:00:07. > :00:11.Tonight at 10, David Cameron refuses to set up a new inquiry
:00:11. > :00:16.into the conduct of the Culture Secretary, but Jeremy Hunt's
:00:16. > :00:20.dealings during the bid for BSkyB were a breach of the ministerial
:00:20. > :00:24.code according to Labour. The Prime Minister is defending the
:00:24. > :00:29.indefensible, and he knows it. Endlessly questioning the integrity
:00:29. > :00:33.of someone when you do not have the evidence is that judgment, rotten
:00:33. > :00:38.politics and plain wrong. We will be asking if today's exchanges have
:00:38. > :00:42.increased or eased the pressure on Mr Hunt. Also tonight, long queues
:00:42. > :00:47.at Heathrow and new concerns about security ahead of the Olympics. It
:00:47. > :00:50.is the wettest April for a century, with dozens of flood warnings, but
:00:50. > :00:54.the drought is still with us. rain has been relentless in areas
:00:54. > :00:59.like Gloucestershire for days now, but why isn't all of this water
:00:59. > :01:02.enough to bring our drought to an end? A day of talks with the FA,
:01:02. > :01:07.Roy Hodgson of West Brom is expected to be the new England
:01:07. > :01:11.manager. And the sounds and images of a new
:01:11. > :01:16.archive sharing British culture in a Olympic year.
:01:16. > :01:20.And coming up in Sportsday on the BBC News Channel, the clash of the
:01:20. > :01:30.season, the Manchester derby is over, we will tell you when to look
:01:30. > :01:41.
:01:41. > :01:44.away if you don't want to know the Good evening. The Prime Minister
:01:45. > :01:48.was forced to cancel his election campaigning this afternoon after
:01:48. > :01:53.being summoned to the House of Commons to answer questions about
:01:53. > :01:58.his culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt. He insisted once again that Mr Hunt
:01:58. > :02:02.had acted fairly during the Murdoch bid to take control of BSkyB, but
:02:02. > :02:04.Labour leader Ed Miliband said it was clear in his view that the
:02:04. > :02:08.Culture Secretary had broken the ministerial code and should be
:02:08. > :02:11.sacked. James Landale has this report.
:02:11. > :02:14.This is the journey that David Cameron did not want to make. He
:02:14. > :02:18.was supposed to be out campaigning, but instead he was driven to the
:02:18. > :02:21.House of Commons by Labour and the Speaker to explain why he had not
:02:21. > :02:26.ordered an inquiry into what Jeremy Hunt knew about his special
:02:26. > :02:30.advisers contacts with the Murdoch empire. At first, it was relatively
:02:30. > :02:34.calm. A Casino evidence to suggest that the Secretary of State acted
:02:34. > :02:38.at any stage in a way contrary to the ministerial code. -- I have
:02:38. > :02:41.seen no evidence. The Prime Minister said there was no need for
:02:41. > :02:47.a separate investigation but if new evidence emerged that the Leveson
:02:47. > :02:52.Inquiry, he would act. Not good enough, said Labour. The Culture
:02:52. > :02:57.Secretary is in clear breach of the ministerial code. And the Prime
:02:57. > :02:59.Minister stands by and does nothing. Ed Miliband claims that Jeremy had
:03:00. > :03:04.breached the Ministerial Code by failing to take responsibility for
:03:04. > :03:07.his special adviser, making an inaccurate statement to MPs, and
:03:07. > :03:12.giving information to News Corporation before Parliament. All
:03:12. > :03:14.not true, said the Prime Minister. But the Labour leader said Mr
:03:14. > :03:20.Cameron's independent adviser on the ministerial code should
:03:20. > :03:23.investigate none the less. That is when things got heated. The Prime
:03:23. > :03:26.Minister is defending the indefensible, and he knows it.
:03:26. > :03:30.Protecting the Culture Secretary's job while a pass down the country
:03:30. > :03:35.hundreds of thousands are losing theirs. And we all know why, the
:03:35. > :03:39.special adviser had to go to protect the Culture Secretary, the
:03:39. > :03:44.Culture Secretary has his day to protect the Prime Minister! The
:03:44. > :03:49.Prime Minister has shown today that he is incapable of doing his duty,
:03:49. > :03:53.to close to a powerful view, out of touch with everyone else. No, said
:03:53. > :03:59.Mr Cameron, it was Mr Miliband was weak and wrong. There if you're
:03:59. > :04:02.going to make these accusations, get your facts right. What a lot of
:04:02. > :04:06.self serving double standards we had from the party opposite.
:04:06. > :04:11.Endlessly questioning the integrity of someone when you do not have the
:04:11. > :04:14.evidence is that judgment, rotten politics and plain wrong. We have
:04:14. > :04:18.learnt something about the Labour leader today, and I think it is
:04:18. > :04:22.something he will regret. It was combative, angry and brought Tory
:04:22. > :04:25.MPs today. Downing Street said Mr Miliband had overplayed his hand,
:04:25. > :04:30.but Labour said Mr Cameron had failed to answer the central
:04:30. > :04:35.question. Isn't it time for an inquiry? Not yet is the answer,
:04:36. > :04:40.another day lost on a row that he would rather it away. Where do the
:04:40. > :04:44.events of today leave us? James Landale is in Downing Street. A big
:04:44. > :04:50.week for all the parties, how do you read it tonight? This is a week
:04:50. > :04:54.of big elections, local elections, they are all recollections --
:04:54. > :04:57.mayoral elections. The lasting David Cameron wanted to do today
:04:57. > :05:02.was spend another afternoon denying that his government had entered a
:05:02. > :05:07.grand bargain with the Murdochs, trading electoral support for
:05:07. > :05:11.support for their businesses, but there he was, doing exactly that. I
:05:11. > :05:17.think the exchanges today have united Conservative MPs. It was
:05:17. > :05:22.incredibly partisan in mayor. Yes, the Conservatives and Downing
:05:22. > :05:25.Street certainly believe that Labour brought no real questions to
:05:25. > :05:29.the House today. But it is another day of campaigning that David
:05:29. > :05:32.Cameron has lost, another day in which his relationship with the
:05:32. > :05:38.Murdochs is in the headlines, and Labour feel they have scored a few
:05:38. > :05:41.hits today, particularly revealing just how rattled David Cameron is.
:05:41. > :05:45.However, tonight's two pieces are slightly better news for the
:05:45. > :05:47.government, a poll suggesting that Boris Johnson is pretty
:05:47. > :05:51.substantially ahead of Ken Livingstone in the race for London
:05:51. > :05:55.mayor, which will cause some rather nervous Tory brows, because they
:05:55. > :06:00.have been pretty close in recent weeks. Secondly, tomorrow we get
:06:00. > :06:03.the publication of the report by the culture and media select
:06:03. > :06:08.committee in Parliament on the whole phone-hacking affair. It is
:06:08. > :06:10.expected to be critical of James Murdoch and News International,
:06:10. > :06:16.former News International executives. The focus will be on
:06:16. > :06:20.them, not on people in there. you, James Landale.
:06:20. > :06:24.The number of forged passports and visas being detected at Britain's
:06:24. > :06:29.borders has fallen in recent months. BBC News has seen confidential
:06:29. > :06:32.figures showing that in February discoveries of forgeries were 26%
:06:32. > :06:35.lower compared with the previous year. Some staff at Heathrow
:06:35. > :06:40.Airport blame the staff shortages, and there are new concerns about
:06:40. > :06:42.long queues for passengers arriving at Heathrow as London prepares for
:06:42. > :06:51.the Olympics. Transport correspondent Tom Symonds has the
:06:51. > :06:56.They will not believe me! Welcome to Britain, passport, please. But
:06:56. > :07:00.last week passengers said that at times it was taking two hours to
:07:00. > :07:10.hear those words. When one traveller finally made it through,
:07:10. > :07:11.
:07:11. > :07:15.this was the reaction. Good luck, Darren Pike arrived back in the UK
:07:15. > :07:19.on Thursday. His experience was typical. I have never seen the
:07:19. > :07:23.airport so busy. The queue was down the corridor before you got into
:07:23. > :07:27.passport control, and it was utterly ridiculous. This Heathrow
:07:27. > :07:31.border officer was asked to remain anonymous said that at times a
:07:31. > :07:34.handful of staff were coping with hundreds of passengers. We swiped
:07:34. > :07:38.the passport, take the Prince, ask the bare minimum of questions and
:07:38. > :07:42.then let them in. It is quicker to stamp somebody than adequately
:07:42. > :07:47.examine them, and dealing with the queue is now the overwhelming
:07:47. > :07:55.priority for frontline immigration officers. But in the Commons, the
:07:55. > :08:00.Immigration Minister said that will stop over the weekend, there were
:08:00. > :08:04.some breaches of the waiting times. This was caused by severe weather,
:08:04. > :08:07.changing Flyjet jewels and the bunching of arrivals. But I would
:08:07. > :08:12.stress to the House that our information shows that during times
:08:12. > :08:16.bore no resemblance to some of the more wild suggestions. Labour
:08:16. > :08:21.highlighted staff cuts, but the minister insisted that waiting time
:08:21. > :08:25.targets for European passengers were met every day in early April.
:08:25. > :08:28.It is becoming a battle of statistics, the government
:08:28. > :08:31.emphasising the average rate faced by passengers, the aviation
:08:31. > :08:34.industry stressing when they have had to wait longest. British
:08:34. > :08:38.Airways said the targets were pathetic, the figures are
:08:38. > :08:41.meaningless and the delays unacceptable. There is no doubt
:08:41. > :08:45.that the queues are resulting in angry passengers, but are they also
:08:46. > :08:50.affecting the way that passport control officers do their jobs? We
:08:50. > :08:54.showed this officer figures leaked to the BBC showing the number of
:08:54. > :08:58.forged documents he and his colleagues are detecting has fallen
:08:58. > :09:00.by 26% in February. Do you believe that the reduction
:09:00. > :09:06.in the number of forgeries being detected is linked to the number of
:09:06. > :09:09.staff on duty? There's no question in my opinion and the opinion of my
:09:09. > :09:14.colleagues that the fall in detection of forged documents is
:09:14. > :09:18.directly related to the lack of available staff. The Home Office
:09:18. > :09:23.says that better cheques abroad and the use of biometric passports has
:09:23. > :09:32.reduced fraud, but the plan is to draft in more officers, 400 per
:09:32. > :09:36.The Met Office says this April has been the wettest since records
:09:36. > :09:41.began back in 1910. It is warning that more heavy rain is expected in
:09:41. > :09:44.parts of England overnight after a weekend of storms. Nearly 180 flood
:09:44. > :09:48.alerts and warnings are now in force. In Hampshire, a man died
:09:48. > :09:52.when his car was swept into fast- flowing water. In County Durham,
:09:52. > :09:57.they are still searching for an eight-year-old boy who fell into a
:09:57. > :10:02.river. The West of England is also affected, as Jon Kay tells us.
:10:02. > :10:07.After one of the driest winters on record, we have been taken by
:10:07. > :10:12.surprise, by the wettest April in one century. Here in Somerset, they
:10:12. > :10:18.have had more rain in a last few days than they had in the previous
:10:18. > :10:23.four months. Every river in the county is now on flood alert. And
:10:23. > :10:29.the impact goes beyond the West Country. Near Newbury today, a man
:10:29. > :10:33.died when his car became stuck in Ms de Ford. The water was very fast
:10:33. > :10:38.flowing at the point where the car was submerged, about 5 ft, so it
:10:38. > :10:42.was completely submerged. Flooding on the line between South Wales and
:10:42. > :10:46.London meant long delays while the tracks were pumped clear. In
:10:46. > :10:52.Gloucestershire, the Badminton horse trials, due to attract
:10:52. > :10:56.250,000 visitors later this week, have had to be cancelled. Almost
:10:56. > :11:01.every region of England and Wales now has areas on some kind of flood
:11:01. > :11:07.alert or warning, but despite all the rain, many of them are still
:11:07. > :11:12.officially in drought. Analysts say it will take more than one wet
:11:12. > :11:16.month to make up for many dry ones, so the drought goes on. I can
:11:16. > :11:20.understand why people think it is absurd when they see the amount of
:11:20. > :11:25.rainfall that they have seen over the last 24 or 48 hours, but the
:11:25. > :11:29.fact is that groundwater levels are at an historical low, there are
:11:29. > :11:33.still severe drought problems in terms of water availability. We
:11:33. > :11:38.want to keep the taps flowing. is not just rainfall that has been
:11:38. > :11:42.an issue. Across southern Britain, from London to Swansea, high winds
:11:42. > :11:46.have left communities without power. In the Gloucestershire town of
:11:47. > :11:52.Tewkesbury, where they suffered so badly five years ago, they were
:11:52. > :11:57.practising today for a flood evacuation. Meanwhile, the local
:11:57. > :12:02.flood plains were filling up for real. And some here are
:12:02. > :12:08.understandably anxious. This new business only opened its riverfront
:12:08. > :12:12.offices two weeks ago. In 12 hours, it has literally come up 3 ft,
:12:12. > :12:17.literally another one metre, and we are in serious trouble, basically.
:12:17. > :12:20.This park is meant to be on the banks of the River Avon, but
:12:20. > :12:24.tonight the water levels are still creeping up here, and the Met
:12:24. > :12:30.Office has put this whole region on alert for more rain in the next few
:12:30. > :12:40.hours. For many of us, it is said to be a worrying week, as well as a
:12:40. > :12:40.
:12:40. > :12:45.A court in Bahrain has ordered a retrial in the case of a hunger
:12:45. > :12:49.striker who was jailed for lead in last year's pro-democracy protests.
:12:49. > :12:53.Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and 20 other activists were convicted by a
:12:53. > :12:57.military court last year, but in an interview with the BBC's Frank
:12:57. > :13:05.Gardner his wife has accused the authorities of buying time for
:13:06. > :13:10.themselves with what she calls a Support for Bahrain's jailed
:13:10. > :13:13.activists. He was sentenced to life for treason last year by a military
:13:13. > :13:17.tribunal. He has been on hunger strike since February. Today's
:13:17. > :13:27.ruling means he will remain in custody while his case is reviewed
:13:27. > :13:28.
:13:28. > :13:31.by a civil court. His wife told me TRANSLATION: He was telling me that
:13:31. > :13:37.my hunger strike was not for negotiation. That he was not going
:13:37. > :13:42.to stop until he was free. Either by death or by coming out of jail
:13:42. > :13:46.he was not going to stop. I think that the government is
:13:46. > :13:50.assassinating my husband in a very slow and painful way.
:13:50. > :13:54.The allegations that the government intends harm to Abdulhadi al-
:13:54. > :13:58.Khawaja is absolutely untrue. At the beginning he has been given
:13:58. > :14:04.access 24 hours a day to the best medical attention. We have reported
:14:04. > :14:10.on his health, he is being visited by the Danish ambassador and his
:14:10. > :14:14.family. At weekly players in the Sunni mosque, it was condemned the
:14:14. > :14:18.antigovernment protest that had turned violent. We found little
:14:18. > :14:22.sympathy here for those who clashed with the police or the jailed
:14:22. > :14:28.hunger striker. Let him strike. Let him strike
:14:28. > :14:36.until he dies, why do I care. There are other prisoners in other parts
:14:36. > :14:43.of the world who strike on hunger, why should we care.
:14:43. > :14:49.Abdulhadi al-Khawaja wants problem gone. Here he is a following.
:14:49. > :14:53.He is killing for the humans, not only for our family, but for human
:14:53. > :14:57.rights. Therefore he is a popular man and we will fight for him as he
:14:57. > :15:01.is fighting. This is one of the regular
:15:01. > :15:06.organised antigovernment protests that take place almost every week
:15:06. > :15:12.here in Bahrain. The problem starts when the peaceful demonstrator go
:15:12. > :15:16.home and the masked activists Go come out on the streets and the
:15:16. > :15:23.police respond with tear gas. Driving away we witnessed the
:15:23. > :15:27.beginnings of that exkalation. Go for it! Go for it! And this
:15:27. > :15:33.footage, recently posted online, appears to show the mass petrol
:15:33. > :15:38.bombing by activists of a government building. So how does
:15:38. > :15:41.the man brought here for policing assess the security? You can find
:15:41. > :15:45.on the island there is no trouble, the vast majority is peaceful. Most
:15:45. > :15:49.people know that. In much of the country life and
:15:49. > :15:54.business goes on. But until issues of human rights
:15:54. > :16:00.and sharing power are resolved, sporadic violence will continue to
:16:00. > :16:05.playing that island. Consuming up on tonight's
:16:05. > :16:14.programme: Squaring up in the biggest match of the Premier League,
:16:14. > :16:18.United, versus City tonight. The West Brom manager, Roy Hodgson,
:16:18. > :16:23.has been in talks with the Football Association with a view to
:16:23. > :16:29.accepting the job of the England manager. The FA say he is the only
:16:29. > :16:33.person to have been approached in succeeding Fabio Capello. In recent
:16:33. > :16:38.talks it was said that Harry Redknapp may get the job, but he
:16:38. > :16:42.says he does not bare grudges and wishes Roy Hodgson well.
:16:42. > :16:48.Roy Hodgson arriving at Wembley for the biggest job interview of his
:16:48. > :16:51.life. A man seen as the safest choice for England manager, but
:16:51. > :16:56.also a surprise one. Harry Redknapp had been the overwhelming favourite
:16:56. > :17:01.with the public, the press and the players, but today the Tottenham
:17:01. > :17:07.Hotspur manager was philosophical. It is not a problem. I wish that
:17:07. > :17:11.Roy Hodgson takes the job. I wish him all the best. He's a great guy.
:17:11. > :17:16.I don't hold grudges. I am fortunate, lots of people will give
:17:16. > :17:22.anything to have the job that I have here. Roy Hodgson is the most
:17:22. > :17:27.experienced in world football. His coaching career began in 1976 at
:17:27. > :17:35.Halmstad. Over the years he took charge of a host of clubs across
:17:35. > :17:42.Europe, including interMillan and Finland. He mastered Fulham's
:17:42. > :17:47.progress to the final. Roy Hodgson guided lowly Switzerland to the
:17:47. > :17:49.1994 cup finals, but recently endured a painful spell at
:17:50. > :17:54.Liverpool lasting only six months in the job.
:17:54. > :17:59.Will the England fans been excited? No, but we will be excited to make
:17:59. > :18:04.it out of the group in 2012 and beyond, who knows. The biggest plus
:18:04. > :18:09.in favour of Roy Hodgson is he will lower expectations.
:18:09. > :18:14.Harry Redknapp was considered a front runner, the FA would have had
:18:14. > :18:17.to pay millions in compensation to pry him away from Spurs. Some
:18:17. > :18:21.believe that he deserved an interview.
:18:21. > :18:25.If I were Harry Redknapp, I would upset with the process, it would be
:18:25. > :18:29.for the FA to explain and justify this process.
:18:29. > :18:34.Roy Hodgson emerged after four hours of talks, described as
:18:34. > :18:39.positive by sources. They are confident of announcing him New
:18:39. > :18:45.England manager tomorrow. After xensaithing �24 million on
:18:45. > :18:50.Fabio Capello a manager with more modest demands will appeal to the
:18:50. > :18:55.FA. By going for Hodgson rather than Harry, and with the Euro 2012
:18:55. > :19:00.six weeks away, the pressure will be on meeld.
:19:00. > :19:04.Well -- on immediate. Well, Roy Hodgson and many others
:19:04. > :19:08.will be following tonight's big match. The match between Manchester
:19:08. > :19:11.City and Manchester United. If you would rather wait for Match of the
:19:11. > :19:18.Day after this programme, be warned we are about to tell you what
:19:18. > :19:24.happened. So far the latest let's join our Sports Correspondent Andy
:19:24. > :19:29.Swiss.Y, tell us what went on? it is the Manchester City fans
:19:29. > :19:34.celebrating here. They have beaten Manchester United by 1-0, a result
:19:34. > :19:38.that puts them in the position for the title race it was a tight,
:19:38. > :19:45.tetchy affair. City dominated the first half, taking the lead on the
:19:45. > :19:51.stroblg of half-time -- on the stroke of halt. So the second half
:19:51. > :19:55.was a similar story, United struggling to create real chances.
:19:55. > :20:00.City clinging on for victory. They will be greeted with delight by the
:20:00. > :20:04.thousands of fans here, they've been hoping for the first league
:20:04. > :20:09.title since 1968. City are now cop of the table. They have the same
:20:09. > :20:12.number of points as United, but significantly they have a better
:20:12. > :20:17.goal difference. That could prove hugely important come the end of
:20:17. > :20:20.the season. Will are still two matches left it will go right to
:20:20. > :20:28.the wire, but right now it is advantage Manchester City.
:20:28. > :20:33.Andy Swiss, thank you very much. Now another item for the sports
:20:33. > :20:38.news, the lawyer of Chamber of Commerce has accused the British
:20:38. > :20:42.Olympic Association for colonial arrogance. The riling cleared the
:20:42. > :20:47.way for Chamber of Commerce and David Millar to compete in London
:20:47. > :20:52.2012. The BOA's rule was declared invalid, it failed to comply with
:20:52. > :20:56.the World Anti-Doping Agency. Now the voters of Greece are
:20:56. > :21:00.preparing to take part in the most significant election in decades
:21:00. > :21:05.this weekend. The financial and the economic turmoil over the past few
:21:05. > :21:09.years, rutting in smaller pensions and fewer jobs has turned many
:21:09. > :21:14.Greeks away from the main stream parties. As we report, this could
:21:14. > :21:21.have a dramatic impact on the final result.
:21:21. > :21:25.The Peloponnese, where the Gods of Greek myth and legend once played.
:21:25. > :21:30.And where today, we found Michalis Angelopoulos, desperately hoping
:21:31. > :21:34.for better times. After five years of recession and continuing
:21:34. > :21:38.government cuts now. Do you think that Greece should
:21:38. > :21:43.carry on cutting in the way that Brussels is asking?
:21:43. > :21:48.TRANSLATION: They have to stop. There will be trouble. People don't
:21:48. > :21:52.have anymore to give. Despite the obvious beauty here,
:21:52. > :21:57.there are dark storm clouds on the horizon. A large number of people
:21:57. > :22:01.are expected to vote for parties that can't to turn their back on
:22:01. > :22:04.the Brussels imposed austerity. If that does happen, there are those
:22:04. > :22:11.who fear that this country could be charting a very different course,
:22:11. > :22:21.one that take it is out of the Euro. With all of the massive impolice
:22:21. > :22:26.stationcations for this continent - - massive implications that would
:22:26. > :22:31.mean for this country. There is changing politics here.
:22:31. > :22:35.The same faces have governed here for decades. In the local council
:22:35. > :22:39.they know the two main parties who pushed through the cuts are losing
:22:39. > :22:43.support, but the new Mayor and an independent, does not believe
:22:43. > :22:47.anyone has the vision to save his country.
:22:47. > :22:54.Now the plan is to win the elections.
:22:54. > :23:01.It is the plan for 15 days. We want a plan for the next 15 years.
:23:01. > :23:05.We don't have anything like this. What they need is growth.
:23:05. > :23:10.But the orange groves are about the only place you will find that right
:23:10. > :23:15.now. For some voters, the only option is
:23:15. > :23:18.for the next government to renegotiate Greece's bail out with
:23:18. > :23:25.Europe's leaders. We have to say to them that we
:23:25. > :23:30.don't have the money to pay. I think that they will understand.
:23:30. > :23:33.But in the end, if they don't believe us, we have to leave the
:23:33. > :23:39.Euro. That is not yet a majority view,
:23:39. > :23:46.but more here are questioning the direction that this country has
:23:46. > :23:53.chartered after the election. And after the elections their voices
:23:53. > :23:57.will be stronger. The run-up to the 2012 Games
:23:57. > :24:02.includes a Cultural Olympiad, celebrating the rich variety of the
:24:02. > :24:05.Olympics. Part of this project is The Space. It is a platform
:24:05. > :24:11.launched by Arts Council England. It is meant to change the way that
:24:11. > :24:16.the arts are consumed. With the mix of live broadcast and some of the
:24:16. > :24:24.best archive available. Will Gompertz has been sampling
:24:24. > :24:34.what is on offer. We are Gilbert... And gorge... And
:24:34. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :24:37.this is The Space. The Space, a platform hoping to
:24:37. > :24:43.revolutionise how we consume the arts.
:24:43. > :24:47.Launching tomorrow for a six-month trial period, it will feature rare
:24:47. > :24:51.and unseen archive material, such as these John Peel videos, but it
:24:51. > :24:57.will focus main on showing the events and the performances taking
:24:57. > :25:01.place around the UK this summer. Here at Sadler's Wells for example,
:25:01. > :25:06.where the annual festival of hip- hop dance called Breaking
:25:06. > :25:12.Convention takes place this weekend it will not just be those in the
:25:12. > :25:18.theatre to enjoy the show, but anybody with a smartphone, internet
:25:18. > :25:22.television, can sit down, check out the moves and watch this programme.
:25:22. > :25:26.The man behind the convention spys that The Space is the future.
:25:26. > :25:31.This is the way to get theatre to people. Now in the days of
:25:31. > :25:34.austerity we cannot afford to go to the theatre. So I think this is a
:25:34. > :25:38.perfect way in which we can develop the audience who are going into the
:25:38. > :25:42.theatre. Not everybody is quite so
:25:42. > :25:45.enthusiastic. The writer of the critically
:25:45. > :25:55.aclaimed play Written on the Heart, has concerns.
:25:55. > :25:58.
:25:58. > :26:03.I think if the performing arts are done digital Italy -- dijally, it
:26:03. > :26:08.could abdanger that it becomes a substitute that the great national
:26:08. > :26:12.institutions should be doing, like touring, so that the theatres are
:26:12. > :26:18.seen in the real live here and now. Arts Council England says this is
:26:18. > :26:22.all for new live arts. Could it be a way of getting a
:26:22. > :26:27.bigger bang for the buck? It is a way of getting art to people, so it
:26:27. > :26:33.will pick up our audiences. We are putting in �3.5 million for the
:26:33. > :26:37.content. Out of that we get value from the investment we have put in.
:26:37. > :26:42.Tomorrow on The Space, the world will be able to watch the news as