0:00:04 > 0:00:06The man who broke the four-minute mile -
0:00:06 > 0:00:14Sir Roger Bannister - has died.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Bannister goes streaking forward.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21His achievement in 1954 gave him a place in the record books -
0:00:21 > 0:00:22and in athletics history.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24I was absolutely overwhelmed and delighted.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27It was a great surprise to me to be able to do it today,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29and I think I was very lucky.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31We'll be hearing tributes to Sir Roger from some of those
0:00:31 > 0:00:32he inspired to compete.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37Also tonight...
0:00:37 > 0:00:40'Where is the world' say the people of Eastern Ghouta -
0:00:40 > 0:00:45as the Syrian government advances into the rebel-held area.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Still not enough detail on how the Irish border
0:00:48 > 0:00:50will work after Brexit - the Irish government suggests
0:00:50 > 0:00:54UK proposals may not be enough for the EU.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Polls close in Italy, after an election campaign
0:00:56 > 0:01:01dominated by immigration.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02And, I am in Hollywood, on the Oscars red carpet,
0:01:02 > 0:01:09where I will be reporting live from the 90th Academy Awards.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Good evening.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Sir Roger Bannister - the first man to run a mile
0:01:28 > 0:01:31in under four minutes - has died at the age of 88.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34It was in 1954 that he made athletics history as an amateur
0:01:34 > 0:01:37runner on a track in Oxford a moment that came to symbolise
0:01:37 > 0:01:40sporting achievement.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42After retiring from athletics he became a distinguished
0:01:42 > 0:01:44doctor and neurologist.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Today fellow athletes paid tribute to a man who made
0:01:47 > 0:01:49"the impossible possible" while the Prime Minister described
0:01:49 > 0:01:51him as a great British icon.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Joe Wilson looks back at his life.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58NEWSREEL:25-year-old Roger Bannister, third from the left.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00There are some moments of sporting history which become part
0:02:00 > 0:02:03of the world's history.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05He's decided this is the right moment.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08What Roger Bannister achieved in 1954 was like a lunar landing
0:02:08 > 0:02:11for 20th century sport.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Bannister's old friend and rival Chris Chataway is in third place,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18waiting to take over as pacer.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19To run a mile and stop the clock before it reached
0:02:19 > 0:02:22four minutes in 1954, this was a magical number,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25a barrier of human achievement.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29A feat that would redefine what was humanly possible.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34And it would fall to a young medical student to achieve it.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36After two-and-a-half laps, Brasher gives way to Chataway.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Bannister, a superb tactician, has suffered some criticism in the past
0:02:38 > 0:02:40for adopting his own rather unorthodox training methods.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42But they are paying dividends now.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43At this point it becomes quite painful.
0:02:43 > 0:02:51I overtake Chris Chataway and begin the finish.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54And here he comes.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59Bannister goes streaking forward with about 250 yards to the tapes.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Every stride counted.
0:03:00 > 0:03:06The tape broke at three minutes 59.4 seconds.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07And Bannister has done it.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Though he is out on his feet, his coach and team manager tell him
0:03:10 > 0:03:12he has achieved his ambition.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16It might have felt like the world stopped when that clock stopped.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Four minute mile was a sporting catch phrase everyone recognised.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24All I can say I'm absolutely overwhelmed and delighted.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27It was a great surprise to me to be able to do it today.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29And I think I was very lucky.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32There was certainly a feeling of it being a national event,
0:03:32 > 0:03:37and something of a landmark for the country.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Sir Roger Bannister was a hugely influential figure in sport.
0:03:40 > 0:03:48Especially for those whose athletics careers came after.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Middle-distance running became a British tradition, a speciality.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Today, at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham,
0:03:54 > 0:04:00two men who also hold the mile world record talked about their mentor.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Roger was a great athlete.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05He would tease Seb and I in later years about had he been around
0:04:05 > 0:04:08in our day and had better tracks and better shoes and better training
0:04:08 > 0:04:09methods he would have beaten us.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12He was one of the cleverest people I think I've ever met,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15and he was, in equal measure, modest as well.
0:04:15 > 0:04:22He never really got what he did and it wasn't a front.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28This weekend, Laura Muir ran the 1500 metres at the World Indoors
0:04:28 > 0:04:29in true style, giving everything for silver.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32She studied medicine to become a vet, and recognises her link
0:04:32 > 0:04:37to Sir Roger Bannister.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I think he was very influential and very sort of inspirational
0:04:40 > 0:04:43to a lot of people, and to me, that you can combine, you know,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47academics and running.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Sir Roger Bannister was knighted in 1975.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Athletics was only a small part of his life.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56He regarded his work as a neurologist as more significant.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58When he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
0:04:58 > 0:05:00he described the gentle irony that a neurologist should find himself
0:05:00 > 0:05:07with a neurological condition.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Training for Bannister was half an hour a day on a cinder track.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13The world's first sub four minute miler was also perhaps
0:05:13 > 0:05:20sport's last great amateur.
0:05:20 > 0:05:26Sir Roger Bannister who has died at the age of 88.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29The Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad has said that the offensive
0:05:29 > 0:05:32on Eastern Ghouta must continue, as his forces take parts of the area
0:05:32 > 0:05:36back from rebel groups.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37More than 600 civilians have died in the fighting
0:05:37 > 0:05:39and thousands have been fleeing.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41The United Nations has been trying get an aid convoy
0:05:41 > 0:05:43into Eastern Ghouta but so far, conditions have made
0:05:43 > 0:05:44that impossible.
0:05:44 > 0:05:51Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen sent this report from Damascus.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53These people said their village was moving because the
0:05:53 > 0:05:58Syrian Army had arrived.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02One man cursed the Russians and Iranians, key allies of the regime.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08Air strikes he said including banned cluster bombs had not stopped.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11TRANSLATION: It has been four days, no fuel, no
0:06:11 > 0:06:12bread, no food, no water.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Where is the world?
0:06:14 > 0:06:14Where are human rights?
0:06:14 > 0:06:22We are humans, not animals.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25400,000 people live in Eastern Ghouta, an area
0:06:25 > 0:06:31of fields and small towns about the size of Manchester.
0:06:31 > 0:06:39Most of them are civilians who have not been able to escape the war.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42TRANSLATION: When the planes shelled, I could not see
0:06:42 > 0:06:43anything in front of me.
0:06:43 > 0:06:51I did not wait for the ambulance, I started running.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54For people who don't get away in time, the risk is death.
0:06:54 > 0:07:01Syria's war creates rivers of tears.
0:07:01 > 0:07:09And kills without discrimination or hesitation.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Western countries and others have condemned attacks that kill
0:07:12 > 0:07:16and injure civilians.
0:07:16 > 0:07:22The UN humanitarian chief called it collective punishment.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24President Bashar Assad said the condemnation
0:07:24 > 0:07:28was a ridiculous lie.
0:07:28 > 0:07:35Syria, he said, was fighting terrorism.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38The air strikes have been followed by ground troops
0:07:38 > 0:07:41who are making rapid advances.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46The strategy seems to be to cut Eastern Ghouta in half.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Negotiations between the rebel groups and the Russians have been
0:07:48 > 0:07:51going on for quite some time.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54It is not clear if the objective is a ceasefire or the effective
0:07:54 > 0:07:57surrender of the rebels.
0:07:57 > 0:08:03The biggest rebel group says it is regrouping after a retreat.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05The fighting is still going on, for the regime the prize is the end
0:08:05 > 0:08:07of the last major rebel enclave around Damascus.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09For the rebels, these are desperate moments.
0:08:09 > 0:08:17Jeremy Bowen, BBC News, Damascus.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21The Irish foreign minister has suggested that Britain's proposals
0:08:21 > 0:08:24for the Irish border after Brexit may be rejected by the EU because it
0:08:24 > 0:08:27will need to protect how the single market works.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Simon Coveney said there was little new detail on how to avoid a hard
0:08:30 > 0:08:32border in the Prime Minister's speech on Friday -
0:08:32 > 0:08:35today Theresa May said all parties were committed to avoiding one.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40Here's our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46It is more than 300 miles long.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Tens of thousands of people cross it everyday.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52And more than £1 billion is done in trade between Northern Ireland
0:08:52 > 0:08:54and the Republic every week.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57But after Brexit, these roads will be the new frontier
0:08:57 > 0:09:00between the UK and EU.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02The challenge, how to keep this border invisible,
0:09:02 > 0:09:07when Britain is outside the single market and the customs union.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09We are committed, the Irish government is committed,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11all the parties in Northern Ireland, to making sure there
0:09:11 > 0:09:12is no hard border.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15The Prime Minister's plans would mean 80% of companies
0:09:15 > 0:09:17would face no new customs checks and with new technology,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19she believes a hard border can be avoided.
0:09:19 > 0:09:26But the Irish government has its doubts.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I am not sure that the European Union will be able
0:09:29 > 0:09:31to support a situation whereby 80% of companies that trade north
0:09:31 > 0:09:33and south and south north will actually protect the integrity
0:09:33 > 0:09:40of the EU single market.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43To sort out this most difficult of Brexit conundrums,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46multiple sides need to be won over and the Prime Minister
0:09:46 > 0:09:48has already made clear, she will not accept the fallback
0:09:48 > 0:09:51position in Brussels.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54One that would see Northern Ireland stick to the rules and
0:09:54 > 0:09:55regulations of the EU.
0:09:55 > 0:10:01Mrs May believes her latest thinking is a step forward.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02It sets out some ways, particularly on the issue
0:10:02 > 0:10:04of customs across-the-border, in which we can resolve
0:10:04 > 0:10:06that and I am pleased to say that the Taoiseach,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09when I met him recently, has agreed that the UK and Irish
0:10:09 > 0:10:12governments and the Commission can sit down and look in more
0:10:12 > 0:10:19detail at the proposals that we have put forward.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23But others elsewhere in the UK have their doubts.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I think one of the most shameful features of the whole Brexit
0:10:26 > 0:10:28process has been the way, the negligent way in
0:10:28 > 0:10:31which the interests of Ireland have just been cast aside.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34So, when I hear her talk about technological solutions,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36I guess there is nobody who would disagree with
0:10:36 > 0:10:39the objectives she is setting, but she is talking at the moment
0:10:39 > 0:10:44about technological solutions that perhaps do not even exist.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47The Irish border is a key sticking point in the talks, but other
0:10:47 > 0:10:51problems need solving, too.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54This week we will get a better idea of how convinced
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Brussels is when the EU side publishes its draft guidelines
0:10:56 > 0:10:59for the next round of talks about the shape of our future
0:10:59 > 0:11:00relationship with the European Union.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04It could give us a big sign as to whether what the Prime Minister
0:11:04 > 0:11:05is asking for is achievable.
0:11:05 > 0:11:13Eleanor Garnier, BBC News, Westminster.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Meanwhile Downing Street says Theresa May spoke to President Trump
0:11:17 > 0:11:20today to express her 'deep concern' about his plans to
0:11:20 > 0:11:21impose trade tariffs.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23The President wants tariffs on imported steel and aluminium
0:11:23 > 0:11:24to protect American jobs.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27But the plan has sparked fears of a trade war
0:11:27 > 0:11:33between the US, Europe and China.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36In the last few minutes, polling stations have closed
0:11:36 > 0:11:38in Italy after an election campaign dominated by concerns
0:11:38 > 0:11:41about immigration and the economy.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Both right-wing parties and the anti establishment Five Star movement
0:11:43 > 0:11:45have been predicted to make gains.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47We'll be live in Rome with our Europe Editor
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Katya Adler in a moment - but first here's her
0:11:49 > 0:11:57report from Naples.
0:12:00 > 0:12:06In polling stations across Italy today there was a sense of
0:12:06 > 0:12:10uncertainty. Voters told us they wanted change, but were not sure
0:12:10 > 0:12:18which political party to trust. TRANSLATION: Italians are
0:12:18 > 0:12:21frustrated, but the politicians need to hear our voice.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24TRANSLATION: I am so worried about Italy. I said a prayer before coming
0:12:24 > 0:12:31to vote. Marty Lorenzi and other centre-left leaders are preparing
0:12:31 > 0:12:35for a bruising at the polls. Italian say they're a top concerns remain
0:12:35 > 0:12:42the insecure job market here, frustrations with the euro and mass
0:12:42 > 0:12:47irregular migration from Africa. This is the leader of the
0:12:47 > 0:12:51antiestablishment Five Star movement, tipped tonight to become
0:12:51 > 0:12:55the largest political party. I caught up with him this morning just
0:12:55 > 0:13:00before he cast his vote.Traditional politicians have kept telling
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Italians that everything is fine and it is not. Our motto is to be
0:13:04 > 0:13:11amongst the people.But the political system here favours
0:13:11 > 0:13:17coalitions, so his controversial party could be left out in the cold.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23Meaning this familiar face could be kingmaker in stead. Naples and the
0:13:23 > 0:13:28south of Italy will swing the vote today. Silvio Berlusconi campaigned
0:13:28 > 0:13:33here this weekend on behalf of a right-wing Coalition peppered with
0:13:33 > 0:13:37populists. Like this rising star anti-immigration politician voting
0:13:37 > 0:13:45today in Milan. So what does this rather chaotic political picture
0:13:45 > 0:13:49being for Italy and Europe? After all, this is the Eurozone's
0:13:49 > 0:13:55third-largest economy.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57third-largest economy. Confusion is quintessentially Italian, Brussels
0:13:57 > 0:14:01is used to it, the financial markets seem prepared for it and they
0:14:01 > 0:14:05believe that a Coalition government will water down more extremist
0:14:05 > 0:14:09populist policies on offer. But how does that help Italians get to grips
0:14:09 > 0:14:17with their problems? This person has a civilian protest party in Naples.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20TRANSLATION: These days the Italian politicians blame everything on
0:14:20 > 0:14:25immigration but that is alive. Use an employment, precarious contracts,
0:14:25 > 0:14:32that is our problem and that is why Italians live badly. Their votes now
0:14:32 > 0:14:37cars, all Italians can do is wait. The election will be followed by
0:14:37 > 0:14:43weeks of political Horst trading, change does not come fast in Italy.
0:14:43 > 0:14:52Let us join our reporter. Exit polls are coming through and what do they
0:14:52 > 0:15:00suggest?They are literally just coming in and on this rainy, cloudy
0:15:00 > 0:15:03night in Italy, the political results look equally nebulous and
0:15:03 > 0:15:08what will be a bitter shock for the traditional parties, it looks like
0:15:08 > 0:15:15the Five Star party has become Italy's largest party. But with not
0:15:15 > 0:15:21enough seats to govern alone in either the upper or lower house of
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Parliament, Silvio Berlusconi's Coalition looks like it can garner
0:15:24 > 0:15:28more seats but you can bet that the next few weeks will be full of
0:15:28 > 0:15:33arguing and fighting and horse trading. That will frustrate Italian
0:15:33 > 0:15:37voters enormously after this divisive election campaign, they are
0:15:37 > 0:15:47just demanding change.Thank you. Higher temperatures are expected
0:15:47 > 0:15:50almost everywhere tomorrow. The thaw has meant flooding in some places
0:15:50 > 0:15:56and there have been problems on the railways. Our correspondent is at
0:15:56 > 0:16:01Carlisle station. Yes, there have been some frustrated passengers here
0:16:01 > 0:16:06because even though Network Rail has been able to clear their West Coast
0:16:06 > 0:16:10mainline, there is still no trains heading north to Glasgow. Anyone
0:16:10 > 0:16:16wanting to travel has to get a coach to head into Scotland. There are
0:16:16 > 0:16:20other branch lines that are still blocked by snow and we saw engineers
0:16:20 > 0:16:24earlier trying to dig out a train that had been stuck in a snow drift
0:16:24 > 0:16:28for three days and they say the snow keeps blowing over the line but they
0:16:28 > 0:16:32are hoping that things can go back to something like normal tomorrow.
0:16:32 > 0:16:40In other parts of the country, there are villages in Devon
0:16:42 > 0:16:44are villages in Devon that have no water. There have been power cuts in
0:16:44 > 0:16:46parts of the country, water shortages in London and an appeal
0:16:46 > 0:16:49for blood donors to come forward. The effects of the storm and snow
0:16:49 > 0:16:52are still having an impact.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Oscars shortly - first, Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes
0:16:54 > 0:16:55is at the BBC Sport Centre.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Thank you.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Good evening.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Andrew Pozzi credited the late Sir Roger Bannister
0:16:59 > 0:17:02as his inspiration behind winning gold in the 60 metres
0:17:02 > 0:17:05hurdles at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Pozzi had to dip on the line to win by a hundreth of a second.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Great Britain also won two bronzes on the final day in Birmingham,
0:17:11 > 0:17:15taking their medal tally to seven.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Meanwhile, Sir Mo Farah won the new "Big Half"
0:17:18 > 0:17:19race in London today.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21The four-time Olympic champion, who's switched from the track
0:17:21 > 0:17:24to road-running, took part in the 13.1 mile event as part
0:17:24 > 0:17:27of his preparation for next month's London Marathon,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29where he's hoping to become the first British male
0:17:29 > 0:17:34winner for 15 years.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Onto the day's football, and Match of the Day and Sportscene
0:17:38 > 0:17:39are on BBC One later, so if you don't want
0:17:39 > 0:17:43to hear what happened, you know what to do...
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Manchester City are just four wins away from clinching
0:17:45 > 0:17:47the Premier League title, after beating champions,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Chelsea, 1-0 at home.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Bernado Silva's goal means they're now 18 points clear
0:17:52 > 0:17:55at the top of the table.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Meanwhile, in the early kick off, Arsenal's woes continue -
0:17:58 > 0:18:02beaten by Brighton for the first time in 36 years, with pressure
0:18:02 > 0:18:04mounting on their manager, Arsene Wenger, who's admitted it's
0:18:04 > 0:18:10now almost impossible for Arsenal to finish in the top four.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12In the Scottish Cup, Carl McHugh scored a wonder-goal
0:18:12 > 0:18:17against Hearts to put Motherwell into the semi-finals.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22Rangers are also through - they'll play Celtic in the last four.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24England's women have drawn with Germany 2-2 at
0:18:24 > 0:18:26the "She Believes" Cup.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Ellen White's goals helped make-up for some costly
0:18:28 > 0:18:35errors in New Jersey.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Still Neville...
0:18:38 > 0:18:40David Beckham was amongst the crowd, after giving the side
0:18:40 > 0:18:42a pre-match pep talk.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43His former team mate, and Lionesses' new manager,
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Phil Neville, has now one win and a draw to his name.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49That's it from me, but there's much more on the BBC Sport website
0:18:49 > 0:18:52including news of a gripping final at the Welsh Open Snooker.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55The Oscars ceremony gets underway in just over two hours' time.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57This year's Academy Awards takes place against the backdrop
0:18:57 > 0:19:03of the Harvey Weinstein allegations, and the MeToo and TimesUp movement.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05We'll be live shortly with our Arts Editor Will Gompertz
0:19:05 > 0:19:08but first here's his look, at some of the main contenders.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Here on a still concealed Oscars red carpet, just
0:19:10 > 0:19:12about everybody has got an opinion about what is going
0:19:12 > 0:19:14to happen tonight.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17But what does a genuine Hollywood insider, with her ear
0:19:17 > 0:19:19to the ground, think?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Does she expect there to be a post-Weinstein reaction that might
0:19:21 > 0:19:24change how Academy members vote?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I don't think so.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30I think Harvey Weinstein has changed the scope of the awards season,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33he has changed what people ask about on red carpets,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36what they wear, he has changed how the whole industry is behaving,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38but, in terms of voting on the Oscars, I don't think
0:19:38 > 0:19:42that there will be a real effect on who wins and who loses.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45My daughter, Angela, was murdered seven months ago.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48It seems to me that the police department is too busy torturing
0:19:48 > 0:19:51black folks and eating Krispy Kremes to solve actual crime.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I would be surprised if Three Billboards repeated
0:19:53 > 0:19:56its BAFTA success and won Best Picture.
0:19:56 > 0:20:02That movie is quite polarising among American Academy members.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04The Shape of Water, Guillermo Del Toro's film is one
0:20:04 > 0:20:08that has won a lot of the precursor awards that lead up to the Oscars,
0:20:08 > 0:20:10so that seems to be sort of a rising contender.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Who is going to win?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13I would put my money on Get Out.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Chris was just telling me how he felt much more
0:20:16 > 0:20:17comfortable with my being here.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Noted.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19What about Best Actor?
0:20:19 > 0:20:20You cannot reason with a tiger!
0:20:20 > 0:20:23When your head is in its mouth!
0:20:23 > 0:20:26The front runner for Best Actor is Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29for whom this is, in many ways, possibly a lifetime
0:20:29 > 0:20:30achievement award.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32There is an outside contender, Timothee Chalamet for
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Call Me By Your Name.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38He has kind of captured, what I think of as the
0:20:38 > 0:20:40ingenue spot this year.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Normally reserved for a beautiful young woman, this year it seems
0:20:42 > 0:20:45to be held by a beautiful young man.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Surely Francis McDormand is a shoo-in as Best Actress for her
0:20:48 > 0:20:52performance in Three Billboards as a grieving, seething mother.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54What is with the new attitude, Dixon?
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Your mamma been coaching ya?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Her performance in Three Billboards, if there is any movie that sort
0:21:00 > 0:21:04of captured the #MeToo movement and the idea of female rage,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06surely it is this one and McDormand's performance
0:21:06 > 0:21:08in the whole film.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Go, girl.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13And what about Greta Gerwig and her film Lady Bird?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Could she become just the second woman in the history
0:21:15 > 0:21:19of the Oscars to walk away with the Best Director prize?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21I think Greta Gerwig is a long shot.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25I think her being nominated is a milestone for a female director.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26It has happened so rarely.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Kathryn Bigelow is the only one who has actually
0:21:29 > 0:21:30won in the category.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Three, two, one.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Ready?
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Action!
0:21:33 > 0:21:41Guillermo Del Toro is the person I would put my money on.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47This may very well be the most sensitive asset ever to be held.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50This could indeed be the year, but The Shape of Water is the film
0:21:50 > 0:21:52that makes the biggest...
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Splash?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Will Gompertz, BBC News, Hollywood.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00So, as the stars begin to arrive for the Oscars, we can see that the red
0:22:00 > 0:22:03carpet will be a more colourful affair than the BAFTAs and the
0:22:03 > 0:22:07Golden Globes and that is because there is no black dress code. It is
0:22:07 > 0:22:12not to say that there is a forgetfulness about what has been
0:22:12 > 0:22:16going on, the stories and the revelations, there is still a great
0:22:16 > 0:22:21deal of seriousness about it and it is here where you can seal it. The
0:22:21 > 0:22:25social engagement has gone to another level and you can see that
0:22:25 > 0:22:29reflected in the movie short listed for the awards. Thank you.
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