:00:12. > :00:17.Tonight at Ten: The UN warns of tensions between Syria and Turkey
:00:18. > :00:22.and the threat of a regional conflict. Turkish troops patrol the
:00:22. > :00:25.border as the country authorises military raids into Syria for the
:00:25. > :00:28.first time. Several Turkish civilians are injured. Five were
:00:28. > :00:32.killed by Syrian shelling last night. There is international
:00:32. > :00:37.condemnation. The most important thing of all, is
:00:37. > :00:40.that the Syrian government makes sure that there is no repetition,
:00:40. > :00:45.whatever, of any incident of this kind.
:00:45. > :00:48.We are assessing the threat to regional security. Also tonight:
:00:48. > :00:51.Police say that the search for five-year-old April Jones is now
:00:51. > :00:55.one of the biggest in recent history.
:00:55. > :00:59.What we have to hold on to, really, is that we continue the search and
:00:59. > :01:03.the good news is that everybody is determined to follow through this.
:01:03. > :01:12.The Metropolitan Police takes charge of assessing sex abuse
:01:12. > :01:17.allegations against the late Sir Jimmy Savile.
:01:17. > :01:24.And in their first TV debate, they clashed over the economy and it was
:01:24. > :01:28.Mitt Romney that came out on top. On Sportsday on the BBC News
:01:28. > :01:38.Channel: Spurs draw in Athens. All of the goals from the Europa League
:01:38. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:59.Good evening. The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-
:01:59. > :02:03.Moon is alarged by escalating tensions between Turkey and Syria
:02:03. > :02:07.is warching that the region flal conflict is growing. It comes after
:02:07. > :02:11.bombing of Turkish and the retaliation that followed. The
:02:11. > :02:15.Parliament in Ankara has given the Turkish military the authority to
:02:15. > :02:21.enter Syria. More on the regional implications in a moment. First,
:02:21. > :02:25.here is James Reynold in Akcakale, the town hit by Syrian shelling.
:02:25. > :02:31.This was not Turkey' war, but the deaths of one family next to the
:02:31. > :02:34.Syrian border, have changed the way that this country sees its
:02:34. > :02:38.neighbour's conflict. The government has called the strike
:02:38. > :02:43.from Syria a final straw. This is what is left of the family
:02:43. > :02:47.home in the border town of Akcakale. The family's mother, and her three
:02:47. > :02:54.children were sitting in the garden when the shell hit.
:02:54. > :02:58.TRANSLATION: We were eating. Then we heard the sound of a bomb. The
:02:58. > :03:02.shrapnel fell, hit the wall and the ground. We could have been killed.
:03:02. > :03:08.Syria has apologised for the families' deaths, but those here
:03:08. > :03:12.fear another accidental strike. TRANSLATION: We are scared to death.
:03:12. > :03:17.We don't know when another mortar is going to be fired. We are
:03:17. > :03:19.targets. We are really frightened by what is happening.
:03:20. > :03:24.This afternoon, Turkey's Prime Minister won approval from
:03:24. > :03:27.Parliament for military operations inside Syria.
:03:27. > :03:31.TRANSLATION: We want peace and security in our region. This is
:03:31. > :03:35.what we care about. We have no intention to go to war.
:03:35. > :03:42.But Turkey is strong enough to protect its citizens and its
:03:42. > :03:46.borders and no-one should test that. To reinforce the point, the Turkish
:03:46. > :03:51.military is stationened next to the border.
:03:52. > :03:56.-- stationened next to the border. Some in this country are worried
:03:56. > :04:00.about by where this will lead. Tonight, a crowd draeted against
:04:00. > :04:05.war. The protestors had little appetite for an open-ended fight
:04:05. > :04:09.with a neighbour in chaos. But in Akcakale, the conflict has
:04:10. > :04:15.already arrived. At night we found deserted streets,
:04:15. > :04:19.many here have fled their homes. Turkey already play as key role in
:04:19. > :04:24.Syria's conflicts. This region is a staging ground for Syrian
:04:24. > :04:29.opposition rebels, but the shelling of this house has now led Turkey
:04:29. > :04:38.itself into the fighting. If that continues, it will change the
:04:38. > :04:41.nature of Syria's war. Well, the violence between the two
:04:41. > :04:45.countries was the most serious since the uprising against the
:04:45. > :04:49.Syrian regime began. The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, called on
:04:49. > :04:55.Damascus to ensure there was no repetition in the coming day.
:04:55. > :04:59.Washington also condemned the Syrian attacks. Our Middle East
:04:59. > :05:03.Editor, Jeremy Bowen has assessed the threat to regional security and
:05:03. > :05:09.the diplomatic response. The border between Syria and Turkey is long,
:05:09. > :05:13.porous and tense. A flimsy barrier to a war on a stage set for
:05:13. > :05:19.miscalculation and escalation. This is the crossing at Akcakale, the
:05:19. > :05:25.Turkish town where the Syrian shells killed five civilians. On
:05:25. > :05:31.the Syrian side the rebels control the border posts. At the UN
:05:31. > :05:37.Security Council in New York, the paralysis caused by France, Britain
:05:37. > :05:39.and Europe to remove the regime and Russia's support of it, meant that
:05:39. > :05:44.they struggle to come to an agreement.
:05:44. > :05:49.This is a major concern. This sort of cross-border military
:05:49. > :05:53.activity is very destabilising and it must be stopped.
:05:53. > :05:59.Syria takes seriously the vote in Turkey and NATO member, authorising
:05:59. > :06:03.military action. In cases of border incidents,
:06:03. > :06:11.incidents that have been between two neighbouring countries, states
:06:11. > :06:16.and governments, they should act wisely, rashally and
:06:16. > :06:19.responsibleably. But on Syrian state TV's daily
:06:19. > :06:24.English language bulletin, the incident with Turkey was not
:06:24. > :06:28.mentioned. It called for UN condemnation rebel attacks in
:06:28. > :06:34.Aleppo. Russia's Foreign Minister who does not want sudden reel
:06:34. > :06:38.change is watching Bashar al- Assad's back, vital for the Syrian
:06:38. > :06:41.regime's sure vile. TRANSLATION: This has taken on a
:06:41. > :06:45.cross-border demention a long time ago. It seeped out. It is fuelled
:06:45. > :06:49.from the outside. All of Syria's neighbours are being
:06:50. > :06:52.drawn into the conflict whether they like it or not. The region has
:06:52. > :06:59.been divided between Bashar al- Assad's supporters and those who
:06:59. > :07:03.stand behind the rebels. Iran denies not all that convincingly,
:07:03. > :07:07.that it supplies Bashar al-Assad's forces with arms, training, money
:07:07. > :07:12.and troops. Turkey shelters the rebels, they may be helping to
:07:12. > :07:16.train and to arm them. It allows men and guns to cross the border.
:07:16. > :07:19.Foreign intervention is happening in the conflict with no sign of a
:07:19. > :07:24.ceasefire, there is likely to be more of it.
:07:24. > :07:28.The incident is a reminder that the longer that the conflick goes on in
:07:28. > :07:33.Syria, the greater the danger to international peace and security.
:07:33. > :07:37.In Jordan, more and more Syrian Roy Hodgsons are arriving. Reinforcing
:07:37. > :07:42.the sinking feeling that the crisis is spreading. Diplomacy has not
:07:42. > :07:46.stopped the war, now it is struggling even to contain it.
:07:46. > :07:51.Police in Mid Wales say that the search for the missing five-year-
:07:51. > :07:55.old girl, April Jones, is now one of the biggest of its kind in
:07:55. > :08:00.recent history. April Jones disappeared on Monday evening after
:08:00. > :08:03.being seen getting into a vehicle near her home. The detectives have
:08:03. > :08:11.been given more time to question a local man, Mark Bridger. We have
:08:11. > :08:14.this report. Every effort is being made to find
:08:15. > :08:18.April Jones. Special research, Mountain Rescue and coastguard
:08:18. > :08:22.teams helping to support one of the biggest police operations of its
:08:22. > :08:26.kind. Hundreds of officers are involved in looking in the
:08:26. > :08:31.undergrowth, checking any place where a child could be, but it is
:08:31. > :08:37.information that is important in targeting the search for April. We
:08:37. > :08:42.have received over 2,500 calls from the public.
:08:42. > :08:46.Over 2,500 calls, but they have to be answered. That is being done by
:08:46. > :08:54.all 44 forces, Police Forces throughout the country.
:08:54. > :08:58.Today the man arrested on suspicion much ip -- April Jones's abduction
:08:58. > :09:04.was taken to court. They will have more time to question him. They
:09:04. > :09:09.have until tomorrow afternoon to release or charge him. They can ask
:09:09. > :09:12.for extension. The house he has been living in has been under
:09:12. > :09:17.research. And local residents are doing all
:09:17. > :09:21.that they can to aid the search for a missing five-year-old.
:09:21. > :09:26.We know she is still out there. We are going to find her. No matter
:09:26. > :09:30.what. Farmlands stretching for miles
:09:30. > :09:36.across this part of Mid Wales. There is dense woodland all around
:09:36. > :09:39.and rivers disecting the area. Many living here that -- believe that
:09:39. > :09:43.local knowledge is vital to the search.
:09:43. > :09:46.April Jones went missing outside of my house. She is friends with my
:09:46. > :09:50.little daughter. After a time when the search
:09:50. > :09:56.focused on the town and the immediate areas it spread out to
:09:56. > :09:59.more than a dozen villages and all of the land and the rivers
:10:00. > :10:04.inbetween. The difficulties cannot be overestimated.
:10:04. > :10:09.Hopefully the police can find leads to take us in a different direction
:10:09. > :10:13.from where we are looking here. April Jones's mother asked for
:10:14. > :10:17.people to wear the pink ribbons today. It is her daughter's
:10:17. > :10:22.favourite colour. The support could not be more obvious.
:10:22. > :10:26.My heart goes out to April's family. This is every family's nightmare.
:10:26. > :10:30.Clearly having this happen to you, the fact that she suffering from
:10:30. > :10:35.cerebral palsy, I know a little bit about it from my own children. It
:10:35. > :10:39.only makes this worse. As darkness swells, the search
:10:39. > :10:43.teams head out again. Each hour is crucial as April Jones's parents
:10:43. > :10:47.face a fourth night without their daughter.
:10:47. > :10:49.The Metropolitan Police is to coordinate the assessment of
:10:49. > :10:55.allegations made against Sir Jimmy Savile. It follows an ITV
:10:55. > :11:03.documentary last night in which a number of women re-counted being
:11:03. > :11:06.abused by him on BBC premises in the 1970s. The BBC producers denied
:11:06. > :11:11.dropping an investigation into the allegations of the radio and TV
:11:11. > :11:17.star. Welcome to January the 1st, 1964.
:11:17. > :11:20.A DJ, a charity fundraiser, but the stories of five women paints a more
:11:20. > :11:24.disturbing picture. One told the ITV documentary how when she was 14,
:11:24. > :11:29.Sir Jimmy Savile organised a visit to the BBC TV Centre, and what he
:11:29. > :11:35.expected in return. We knew what was expected of us. We
:11:35. > :11:40.had to pay. He had an alcove with a curtain over it. He would take you
:11:40. > :11:44.behind the curtain. There you are... The allegations are mounting.
:11:44. > :11:47.Northampton Police say that two women have come forward also, the
:11:47. > :11:51.fourth to be involved. The Metropolitan Police announced that
:11:51. > :11:56.it would lead the process of looking at the allegations, adding
:11:56. > :12:01.that the priority is to ensure a consistent policing response,
:12:01. > :12:04.putting the victims at the heart of their eninquiries. Meanwhile, Sir
:12:04. > :12:08.Jimmy Savile was a BBC star for more than 40 years. Today saw the
:12:08. > :12:12.first interview by the Corporation on the subject. It said that it was
:12:12. > :12:16.horrified, but added it could not act simply on rumours. However,
:12:16. > :12:20.statements from a number of women were made to Newsnight. These
:12:20. > :12:24.interviews were never broadcast as it said there was no evidence of
:12:24. > :12:28.institutional failure. The BBC had a number of stories
:12:28. > :12:32.told to Newsnight. They decided it was not the story that they wished
:12:32. > :12:39.to pursue. They did not recognise was a story?
:12:39. > :12:42.You have to ask the editor of Newsnight. He took a decision to
:12:42. > :12:46.consider whether or not an investigation with a difficult
:12:46. > :12:50.investigation, that could be going on. These are decisions that
:12:50. > :12:55.editors make all the time. An MP has asked the Leveson inquiry
:12:55. > :12:58.to look at the issue. Why have the claims taken 40 years to come out?
:12:58. > :13:04.The BBC said it investigated records and found nothing. The
:13:04. > :13:07.police have looked into claims more than once, but not brought charges.
:13:07. > :13:12.Newspapers tried and failed to print stories about Sir Jimmy
:13:12. > :13:22.Savile. The BBC said it did not supply pressure to suppress
:13:22. > :13:24.
:13:24. > :13:26.anything, but the claims are coming The Chief Constable of West
:13:27. > :13:29.Yorkshire Police, Sir Norman Bettison, is to retire. Sir Norman,
:13:29. > :13:31.whose role in the Hillsborough tragedy is being investigated by
:13:31. > :13:33.the Independent Police Complaints Commission, will step down next
:13:33. > :13:36.March. He's always denied any wrong-doing in the subsequent
:13:36. > :13:39.police investigation into the disaster. The Bank of England has
:13:39. > :13:47.announced that it's left the interest rate at a record low of
:13:47. > :13:51.0.5%. They've remained at that level since March 2009. The new
:13:51. > :13:53.boss of Barclays has told the BBC the bank has a "significant job to
:13:53. > :13:55.rebuild trust", and must provide a "socially useful" service to
:13:55. > :13:58.customers. Antony Jenkins, who announced a new
:13:58. > :14:00.initiative to help exporters, was giving his first broadcast
:14:00. > :14:09.interview since taking the job. Our chief economics correspondent, Hugh
:14:09. > :14:12.Pym, reports. Barclays and other banks are battling to restore
:14:12. > :14:16.reputations dented by the financial crisis, the mis-selling of
:14:16. > :14:21.insurance on consumer loans and then the issue which saw former
:14:21. > :14:24.boss, Bob Diamond quit, the fixing of the LIBOR interest rate. Now
:14:24. > :14:28.Barclays' new Chief Executive is trying it make a fresh start.
:14:28. > :14:31.Antony Jenkins, who has been in the job five weeks, today advicated
:14:31. > :14:35.glass manufacturer. He was launching a new scheme to help
:14:35. > :14:41.customers sell more goods abroad. We are trying to encourage more
:14:41. > :14:44.businesses, like yours, to export and... Mr Jenkins, who was promoted
:14:44. > :14:47.internally told me about the challenges of being in the top job.
:14:47. > :14:51.You were part of the senior management team during a period
:14:51. > :14:54.when you had the LIBOR scandal, problems with Payment Protection
:14:54. > :14:57.Insurance, do you not take some responsibility? Well as an
:14:57. > :15:01.executive of Barclays, of course there is some responsibility but I
:15:01. > :15:05.would say, more importantly, having somebody who understands the
:15:05. > :15:09.organisation from the inside out, is able to address these problems
:15:09. > :15:13.more quick lane more effectively than somebody coming in from the
:15:13. > :15:16.outside -- more quickly and effectively. There are big
:15:16. > :15:20.questions over what Barclays and the bigger banks will look like in
:15:20. > :15:24.a few years' time. The Government wants them to ringfence their high
:15:24. > :15:29.street operation and keep them separate from riskier investment
:15:29. > :15:33.banking. The industry has been accused of trying to water down
:15:33. > :15:37.some plans. Labour says if it wins power it wants it split up the
:15:37. > :15:41.banks. For Barclays new chief, managing the two sides of the bank
:15:41. > :15:46.will be far from straightforward. On the one hand they have the
:15:46. > :15:49.retail bank. It should be possible to improve the culture to make it
:15:49. > :15:54.more customer-focused, but on the other hand they also have a world
:15:54. > :15:57.sized investment bank. The culture there is set out of New York, it is
:15:57. > :16:01.very much banker first, client second. That will be very hard to
:16:01. > :16:05.change. For now the new Barclays' boss says he twoobts focus on
:16:05. > :16:09.helping business customers like this and restoring the bank's image.
:16:09. > :16:14.-- he says he wants to focus. think Barclays has a significant
:16:14. > :16:18.job to rebuild trust. I'm confident we can. It goes back to what we do.
:16:18. > :16:22.If we serve customers and clients day-in and day-out in the way that
:16:22. > :16:26.people perceive as socially useful, we will rebuild that trust. I'm
:16:26. > :16:30.also not naive about how long it'll take, it'll take time. Socially
:16:30. > :16:39.useful banking. He may have to work hard to show what he means by, that
:16:39. > :16:44.at a time when the industry is far from popular. Coming up:
:16:44. > :16:46.# Love, love me do # You know I love you... # How the
:16:46. > :16:56.Beatles launched a musical revolution, 50 years since their
:16:56. > :16:59.In the US, President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger for
:16:59. > :17:03.the White House, Mitt Romney, have gone head-to-head in the first TV
:17:03. > :17:06.debate of the election campaign. The two men clashed over the
:17:06. > :17:13.economy and afterwards most analysts thought Mr Romney had come
:17:13. > :17:17.out on top. Our North America editor, Mark Mardell, was watching.
:17:17. > :17:22.In a country fraught with bitter political divisions there is a rare
:17:22. > :17:28.moment of agreement. Mit ROM outshiens President Obama in their
:17:28. > :17:32.first debate. Consensus of the American media, Mitt was a hit.
:17:33. > :17:36.Warm hand-shakes ahead of 90demerve-wrecking minutes, watched
:17:36. > :17:40.by 58 million Americans -- 89 nerve-wrecking minutes. President
:17:40. > :17:44.didn't want to let go. He started with a campaign line, his opponents
:17:44. > :17:47.would cut taxes for the wealthy and hurt the middle classes. That
:17:47. > :17:52.topdown economics where folks at the top are doing well, so the
:17:52. > :17:56.average person making $3 million is getting a $250,000 tax break, while
:17:56. > :18:01.middle class families are burdened further, that's knotted what I
:18:01. > :18:04.believe is a recipe for economic growth. Mitt Romney has having none
:18:04. > :18:07.of Tha'ir. Under the President's approximately sis middle and income
:18:07. > :18:13.Americans are being buried, their income is crushed. Their income has
:18:13. > :18:17.come down by $4,300. This is a tax in and of itself. I will call it
:18:17. > :18:22.the economy tax. It's been crushing. Mitt Romney so, often stiff and
:18:22. > :18:26.wooden, seemed a different mab. Look at the gleam in his eyes as he
:18:26. > :18:31.talks directly to his opponent. The President spoke to camera, measured
:18:31. > :18:35.but hardly fired up. They clashed on jobs, health care and why the
:18:35. > :18:39.President hadn't picked up a plan to cut the country's huge debt.
:18:39. > :18:44.President should have grabbed it, take it, go to Congress, fight for
:18:44. > :18:47.it. That's what we have done. Made adjustments and we are putting it
:18:47. > :18:53.forward before Congress right now. You have been President four years.
:18:53. > :18:57.You said you would cut it in ha. It is four years later we still have a
:18:57. > :19:01.triallian dollar deficit. If you are re-elected we will get to a
:19:01. > :19:05.trillion dollar debt. President Obama rarely interrupted again,
:19:05. > :19:08.afterwards his teams admit Romney might win an Oscar for a vigorous
:19:08. > :19:13.performance but claimed it was untethered from the truth. The
:19:13. > :19:17.President echoed the complaint. met this very spirited fellow who
:19:17. > :19:21.claimed to be Mitt Romney it. Couldn't have been Mitt Romney,
:19:21. > :19:25.because the real Mitt Romney has been running around the country for
:19:25. > :19:29.the last year promising five trillion dollars in tax cuts that
:19:29. > :19:33.favour the wealthy. The fellow on stage last night said he didn't
:19:33. > :19:36.know anything about that. Leaving Denver, Mitt Romney can afford to
:19:36. > :19:39.look pleased with himself but there is another nervous wait. Of course
:19:39. > :19:44.the theatre of one debate doesn't change the way most people intend
:19:44. > :19:47.to vote. But it does mean the next string of opinion polls are really
:19:47. > :19:52.important. If they narrow, it suggests Romney is back in the game.
:19:52. > :19:59.It's a big boost for his campaign. But if they don't, even after an
:19:59. > :20:02.acclaimed victory, then he really is in a hole.
:20:02. > :20:05.Hundreds of police officers and many more members of the public
:20:05. > :20:08.have attended the funeral of PC Fiona Bone, who was murdered in a
:20:08. > :20:11.gun and grenade attack in Greater Manchester last month.
:20:11. > :20:21.She was killed with her colleague, Nicola Hughes, whose funeral took
:20:21. > :20:25.place yesterday. For the second time in 24 hours,
:20:25. > :20:31.Manchester stood still to pay its respects. Police and public side-
:20:32. > :20:34.by-side, lining the ruelt of PC Fiona Bone's funeral cortege. --
:20:34. > :20:39.lining the route. The service of Manchester cathedral
:20:39. > :20:43.was for 1,000 friends, relatives and workmates. Outside, many more
:20:43. > :20:47.listened as it was relaid on speakers.
:20:47. > :20:53.Fiona, for me, was a perfect police officer. The reason for that was
:20:53. > :20:58.who she was as a person. She was everybody's friend, a good listener,
:20:58. > :21:03.and a steady influence in the most difficult of circumstances. God
:21:03. > :21:07.bless you,. If i. PC Fiona Bone was on shift a
:21:07. > :21:10.fortnight ago when she was called out to respond to a reported
:21:10. > :21:20.burglary. When she got there with her colleague, PC Nicola Hughes,
:21:20. > :21:23.
:21:23. > :21:28.the two women were shot dead. # Ava Maria... #
:21:28. > :21:34.Very few of the people here knew Fiona Bone personally. But, as they
:21:34. > :21:38.did yesterday for Nicola Hughes, they've come here in their hundreds.
:21:38. > :21:45.Public and police officers standing to the in grief, and solidarity.
:21:45. > :21:52.! I didn't note individuals. It is part of the police family. I felt I
:21:52. > :21:58.had to be here to pay my respects. After the service, thester's body
:21:58. > :22:03.was taken away for a priet burial. -- officer's body. One colleague
:22:03. > :22:06.said that PC Bonne represented the best that humanity had to offer.
:22:06. > :22:09.The President of the European Central Bank has praised Spain for
:22:09. > :22:11.what he called remarkable progress in addressing its huge debt. But
:22:11. > :22:16.Mario Draghi warned that the country still faced significant
:22:16. > :22:20.challenges. Stephanie Flanders is here. What exactly is Mario Draghi
:22:20. > :22:23.trying to say? Well you will remember, George, a month ago the
:22:23. > :22:26.European central bnk confirmed it was willing to stand behind
:22:26. > :22:29.countries like Spain in the financial markets if they were
:22:29. > :22:33.unpressure, having it pay very high interest rates because of a fear
:22:33. > :22:36.they might leave the euro. When he said that, there was a great new
:22:36. > :22:39.mood of optimism in the financial markets, a sense of relief and
:22:39. > :22:43.easing of the pressure on countries like Spain from the financial
:22:43. > :22:46.markets. But as they pointed out today, there were always conditions
:22:46. > :22:50.attached to that promise. Spain had to get its act together, had to get
:22:50. > :22:54.the right policies in place to get its economy and budget in shape
:22:54. > :22:56.over the long-term and it had to apply formally for a support
:22:56. > :23:00.programme from its European partners. Now, as he mentioned, we
:23:00. > :23:04.have seen some of the first of those, we have seen some difficult
:23:04. > :23:08.budget decisions from Spain in the last few weeks but it has yet to
:23:08. > :23:12.formally apply for this support programme and more generally there
:23:12. > :23:15.is a feeling that an air of complacency has crept in amongst
:23:15. > :23:20.European leaders as regards the crisis because of this promise from
:23:20. > :23:24.the ECB I think he was saying - we are still here, doing our bits but
:23:24. > :23:26.governments have to move ahead. England's women have won their
:23:26. > :23:29.semi-final in the world Twenty20 cricket tournament in Sri Lanka.
:23:29. > :23:32.They beat New Zealand by seven wickets in Colombo. England will
:23:32. > :23:39.play either West Indies or the defending champions, Australia, in
:23:39. > :23:42.Sunday's final. Now, it was October 1962 and a new
:23:42. > :23:46.band from Liverpool released their first record. It was called Love Me
:23:46. > :23:48.Do and they were called The Beatles. Nobody knew that exactly half a
:23:49. > :23:51.century later they'd still be revered as a musical powerhouse.
:23:51. > :24:01.Here's our Arts Editor, Will Gompertz, on three words, a Fab
:24:01. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:11.Four and 50 years. It was a simple song, with massive reverberations.
:24:11. > :24:17.# Love, love me do # You know I love you... # Love Me
:24:17. > :24:22.Do launched the tpwhand put the swing intop six tis -- launched the
:24:22. > :24:26.band. Andlet led a pop revolution that spanned the globe. It might
:24:26. > :24:31.never have happened if it wasn't for this music production, George
:24:31. > :24:35.Martin from EPI's Parlophone records. He, unlike others, gave
:24:35. > :24:38.the young men from Merseyside a chance. They came here to Abbey
:24:38. > :24:41.Road in London for their audition, walked over the now legendary
:24:41. > :24:45.crossing and to the studios over there, where they played George
:24:45. > :24:49.Martin a collection of their songs. None of which impressed him very
:24:49. > :24:55.much but he decided to take a bit of a punt and give them a contract
:24:55. > :24:59.anyway. So, what was it about the individuals who you met that you
:24:59. > :25:04.thought -, this probably is worth persevering with, a bit? It's funny
:25:04. > :25:08.you say that because, of course one has to like the music and I didn't.
:25:08. > :25:13.But the answer was their charisma. They were such engaging people.
:25:13. > :25:19.They were - they made me laugh. they were smart enough to listen to
:25:19. > :25:23.his advice. We thought about what you said about doubling the speed,
:25:23. > :25:27.and would you like to hear it now? Then they played me, Please Please
:25:27. > :25:36.Me. I actually said to them, after the end of the session, "You know
:25:36. > :25:43.you have your first number one." It was fresh, energetic and modern.
:25:43. > :25:46.The Beatles had arrived, and how. A form of mass hysteria spread
:25:46. > :25:51.worldwide. Diagnosed by the media as Beatlemania. They started making
:25:51. > :25:56.films. Then, only eight years after the
:25:56. > :26:01.release of Love Me Do, it was all over. The band split up. But their
:26:01. > :26:04.music has stuck around. Who knows what the future holds for music?
:26:04. > :26:08.But it always borrows from the past. Everybody in music really is a
:26:08. > :26:11.beggar and a thief but I think everybody has begged and thieved
:26:11. > :26:21.from the Beatles more than they probably even though. And to think
:26:21. > :26:24.