:11:28 > 0:11:30according to activists more than 120 people have been killed. As the
0:11:30 > 0:11:33attacks continued the Syrian government was celebrating victory
0:11:33 > 0:11:43in a referendum on a new constitution, as our diplomatic
0:11:43 > 0:11:46
0:11:47 > 0:11:52correspondent, James Robbins, Night time protest in a suburb of
0:11:52 > 0:11:58Damascus. Pictures apparently taken yesterday evening, although that is
0:11:58 > 0:12:05impossible to verify it. The crowds denounced President Assad's regime.
0:12:05 > 0:12:10The regime's response is grimly predictable. A protest to lies
0:12:10 > 0:12:16wounded, but still moving, as others call for help and chance,
0:12:16 > 0:12:21may God protect the Free Syrian Army. And these new pictures appear
0:12:21 > 0:12:25to show up shelling of the Baba Amr district of Homs. It is not
0:12:25 > 0:12:29possible to verify when they were taken, but a BBC correspondent in
0:12:29 > 0:12:37northern Syria is witnessing renewed efforts by government
0:12:37 > 0:12:40forces to seeds back towns in open revolt. We were work -- welcome to
0:12:40 > 0:12:45the sound of artillery bombardment. There is gunfire in the distance,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49we believe they are using anti- aircraft guns against the town, and
0:12:49 > 0:12:53setting up mortar position. response to this, the European
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Union is united in his response, even if the international community
0:12:57 > 0:13:03as a whole is not. EU foreign ministers have agreed to impose new
0:13:03 > 0:13:07sanctions on Syria, adding to their existing ban on oil imports. Assets
0:13:07 > 0:13:13abroad of more Syrian officials are being frozen and the freeze will
0:13:13 > 0:13:20apply to assets of Syria's central bank as well. There will be a new
0:13:20 > 0:13:27ban on cargo flown from you airports, but Europe admits they
0:13:27 > 0:13:31are blunted by lack of support from key powers -- from EU airport.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36have a difference with China and it remains a major blockage in what
0:13:36 > 0:13:42the international community can do. Look how Syrian state television
0:13:42 > 0:13:46this drawing a stake through Russia's position. Vladimir Putin
0:13:46 > 0:13:52asserts that nobody should be allowed to repeat the Libyan
0:13:52 > 0:13:56scenario in Syria. Russia welcomes the referendum on the constitution.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00It is no surprise President Assad won the referendum comfortably. The
0:14:00 > 0:14:10opposition boycotted the poll and many called it a sham and a farce.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11
0:14:11 > 0:14:16So far, the Assad regime has proved An Italian cruise ship is drifting
0:14:16 > 0:14:19without power in the notion. 31 British citizens are among more
0:14:19 > 0:14:25than 1,000 passengers and crew on board. The Costa Allegra is owned
0:14:25 > 0:14:29by the same company as the Kostunica kst that ran aground last
0:14:29 > 0:14:33month. It is 260 miles from the Seychelles, the captain says that
0:14:33 > 0:14:36the fire that caused the merge has now been put out.
0:14:36 > 0:14:42We have this report from Richard Galpin.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48In the midst the notion, the Costa Allegra sent out distressed signals
0:14:48 > 0:14:56this morning. It steamed from Madagascar to the Seychelles.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01A fire had broken out and the 636 passengers were ordered to galter
0:15:01 > 0:15:05at emergency assembly points. The commander of the Italian
0:15:05 > 0:15:09coastguard, said that the fire was in the generator room.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14But he stressed that it had been put out quickly and no-one had been
0:15:14 > 0:15:18hurt. On the company's website today, the
0:15:19 > 0:15:23live feed of pictures and information from the cruise had
0:15:23 > 0:15:29stopped. The Costa Allegra's engines have
0:15:29 > 0:15:33been cut. All that they have now is battery power to keep emergency
0:15:33 > 0:15:38equipment working. You have to think positively.
0:15:38 > 0:15:44More than 30 families around Britain now await news of loved
0:15:44 > 0:15:49ones. Amongst them, this woman, whose daughter, Hannah, works on
0:15:49 > 0:15:54the boat. Half of me, from what the news is
0:15:54 > 0:15:59saying is to say not to worry, but as a parent, as a mother, you are
0:15:59 > 0:16:05always wondering are they OK? has been a disastrous year for the
0:16:05 > 0:16:10cruise company. Last month another of its ships, Costa Concordia, hit
0:16:10 > 0:16:14rocks off the Italian coast, at least 25 people were killed. Now,
0:16:14 > 0:16:19in the Indian Ocean, another emergency, with the Costa Allegra
0:16:19 > 0:16:22drifting in the dark, in an area where there is a high risk of
0:16:22 > 0:16:31piracy. And the first tug boats will only
0:16:32 > 0:16:36arrive tomorrow afternoon. Coming up on tonight's programme:
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Home to hundreds of illegal immigrants, the ramshackle sheds
0:16:39 > 0:16:44housing some of Britain's poorest workers.
0:16:44 > 0:16:53This is just one street. On the end of each garden there are brick
0:16:53 > 0:16:56buildings like this one. The heavy snowfall seen across the
0:16:56 > 0:17:00United Kingdom in recent years could be linked to the melting of
0:17:00 > 0:17:04sea ice in the Arctic, according to research published this evening.
0:17:04 > 0:17:10American stists e scientists say that the volume of ice has shrunk
0:17:10 > 0:17:13by a third in the last few years. It suggests that this could be the
0:17:13 > 0:17:18cause of the patterns in the past few years. Pilots waving from a
0:17:18 > 0:17:23plane, stranded in the snow. December 2010, a defining image of
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Britain in a grip of a deep freeze. Nothing moving at Heathrow Airport.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32A year earlier, motorways at a stand still. Conditions like this
0:17:32 > 0:17:37should not be a surprise in the winter months, but if they are
0:17:37 > 0:17:42striking more often, what is behind it? One answer may lie far in the
0:17:42 > 0:17:47north, in the Arctic. More of the frozen sea has been
0:17:47 > 0:17:50melting in the past three decades. Scientists think that this may be
0:17:50 > 0:17:55changing the patterns of our weather. The new research suggests
0:17:55 > 0:17:59a key factor is the retreat of the Arctic ice. Over the last 30 years,
0:17:59 > 0:18:04satellites have captured a dramatic reduction in the ice during the
0:18:04 > 0:18:10regular summer melt. The ice refreezes in the winter, but the
0:18:11 > 0:18:15trend is downwards. The theory is that this affects the jaet stream,
0:18:16 > 0:18:21the high altitude winds that drive rainy weather. The heavy melting
0:18:21 > 0:18:26ice can weaken it, allowing cold air to flow in, Britaining us the
0:18:26 > 0:18:33wintery weather. The researchers say that a loss of 1 million cubic
0:18:33 > 0:18:38metres of ice can increase the snowfall by three to 12%.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42If the jet stream is weak, then the warm moist air is no longer
0:18:42 > 0:18:45impinging on the UK, instead you have the winds from the east,
0:18:45 > 0:18:50bringing colder air. That gives us more snowfall and lower
0:18:50 > 0:18:54temperatures with that. But the weather is driven by many
0:18:54 > 0:18:58factors. The research may high light an important one, but it is
0:18:58 > 0:19:02not conclusive. The study suggests that there is a
0:19:02 > 0:19:10link between the Arctic sea ice and weaker north Atlantic jaet streams.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15It is a glimpse, if you like, into one of the processes that may have
0:19:15 > 0:19:19influence on our European weather. If the theory is right, it could
0:19:19 > 0:19:24explain why China and the eastern United States have seen heavier
0:19:24 > 0:19:28snow. A sign that a warmer world could bring unexpected change.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Hundreds of illegal immigrants who arrived from India in recent years
0:19:31 > 0:19:36are stranded in Britain without work because of the economic
0:19:36 > 0:19:39downturn. They came here to try to earn money to send back to their
0:19:39 > 0:19:43families, they have paid traffickers in some instances,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46thousands of pounds for the opportunity. In the first of two
0:19:46 > 0:19:56special reports we visit some of the people trapped in the slum
0:19:56 > 0:20:03conditions, unable to go home. These are Britain's 21st century
0:20:03 > 0:20:09slums. Hidden at the ends of suburb gardens.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13They are poorly constructed buildings, and they house hundreds
0:20:14 > 0:20:18of illegal emgrants. They call them sheds with beds. Many are built
0:20:18 > 0:20:22without planning permission. Others are converted garages. This is just
0:20:22 > 0:20:28one street. On the end of each garden there are brick buildings
0:20:28 > 0:20:33like this one. All of them with windows and doorways leading to
0:20:33 > 0:20:38this alley way. They just go on, and on, an and.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Inside, the accommodation is basic. They came here from India to make
0:20:42 > 0:20:47money, but Britain's economic downturn has driven them into
0:20:47 > 0:20:51poverty. TRANSLATION: We can barely make
0:20:51 > 0:20:58ends meet. It's been two months. We have only worked four days, what
0:20:58 > 0:21:06can we do? We have to pay the landlords, there are four or five
0:21:06 > 0:21:11of us, so we club together to fey. They pay �800 a month to land
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Lord's originally from India, who will risk illegal immigrants for
0:21:15 > 0:21:21inflaeted rents. They have been told not to open the doors to
0:21:22 > 0:21:26anyone, in case they are planning officials but we got inside posing
0:21:26 > 0:21:31at volunteers. We brought them food and blankets. They complain of the
0:21:31 > 0:21:36damp, cramped conditions, but what angers them the most is the people,
0:21:36 > 0:21:43their own people who exposed them to this.
0:21:43 > 0:21:49TRANSLATION: The people that got us here have houses, great mortgages,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53that is paid for by us. Everyone here is Punjabi.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Row after row of houses like this are housing illegal immigrants in
0:21:57 > 0:22:03back gardens. Many that we spoke to are paying hundreds of pounds a
0:22:03 > 0:22:08month to live in squalid, illegal, and in some cases illegal buildings.
0:22:08 > 0:22:17REPORTER: How much do you pay? It is a lot of money.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22It is a separate flat. It is a flat? So... Two people? Oh,
0:22:22 > 0:22:27the electrics have gone. There are an estimated 10,000
0:22:27 > 0:22:32illegal dwellings in garages, sheds and outer buildings across London
0:22:32 > 0:22:37and the Home Counties. The highest number has been dedected in Ealing
0:22:37 > 0:22:40and neighbouring Slough. -- detected. So how has the problem
0:22:40 > 0:22:45grown to such a scale? Local authorities say that they are
0:22:45 > 0:22:49hampered by the law. Which means that they have to give 24 hours'
0:22:49 > 0:22:54notice before inspecting a property. Lots of time for the landlords to
0:22:54 > 0:22:57conceal evidence. The BBC is making its evidence available to the
0:22:57 > 0:23:01authorities. Meanwhile, recent figures show that thousands of
0:23:01 > 0:23:09illegal immigrants have had enough. They are applying for voluntary
0:23:09 > 0:23:12deportation, but getting home is not always that easy. Tomorrow
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Chris reports on the illegal immigrants living rough on the
0:23:15 > 0:23:21streets, long after they volunteered for deportation that is
0:23:21 > 0:23:26tomorrow night. Now, HSBC reported annual profits
0:23:26 > 0:23:32of almost �14 billion, a rise of almost 15%. There was an increase
0:23:32 > 0:23:36in profits in the UK, but most of the money was made overseas. Stuart
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Gulliver received a total pay award of more than �7 million.
0:23:40 > 0:23:46A French film about Hollywood's transition from silent movies to
0:23:46 > 0:23:50sound has won five awards at the Oscars. The Artist scooped Best
0:23:50 > 0:23:59Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. Meryl
0:23:59 > 0:24:04Streep won an Oscar 30 years ago and then yesterday won another for
0:24:04 > 0:24:11her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in Tom Ironside. A red carpet
0:24:11 > 0:24:14crammed with Hollywood royalty. Tinseltown at its most glamorous.
0:24:15 > 0:24:24Sacha Baron Cohen used the spotlight to plug his role as a
0:24:25 > 0:24:25
0:24:25 > 0:24:28dictator. The Academy warned him of stunts and throwing pretend Ashes
0:24:28 > 0:24:33of Kim Jong Il certainly broke the protocol and you know that the show
0:24:33 > 0:24:39is ready to start when Brad and Angelina hit the carpet. Always the
0:24:39 > 0:24:43last to arrive with a flourish. It was the clear favourite from the
0:24:43 > 0:24:49beginning. The Artist did not disappoint. Becoming only the
0:24:49 > 0:24:55second silent movie ever to win Best Picture. It took Best Director,
0:24:55 > 0:25:03benefit Costume, Benefit Music and Best Actor.
0:25:03 > 0:25:10The Oscar goes to Jean Dujardin. George Valentine, if he could speak,
0:25:10 > 0:25:16he would say "Wow! Merci, I love you." I love you.
0:25:16 > 0:25:22If the honourable gentlemen could listen closely to what I am
0:25:22 > 0:25:30saying... The last time that Meryl Streep won as Oscar, Thatcher
0:25:30 > 0:25:35thatch was the Prime Minister, but it was her portrayal of the Prime
0:25:35 > 0:25:41Minister that won her this prize. I look out and see my old friends
0:25:41 > 0:25:42and new friends. Thank you, departed for all of this and this
0:25:43 > 0:25:47inexpoliticably wonderful career. Thank you.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54There were hopes for a British Benefit Supporting Role, but
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Christopher Plummer won at aged 82, the oldest actor to ever win an
0:25:58 > 0:26:05Oscar. You are only two years older than
0:26:05 > 0:26:11me, my darling, where have you been all my life? The biggest British
0:26:11 > 0:26:17win went to shore shore, a gritty tale set amid Northern Ireland
0:26:17 > 0:26:22which one the Best Short Film. We made this film a couple of years
0:26:22 > 0:26:26ago, it is based on peace and reconciliation. Little did we know
0:26:26 > 0:26:33that we would be here tonight. This was not the year for a big
0:26:33 > 0:26:39British movie or block buster. Those films did not make it into