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Hello, this is Breakfast,
with Rachel Burden and Ben Thompson. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:10 | |
Helping hundreds of thousands
of people save for retirement - | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
the government says it
will extend automatic enrolment | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
in workplace pensions. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:16 | |
Under the plans, every worker aged
18 or over could begin saving - | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
but it won't come into effect
until the mid-2020s. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:26 | |
Good morning, it's Sunday
the 17th of December. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
Also this morning - | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
"Serious doubts" over
military savings - | 0:00:45 | 0:00:46 | |
a committee of MPs warns
the Ministry of Defence | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
will struggle to pay for new jets,
warships and armoured vehicles. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:55 | |
A new leader of South Africa's
ruling party is expected to be | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
announced today - after years
of scandal and corruption. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:09 | |
England must bat for 1.5 days after
Australia declared one-day fall with | 0:01:09 | 0:01:14 | |
a lead of 259 runs. --4. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:19 | |
A record number of people tuned
in to watch the Strictly final last | 0:01:19 | 0:01:23 | |
night - we'll discuss who waltzed
away with the Glitterball. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
Quite a mixed day coming up. Some
areas really cold with fog to start | 0:01:35 | 0:01:41 | |
with. Further west, rain moving in.
Join me later for a full weather | 0:01:41 | 0:01:46 | |
forecast. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:46 | |
Good morning. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:47 | |
First, our main story. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:48 | |
Every worker aged 18 or over
will begin saving into a workplace | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
pension - unless they opt out. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
That's under government plans
being unveiled today. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
At the moment, employers must enrol
staff aged 22 and over | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
into a pension plan if they earn
more than 10,000 pounds a year. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
Ministers say they want to reduce
the minimum age to 18 - | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
a move that could affect around
900,000 young people. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:10 | |
But the changes won't kick
in until the mid 2020s, | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
as our business correspondent
Joe Lynam reports. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:18 | |
Holly Browning is 21 and like many
young people, he hasn't started | 0:02:22 | 0:02:27 | |
saving for his retirement. If the
government has its way, he will soon | 0:02:27 | 0:02:32 | |
be automatically enrolled for a
pension at his company. It's not | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
really crossed my mind. Maybe I am a
bit relaxed about the whole thing | 0:02:35 | 0:02:39 | |
but I have always thought of, I
think because I have moved jobs | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
quite frequently, I tend not to stay
in one place too long, pensions have | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
always been low down the list of
things I have been conscious of. At | 0:02:47 | 0:02:52 | |
the moment, only those aged over 22
are automatically included in a | 0:02:52 | 0:02:58 | |
pension scheme by their employers
but this consultation could see that | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
age lowered to 18. That could mean
900,000 additional people will be | 0:03:01 | 0:03:06 | |
saving for their pensions. But, is
that a good thing? It's important | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
that people are educated about their
options because if they don't | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
understand what a pension is, they
are far less likely to know what | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
their rights are. To an 18-year-old,
retirement must seem a long way off. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:22 | |
Especially if they don't earn much
and saving for a house is a lot more | 0:03:22 | 0:03:27 | |
pressing. If this plan proceeds, it
could help younger people | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
financially in decades to come. Joe
Lynam, BBC News. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:34 | |
MPs have expressed "serious doubts"
that the Ministry of Defence will be | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
able to afford all the new military
equipment it plans to buy. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
A report by the Commons Defence
Select Committee says | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
the MOD will struggle to make
the necessary savings it needs | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
to pay for new jets,
warships and armoured vehicles, | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
as Ian Palmer reports. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:56 | |
She is the flagship of the Royal
Navy. HMS Queen Elizabeth, | 0:03:56 | 0:04:02 | |
commissioned by whom major Steve
McQueen earlier this month. -- Her | 0:04:02 | 0:04:07 | |
Majesty, the Queen. She has space
for 40 to claims but defence in this | 0:04:07 | 0:04:14 | |
century doesn't come cheap. The
biggest warship the Navy has ever | 0:04:14 | 0:04:19 | |
had cost more than £3 billion.
Another aircraft carrier is being | 0:04:19 | 0:04:24 | |
built in Scotland. The Ministry of
Defence wants to spend £178 billion | 0:04:24 | 0:04:29 | |
on more military equipment over the
next ten years but it has to make | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
savings to achieve that goal. To do
that it will have to sell buildings | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
and make efficiencies. However, the
defence committee is extremely | 0:04:37 | 0:04:47 | |
doubtful the MOD can make those
savings from an already stretched | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
budget. The committee says funding
pressures will inevitably lead to a | 0:04:50 | 0:04:55 | |
reduction in the number of warships,
jets and armoured vehicles the MOD | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
can buy. The government is currently
carrying out a defence review. It is | 0:04:59 | 0:05:05 | |
widely expected to recommend more
carts. With the changing nature of | 0:05:05 | 0:05:14 | |
an increasing risk of threats,
Britain says it needs to expand its | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
armed forces but will the government
have the cash to pay for it? Ian | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
Palmer, BBC News. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
Theresa May says the last ten days
have "marked a watershed" | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
in the UK's departure
from the European Union. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph
and the Sunday Express, | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
the Prime Minister says
she will not be derailed | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
from securing an
ambitious Brexit deal. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
Meanwhile, the Foreign Secretary
Boris Johnson has told | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
the Sunday Times that it's vital
the UK doesn't mirror EU laws | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
in the long-term - | 0:05:41 | 0:05:42 | |
else the country risks
being a vassal state. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
South Africa's ruling party is set
to elect a new leader to replace | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
President Jacob Zuma. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:53 | |
Mr Zuma is stepping down
as leader of the ANC ahead | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
of the party's campaign
for the 2019 general election, | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
and he's faced several
allegations of corruption | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
during his decade in charge. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:02 | |
Our reporter Milton Nkosi
is in Johannesburg this morning. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
What's expected to happen today? | 0:06:05 | 0:06:16 | |
Today, we are expecting that the
conference will begin improbably | 0:06:16 | 0:06:22 | |
one-hour but that may be delayed if
you go according to what we saw | 0:06:22 | 0:06:26 | |
yesterday and the delegates are
beginning to trickle in. The nation | 0:06:26 | 0:06:31 | |
is really on tenterhooks. Just look
at the Sunday papers' headlines. The | 0:06:31 | 0:06:38 | |
City Press says today is the day of
reckoning. This one says the nation | 0:06:38 | 0:06:43 | |
waits. The Sunday Independent says
that it is N DZ against all odds. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:54 | |
That stands for Nkosazana
Dlamini-Zuma who is one of the | 0:06:54 | 0:06:58 | |
contenders to proceed Mr -- pre-
seed Mr Zuma. -- precede | 0:06:58 | 0:07:15 | |
contenders to proceed Mr -- pre-
seed Mr Zuma. -- precede. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:20 | |
Who are the candidates
and are there any favourites to win? | 0:07:20 | 0:07:24 | |
Cyril Ramaphosa led the negotiations
alongside Nelson Mandela to end | 0:07:24 | 0:07:29 | |
minority rule in the late 90s. He
left politics, went into business | 0:07:29 | 0:07:33 | |
and became incredibly wealthy. He is
now leading the delegates to take | 0:07:33 | 0:07:46 | |
the presidency on the ANC. On the
other side, we have President Jacob | 0:07:46 | 0:07:52 | |
Zuma's former wife, Nkosazana
Dlamini-Zuma. She has a medical | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
background and is a doctor by
training. She graduated Bristol and | 0:07:56 | 0:08:04 | |
went to university. She was Nelson
Mandela's first health Minister in | 0:08:04 | 0:08:10 | |
the post- apartheid administration.
She became Foreign Minister and went | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
to Bebe African Union chair. She is
a close second to Mr Zuma. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:26 | |
The UN security council
is to consider a proposal declaring | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
that any unilateral decision
on the status of Jerusalem | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
would have no legal effect. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:34 | |
It comes after President
Trump's decision | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
to recognise the city
as the capital of Israel. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
The resolution is likely to be
vetoed by the United States. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:46 | |
A landslide caused by torrential
rain in southern Chile has killed | 0:08:46 | 0:08:49 | |
at least five people. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
A further 15 are missing
in the remote village | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
of Villa Santa Lucia,
in Chile's southern lake region. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:57 | |
Dozens of houses have been
destroyed - and rescue teams | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
are searching for survivors. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
More people have been ordered
to evacuate their homes | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
in California, as raging
wildfires continue to spread. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
Flames have now reached
Santa Barbara - | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
home to many celebrities. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:15 | |
The fire is the third largest
in the state since records began. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
Fresh northerly winds
are expected to drive the flames | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
towards the Pacific Coast. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:27 | |
Some of the conditions the
firefighters were facing last night | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
where we expected the sundowners to
hit between 2am and four a.m.. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
Strong winds pushing the fire back
downhill. Extremely dusty, gold and | 0:09:35 | 0:09:41 | |
relative humidity has been low. --
gusty. A very hazardous firefight. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:48 | |
Severn Trent Water says most
customers who were cut off | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
in the Tewkesbury area
of Gloucestershire have | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
now been reconnected. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:54 | |
10,000 homes were left
without water when a main | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
burst on Friday. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:57 | |
The company said repairs to the pipe
- which lies underneath flooded | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
fields - had been difficult. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:02 | |
A BBC investigation has exposed
major flaws in a scheme designed | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
to prevent problem gamblers
using betting shops. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
The scheme allows addicted gamblers
to sign up to be banned | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
from bookmakers near where
they live, work or socialise. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:18 | |
But an undercover reporter
who should have been ejected from 21 | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
different betting shops was only
prevented from entering two. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
The Association of Bookmakers has
admitted there are flaws, | 0:10:24 | 0:10:26 | |
but say it's "continually
developing" the system. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:30 | |
The world's steepest
funicular railway will open | 0:10:30 | 0:10:31 | |
today in Switzerland. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:33 | |
It's cost 40 million
and taken 14 years to build. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:40 | |
Its unique design allows the floors
of the carriage to adjust | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
to the slope of the mountain. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
But worry not, if you've not
got a head for heights, | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
the journey lasts just four minutes. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:56 | |
If you haven't caught up
with Strictly Come Dancing yet - | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
then go and make yourself a cup
of tea - because we're | 0:10:59 | 0:11:04 | |
about to reveal the winners. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:11 | |
Former Holby City actor Joe McFadden | 0:11:11 | 0:11:12 | |
and his partner Katya Jones lifted
the coveted Glitterball trophy | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
after seeing off competition
from fellow finalists | 0:11:15 | 0:11:17 | |
Alexandra Burke, Gemma
Atkinson and Debbie McGee. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
The 42-year-old, who won the public
vote, is the oldest champion | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
of the show, which has been
running for 15 series. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:31 | |
Not in a million years. It feels
completely surreal and I'm so in awe | 0:11:31 | 0:11:35 | |
of everybody who started all those
weeks ago. We have all become such a | 0:11:35 | 0:11:40 | |
tight unit and I love them all to
bits and everyone of us are winners | 0:11:40 | 0:11:44 | |
and I love every single one of them
to bits. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:48 | |
Have a feeling we would talk about
that more later on. You can give | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
your verdict, too. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:56 | |
Apparently the most watched series.
They were lacking in one viewer. At | 0:11:56 | 0:12:00 | |
whether I'm allowed to admit. You
will be sacked immediately. Last | 0:12:00 | 0:12:06 | |
night was really good and we would
talk more about the dancers. You can | 0:12:06 | 0:12:10 | |
tell me what I was missing out on.
It is 12 minutes past six. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:14 | |
Whether it's reluctantly,
whole-heartedly or even drunkenly - | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
Christmas is the time
for a good sing-song. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:24 | |
And as we've been proving
this week on Breakfast, | 0:12:24 | 0:12:31 | |
it's actually good for you! | 0:12:31 | 0:12:32 | |
As part of our BBC Sings series,
on Tuesday we'll host a mass | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
sing-a-long - with choirs
from across the UK taking part | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
in a special rendition
of "Oh Come All Ye Faithful". | 0:12:38 | 0:12:42 | |
You know the words. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:43 | |
And we want you to join in,
whether it's at home, | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
at work, or even on bus ride in. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
If you need any more encouragement,
here are the BBC Singers | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
with their take on the
Christmas classic. | 0:12:52 | 0:13:06 | |
# O come all Ye faithful. Getting
over the nerves is an achievement. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:12 | |
It is about standing up and being
counted. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:17 | |
# Come and be holed him. I think we
will struggle to find anyone who | 0:13:17 | 0:13:22 | |
doesn't at least know the tune. It
is one of the great carols of | 0:13:22 | 0:13:26 | |
Christmas along with I wait in a
Major. -- away. Everyone can sing | 0:13:26 | 0:13:37 | |
it. There is a big bit at the end
that you have to fill up your lungs | 0:13:37 | 0:13:41 | |
for and just go for it. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:49 | |
You can do it anywhere, singing. You
have a voice, you have lungs. Just | 0:13:52 | 0:13:57 | |
go for it. It is something that will
be different to your normal routine | 0:13:57 | 0:14:02 | |
in the morning. Everyone can sing.
You can sing at home, you can sing | 0:14:02 | 0:14:12 | |
in the bath, you can sing at the
breakfast can go and sing in the | 0:14:12 | 0:14:16 | |
garden with your friends. Literally,
anywhere. It is one of those | 0:14:16 | 0:14:25 | |
Christmas carols when you really
know Christmas is here. Fantastic. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:29 | |
Yeah, I had a singing teacher who
used to call singing happy shouting | 0:14:29 | 0:14:34 | |
and that would work really well in
this song. Just go for it. Be happy. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:40 | |
# Christ, the lot. -- Lord. Get
singing! | 0:14:45 | 0:14:58 | |
And of course we want you to join
in with that very special | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
sing-a-long on Tuesday. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:02 | |
We'll be singing our own rendition
of "O Come All Ye Faithful" with six | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
different choirs across the UK. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:07 | |
I would be on the radio. I will be
on the telly. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:11 | |
We want you to take part - | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
whether it's at home,
at work or while you're | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
on your commute! | 0:15:15 | 0:15:16 | |
You can tweet along using
the hashtag, "BBC Sing". | 0:15:16 | 0:15:23 | |
Get everyone in the Christmas
spirit. It gets you straight in | 0:15:23 | 0:15:28 | |
there. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:29 | |
You're watching
Breakfast from BBC News. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
The main stories this morning: | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
Work place pensions are to be
automatically given to 18-year-olds | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
under new plans being
unveiled by the government. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:42 | |
MPs say they have "serious doubts"
the Ministry of Defence can afford | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
all the new warships
and jets it plans to buy. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:52 | |
And now for a first look at what the
weather is doing. Stav's got the | 0:15:52 | 0:16:00 | |
details. It looks glorious. Very
cloudy. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
details. It looks glorious. Very
cloudy. A mixed age. We have rain | 0:16:03 | 0:16:10 | |
spreading across the country. --
mixed picture. Central and eastern | 0:16:10 | 0:16:18 | |
areas are dry. Dense fog. Mild air
moving in. It makes the fog quite | 0:16:18 | 0:16:28 | |
dense. The next few hours could be
quite dense study rain moving in. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:39 | |
Largely dry for England and Wales at
the moment. A few showers around | 0:16:39 | 0:16:43 | |
falling on frozen surfaces. Problems
with ice. Subzero temperatures in | 0:16:43 | 0:16:51 | |
eastern England and East Anglia.
Watch out for the highs in northern | 0:16:51 | 0:16:55 | |
England in particular. -- ice.
Strengthening winds. Quite a dull | 0:16:55 | 0:17:02 | |
afternoon. Briefly mild behind and
during the rain band, but ahead of | 0:17:02 | 0:17:08 | |
that, cold. Three degrees in
Norwich. It eventually clears the | 0:17:08 | 0:17:13 | |
south and south-east corner. Light
winds. With clear skies, another | 0:17:13 | 0:17:18 | |
chilly night. You can see the blue
tinge. The odd pocket of frost. Mist | 0:17:18 | 0:17:23 | |
and fog developing. Cool away from
the far south-west. A ridge of | 0:17:23 | 0:17:29 | |
showers on Monday. Starting the
working week on a fine note. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
South-westerly winds in the Atlantic
ringing mild air later on in the | 0:17:33 | 0:17:38 | |
week. -- watcher won a chilly start
on Monday. Frost. Lots of sunshine. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:44 | |
A glorious start to the working
week. Temperatures in single | 0:17:44 | 0:17:49 | |
figures. Getting into double figures
in the south-west. Look at the | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
cloud. Blue is replaced by orange
colours. Mild this week. A | 0:17:53 | 0:18:08 | |
noticeable feature. Double figures.
Given shelter in brightness, it is | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
it will be limited, it will be
cloudy, temperatures close to the | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
mid-teens Celsius. The theme of the
new working week is "milder." Thank | 0:18:14 | 0:18:21 | |
you. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:22 | |
new working week is "milder." Thank
you. Looking much more mild than | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
this time last weekend. It is still
wet. It needs to be crisp and cold | 0:18:25 | 0:18:39 | |
and snowy. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:39 | |
We'll be back with a summary
of the news at half past six, | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
but now it's time for
the Film Review with Jane Hill | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
and Mark Kermode. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:50 | |
Hello and welcome to
The Film Review on BBC News. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
Taking us through this week's cinema
releases is Mark Kermode. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
What have you been watching, Mark? | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
Very, very interesting week. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:00 | |
We have Bingo: The King
Of The Mornings, a film | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
about the dark side of clowning. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
We have, of course,
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
you might have noticed that this
is opening in cinemas! | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
And The Unseen, a low-key
British chiller. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
Bingo: The King Of The Mornings,
this is a really curious looking | 0:19:11 | 0:19:19 | |
one. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:20 | |
Very interesting film,
submitted for the foreign-language | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
Oscar although it has not made it
through to the short list. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
It comes on like an episode
of the Chuckle Brothers crossed | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
with the last third of Goodfellas. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:40 | |
It is inspired by a real-life
story of a kids' TV icon, | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
this is a fictionalised version
in which there is struggling actor | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
who has made his name in soft-core
sex films and manages to get a break | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
as Bingo, this clown
on morning television. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
And realises that he may actually
have found something | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
for which he can become
celebrated and famous. | 0:19:55 | 0:20:11 | |
The downside is, he's not
allowed to say who he is, | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
he has to be completely
anonymous, so he's caught | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
between fame and anonymity. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:17 | |
Now, you can see from that,
it has got a strange, | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
slightly cracked tone to it,
it is a fantastic performance | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
from Vladimir Brichta as Bingo. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:58 | |
What I like about it is that it has
a bit of the backstage madness | 0:20:58 | 0:21:02 | |
of live television,
something like Network. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:03 | |
It also has that... | 0:21:03 | 0:21:10 | |
I talked before about Goodfellas,
that sense as it accelerates, | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
that what happens is success goes
to his head, he falls into drink | 0:21:13 | 0:21:17 | |
and drugs and reckless behaviour,
but he is tortured because he can't | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
tell anyone who he is. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:21 | |
It becomes that classic tale
of someone who is famous in one area | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
and completely
anonymous and another. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:26 | |
It is not without flaws,
there are certain moments | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
when the drama oversteps itself
somewhat, but I didn't know this | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
story at all. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:33 | |
As I said, it's inspired by a true
story, and I found it gripping | 0:21:33 | 0:21:39 | |
and weirdly enjoyable, not least
because there's something... | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
I mean, clowns are a strange
presence anyway... | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
Yes. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:44 | |
Could go either way! | 0:21:44 | 0:21:45 | |
Can be funny, can be sinister. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:46 | |
And we saw the success of It,
which has now become the biggest | 0:21:46 | 0:21:50 | |
selling horror movie of all time. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:51 | |
So, this is something
a little bit different, | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
it is not entirely successful
but when it works, it has a kind | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
of crazed energy, which is down
to the central performance largely, | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
which is very, very magnetic. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:02 | |
OK, a curious one. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:03 | |
Yes. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:03 | |
So apparently there's
a new Star Wars film out! | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
Who knew? | 0:22:05 | 0:22:06 | |
They should do some
publicity, really. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:08 | |
Are you a Star Wars fan? | 0:22:08 | 0:22:09 | |
To a degree. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:10 | |
I've seen some of them. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:11 | |
I lived with someone who really,
really is, so it is on the list. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
This picks up almost immediately
where Force Awakens left off. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
Rey arrives at the island
where Luke Skywalker now lurks, | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
and she is looking
for her true self. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
The thing with any Star Wars film
is that there is a balancing act. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:27 | |
Light and the shade,
between the action and | 0:22:27 | 0:22:29 | |
the introspection and also
between satisfying the fans | 0:22:29 | 0:22:31 | |
and the first timers. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:32 | |
I think that Rian Johnson
who is helming this, | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
who's come from films like Looper,
has done a fantastic job. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
You get all the stuff that you want
from a Star Wars film, | 0:22:37 | 0:22:41 | |
the sabre battles, the deep space
explosions, the dogfights, | 0:22:41 | 0:22:43 | |
but you also get an awful lot
of internal character development. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
What I liked most about this
is that it has a number of disparate | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
narrative strands, as they all do,
but each character arc | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
is followed through properly. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:54 | |
It is a film in which characters do
what that character would do. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:58 | |
It's a film in which action
is character, characters are defined | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
not by what they say
but by their actions. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:03 | |
Now, I saw it with a home crowd,
I saw it at the premiere | 0:23:03 | 0:23:07 | |
and in the final act of it,
people were laughing, | 0:23:07 | 0:23:08 | |
cheering, bursting into
spontaneous applause. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:19 | |
My suspicion is that that will be
matched around the country, | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
because it's very well-made,
very confident, there is a little | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
bagginess in it, there is one
section on a casino planet, | 0:23:24 | 0:23:27 | |
which I think is perhaps
somewhat overstretched, | 0:23:27 | 0:23:29 | |
but I think it works
really well as a film. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
That said, all Star Wars films
have a divisive element. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
And nothing is going
to satisfy everybody. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:36 | |
I have never been a hard-core
Star Wars fan, but I did enjoy | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
this very much. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:41 | |
I thought as a piece of masterful
storytelling in which it obeys | 0:23:41 | 0:23:44 | |
the rules of the characters,
the characters make sense. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:47 | |
It may be fantastical and inventive
but the characters make sense, | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
and that, for me, is the key. | 0:23:50 | 0:24:09 | |
And does it look fantastic? | 0:24:09 | 0:24:11 | |
Oh, yes, it looks fantastic. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:12 | |
In a way we sort of
take that for granted. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
It looks really great,
but it also feels really solid. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
It feels like a proper, you know,
well-made, stand-alone film. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
That's excellent. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:21 | |
The Unseen. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:21 | |
Look, it's nearly Christmas -
have you brought me another horror | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
film, is this what
you're doing here? | 0:24:24 | 0:24:50 | |
This is a psychological chiller. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:51 | |
Not really horror. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
This is written and
directed by Gary Sinyor. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
This was 12 years in development,
it is a story about a young couple | 0:24:55 | 0:24:59 | |
who suffer a terrible loss
of a child and after that, | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
their relationship is in crisis. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:03 | |
I hear him. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:04 | |
Where? | 0:25:04 | 0:25:04 | |
In this room. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:05 | |
I hear him. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:11 | |
When? | 0:25:11 | 0:25:11 | |
At night. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:12 | |
Sometimes during the day. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:28 | |
You don't believe me. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:44 | |
What does he say? | 0:25:44 | 0:25:45 | |
He says he loves me... | 0:25:45 | 0:25:47 | |
Now, you were asking
what the difference | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
is between a horror
film and a chiller. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
I think it is a tenuous distinction,
however, it is to do | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
with an uncanniness,
sense of creepiness. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
In its early stages,
this film is actually very, | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
very well played by
the central actors. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:00 | |
And it has a real atmosphere
of unease, of the uncanny, | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
which is very hard to achieve. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
I have to say in its later stages it
kind of loses some of that, | 0:26:05 | 0:26:11 | |
the more the plot starts to explain
itself, the more mechanical it | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
becomes and the less
it became interesting. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:16 | |
But for its first movement,
it does establish that sense | 0:26:16 | 0:26:19 | |
of the cold hand on
the back of the neck. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
The genuinely uncanny sense that
you're not quite sure | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
what's going on. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:25 | |
You believe in the characters,
you believe in the situation. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
And you share their distress. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:29 | |
But you also have that sense
of eeriness, that sense of unease. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
It's a very flawed film,
and I think overall, | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
as I said, there are missteps
in the later acts that let it down. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:38 | |
But at the beginning it has
an atmosphere which I think | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
validates it, and it is really nice
to see something like that going up | 0:26:41 | 0:26:45 | |
against a behemoth like
Star Wars: The Last Jedi. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:50 | |
And it's not a horror film. | 0:26:50 | 0:27:04 | |
OK! | 0:27:04 | 0:27:04 | |
I may be just saying that,
but it's not a horror film! | 0:27:04 | 0:27:08 | |
Best out, however,
I wholeheartedly, I mean... | 0:27:08 | 0:27:10 | |
The rerelease of a classic. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:11 | |
I think this is one
of the greatest movies ever made, | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
A Matter Of Life And Death. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:16 | |
You love it too, right? | 0:27:16 | 0:27:17 | |
Yes, yes, yes. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:18 | |
When was the last time
you saw it on a big screen? | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
When I was at university,
300 years ago. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
I love that image of up
in heaven, looking down. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:26 | |
Very clever, very clever. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:27 | |
You need to see it on the big
screen, so much of why it's | 0:27:27 | 0:27:31 | |
brilliant is the way it looks. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
The idea of having the other world
as being black-and-white, | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
and the Technicolor, so gorgeous,
the performances are brilliant. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
And every time you see it, it just
gets better and better and better. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:42 | |
And incidentally, that is a film
which you can view as a fantasy | 0:27:42 | 0:27:45 | |
or you can view as a psychological,
you know, psychological romance. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
I would say it's not
a million miles away from... | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
I'm trying! | 0:27:51 | 0:27:51 | |
I love your attempt, Mark. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:53 | |
It is fantastic, it is wonderful,
worth seeing on a big screen, | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
you make a good point,
I haven't seen it on a for aeons. | 0:27:56 | 0:28:00 | |
On the smaller screen, DVDs... | 0:28:00 | 0:28:01 | |
Dunkirk. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:01 | |
Which I, kind of having seen it
on the big screen... | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
Want to see it on the big screen. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
I can't quite envisage
watching it on a small one. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:24 | |
I've seen Dunkirk three times. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:26 | |
I have seen it twice on a big IMAX
screen and once on a television | 0:28:26 | 0:28:30 | |
screen, although the television
screens are now much bigger. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:32 | |
When you see it on a small screen,
you start to notice things | 0:28:32 | 0:28:36 | |
about the cleverness
of the structure, the fact that it | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
has these three
interweaving time periods. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:40 | |
One week, one day, one hour. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
The fact that it interweaves them
so well, sometimes on the big screen | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
you're just so overwhelmed
by the spectacle of it, | 0:28:45 | 0:28:48 | |
you don't realise just how smart
the construction of the film is. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
Watching it on a smaller screen
you really admire the narrative... | 0:28:51 | 0:28:54 | |
It is a simple narrative
but it is told in a way | 0:28:54 | 0:28:57 | |
which is really complex
and really crystalline. | 0:28:57 | 0:28:59 | |
And actually I saw things in it
on the small screen that I hadn't | 0:28:59 | 0:29:03 | |
seen on the big screen. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:04 | |
Yes, the big-screen experience
is still the primary one but it does | 0:29:04 | 0:29:08 | |
work on the small screen,
for different reasons. | 0:29:08 | 0:29:10 | |
Mark, good to see you as ever. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:12 | |
Interesting week. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:12 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:13 | |
Quick reminder before we go
you can find more film news | 0:29:13 | 0:29:16 | |
and reviews online. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:17 | |
bbc.co.uk/MarkKermode. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:17 | |
And all our previous
programmes are on the BBC | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
iPlayer, of course. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:21 | |
That is it for this week, though,
enjoy your cinema going. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:24 | |
Bye bye. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:26 | |
Good Morning, here's a summary
of today's main stories from BBC | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
News. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:07 | |
Every worker aged 18 or over
will begin saving into a workplace | 0:30:07 | 0:30:10 | |
pension - unless they opt out. | 0:30:10 | 0:30:12 | |
That's under government plans
being unveiled today. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:14 | |
At the moment, employers
must enrol staff aged 22 | 0:30:14 | 0:30:16 | |
and over into a pension plan
if they earn more than 10,000 | 0:30:16 | 0:30:20 | |
pounds a year. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:20 | |
Ministers say they want to reduce
the minimum age to 18 by the mid | 0:30:20 | 0:30:24 | |
2020s - a move that could affect
around 900,000 young people. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:36 | |
I think what the government needs to
bear in mind, however, is how much | 0:30:36 | 0:30:40 | |
of the cost of that will be falling
on employers in the future because | 0:30:40 | 0:30:44 | |
already the cost to employers is on
course to travel by 2019. Today's | 0:30:44 | 0:30:49 | |
announcement means the cost to
employers will be even higher than | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
that. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:55 | |
MPs have exposed serious doubts that
the Ministry of Defence will be able | 0:30:55 | 0:31:00 | |
to afford all of the military
equipment it plans to buy. A report | 0:31:00 | 0:31:04 | |
by the Commons select ministry
defence committee says it will | 0:31:04 | 0:31:07 | |
struggle to find the finance to pay
for more armoured vehicles and | 0:31:07 | 0:31:10 | |
ships. They are making good progress
to making £7.3 billion worth of | 0:31:10 | 0:31:17 | |
savings. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:17 | |
Theresa May says the last ten days
have marked a watershed | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
in the UK's departure
from the European Union. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:22 | |
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph
and the Sunday Express, | 0:31:22 | 0:31:25 | |
the Prime Minister says
she will not be derailed | 0:31:25 | 0:31:27 | |
from securing an
ambitious Brexit deal. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:29 | |
Meanwhile, the Foreign Secretary
Boris Johnson has told | 0:31:29 | 0:31:31 | |
the Sunday Times that it's vital
the UK doesn't mirror EU laws | 0:31:31 | 0:31:34 | |
in the long-term -
or the country risks | 0:31:34 | 0:31:37 | |
being a vassal state. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:39 | |
More people have been ordered
to evacuate their homes | 0:31:39 | 0:31:41 | |
in California, as raging
wildfires continue to spread. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:43 | |
Flames have now reached
Santa Barbara - | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
home to many celebrities. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:46 | |
The fire is the third largest
in the state since records began. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:50 | |
Fresh northerly winds
are expected to drive the flames | 0:31:50 | 0:31:52 | |
towards the Pacific Coast. | 0:31:52 | 0:32:00 | |
The UN security council
is to consider a proposal declaring | 0:32:00 | 0:32:02 | |
that any unilateral decision
on the status of Jerusalem | 0:32:02 | 0:32:05 | |
would have no legal effect. | 0:32:05 | 0:32:07 | |
It comes after President
Trump's decision | 0:32:07 | 0:32:09 | |
to recognise the city
as the capital of Israel. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:13 | |
The resolution is likely to be
vetoed by the United States. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
Severn Trent Water says most
customers who were cut off | 0:32:17 | 0:32:20 | |
in the Tewkesbury area
of Gloucestershire have | 0:32:20 | 0:32:22 | |
now been reconnected. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:23 | |
10,000 homes were left
without water when a main | 0:32:23 | 0:32:25 | |
burst on Friday. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:26 | |
The company said repairs to the pipe
- which lies underneath flooded | 0:32:26 | 0:32:29 | |
fields - had been difficult. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:37 | |
The American defence Department has
acknowledged it ran a secret | 0:32:37 | 0:32:42 | |
programme to investigate UFOs. A
Pentagon spokeswoman said the | 0:32:42 | 0:32:46 | |
project ended in 2012. Documents
describe sightings of objects | 0:32:46 | 0:32:51 | |
speeding through the skies or
hovering with no visible signs of | 0:32:51 | 0:32:55 | |
life. They had a budget of £50
million per year. | 0:32:55 | 0:33:01 | |
If you're looking for inspiration
for your Christmas cake, | 0:33:01 | 0:33:03 | |
look no further. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:05 | |
This six foot edible nativity
scene was made by amateur | 0:33:05 | 0:33:09 | |
baker Lynn Nolan. | 0:33:09 | 0:33:13 | |
It took her six months to make. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:17 | |
She used 240 eggs, 50 kilograms
of marzipan and four | 0:33:17 | 0:33:19 | |
litres of whisky. | 0:33:19 | 0:33:25 | |
The cake will be auctioned
off on Wednesday - | 0:33:25 | 0:33:27 | |
with all the money going
to a primary school. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:34 | |
That is an massive sugar rush. All
in one go. Never mind the booze. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:45 | |
Good morning, John. If you are an
England cricket fan, it is far from | 0:33:45 | 0:33:53 | |
good. The worst way to wake up. Do
you remember that during the | 0:33:53 | 0:33:58 | |
Olympics and all the action would
overnight? And we would say, great, | 0:33:58 | 0:34:02 | |
we have won another medal? -- medal!
There is lots of action this time | 0:34:02 | 0:34:10 | |
but not much happiness. England have
to bat 1.5 days to save the Ashes. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:20 | |
Come on, rain! There is a chance it
could end in a draw if it rains. | 0:34:20 | 0:34:27 | |
Huge scoreboard pressure. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:28 | |
England's hopes of retaining
the Ashes fading fast. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:32 | |
There were some long-awaited
wickets first thing - | 0:34:32 | 0:34:34 | |
Mitchell Marsh didn't add
to his 181 overnight. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:36 | |
And Aussie Captain Steve Smith
out for 239 eventually. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:39 | |
He declared their first
innings on 662 for nine - | 0:34:39 | 0:34:41 | |
a lead of 259. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:54 | |
England lost Mark Stoneman early
on and then Alastair Cook went | 0:34:54 | 0:34:58 | |
as well - caught and bowled
by Josh Hazelwood. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:02 | |
Joe Root is in now and if they ever
needed a Captain's innings it's now. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:15 | |
Defeat would leave England 3-0
down and give the Ashes | 0:35:15 | 0:35:18 | |
back to Australia. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:18 | |
Manchester City showed
their unstoppable best yesterday, | 0:35:18 | 0:35:20 | |
thumping Tottenham 4-1,
to make it 16 wins in a row. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:23 | |
They are now 14 points clear
at the top of the Premier League, | 0:35:23 | 0:35:27 | |
for the time being at least. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:28 | |
Pep Guardiola says his side
is 'becoming a better institution'. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:31 | |
James Burford was watching
all of yesterday's action. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:42 | |
The rain it may be falling in
Manchester but so are the records. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:46 | |
This record run that City are on, 16
games, the longest in English top | 0:35:46 | 0:35:52 | |
division history. Tottenham are not
used to being dismantled like this | 0:35:52 | 0:35:56 | |
but no team seems impervious to Pep
Guardiola's players. The boss knows | 0:35:56 | 0:36:01 | |
his next target, beating the 19 game
winning streak he managed at Bayern | 0:36:01 | 0:36:06 | |
Munich. I was with three amazing
clubs. All three clubs, they support | 0:36:06 | 0:36:13 | |
me and all the decisions we believe
that they provide me no standing | 0:36:13 | 0:36:17 | |
players. Without good players and
club support, your ideas, it is | 0:36:17 | 0:36:22 | |
impossible to achieve these kinds of
things. Such is being made of City's | 0:36:22 | 0:36:27 | |
form that nobody seems to be
noticing Chelsea winning their last | 0:36:27 | 0:36:31 | |
ten. Arsenal, meanwhile, made it 13
wins out of 14 home games thanks to | 0:36:31 | 0:36:40 | |
these rocket against Newcastle. They
drop into the bottom three without a | 0:36:40 | 0:36:44 | |
win in nine. Alumax obviously keep
working this way. After, try to go | 0:36:44 | 0:36:54 | |
to January and bring some addition.
A lift to the rest of the team. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:58 | |
Crystal Palace, on the other hand,
jump out of the relegation zone, | 0:36:58 | 0:37:02 | |
scoring their first goal in a 3-
went against Leicester. -- first | 0:37:02 | 0:37:09 | |
win. Someone in the spotlight is
Mark Hughes, his position as Stoke | 0:37:09 | 0:37:14 | |
manager is under threat. The 3-0
defeat leaves his team hovering just | 0:37:14 | 0:37:19 | |
two points above the relegation
zone. Who knows what records | 0:37:19 | 0:37:24 | |
Manchester City will break this
season. It's not even Christmas yet | 0:37:24 | 0:37:27 | |
and already they are 14 points
clear. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
Aberdeen are up to second
in the Scottish Premiership, | 0:37:30 | 0:37:32 | |
narrowing the gap on leaders
Celtic to just two points. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:35 | |
Gary Mackay-Steven scored
a Hat-trick in their 4-1 victory | 0:37:35 | 0:37:37 | |
over Hibs - who hadn't lost
at home since March. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:40 | |
Elsewhere there were wins
for Dundee, Hamilton, | 0:37:40 | 0:37:42 | |
Kilmarnock and St Johnstone who won
in the league at Ibrox for the first | 0:37:42 | 0:37:46 | |
time since 1971. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:50 | |
It's a pivotal weekend in rugby
union's Champions Cup | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
with the second of the pool stage
double headers going some way | 0:37:52 | 0:37:56 | |
to decide who will make
the quarter finals. | 0:37:56 | 0:37:58 | |
Bath got revenge for their late
defeat to Toulon last | 0:37:58 | 0:38:01 | |
weekend by beating the French side
26-21 in a thrilling game | 0:38:01 | 0:38:04 | |
at the Rec. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:04 | |
That win moves Bath
above their opponents to the top | 0:38:04 | 0:38:07 | |
of Pool five. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:12 | |
Scarlets are back in contention
to qualify from the same pool. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:15 | |
They sit third, a point behind
Toulon after beating Benneton 31-12 | 0:38:15 | 0:38:18 | |
in Italy. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:24 | |
Premiership champions Exeter
have their work cut out to qualify | 0:38:24 | 0:38:27 | |
though after dropping to third
in Pool three after letting | 0:38:27 | 0:38:30 | |
a 14-point lead slip at Leinster. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:31 | |
At one stage the Chiefs led 17-3
but Luke McGrath's late try sealed | 0:38:31 | 0:38:35 | |
a comeback for the home
side in Dublin. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:37 | |
Leinster stay top of the group
and look sure to go through. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:47 | |
Two of the tournament's surprise
packages will contest snooker's | 0:38:47 | 0:38:50 | |
Scottish Open final this afternoon. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:51 | |
Neil Robertson beat the home
favourite John Higgins 6-3 to set up | 0:38:51 | 0:38:54 | |
a meeting with the world number 67
China's Cao Yupeng who stunned | 0:38:54 | 0:38:57 | |
Judd Trump earlier in the day. | 0:38:57 | 0:38:59 | |
Robertson has fallen outside
the world's top 16 recently, | 0:38:59 | 0:39:01 | |
but has been in much
better form in Glasgow. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:10 | |
Gary Anderson is into the second
round of darts PDC World | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
Championship. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:17 | |
The 2015 and 2016 winner
easily overcame Jeff Smith | 0:39:17 | 0:39:19 | |
in straight sets, hitting seven 180s
along the way at Ally Pally. | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
Later today James Wade
and Dave Chisnall start their first | 0:39:22 | 0:39:26 | |
round campaigns. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:29 | |
With the Winter Olympics
on the horizon, some of Britain's | 0:39:29 | 0:39:32 | |
athletes are continuing
their preparations across Europe. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:34 | |
Andrew Musgrave took bronze
in the 15 kilometre freestyle | 0:39:34 | 0:39:38 | |
at the Cross Country
World Cup in Italy. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:41 | |
While Britain's women's
bobsleigh team finished 10th | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
in the latest race in Austria. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:47 | |
The team have done well to even make
it to these race meetings though | 0:39:47 | 0:39:52 | |
having secured most of their funding
this year through crowdfunding | 0:39:52 | 0:39:54 | |
appeals. | 0:39:54 | 0:39:55 | |
Britain's Olympic and world champion
Adam Peaty has won his fair share | 0:39:55 | 0:39:59 | |
of medals in his time,
and it would appear he's got so many | 0:39:59 | 0:40:03 | |
he's happy to give a few away. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:07 | |
After winning gold in the 100
metre breaststroke at | 0:40:07 | 0:40:09 | |
the European
short course Championships. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:12 | |
He took his gold medal over
to a very lucky young girl | 0:40:12 | 0:40:15 | |
in the crowd. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:21 | |
This event's being held
in Copenhagen and clearly Peaty has | 0:40:21 | 0:40:24 | |
made one spectator
very happy indeed. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:32 | |
He has had such success and he is
talking about his legacy and | 0:40:32 | 0:40:39 | |
inspiring the next generation, what
a way to do it. He is one of the | 0:40:39 | 0:40:44 | |
contenders for Sports Personality of
the Year. Amongst many other | 0:40:44 | 0:40:47 | |
contenders, worth pointing out. | 0:40:47 | 0:40:49 | |
Today could be a crucial moment
in South Africa's political history, | 0:40:49 | 0:40:52 | |
as the ruling party - the ANC -
is set to elect its new leader. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
Whoever wins is likely
to succeed Jacob Zuma | 0:40:56 | 0:40:58 | |
as the country's president. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:03 | |
But the leadership battle has been
bitter, and Mr Zuma has warned | 0:41:03 | 0:41:06 | |
that the very future of the party
could be under threat. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
Martin Plaut is from the Institute
of Commonwealth Studies | 0:41:09 | 0:41:12 | |
at the University of London -
and he grew up in South Africa. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:19 | |
Thank you for joining us. As a man
who studies South African politics | 0:41:19 | 0:41:24 | |
and who knows it well, how
significant to you think this point | 0:41:24 | 0:41:28 | |
is in the potential future of the
country? It's much more important | 0:41:28 | 0:41:34 | |
than the presidency of the ANC, this
is the future of the country which | 0:41:34 | 0:41:38 | |
is really in an extremely serious
situation. It has had a credit | 0:41:38 | 0:41:42 | |
downgrading, its ratings are very
low. It has to borrow at a higher | 0:41:42 | 0:41:48 | |
rate. There is the threat of
violence and intimidation. The | 0:41:48 | 0:41:55 | |
intimidation is being seen inside
the ANC itself and the whole entire | 0:41:55 | 0:41:59 | |
conference could collapse today.
Huge economic challenges and yet the | 0:41:59 | 0:42:05 | |
ANC is still dominant. Not perhaps
as much as it used to be, but still | 0:42:05 | 0:42:09 | |
the dominant party. Absolutely
right. It at 155%. | 0:42:09 | 0:42:20 | |
-- 55%. Everyone is predicting the
future. How many saw Hillary Clinton | 0:42:22 | 0:42:28 | |
not winning? There are seven
candidates but only two that could | 0:42:28 | 0:42:34 | |
potentially win this. What are you
expecting, given what you just said | 0:42:34 | 0:42:40 | |
about being able to predict
something like this? But with seven | 0:42:40 | 0:42:44 | |
candidates, to look likely but even
then, all bets are off. --2. Cyril | 0:42:44 | 0:42:53 | |
Ramaphosa is a solid figure,
businessman, deputy president, trade | 0:42:53 | 0:42:56 | |
union background. He was involved in
a very unfortunate massacre a few | 0:42:56 | 0:43:02 | |
years ago were a lot of mine workers
were killed. It wasn't directly | 0:43:02 | 0:43:08 | |
involved but was director of the
company. It stands against him. The | 0:43:08 | 0:43:11 | |
other person is Nkosazana
Dlamini-Zuma. He is one of Mr Zuma | 0:43:11 | 0:43:20 | |
-- she is one of Mr Zuma's ex-wives
stop a very cold, austere figure. | 0:43:20 | 0:43:26 | |
She is seen as the person Mr Zuma
would want because she will prevent | 0:43:26 | 0:43:30 | |
him being put into prison for
corruption because there are over | 0:43:30 | 0:43:33 | |
700 charges of corruption against Mr
Zuma and he has fought desperately | 0:43:33 | 0:43:38 | |
for these never to come to court. Of
course, he denies them all. He and | 0:43:38 | 0:43:47 | |
the Gupta family have siphoned off
all of the funds. For these option | 0:43:47 | 0:44:01 | |
charges to be fully investigated and
the beast -- for these people to be | 0:44:01 | 0:44:12 | |
held accountable? What of the future
of Jacob Zuma? He remains the | 0:44:12 | 0:44:17 | |
president of South Africa. He is
just not the president of the ANC | 0:44:17 | 0:44:22 | |
from this weekend. The question then
is where does that real power lies | 0:44:22 | 0:44:28 | |
between him and his successor? If it
is he and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, he | 0:44:28 | 0:44:32 | |
will be all right. If it is Cyril
Ramaphosa, it may be stormy times | 0:44:32 | 0:44:36 | |
ahead because then we will need to
know where the real division of | 0:44:36 | 0:44:40 | |
power lies. And briefly, the impact
of this globally? South Africa is | 0:44:40 | 0:44:47 | |
that cornerstone of Southern African
economy and politics and we have | 0:44:47 | 0:44:51 | |
just had the big change with Mugabe
a link next door. -- McGarvey | 0:44:51 | 0:44:57 | |
-- Robert Mugabe, going. | 0:45:00 | 0:45:06 | |
Cold and damp. The east will be cold
and frosty. West, rain moving in. | 0:45:10 | 0:45:20 | |
Cold air as well. The rain will go
east through the day. A messy | 0:45:20 | 0:45:25 | |
picture on Sunday. That is the blue
hue. Cold and frosty. Mist and fog. | 0:45:25 | 0:45:33 | |
Further west, pouring down. It will
go east. Have the bursts. Cold | 0:45:33 | 0:45:41 | |
surfaces here. Rain falling. There
could be a risk of ice. Rain | 0:45:41 | 0:45:47 | |
clearing from Northern Ireland in
the next hour or so. Dry and cool | 0:45:47 | 0:45:53 | |
behind that. Ahead of it, cold and
dry. Watch out for the highs in | 0:45:53 | 0:46:01 | |
northern England and southern
Scotland this morning. -- ice. The | 0:46:01 | 0:46:06 | |
rain will go south and east. Wet in
the south and east. Not as heavy as | 0:46:06 | 0:46:11 | |
in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Behind this, brightening up. | 0:46:11 | 0:46:17 | |
Sunshine. Cool air behind that.
Eight o'clock day. Rain clearing | 0:46:17 | 0:46:22 | |
south and east. --A flip-flop day.
High pressure, clear skies. | 0:46:22 | 0:46:28 | |
Temperatures falling away. Freezing
in rural places. It means for the | 0:46:28 | 0:46:35 | |
start of the new working week a
ridge of high pressure should bring | 0:46:35 | 0:46:38 | |
fine and dry weather. Lots of
sunshine. Behind me, tightly packed | 0:46:38 | 0:46:45 | |
isobars from the west. Monday, a
cold start. Lots of sunshine. Mist | 0:46:45 | 0:46:52 | |
and fog. Cloud in northern and
western Scotland. Cloud pushing in | 0:46:52 | 0:46:58 | |
through the south-west. Mild air. 10
degrees. Single figures elsewhere. | 0:46:58 | 0:47:02 | |
Orange takes over on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and the end of | 0:47:02 | 0:47:07 | |
the new working week. Set to stay
mild in the run-up to Christmas. | 0:47:07 | 0:47:11 | |
Tuesday and Wednesday, a snapshot.
Double | 0:47:11 | 0:47:14 | |
Tuesday and Wednesday, a snapshot.
Double figures. Mid-teens. | 0:47:14 | 0:47:19 | |
Brightness will be limited. Thank
you. Back with you a little later. | 0:47:19 | 0:47:26 | |
And we will be back with the
headlines at eight o'clock. First, | 0:47:26 | 0:47:35 | |
Click, with Spencer Kelly and the
team. | 0:47:35 | 0:47:39 | |
Click, with Spencer Kelly and the
team. | 0:47:39 | 0:47:48 | |
Earlier in the year we looked
at some of the 360 cameras | 0:47:53 | 0:47:56 | |
which have taken off in 2017. | 0:47:56 | 0:47:57 | |
Dan filmed with the new kid
on the block, the Insta One in | 0:47:57 | 0:48:01 | |
Berlin. | 0:48:01 | 0:48:01 | |
And he came back very
pleased with it. | 0:48:01 | 0:48:03 | |
Easy to use, lots of features,
including this bullet-time mode, | 0:48:03 | 0:48:06 | |
a bit like the film The Matrix,
where you can get a picture | 0:48:06 | 0:48:10 | |
of yourself from all angles. | 0:48:10 | 0:48:11 | |
But what have the more established
names in photography got | 0:48:11 | 0:48:14 | |
to offer us? | 0:48:14 | 0:48:21 | |
Well, with Christmas
just around the corner, | 0:48:21 | 0:48:23 | |
this time we sent Dan to a suitably
festive place to put two pro-sumer | 0:48:23 | 0:48:27 | |
360 cameras through their paces. | 0:48:27 | 0:48:28 | |
The ancient city of Bath hosts
a very traditional Christmas market, | 0:48:28 | 0:48:31 | |
one that I want to
catch in the round. | 0:48:31 | 0:48:35 | |
I've got two cameras for the job. | 0:48:35 | 0:48:37 | |
One is from Kodak,
the other is Nikon's. | 0:48:37 | 0:48:39 | |
They look pretty similar,
with two ultra-wide-angle lenses | 0:48:39 | 0:48:42 | |
capturing everything,
before the two images | 0:48:42 | 0:48:43 | |
are stitched together in-camera. | 0:48:43 | 0:48:45 | |
But look closer, and you will see
the Kodak sporting two different | 0:48:45 | 0:48:48 | |
lenses, one smaller than the other,
superwide 235-degree lens. | 0:48:48 | 0:48:51 | |
It also has the tiniest remote
control in the world, | 0:48:51 | 0:48:56 | |
and a slightly higher
price tag than the Nikon. | 0:48:56 | 0:48:58 | |
Our producer has the Kodak,
while I'm putting the Nikon | 0:48:58 | 0:49:05 | |
through its paces. | 0:49:05 | 0:49:06 | |
Now, we don't just want to test
these cameras out in the daylight, | 0:49:06 | 0:49:10 | |
when all the conditions
are absolutely perfect. | 0:49:10 | 0:49:12 | |
For these cameras, we want to test
them out to see what they're | 0:49:12 | 0:49:22 | |
like as it starts to get dark. | 0:49:22 | 0:49:24 | |
Will the bright lights be a problem,
and will we see all of the details? | 0:49:24 | 0:49:28 | |
Time to go for a wander
and see whose 360 is best. | 0:49:28 | 0:49:31 | |
Please dive in, ladies. | 0:49:31 | 0:49:35 | |
Don't let me get in your way. | 0:49:35 | 0:49:37 | |
And, in no time at all,
I found the festive liquor stand. | 0:49:37 | 0:49:40 | |
Not just wine, but flavoured vodka
here, and the Nikon is not put off | 0:49:40 | 0:49:44 | |
by those flashing lights. | 0:49:44 | 0:49:46 | |
But the image is a little dark,
so we will brighten it | 0:49:46 | 0:49:49 | |
for you in postproduction. | 0:49:49 | 0:49:50 | |
There you go, and now you can
see the other problem. | 0:49:50 | 0:49:53 | |
The image stitching means I've
almost lost my head, | 0:49:53 | 0:49:56 | |
before touching a drop. | 0:49:56 | 0:50:10 | |
The Kodak's image is brighter
than the Nikon, but we found | 0:50:10 | 0:50:13 | |
that the quality from that
super-wide-angle lens was softer | 0:50:13 | 0:50:15 | |
than the smaller lens
on the other side of the device. | 0:50:15 | 0:50:18 | |
Of course, you're best off
with a stick attached to both | 0:50:18 | 0:50:21 | |
of these cameras, otherwise your
hands get sort of in the way. | 0:50:21 | 0:50:25 | |
Now, to make the test fairer,
we decided to see how these cameras | 0:50:25 | 0:50:29 | |
fared back to back. | 0:50:29 | 0:50:30 | |
Or front to front. | 0:50:30 | 0:50:31 | |
Or back to front. | 0:50:31 | 0:50:44 | |
Well, it's difficult
to tell, to be honest. | 0:50:44 | 0:50:46 | |
We shot them side by side. | 0:50:46 | 0:50:48 | |
Look at this. | 0:50:48 | 0:50:49 | |
We found a 360 globe
for a 360 camera. | 0:50:49 | 0:50:51 | |
And it's the Nikon showing off
more natural colours, | 0:50:51 | 0:50:53 | |
benefiting from a more
accurate light balance, | 0:50:53 | 0:50:55 | |
although some might prefer
the warmer Kodak results, | 0:50:55 | 0:50:58 | |
because it is very Christmassy. | 0:50:58 | 0:51:03 | |
At the chilled cider shop,
the Kodak warmed things up, | 0:51:03 | 0:51:06 | |
while Nikon kept things
more natural and crisp. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:08 | |
Both cameras struggled to stitch
their shots together perfectly. | 0:51:08 | 0:51:10 | |
This is the raw footage,
with no touching up, | 0:51:10 | 0:51:13 | |
and the Nikon has done
a reasonable job. | 0:51:13 | 0:51:15 | |
The stitching point is more
visible on the Kodak, | 0:51:15 | 0:51:18 | |
partly because of the different
qualities of those two lenses. | 0:51:18 | 0:51:20 | |
On the upside, it's Kodak that
offers the ability to play with how | 0:51:20 | 0:51:24 | |
the images are stitched together
in its free software, | 0:51:24 | 0:51:26 | |
something the Nikon's more
basic offering lacks. | 0:51:26 | 0:51:37 | |
For sheer fun, the Kodak also offers
greater flexibility when playing | 0:51:37 | 0:51:40 | |
back what you shot. | 0:51:40 | 0:51:41 | |
This is little planet mode. | 0:51:41 | 0:51:43 | |
And, if you want to do it
on the Nikon, then you'll need some | 0:51:43 | 0:51:46 | |
third-party 360 software,
which may mean additional cost. | 0:51:46 | 0:51:48 | |
Finally, the thing everybody
forgets when they use | 0:51:48 | 0:51:51 | |
a camera - sound. | 0:51:51 | 0:51:55 | |
It is very odd being
filmed by two cameras. | 0:51:55 | 0:51:57 | |
We're being filmed
as well, it is 360. | 0:51:57 | 0:51:59 | |
Oh, goodness me. | 0:51:59 | 0:52:00 | |
You can tell she's had too much
cider, because hers moves | 0:52:00 | 0:52:06 | |
around a bit. | 0:52:06 | 0:52:08 | |
I'm just cold! | 0:52:08 | 0:52:09 | |
We reckon both do a great job,
but the Nikon is slightly clearer, | 0:52:09 | 0:52:13 | |
although the Kodak offers
the possibility of attaching | 0:52:13 | 0:52:15 | |
an external mic. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:18 | |
So which camera will enthusiasts be
hoping Santa brings them this year? | 0:52:18 | 0:52:22 | |
We think the Kodak edges it
for easier post-production, | 0:52:22 | 0:52:24 | |
while the Nikon has a better shot. | 0:52:24 | 0:52:27 | |
But, if you're hoping
for a trouble-free, cinematic, | 0:52:27 | 0:52:29 | |
seamless result for under £400,
you may have to wait until something | 0:52:29 | 0:52:33 | |
else takes off. | 0:52:33 | 0:52:42 | |
At least for now. | 0:52:42 | 0:52:45 | |
Hello, and welcome
to the Week in Tech. | 0:52:46 | 0:52:49 | |
It was the week that the Federal
Communications Commission in America | 0:52:49 | 0:52:52 | |
voted to repeal rules on net
neutrality, which had stopped | 0:52:52 | 0:52:54 | |
internet service providers
from offering different speeds | 0:52:54 | 0:52:56 | |
and priorities for traffic online. | 0:52:56 | 0:52:58 | |
The extraordinarily elongated
asteroid called Oumuamua | 0:52:58 | 0:52:59 | |
was being checked for signs
of alien technology. | 0:52:59 | 0:53:01 | |
And, here on earth, the faces of 2
billion people can be compared | 0:53:01 | 0:53:05 | |
in a matter of seconds
with a Minority Report-style system, | 0:53:05 | 0:53:17 | |
Dragonfly Eye, unveiled in China. | 0:53:17 | 0:53:18 | |
It was also the week that Netflix
was caught up in a creepy viewing | 0:53:18 | 0:53:22 | |
controversy, after revealing
on Twitter that 53 subscribers | 0:53:22 | 0:53:24 | |
watched the holiday film
A Christmas Prince every day | 0:53:24 | 0:53:27 | |
for 18 days. | 0:53:27 | 0:53:27 | |
Netflix defended the tweet,
saying it represented overall | 0:53:27 | 0:53:30 | |
trends, and not
specific individuals. | 0:53:30 | 0:53:31 | |
The city of San Francisco has banned
the use of delivery robots on most | 0:53:31 | 0:53:35 | |
of its sidewalks, stating not
all innovation is all that | 0:53:35 | 0:53:38 | |
great for society. | 0:53:38 | 0:53:44 | |
Meanwhile, Dutch police say it may
not have been such a good idea | 0:53:44 | 0:53:48 | |
to use eagles to catch
drones after all. | 0:53:48 | 0:53:50 | |
Who could have guessed? | 0:53:50 | 0:53:54 | |
Seen here on Click, the birds
were trained to snatch the machines | 0:53:54 | 0:53:57 | |
from the sky. | 0:53:57 | 0:53:58 | |
But the cost of keeping them was too
high, and they didn't always do | 0:53:58 | 0:54:01 | |
what they were told. | 0:54:01 | 0:54:02 | |
And finally, if you're missing
Harry Potter, don't despair. | 0:54:02 | 0:54:05 | |
Artificial intelligence may
have a solution for you. | 0:54:05 | 0:54:07 | |
A new chapter has been created
for a book called Harry Potter | 0:54:07 | 0:54:10 | |
and What Looked Like
a Large Pile of Ash. | 0:54:10 | 0:54:13 | |
Its plot twists include Harry
dipping Hermione in hot sauce, | 0:54:13 | 0:54:15 | |
and Ron turning into spiders
and trying to eat Hermione's family. | 0:54:15 | 0:54:19 | |
Wizard. | 0:54:19 | 0:54:20 | |
This is Acute Art, a virtual
reality arts platform | 0:54:24 | 0:54:26 | |
and a gallery without walls. | 0:54:26 | 0:54:28 | |
And it's about to launch,
with VR works by some of the world's | 0:54:28 | 0:54:31 | |
leading contemporary artists. | 0:54:31 | 0:54:32 | |
Amongst these works is one
by Marina Abramovic, | 0:54:32 | 0:54:34 | |
the self-confessed Grandmother
of Performance Art, | 0:54:34 | 0:54:41 | |
who pushes her own body
to the limits to challenge | 0:54:41 | 0:54:44 | |
and move people. | 0:54:44 | 0:54:45 | |
OK, well, there's Marina,
in a tank of water. | 0:54:45 | 0:54:47 | |
Well, she seems to want to talk
to me, but the water is rising | 0:54:47 | 0:54:51 | |
up her body. | 0:54:51 | 0:55:04 | |
Immersive player, in real life,
where someone rescues another | 0:55:04 | 0:55:06 | |
person, or offers aid of any kind,
there is a transfer of energy. | 0:55:06 | 0:55:10 | |
Approach the water. | 0:55:10 | 0:55:32 | |
I think she wants me
to touch the glass. | 0:55:32 | 0:55:37 | |
Make contact. | 0:55:37 | 0:55:41 | |
Oh. | 0:55:41 | 0:55:42 | |
Oh, OK, right. | 0:55:42 | 0:55:44 | |
Now I'm somewhere very cold,
and everything seems | 0:55:44 | 0:55:47 | |
to be going wrong. | 0:55:47 | 0:55:54 | |
As always, with VR, you really
get a sense of scale. | 0:55:54 | 0:55:58 | |
I mean, that ice shelf looks
absolutely enormous. | 0:55:58 | 0:56:00 | |
And it's crashing down
right in front of me. | 0:56:00 | 0:56:03 | |
This work is an expression
of Marina's fear that humans | 0:56:03 | 0:56:05 | |
will not survive the consequences
of climate change, if we don't | 0:56:05 | 0:56:09 | |
change our behaviour. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:09 | |
I'm being covered in spray. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:11 | |
And now there's a note. | 0:56:11 | 0:56:12 | |
I will walk instead of drive. | 0:56:12 | 0:56:13 | |
I will reuse what I can. | 0:56:13 | 0:56:15 | |
I will reduce the waste I cause. | 0:56:15 | 0:56:38 | |
Marina wants to leave
the participants with a feeling | 0:56:38 | 0:56:41 | |
that they should do something
good for the planet. | 0:56:41 | 0:56:43 | |
We have to save this planet
that we are living on, | 0:56:43 | 0:56:46 | |
because what I'm interested
in is to create a literal contract | 0:56:46 | 0:56:49 | |
with the planet earth,
and give my word of honour that | 0:56:49 | 0:56:52 | |
I will do something to save it. | 0:56:52 | 0:56:54 | |
SCREAMING. | 0:56:54 | 0:56:55 | |
You are pretty well-known
for pushing your body further | 0:56:55 | 0:56:58 | |
than most people would want
to push their bodies. | 0:56:58 | 0:57:00 | |
Here, you appear virtually in a tank
of water, but I get the sense that | 0:57:00 | 0:57:04 | |
you still did some pretty real
stuff, to make it seem | 0:57:04 | 0:57:07 | |
as real as possible? | 0:57:07 | 0:57:08 | |
You know, actually, to do this,
I have to really be in the water. | 0:57:08 | 0:57:12 | |
And then we have to really
be in a swimming pool, | 0:57:12 | 0:57:15 | |
with two divers holding my legs,
so I can really go in and see can | 0:57:15 | 0:57:19 | |
feel like I would actually die
if I didn't have any more | 0:57:19 | 0:57:23 | |
air to breathe. | 0:57:23 | 0:57:23 | |
So it's funny that you have to do
something which is virtual, | 0:57:23 | 0:57:27 | |
but you still have
to do it physically. | 0:57:27 | 0:57:37 | |
Before, you've said that you don't
think your performances can be | 0:57:37 | 0:57:40 | |
captured adequately with photos
or videos, because you need to be | 0:57:40 | 0:57:43 | |
there, you need the experiences,
it is about actually | 0:57:43 | 0:57:45 | |
physically being there. | 0:57:45 | 0:57:46 | |
And I wonder if virtual reality
is close enough to being there, | 0:57:46 | 0:57:49 | |
that is why you chose it? | 0:57:49 | 0:57:51 | |
Because it's almost
being there, isn't it? | 0:57:51 | 0:58:01 | |
It is very important, the energy
dialogue between the audience | 0:58:01 | 0:58:04 | |
and the performer. | 0:58:04 | 0:58:05 | |
And the only thing that can catch
it, before it was video | 0:58:05 | 0:58:08 | |
with sound and movement. | 0:58:08 | 0:58:09 | |
Virtual reality is really
another step further, | 0:58:09 | 0:58:11 | |
because you can go around
the objects, you can interact, | 0:58:11 | 0:58:14 | |
you can do this. | 0:58:14 | 0:58:15 | |
But still, I think it's so much
a question of how much energy | 0:58:15 | 0:58:18 | |
and charisma actually can transfer
from the real performance | 0:58:18 | 0:58:21 | |
into the virtual body. | 0:58:21 | 0:58:34 | |
And that's it for the short
cut of Click this week. | 0:58:34 | 0:58:37 | |
The full version is waiting
for you on iPlayer, and please join | 0:58:37 | 0:58:40 | |
us next week for Click's
Christmas special. | 0:58:40 | 0:58:42 | |
And you know what that means. | 0:58:42 | 0:58:44 | |
Tons of sensible journalism,
and no fun whatsoever. | 0:58:44 | 0:58:46 | |
Maybe not. | 0:58:46 | 0:58:49 | |
In the meantime, you can
follow us on Facebook | 0:58:49 | 0:58:52 | |
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Thank you for watching,
and we will see you next | 0:58:53 | 0:58:55 | |
week for Christmas. | 0:58:55 | 0:59:04 | |
Hello, this is Breakfast,
with Rachel Burden and Ben Thompson. | 1:00:38 | 1:00:41 | |
Helping hundreds of thousands
of people save for retirement - | 1:00:41 | 1:00:44 | |
the government says it
will extend automatic enrolment | 1:00:44 | 1:00:46 | |
in workplace pensions. | 1:00:46 | 1:00:47 | |
Under the plans, every worker aged
18 or over could begin saving - | 1:00:47 | 1:00:50 | |
but it won't come into effect
until the mid-2020s. | 1:00:50 | 1:00:55 | |
Good morning, it's Sunday
the 17th of December. | 1:01:10 | 1:01:12 | |
Also this morning - | 1:01:12 | 1:01:13 | |
Serious doubts over military savings
- a committee of MPs warns | 1:01:13 | 1:01:16 | |
the Ministry of Defence
will struggle to pay for new jets, | 1:01:16 | 1:01:19 | |
warships and armoured vehicles. | 1:01:19 | 1:01:20 | |
A new leader of South Africa's
ruling party is expected to be | 1:01:20 | 1:01:23 | |
announced today - after years
of scandal and corruption. | 1:01:23 | 1:01:27 | |
In sport - England's Ashes
hopes are fading fast. | 1:01:27 | 1:01:30 | |
Captain Joe Root is the third man
out, as England try to bat for a day | 1:01:30 | 1:01:34 | |
and a half to save the third
test and the series. | 1:01:34 | 1:01:53 | |
A record number of people tuned
in to watch the Strictly final last | 1:01:53 | 1:01:56 | |
night - we'll discuss who waltzed
away with the Glitterball. | 1:01:56 | 1:02:02 | |
Good morning. Quite a mixed day
coming up. Some areas are really | 1:02:02 | 1:02:06 | |
called with fog to start with.
Further west, rain moving in. Join | 1:02:06 | 1:02:11 | |
me later for a full weather
forecast. | 1:02:11 | 1:02:13 | |
Good morning. | 1:02:13 | 1:02:13 | |
First, our main story. | 1:02:13 | 1:02:14 | |
Every worker aged 18 or over
will begin saving into a workplace | 1:02:14 | 1:02:18 | |
pension - unless they opt out. | 1:02:18 | 1:02:19 | |
That's under government plans
being unveiled today. | 1:02:19 | 1:02:21 | |
At the moment, employers must enrol
staff aged 22 and over | 1:02:21 | 1:02:24 | |
into a pension plan if they earn
more than 10,000 pounds a year. | 1:02:24 | 1:02:28 | |
Ministers say they want to reduce
the minimum age to 18 - | 1:02:28 | 1:02:31 | |
a move that could affect around
900,000 young people. | 1:02:31 | 1:02:33 | |
But the changes won't kick
in until the mid 2020s, | 1:02:33 | 1:02:36 | |
as our business correspondent
Joe Lynam reports. | 1:02:36 | 1:02:47 | |
Olly Browning is 21 and like many
young people, he hasn't started | 1:02:47 | 1:02:50 | |
saving for his retirement. | 1:02:50 | 1:02:51 | |
If the government has
its way, he would soon | 1:02:51 | 1:02:53 | |
be automatically enrolled
for a pension at his company. | 1:02:53 | 1:02:58 | |
It's not really crossed my mind yet. | 1:02:58 | 1:03:00 | |
Maybe I am a bit relaxed
about the whole thing | 1:03:00 | 1:03:04 | |
but I have always, especially
in London, moved jobs quite | 1:03:04 | 1:03:06 | |
frequently, I tend not to stay
in one place too long, | 1:03:06 | 1:03:09 | |
so pensions have always been low
down the list of things I have | 1:03:09 | 1:03:13 | |
been conscious of. | 1:03:13 | 1:03:16 | |
At the moment, only those aged over
22 are automatically included | 1:03:16 | 1:03:19 | |
in a pension scheme
by their employers but this | 1:03:19 | 1:03:22 | |
consultation could see
that age lowered to 18. | 1:03:22 | 1:03:24 | |
That could mean 900,000
additional people will be | 1:03:24 | 1:03:26 | |
saving for their pensions. | 1:03:26 | 1:03:27 | |
But, is that a good thing? | 1:03:27 | 1:03:30 | |
It's important that people
are educated about their options | 1:03:30 | 1:03:32 | |
because if they don't
understand what a pension is, | 1:03:32 | 1:03:35 | |
they are far less likely to know
what their rights are. | 1:03:35 | 1:03:41 | |
To an 18-year-old, retirement must
seem a very long way off. | 1:03:41 | 1:03:44 | |
Especially if they don't earn much
and saving for a house is a lot more | 1:03:44 | 1:03:48 | |
pressing. | 1:03:48 | 1:03:49 | |
If this plan proceeds,
it could help younger people | 1:03:49 | 1:03:51 | |
financially in decades to come. | 1:03:51 | 1:03:52 | |
Joe Lynam, BBC News. | 1:03:52 | 1:03:57 | |
MPs have expressed serious doubts
that the Ministry of Defence will be | 1:03:57 | 1:04:01 | |
able to afford all the new military
equipment it plans to buy. | 1:04:01 | 1:04:04 | |
A report by the Commons Defence
Select Committee says | 1:04:04 | 1:04:07 | |
the MOD will struggle to make
the necessary savings it needs | 1:04:07 | 1:04:09 | |
to pay for new jets,
warships and armoured vehicles, | 1:04:09 | 1:04:12 | |
as Ian Palmer reports. | 1:04:12 | 1:04:19 | |
She is the flagship
of the Royal Navy. | 1:04:19 | 1:04:22 | |
HMS Queen Elizabeth, commissioned
by Her Majesty The Queen | 1:04:22 | 1:04:25 | |
earlier this month. | 1:04:25 | 1:04:34 | |
At 218m long, she has space for 40
jet planes but defence in this | 1:04:34 | 1:04:37 | |
century doesn't come cheap. | 1:04:37 | 1:04:45 | |
The biggest warship the British Navy
has ever had cost more | 1:04:45 | 1:04:48 | |
than £3 billion. | 1:04:48 | 1:04:49 | |
Another aircraft carrier
is being built in Scotland. | 1:04:49 | 1:04:51 | |
The Ministry of Defence wants
to spend £178 billion | 1:04:51 | 1:04:53 | |
on more military equipment over
the next ten years but it has | 1:04:53 | 1:04:56 | |
to make savings
to achieve that goal. | 1:04:56 | 1:04:58 | |
To do that it will have
to sell buildings | 1:04:58 | 1:05:01 | |
and make efficiencies. | 1:05:01 | 1:05:02 | |
However, the defence committee
is extremely doubtful the MOD can | 1:05:02 | 1:05:05 | |
make those savings from
an already stretched budget. | 1:05:05 | 1:05:07 | |
The committee says funding pressures
will inevitably lead to a reduction | 1:05:07 | 1:05:10 | |
in the number of warships,
jets and armoured vehicles the MOD | 1:05:10 | 1:05:13 | |
can buy. | 1:05:13 | 1:05:19 | |
The government is currently carrying
out a defence review. | 1:05:19 | 1:05:22 | |
It is widely expected
to recommend more cuts. | 1:05:22 | 1:05:24 | |
With the changing nature
of and increase in global threats, | 1:05:24 | 1:05:32 | |
it said Britain needs
to strengthen its armed forces | 1:05:32 | 1:05:35 | |
but will the government
have the cash to pay for it? | 1:05:35 | 1:05:38 | |
Ian Palmer, BBC News. | 1:05:38 | 1:05:44 | |
Theresa May says the government
is proving the doubters wrong | 1:05:47 | 1:05:50 | |
with its Brexit negotiations. | 1:05:50 | 1:05:52 | |
She's written in two
national newspapers, | 1:05:52 | 1:05:54 | |
saying she won't be derailed
from securing an ambitious deal. | 1:05:54 | 1:05:57 | |
Let's speak to our political
correspondent Jonathan Blake. | 1:05:57 | 1:05:59 | |
Jonathan, comments today not only
from the Prime Minister | 1:05:59 | 1:06:01 | |
but from the Foreign Secretary too? | 1:06:01 | 1:06:10 | |
Some stirring words from the Prime
Minister. For anyone enthusiastic | 1:06:10 | 1:06:16 | |
about Brexit, reminding us in the
papers of what the government has | 1:06:16 | 1:06:19 | |
achieved so far. She singles out
citizens rights. She is proving the | 1:06:19 | 1:06:28 | |
doubters wrong, as she says and amid
all the noise, getting on with the | 1:06:28 | 1:06:32 | |
job. Looking ahead to the next phase
which could potentially be more | 1:06:32 | 1:06:35 | |
difficult and as a reminder of the
potential roadblocks in her way, the | 1:06:35 | 1:06:40 | |
Foreign Secretary, in an interview
with the Sunday Times, setting out | 1:06:40 | 1:06:43 | |
his stall the morning, saying that
over time that Britain should not | 1:06:43 | 1:06:47 | |
simply mirror European Union rules
and regulations. He says if that was | 1:06:47 | 1:06:51 | |
the case of Britain would be going
from a member state to state. That | 1:06:51 | 1:06:58 | |
is a big reminder that the
government has yet to formally agree | 1:06:58 | 1:07:01 | |
it is negotiating position and what
it wants the end state of Brexit to | 1:07:01 | 1:07:05 | |
look like -- vassal state. The Prime
Minister says she will not be | 1:07:05 | 1:07:10 | |
derailed but it will be tricky to
get it on track. | 1:07:10 | 1:07:13 | |
More people have been ordered
to evacuate their homes | 1:07:13 | 1:07:15 | |
in California, as raging
wildfires continue to spread. | 1:07:15 | 1:07:17 | |
Flames have now reached
Santa Barbara - | 1:07:17 | 1:07:19 | |
home to many celebrities. | 1:07:19 | 1:07:20 | |
The fire is the third largest
in the state since records began. | 1:07:20 | 1:07:24 | |
Fresh northerly winds
are expected to drive the flames | 1:07:24 | 1:07:26 | |
towards the Pacific Coast. | 1:07:26 | 1:07:43 | |
The UN security council
is to consider a proposal declaring | 1:07:43 | 1:07:45 | |
that any unilateral decision
on the status of Jerusalem | 1:07:45 | 1:07:48 | |
would have no legal effect. | 1:07:48 | 1:07:49 | |
It comes after President
Trump's decision | 1:07:49 | 1:07:51 | |
to recognise the city
as the capital of Israel. | 1:07:51 | 1:07:53 | |
The resolution is likely to be
vetoed by the United States. | 1:07:53 | 1:07:57 | |
South Africa's ruling party is set
to elect a new leader to replace | 1:07:57 | 1:08:00 | |
President Jacob Zuma. | 1:08:00 | 1:08:01 | |
Mr Zuma is stepping down
as leader of the ANC ahead | 1:08:01 | 1:08:04 | |
of the party's campaign
for the 2019 general election, | 1:08:04 | 1:08:08 | |
and he's faced several
allegations of corruption | 1:08:08 | 1:08:10 | |
during his decade in charge. | 1:08:10 | 1:08:17 | |
There are fears of bitter infighting
could split the party. | 1:08:17 | 1:08:22 | |
Severn Trent Water says most
customers who were cut off | 1:08:22 | 1:08:25 | |
in the Tewkesbury area
of Gloucestershire have | 1:08:25 | 1:08:26 | |
now been reconnected. | 1:08:26 | 1:08:27 | |
10,000 homes were left
without water when a main | 1:08:27 | 1:08:30 | |
burst on Friday. | 1:08:30 | 1:08:31 | |
The company said repairs to the pipe
- which lies underneath flooded | 1:08:31 | 1:08:34 | |
fields - had been difficult. | 1:08:34 | 1:08:36 | |
If you haven't caught up
with Strictly Come Dancing yet - | 1:08:36 | 1:08:39 | |
then go and make yourself a cup
of tea - because we're | 1:08:39 | 1:08:42 | |
about to reveal the winners. | 1:08:42 | 1:08:46 | |
We can now reveal the Strictly Come
Dancing champions to 2017R.. Joe and | 1:08:46 | 1:08:56 | |
Katya! | 1:08:56 | 1:08:58 | |
Former Holby City actor Joe McFadden | 1:08:58 | 1:09:00 | |
and his partner Katya Jones lifted
the coveted Glitterball trophy | 1:09:00 | 1:09:02 | |
after seeing off competition
from fellow finalists | 1:09:02 | 1:09:04 | |
Alexandra Burke, Gemma
Atkinson and Debbie McGee. | 1:09:04 | 1:09:06 | |
The 42-year-old, who won the public
vote, is the oldest champion | 1:09:06 | 1:09:09 | |
of the show, which has been
running for 15 series. | 1:09:09 | 1:09:12 | |
Not in a million years. | 1:09:12 | 1:09:13 | |
It feels completely
surreal and I'm so in awe | 1:09:13 | 1:09:15 | |
of everybody who started
all those weeks ago. | 1:09:15 | 1:09:18 | |
We have all become such a tight unit
and I love them all to bits | 1:09:18 | 1:09:22 | |
and every one of us are winners
because we've gotten here and I love | 1:09:22 | 1:09:26 | |
every single one of them
to bits. | 1:09:26 | 1:09:32 | |
The show dances last night were so
brilliant. Debbie McGee was | 1:09:32 | 1:09:43 | |
brilliant that Joe McFadden won the
popular vote for whatever reason. | 1:09:43 | 1:09:47 | |
Unscheduled admit, I've not watch
it. I have a feeling you will | 1:09:47 | 1:09:54 | |
convince me. --I am scared to admit. | 1:09:54 | 1:09:58 | |
We will talk about that a bit later.
Let us know what you think. Tell me | 1:10:02 | 1:10:09 | |
why I am wrong to miss it. Or maybe
you agree with me, I don't know. | 1:10:09 | 1:10:15 | |
When the modern state pension
was introduced in 1948, | 1:10:15 | 1:10:23 | |
a 65-year-old could expect
to spend 13.5 years | 1:10:23 | 1:10:25 | |
receiving the payment. | 1:10:25 | 1:10:26 | |
Now that figure is nearly 23 years -
around a third of a person's | 1:10:26 | 1:10:30 | |
adult life. | 1:10:30 | 1:10:31 | |
That's why ministers are keen
for people to start saving | 1:10:31 | 1:10:34 | |
for retirement earlier. | 1:10:34 | 1:10:34 | |
Under plans being unveiled today,
every worker aged 18 or over | 1:10:34 | 1:10:38 | |
will start saving into
a workplace pension - | 1:10:38 | 1:10:40 | |
unless they opt out. | 1:10:40 | 1:10:43 | |
We're joined now by the financial
journalist, Annie Shaw. | 1:10:43 | 1:10:48 | |
Good morning. We can also describe
you as a pension agony aunt. People | 1:10:48 | 1:10:59 | |
will put it off and then they come
to you for advice. This proposal | 1:10:59 | 1:11:02 | |
makes it much earlier that people
would start saving but you might | 1:11:02 | 1:11:07 | |
say, look, when you're 18, you have
other things to consider. That is | 1:11:07 | 1:11:12 | |
the snag. People that are 18 don't
have it and they probably have quite | 1:11:12 | 1:11:16 | |
low wages and are not really
thinking about pensions. The thing | 1:11:16 | 1:11:20 | |
about auto enrolment has been a big
success. In the old days, if you | 1:11:20 | 1:11:27 | |
joined a firm, they would hand you
the pension pack and they enjoy you | 1:11:27 | 1:11:31 | |
if -- enjoy this if you want an
People's eyes glazed over and not | 1:11:31 | 1:11:36 | |
many people would join. This auto
enrolment means you are | 1:11:36 | 1:11:40 | |
automatically join in unless you
need to opt out. The current rules | 1:11:40 | 1:11:44 | |
says everybody needs to give that
provision if they are 22 but the new | 1:11:44 | 1:11:48 | |
proposal is to bring the age down to
18. It is to encourage people to | 1:11:48 | 1:11:53 | |
think about their pensions.
Obviously people that are 18 | 1:11:53 | 1:11:57 | |
wouldn't be putting much in but
there is a miracle of compound | 1:11:57 | 1:12:01 | |
interest and long-term saving. The
longer you leave it, the harder it | 1:12:01 | 1:12:05 | |
is. And of course, when you get
older, you have family and a | 1:12:05 | 1:12:10 | |
mortgage so actually, anything you
put away really early is a really | 1:12:10 | 1:12:13 | |
good thing. What numbers are we
talking about? What is affordable | 1:12:13 | 1:12:18 | |
for an 18-year-old? It will depend
on your wages. It is 1% at the | 1:12:18 | 1:12:23 | |
moment. That is the minimum. It is
tiny. But as you you can put more in | 1:12:23 | 1:12:37 | |
if you want. It is about the
mindset. Yes, that is the key thing. | 1:12:37 | 1:12:41 | |
It will embrace many more people.
They have kept the floor steady at | 1:12:41 | 1:12:44 | |
£10,000. Again, that is not very
high. They haven't brought it down | 1:12:44 | 1:12:48 | |
or put it up. The jury is out as to
whether that should be changed but | 1:12:48 | 1:12:55 | |
it is about changing mindsets and
making people actually think about | 1:12:55 | 1:12:58 | |
it. Because people have felt quite
comfortable and may be too | 1:12:58 | 1:13:02 | |
comfortable about relying on the
state pension and as we know, the | 1:13:02 | 1:13:05 | |
age is really soaring. It is 68 and
people are looking at not getting | 1:13:05 | 1:13:10 | |
their state pension until 68. Are
you going to be doing the job you | 1:13:10 | 1:13:14 | |
are doing today when you are 68? You
may still be working and lots of | 1:13:14 | 1:13:18 | |
people are that if you are and
unfortunately you become ill or you | 1:13:18 | 1:13:22 | |
have other commitments, you are made
redundant, something like that, you | 1:13:22 | 1:13:26 | |
will have no funds until you are 68.
You will be on benefits. Unless you | 1:13:26 | 1:13:31 | |
have a nest egg, it will be a big
help. Will businesses be able to | 1:13:31 | 1:13:38 | |
afford it? This is the key, it is
all about affordability and who is | 1:13:38 | 1:13:45 | |
going to pay for this. If you
haven't got any money, either you | 1:13:45 | 1:13:48 | |
are a firm who are stretched for its
profits or you are an individual who | 1:13:48 | 1:13:53 | |
has low wages, are you going to
really be thinking about opting out? | 1:13:53 | 1:13:59 | |
Well, employers can't but the
employees, saying they can't want it | 1:13:59 | 1:14:04 | |
-- don't want it, I would say that
anybody wanting to opt out should | 1:14:04 | 1:14:09 | |
wink again and not do it if they
absolutely have two. -- unless they | 1:14:09 | 1:14:22 | |
have to. -- think again. This is
giving more consideration. There are | 1:14:22 | 1:14:27 | |
no firm proposals of out how the
self-employed can be brought into | 1:14:27 | 1:14:33 | |
the scheme. Even older people as
well who have perhaps lost their | 1:14:33 | 1:14:41 | |
jobs and then started out doing
something on their own. How to | 1:14:41 | 1:14:44 | |
embrace those people is a big
problem because if you don't have | 1:14:44 | 1:14:47 | |
the money, you don't have the money.
It is all about mindset, nudging and | 1:14:47 | 1:14:51 | |
getting people to think about it. If
you have any spare cash, don't just | 1:14:51 | 1:14:55 | |
big about putting it towards a
holiday. Stick it in your pension. | 1:14:55 | 1:15:00 | |
There is a tax relief on it so it is
a good deal. It is a good deal. So | 1:15:00 | 1:15:06 | |
many competing interests about
making the decision early. The | 1:15:06 | 1:15:10 | |
interest will add up. | 1:15:10 | 1:15:13 | |
This time last weekend we had
dreadful weather. Snow and ice | 1:15:19 | 1:15:26 | |
through the country. Much more calm
today. Hello, snow topped mountains. | 1:15:26 | 1:15:33 | |
through the country. Much more calm
today. Hello, snow topped mountains. | 1:15:33 | 1:15:33 | |
I was on last weekend. It was very
busy. A much more quiet weekend, | 1:15:33 | 1:15:45 | |
thankfully. A messy picture today.
Eastern areas starting dry and cold | 1:15:45 | 1:15:49 | |
and chilly. Look at the temperature
contrast. Rain in the west, six, | 1:15:49 | 1:15:56 | |
seven, eight. Be further east, cold,
-4! Mist and fog. Dense fog. Also, | 1:15:56 | 1:16:15 | |
ice on frozen surfaces, southern
Scotland, northern England, watch | 1:16:15 | 1:16:17 | |
out. The rain will be heavy in the
western hills. Clear in most of | 1:16:17 | 1:16:22 | |
Ireland. Temperatures, nine, ten.
Slightly more mild with this rain | 1:16:22 | 1:16:29 | |
band. Some of it getting into
south-west England. Cold and dry to | 1:16:29 | 1:16:34 | |
start. Fog and frost. Watch out for
the ice first thing. The rain | 1:16:34 | 1:16:49 | |
turning lighter in the south-east.
Lightening up behind it. Cool air | 1:16:49 | 1:16:52 | |
again. Single figures. 10 degrees in
Scotland. Lots of sunshine. That | 1:16:52 | 1:16:58 | |
rain clears away this evening and
overnight. A ridge of high pressure. | 1:16:58 | 1:17:04 | |
A quiet night. Light wind. Rural
places, mist and fog. The ridge of | 1:17:04 | 1:17:13 | |
high pressure greets us for Monday
to start the new week with a fine | 1:17:13 | 1:17:18 | |
and dry note. A cold start. Frost
around. Sunny spells. More in the | 1:17:18 | 1:17:25 | |
way of cloud in north and west
Scotland. A breeze picking up. This | 1:17:25 | 1:17:29 | |
is what is going to herald a change
Monday night on. 4-9. We lose the | 1:17:29 | 1:17:40 | |
blue colours. The cold air is moved
out of the way replaced by milder | 1:17:40 | 1:17:53 | |
air from Tuesday on. Double figures
on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mid-teens. | 1:17:53 | 1:17:56 | |
A mild one up until Christmas. Back
to | 1:17:56 | 1:17:59 | |
A mild one up until Christmas. Back
to you. I like that. Double figures | 1:17:59 | 1:18:04 | |
until Christmas. It is beginning to
look a lot not like Christmas. Shh. | 1:18:04 | 1:18:13 | |
The Christmas season is a time
for joy and celebration for many, | 1:18:13 | 1:18:17 | |
but for those who've lost a loved
one, it can be one of the most | 1:18:17 | 1:18:21 | |
difficult periods of the year. | 1:18:21 | 1:18:22 | |
So, what's the best way to cope
if you're one of the millions who'll | 1:18:22 | 1:18:26 | |
have to deal with
grief this Christmas? | 1:18:26 | 1:18:28 | |
We're joined by Linda Magistris
who lost her partner, | 1:18:28 | 1:18:30 | |
Graham, three years ago,
and is the founder of The Good Grief | 1:18:30 | 1:18:33 | |
Trust. | 1:18:33 | 1:18:34 | |
Good morning. Good morning. Tell us
about your story. I lost Graham to | 1:18:34 | 1:18:44 | |
cancer. I thought I was going crazy.
Could not find any breeze meant | 1:18:44 | 1:18:48 | |
support targeted for what I needed.
--I could not find any bereavement. | 1:18:48 | 1:18:56 | |
We do have good support, we just
need to bring it together. My GP | 1:18:56 | 1:19:02 | |
could not find anything for me.
Hospitals did not even do it. Many | 1:19:02 | 1:19:07 | |
people will be surprised. Exactly.
These are big London hospitals, | 1:19:07 | 1:19:13 | |
globally renowned, they don't have
bereavement support. We focus on and | 1:19:13 | 1:19:20 | |
off lights and palliative care,
which is amazing, and we need it. -- | 1:19:20 | 1:19:27 | |
end-of-life. We have brought all of
these services together on a | 1:19:27 | 1:19:40 | |
website, goodgrieftrust.org.
Hopefully no one will be able to say | 1:19:40 | 1:19:44 | |
no one understands what I am
feeling. We need to bring people | 1:19:44 | 1:19:49 | |
together who have been through the
same experience. That is key to | 1:19:49 | 1:19:53 | |
finding a way forward in your life.
What were your first couple of | 1:19:53 | 1:19:57 | |
Christmases like? Really difficult.
I wanted to hide and stay under the | 1:19:57 | 1:20:07 | |
duvet and not go anywhere. The
advice I would give is try and do | 1:20:07 | 1:20:11 | |
what is right for you. Many people
say you should do this and that. Go | 1:20:11 | 1:20:15 | |
with your gut feeling. Grief is
exhausting. Did you want input from | 1:20:15 | 1:20:26 | |
family? Did you want them to invite
you? They did that. But sometimes | 1:20:26 | 1:20:29 | |
you cannot. Many people do not
understand that. Here is a quote, | 1:20:29 | 1:20:36 | |
one of the most popular on our
Facebook, something to call at the | 1:20:36 | 1:20:40 | |
friends and family, it says "If you
know someone who has lost an | 1:20:40 | 1:20:58 | |
important person in their life and
you don't want to mention them | 1:20:58 | 1:21:01 | |
because you don't want to remind
them, they remember they died, you | 1:21:01 | 1:21:05 | |
are reminding them of someone they
loved. That is important." Please | 1:21:05 | 1:21:08 | |
talk about them. Engage with them.
Says my name, say their name. As | 1:21:08 | 1:21:15 | |
many times as you can. Thank you. We
will talk later on. If you have lost | 1:21:15 | 1:21:27 | |
someone, let us know how you are
coping. It is difficult, especially | 1:21:27 | 1:21:32 | |
around this time of year. Let us
know if you have any traditions that | 1:21:32 | 1:21:37 | |
help you deal with loss. | 1:21:37 | 1:21:39 | |
You can send us your stories
| 1:21:39 | 1:21:41 | |
or by using the hashtag,
BBC Breakfast. | 1:21:41 | 1:21:50 | |
You're watching Breakfast from BBC
News. Time now for a look at the | 1:21:50 | 1:21:53 | |
newspapers. | 1:21:53 | 1:21:55 | |
Poet and broadcaster, Ian McMillan,
is here to tell us what's | 1:21:55 | 1:21:58 | |
caught his eye. | 1:21:58 | 1:21:59 | |
We'll speak to him in a minute, | 1:21:59 | 1:22:01 | |
Good morning. Good morning. There is
a lot inside the newspapers. A quick | 1:22:01 | 1:22:06 | |
run through, first. | 1:22:06 | 1:22:09 | |
The Sunday Telegraph reports
that the Prime Minister is confident | 1:22:09 | 1:22:11 | |
she's silenced doubters
in her cabinet, after securing | 1:22:11 | 1:22:14 | |
Britain a deal in the first stage
of Brexit negotiations. | 1:22:14 | 1:22:16 | |
The Sunday Times on the other hand
quotes the Foreign Secretary Boris | 1:22:16 | 1:22:20 | |
Johnson, who says Theresa May should
do more to maximise the benefits | 1:22:20 | 1:22:23 | |
of Brexit by making sure Britain has
the power to scrap EU laws. | 1:22:23 | 1:22:28 | |
The Observer, highlights our top
story today about new plans | 1:22:28 | 1:22:30 | |
to extend automatic pension
enrolment to people aged | 1:22:30 | 1:22:33 | |
18 and over. | 1:22:33 | 1:22:33 | |
And The Mail on Sunday highlights
another example of the abuse MPs | 1:22:33 | 1:22:43 | |
and their families face
from on line trolls. | 1:22:43 | 1:22:45 | |
The Prime Minister tweeted
late last night, saying | 1:22:45 | 1:22:48 | |
the threats were "unacceptable." | 1:22:48 | 1:23:12 | |
It is interesting to contrast those
stories. The Prime Minister tweeted | 1:23:12 | 1:23:30 | |
last night that threats were
unacceptable. | 1:23:30 | 1:23:34 | |
Ian McMillan, welcome. What have you
picked out? Call off Brexit bullies | 1:23:34 | 1:23:42 | |
or face defeat, Tory MPs tell the
Prime Minister. That story, | 1:23:42 | 1:23:48 | |
variations of it, are on the front
of every newspaper. My resolution | 1:23:48 | 1:23:54 | |
for next year is not to use the "B"
word because it reduces a complex | 1:23:54 | 1:24:10 | |
issue to two syllables. I will call
it withdrawing from the EU. We | 1:24:10 | 1:24:13 | |
should be thinking about it, but we
reduce it. I think it is stopping us | 1:24:13 | 1:24:19 | |
thinking about it. It is on the
front of every paper. Everyone has a | 1:24:19 | 1:24:23 | |
different view. Yet we shrink it to
a reductive sound bite. I know why | 1:24:23 | 1:24:29 | |
we talk about it like that. Because
if we had a big word for it | 1:24:29 | 1:24:36 | |
Breakfast would last all day. But we
have to be more subtle in the way we | 1:24:36 | 1:24:44 | |
talk. How do you feel about terms
like Brexiteers and Remoaners. They | 1:24:44 | 1:24:51 | |
will end up in the dictionary and
people in 100 years will say I | 1:24:51 | 1:24:56 | |
wonder what that was. We need a
shorthand for processes. The only B | 1:24:56 | 1:25:11 | |
word I'll use is beetroot. There is
too much beetroot in the world. We | 1:25:11 | 1:25:17 | |
know we have an issue with grave
space in this country. This is an | 1:25:17 | 1:25:25 | |
alternative. Apparently, they will
reduce the body to water through | 1:25:25 | 1:25:28 | |
clever science. In the end, you
might end up, as it says in the | 1:25:28 | 1:25:38 | |
paper, have a glass of grandad. I
don't mind that. I think it is | 1:25:38 | 1:25:43 | |
hilarious. It is reinventing itself.
It is a green thing to do. They also | 1:25:43 | 1:26:01 | |
say when you have a drink of water
you are drinking the same molecules | 1:26:01 | 1:26:07 | |
from the dinosaur years. If we can
get away from our distaste it, it | 1:26:07 | 1:26:10 | |
would be a good thing. There is a
lot of drinking water that we would | 1:26:10 | 1:26:16 | |
rather not know what is in it. I
have gone off of my coffee this | 1:26:16 | 1:26:20 | |
morning. From one story to another
ridiculous story. We have all had | 1:26:20 | 1:26:25 | |
terrible haircuts from time to time.
How about this one? A husband | 1:26:25 | 1:26:30 | |
accused of wasting police time by
calling 999 to complain about this | 1:26:30 | 1:26:37 | |
haircut from this wife. How do we
get around that? Even in the days of | 1:26:37 | 1:26:53 | |
police cuts, we could have a special
unit that dealt with that kind of | 1:26:53 | 1:26:56 | |
thing. I thought how about that for
a kind of Colombo series, would | 1:26:56 | 1:27:00 | |
someone doing the same thing. A
person here has a haircut that he | 1:27:00 | 1:27:04 | |
doesn't like. And another thing, put
more jam on it. We could write it | 1:27:04 | 1:27:17 | |
together and be millionaires. It is
a wonderful story. Tell us more | 1:27:17 | 1:27:20 | |
about this. It is a trope, in a way,
and inanimate object saving a life | 1:27:20 | 1:27:28 | |
in a war. This watch, this box,
saved my Grandad's life to be this | 1:27:28 | 1:27:36 | |
guy went into the Second World War,
a sniper bounced off of his ring and | 1:27:36 | 1:27:46 | |
missed his face. He keeps his ring
and looks at it. It is like a | 1:27:46 | 1:27:53 | |
what-if. What if he scratched his
ear when the sniper fired. It is the | 1:27:53 | 1:27:58 | |
opposite, in a way, of the haircut,
this is a small thing that is a big | 1:27:58 | 1:28:09 | |
thing. What if the ring saved your
life and it did it again? Super | 1:28:09 | 1:28:20 | |
powers! That is another story we
could write! We have a lot of work | 1:28:20 | 1:28:24 | |
to do in the next 12 months! Thank
you. The Andrew Marr Show is on BBC | 1:28:24 | 1:28:30 | |
One this morning. What have you got?
It is the last show of the year. We | 1:28:30 | 1:28:35 | |
are looking back at the whole year.
Politics as well. A bit of Brexit | 1:28:35 | 1:28:40 | |
with Diane Abbott or talking about
police cuts. I will talk to the Work | 1:28:40 | 1:28:45 | |
and Pensions Secretary, David Gauke,
about the pensions announcement and | 1:28:45 | 1:28:49 | |
welfare at Christmas. A lot to talk
about. And the actor, James Norton, | 1:28:49 | 1:28:54 | |
the villainous Tommy Lee Royce, he
is now being discussed as the next | 1:28:54 | 1:29:00 | |
James Bond. And of course there will
be a Christmas Carol. Good start. If | 1:29:00 | 1:29:06 | |
you are doing a review of the year,
it will be a long shot. I challenge | 1:29:06 | 1:29:12 | |
him to do that without saying the
word Brexit. It will not happen to | 1:29:12 | 1:29:15 | |
be stay with us. -- | 1:29:15 | 1:29:19 | |
Good Morning, here's a summary
of today's main stories from BBC | 1:30:13 | 1:30:16 | |
News. | 1:30:16 | 1:30:19 | |
Every worker aged 18 or over
will begin saving into a workplace | 1:30:19 | 1:30:23 | |
pension - unless they opt out. | 1:30:23 | 1:30:26 | |
That's under government plans
being unveiled today. | 1:30:26 | 1:30:28 | |
At the moment, employers
must enrol staff aged 22 | 1:30:28 | 1:30:31 | |
and over into a pension plan
if they earn more than 10,000 | 1:30:31 | 1:30:34 | |
pounds a year. | 1:30:34 | 1:30:36 | |
Ministers say they want to reduce
the minimum age to 18 by the mid | 1:30:36 | 1:30:39 | |
2020s - a move that could affect
around 900,000 young people. | 1:30:39 | 1:30:46 | |
MPs have expressed serious doubts
that the Ministry of Defence will be | 1:30:46 | 1:30:49 | |
able to afford all the new military
equipment it plans to buy. | 1:30:49 | 1:30:53 | |
A report by the Commons
Defence Select Committee | 1:30:53 | 1:30:55 | |
says the MOD will struggle to find
the money it needs to pay | 1:30:55 | 1:30:58 | |
for new jets, warships
and armoured vehicles. | 1:30:58 | 1:31:00 | |
The department says it's making good
progress towards making | 1:31:00 | 1:31:03 | |
7.3 billion pounds-worth of savings. | 1:31:03 | 1:31:10 | |
Theresa May says the last ten days
have marked a watershed | 1:31:10 | 1:31:13 | |
in the UK's departure
from the European Union. | 1:31:13 | 1:31:15 | |
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph
and the Sunday Express, | 1:31:15 | 1:31:18 | |
the Prime Minister says
she will not be derailed | 1:31:18 | 1:31:26 | |
from securing an
ambitious Brexit deal. | 1:31:26 | 1:31:28 | |
Meanwhile, the Foreign Secretary
Boris Johnson has told | 1:31:28 | 1:31:30 | |
the Sunday Times that it's vital
the UK doesn't mirror EU laws | 1:31:30 | 1:31:33 | |
in the long-term. | 1:31:33 | 1:31:39 | |
South Africa's ruling party is set
to elect a new leader to replace | 1:31:39 | 1:31:42 | |
President Jacob Zuma. | 1:31:42 | 1:31:43 | |
Mr Zuma is stepping down
as leader of the ANC ahead | 1:31:43 | 1:31:46 | |
of the party's campaign
for the 2019 general election. | 1:31:46 | 1:31:49 | |
He's faced several allegations
of corruption during his decade | 1:31:49 | 1:31:51 | |
in charge, and there are fears
that bitter infighting | 1:31:51 | 1:31:54 | |
could split the party. | 1:31:54 | 1:31:58 | |
The UN security council
is to consider a proposal declaring | 1:31:58 | 1:32:01 | |
that any unilateral decision
on the status of Jerusalem | 1:32:01 | 1:32:03 | |
would have no legal effect. | 1:32:03 | 1:32:04 | |
It comes after President
Trump's decision | 1:32:04 | 1:32:06 | |
to recognise the city
as the capital of Israel. | 1:32:06 | 1:32:08 | |
The resolution is likely to be
vetoed by the United States. | 1:32:08 | 1:32:13 | |
Severn Trent Water says most
customers who were cut off | 1:32:13 | 1:32:22 | |
in the Tewkesbury area
of Gloucestershire have | 1:32:22 | 1:32:24 | |
now been reconnected. | 1:32:24 | 1:32:25 | |
10,000 homes were left
without water when a main | 1:32:25 | 1:32:27 | |
burst on Friday. | 1:32:27 | 1:32:28 | |
The company said repairs to the pipe
- which lies underneath flooded | 1:32:28 | 1:32:32 | |
fields - had been difficult. | 1:32:32 | 1:32:37 | |
We're here on the BBC News Channel
until nine this morning, | 1:32:37 | 1:32:40 | |
and coming up in the next hour. | 1:32:40 | 1:32:42 | |
It's one of our most
ambitious challenges yet. | 1:32:42 | 1:32:45 | |
Can we get the nation singing? | 1:32:45 | 1:32:46 | |
As our BBC Breakfast Sings series
nears its crescendo, | 1:32:46 | 1:32:49 | |
we'll check in with the choirs
getting ready for the big day. | 1:32:49 | 1:32:52 | |
Should mobiles be
allowed in classrooms? | 1:32:52 | 1:32:55 | |
As France bans the use
of phones in schools, | 1:32:55 | 1:32:57 | |
we'll ask if it's something the UK
should consider too. | 1:32:57 | 1:32:59 |