:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm That is all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:10.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham. And I'm Rob Smith.
:00:11. > :00:14.Tonight's top stories: Four men found guilty of murdering G`ry
:00:15. > :00:18.Pocock on a Kent beach in a so`called punishment beating ` we're
:00:19. > :00:21.live at Maidstone Crown Court. More anger over live animal exports from
:00:22. > :00:29.Kent, after animals taken 1,300 miles to Romania.
:00:30. > :00:32.Also in tonight's programme: The Sussex man feared drowned in the
:00:33. > :00:36.Netherlands after he went mhssing on a night out with friends.
:00:37. > :00:39.They've tormented their teacher for 75 years ` the Bash Street Kids
:00:40. > :00:43.celebrate their birthday with a pop legend.
:00:44. > :00:48.And how the summer of love hn 1 68 was the backdrop for Dickie
:00:49. > :01:01.Attenborough's Oh! What a Lovely War.
:01:02. > :01:07.Good evening. Three men and a teenage boy who lured a forler
:01:08. > :01:08.friend to a secluded beach before brutally attacking him with baseball
:01:09. > :01:10.bats, have been found guilty of brutally attacking him with baseball
:01:11. > :01:14.bats, have been found guiltx of his bats, have been found guiltx of his
:01:15. > :01:17.murder. 34`year`old Gary Pocock was killed on the Isle of Sheppdy last
:01:18. > :01:22.August. Police described his death as an execution. They believe the
:01:23. > :01:23.caretaker was attacked as a punishment, after allegations were
:01:24. > :01:33.made that he'd sexually ass`ulted a made that he'd sexually assaulted a
:01:34. > :01:38.girl. Lynda Hardy reports. He was lured to his death bx many
:01:39. > :01:39.had previously considered friends. And his body was battered so hard
:01:40. > :01:45.with baseball bats, that ond of the with baseball bats, that one of the
:01:46. > :01:52.bats broke. On the pretence of a night out drinking, Mark Terry, his
:01:53. > :01:55.21`year`old son Matthew Terry, 21`year`old Christopher Bones and a
:01:56. > :01:58.21`year`old Christopher Bonds and a 16`year`old boy, instead attacked
:01:59. > :02:05.Gary Pocock after being told he had molested a teenage girl. Rather than
:02:06. > :02:11.investigated as he could have done, or reported to the police as he
:02:12. > :02:14.should have done, he took it as proven and got a group of pdople
:02:15. > :02:19.proven and got a group of people together, including his son's best
:02:20. > :02:24.friend and others, to get involved in this vicious, brutal murder. Gary
:02:25. > :02:28.Pocock's body was found on the beach in Leysdown last August. Fotr days
:02:29. > :02:33.in Leysdown last August. Four days later, his family held a vigil.
:02:34. > :02:39.Later that month, detectives made a series of arrests. Kent Police Red
:02:40. > :02:45.series of arrests. Kent Polhce Red Ed a statement on behalf of Gary
:02:46. > :02:48.Pocock's partner. Gary was a happy`go`lucky family man who did
:02:49. > :02:50.not deserve what happened to him. My world was torn apart when hd
:02:51. > :02:50.not deserve what happened to him. My world was torn apart when he was
:02:51. > :02:53.not deserve what happened to him. My world was torn apart when hd was so
:02:54. > :02:57.cruelly taken away from me. Now all I can do is rebuild my life for the
:02:58. > :02:59.sake of my children and grandchildren. Police descrhbed the
:03:00. > :03:07.grandchildren. Police described the killing as staggering, callous and
:03:08. > :03:09.unprovoked. And the life sentences to be handed down as the right
:03:10. > :03:21.result for such a brutal murder. What will `` Nellis to Lind`. The
:03:22. > :03:24.judges handing down life sentences? Yes, Natalie. The judge told the
:03:25. > :03:24.convicted murderers they wotld Yes, Natalie. The judge told the
:03:25. > :03:26.convicted murderers they would be convicted murderers they would be
:03:27. > :03:33.jailed for life and he would describe the minimum term to be
:03:34. > :03:38.served next month. Jamie West was found guilty of manslaughter. Police
:03:39. > :03:40.say Mark Terry led the guilty men to give Gary Pocock a beating `s
:03:41. > :03:43.give Gary Pocock a beating as punishment for his alleged `ctions,
:03:44. > :03:46.punishment for his alleged actions, but when he's tried to escape, he
:03:47. > :03:49.was beaten to death. They will but when he's tried to escape, he
:03:50. > :03:54.was beaten to death. They whll be was beaten to death. They will be
:03:55. > :03:55.sentenced on the 9th of May. Animal rights campaigners say they
:03:56. > :03:58.Animal rights campaigners s`y they will strengthen their protests
:03:59. > :04:01.against live exports, after it emerged that British sheep are being
:04:02. > :04:04.sent by lorry as far as Romania. The animals face a 1,300`mile l`nd
:04:05. > :04:08.journey across the continent after being ferried from the Port of Dover
:04:09. > :04:09.over the Channel. The MP for Thanet South, Laura Sandys, says she
:04:10. > :04:11.intends to speak to the Department intends to speak to the Department
:04:12. > :04:12.for Agriculture after queryhng intends to speak to the Dep`rtment
:04:13. > :04:14.for Agriculture after querying the for Agriculture after queryhng the
:04:15. > :04:20.need for live stock to travdl so far. Peter Whittlesea reports.
:04:21. > :04:24.This incident, were too che`p This incident, were too cheap
:04:25. > :04:28.drowned and more than 40 had to be put down, led to the boss of channel
:04:29. > :04:33.livestock admitting transporting animals in a way likely to cause
:04:34. > :04:38.suffering. It also galvanised opposition to live exports. When it
:04:39. > :04:40.was revealed 367 she travelled to Romania from Dover, it prompted a
:04:41. > :04:43.local MP to question the tr`de. Romania from Dover, it prompted a
:04:44. > :04:48.local MP to question the trade. I don't really understand why we have
:04:49. > :04:53.two transport animals right across Europe, and particularly across the
:04:54. > :04:58.Channel. And particularly by operators who have had prosdcutions.
:04:59. > :05:04.Usually British sheep are transported to Belgium, Holland and
:05:05. > :05:05.France. But earlier this year, one consignment was sent to Rom`nia
:05:06. > :05:05.France. But earlier this ye`r, one consignment was sent to Romania. A
:05:06. > :05:12.consignment was sent to Rom`nia A total journey of around 1300 miles.
:05:13. > :05:18.The National Farmers' Union say live exports is a heavily regulated
:05:19. > :05:23.industry. Distances relatively immaterial. If you where thdy are
:05:24. > :05:30.transported. An enormous amount of scientific research has been carried
:05:31. > :05:35.out. The most stressful timd for an animal is when they are loaded or
:05:36. > :05:38.unloaded. Stress levels fall on the journey. Provided they are
:05:39. > :05:48.travelling correctly, which every animal has to be inspected by a vet,
:05:49. > :05:51.there is absolutely no problem. Despite those mandatory checks,
:05:52. > :06:00.campaigners argue the current limits of 14 hours in transit is too long.
:06:01. > :06:06.UK animals being sent to Rolania UK animals being sent to Romania
:06:07. > :06:08.means there is a potential risk they or their offspring could be sent
:06:09. > :06:13.into the Middle East and North Africa. We do another Romania
:06:14. > :06:14.into the Middle East and North Africa. We do another Romanha is
:06:15. > :06:19.Europe's biggest exporter of live animals to those regions. Back in
:06:20. > :06:26.animals to those regions. B`ck in Ramsgate, campaigners have vowed to
:06:27. > :06:32.increase protests. Peter is in Dover. Peter, what is
:06:33. > :06:36.the response been from the Government? Destro macro said this
:06:37. > :06:43.is one of the longest journdys in is one of the longest journeys in
:06:44. > :06:44.recent years. The NFU says these sheep were exported as breeding
:06:45. > :06:50.stock. Very expensive. Therdfore, stock. Very expensive. Therefore,
:06:51. > :06:56.the welfare standards would have been very high. The MP for South
:06:57. > :06:59.Thanet, Laura Sandys, says she will be writing to the Minister. She
:07:00. > :07:02.believes the maximum journex times believes the maximum journey times
:07:03. > :07:07.need to be reviewed and she wants to look at the licensing.
:07:08. > :07:10.In a moment, friends of a Sussex In a moment, friends of a Stssex
:07:11. > :07:13.teenager believed to be fighting in Syria, tell us of their fears for
:07:14. > :07:21.his safety after his brother's death.
:07:22. > :07:24.Dutch police say a missing Sussex tourist might have drowned hn a
:07:25. > :07:28.tourist might have drowned in a canal following a night out with
:07:29. > :07:31.friends. 22`year`old Wayne Davies went missing after leaving `
:07:32. > :07:35.nightclub in Leiden, in the west of the Netherlands last Saturday
:07:36. > :07:38.morning. Detectives believe that Mr Davies, who lives in East Grinstead
:07:39. > :07:41.and is an apprentice plumber, could have tripped into the city's
:07:42. > :07:51.extensive network of canals and waterways. Jon Hunt reports.
:07:52. > :07:53.Searches by police and volunteers have so far given no clues `s to
:07:54. > :07:53.Searches by police and volunteers have so far given no clues as to how
:07:54. > :07:56.have so far given no clues `s to how and why Wayne Davies vanished and
:07:57. > :08:01.and why Wayne Davies vanishdd and his friends are finding it hard not
:08:02. > :08:04.to fear the worst. I am still in shock now. Everybody at work is
:08:05. > :08:06.distraught. I am getting inundated distraught. I am getting intndated
:08:07. > :08:12.with messages from colleagues, with messages from colleagues,
:08:13. > :08:15.asking if I have heard anything Going to the merchants and I
:08:16. > :08:17.asking if I have heard anything. Going to the merchants and H am
:08:18. > :08:20.being asked where Wayne is. It is hard to tell them that he is
:08:21. > :08:22.missing. Wayne Davies was last hard to tell them that he is
:08:23. > :08:26.missing. Wayne Davies was last seen in the early hours of Saturday
:08:27. > :08:34.morning, leaving a disco in Leiden. It is feared he may have fallen into
:08:35. > :08:49.one of the city's canals. I Dover in the water to find him. `` I went
:08:50. > :08:54.into the water. We search every day, the whole week. After the
:08:55. > :09:01.weekend we will still search on the water to look after Wayne D`vies.
:09:02. > :09:06.Wayne Davies had travelled to the Netherlands for a weekend break with
:09:07. > :09:10.three friends. He has been described as a joker, a committed Crystal
:09:11. > :09:15.Palace fan. Friends say his disappearance is out of character. I
:09:16. > :09:21.spoke to him last Thursday. He said he was going away. I used to speak
:09:22. > :09:25.to him by text every other day. It is definitely out of character. As
:09:26. > :09:29.friends turn to social medi` to friends turn to social medi` to
:09:30. > :09:32.raise awareness of his disappearance, police are reviewing
:09:33. > :09:36.CCTV recordings and are considering a TV appeal.
:09:37. > :09:38.The controversial March for England event in Brighton may be moved,
:09:39. > :09:39.because of the partial collapse event in Brighton may be moved,
:09:40. > :09:42.because of the partial coll`pse of a because of the partial collapse of a
:09:43. > :09:44.road in the city. The annual nationalist march is due to be held
:09:45. > :09:48.along the King's Road in Brighton. along the King's Road in Brighton.
:09:49. > :09:52.Earlier this morning, part of the road collapsed where work h`d been
:09:53. > :09:57.carried out in a pub on the seafront below.
:09:58. > :10:01.An inquest into the death of Peaches Geldof will be opened next Thursday
:10:02. > :10:02.in Gravesend. The 25`year`old daughter of musician and campaigner
:10:03. > :10:04.daughter of musician and calpaigner Bob Geldof, was found dead at
:10:05. > :10:10.daughter of musician and campaigner Bob Geldof, was found dead `t her
:10:11. > :10:11.home in Wrotham on the 7th of April. A postmortem examination failed
:10:12. > :10:11.home in Wrotham on the 7th of April. A postmortem examination fahled to
:10:12. > :10:13.A postmortem examination failed to determine the exact cause of her
:10:14. > :10:16.death. Friends of a Sussex teenager
:10:17. > :10:18.believed to be the youngest Briton known to be fighting in Syria
:10:19. > :10:20.believed to be the youngest Briton known to be fighting in Syrha say
:10:21. > :10:22.they fear for his safety. 16`year`old Jaffar Deghayes, from
:10:23. > :10:25.Brighton, travelled to Syria three months ago to fight with a Jihadist
:10:26. > :10:27.group against President Asad's forces, a war in which his brother
:10:28. > :10:33.Abdulla died last week. Today it's Abdulla died last week. Tod`y it's
:10:34. > :10:34.emerged that ten British wolen, including a woman from Surrey,
:10:35. > :10:34.emerged that ten British women, including a woman from Surrdy, may
:10:35. > :10:36.including a woman from Surrey, may have travelled to Syria to join the
:10:37. > :10:43.fighting in the war`torn state. fighting in the war`torn st`te.
:10:44. > :10:52.Rebecca Williams has more. Brothers in arms. They left their
:10:53. > :11:00.home in Brighton to take on the forces of Bashar al`Assad in Syria.
:11:01. > :11:05.Abdullah was shot in the stomach. Abdullah was killed on the
:11:06. > :11:08.battlefield. With his Jaffa `` it is Jaffar, believed to be the youngest
:11:09. > :11:15.Jaffar, believed to be the xoungest Briton fighting in Syria, who missed
:11:16. > :11:22.family are concerned about. If he is fighting for his country, it is a
:11:23. > :11:23.bit `` it is OK, I guess. Do you think he should face crimin`l
:11:24. > :11:29.think he should face criminal charges when he comes back? I don't
:11:30. > :11:37.think it is fair. He is doing what he had to do, I guess. This video,
:11:38. > :11:41.posted by an unknown jihadist, shows the type of living quarters Jaffar
:11:42. > :11:46.may be living in. He left Brighton to travel to the country back in
:11:47. > :11:50.January. His father went to Turkey to try to convince his sons to
:11:51. > :11:51.return home but failed. It was last week that news broke that hhs
:11:52. > :11:56.week that news broke that his brother Abdullah had been khlled in
:11:57. > :12:00.battle. I just wanted to end and I want my brothers to come back. I
:12:01. > :12:03.don't want to keep worrying about them. It is hard to sleep at night
:12:04. > :12:07.when you know that your brother is in the middle of a war zone and you
:12:08. > :12:10.do not know what he is doing. He does not tell you what he is doing
:12:11. > :12:12.because it will just tell you things that will comfort you. Jaff`r
:12:13. > :12:12.because it will just tell you things that will comfort you. Jaffar was a
:12:13. > :12:15.student here are studying ptblic student here are studying ptblic
:12:16. > :12:19.services. Friends had no idea student here are studying public
:12:20. > :12:19.services. Friends had no idda he student here are studying ptblic
:12:20. > :12:22.services. Friends had no idea he was services. Friends had no idda he was
:12:23. > :12:23.travelling to Syria. They insist he should not face criminal charges
:12:24. > :12:23.travelling to Syria. They insist he should not face criminal ch`rges if
:12:24. > :12:30.should not face criminal charges if and when he decides to return. They
:12:31. > :12:31.could have been in attendance at a place where terrorist training
:12:32. > :12:32.could have been in attendance at a place where terrorist trainhng was
:12:33. > :12:34.place where terrorist training was taking place. They do not h`ve to
:12:35. > :12:36.taking place. They do not have to have received terrorist trahning.
:12:37. > :12:36.taking place. They do not h`ve to have received terrorist training. A
:12:37. > :12:41.mere fact of attendance could lead mere fact of attendance could lead
:12:42. > :12:45.to criminal activity. A Facdbook page has been set up paying tribute
:12:46. > :12:48.to Abdullah following his ddath last week. It comes months after another
:12:49. > :12:54.Sussex man died at driving a truck Sussex man died at driving ` truck
:12:55. > :13:00.full of explosives into a prison in Aleppo. Abdullah's father insists
:13:01. > :13:03.his son was not part of any radical group in Brighton. Concerns have
:13:04. > :13:04.turned to Jaffar, now 16 and fighting in Syria. His colldge in
:13:05. > :13:09.Brighton today have said they are Brighton today have said they are
:13:10. > :13:11.concerned for 's welfare, jtst like concerned for 's welfare, just like
:13:12. > :13:16.his friends and family. Rebdcca his friends and family. Rebecca
:13:17. > :13:20.joins us now. The Brighton `nd Hove Muslim forum has been speaking about
:13:21. > :13:23.the journey of the brothers to Syria? Yes, they say the boxs
:13:24. > :13:26.the journey of the brothers to Syria? Yes, they say the boys did
:13:27. > :13:27.not receive any permission. Nobody in the local permission had any idea
:13:28. > :13:28.what they were planning. Thdrein what they were planning. Thdrein
:13:29. > :13:32.lies the problem. The majority what they were planning. Therein
:13:33. > :13:35.lies the problem. The majorhty of people wanting to fight abroad
:13:36. > :13:39.rarely tell their loved ones because they know they will not get the
:13:40. > :13:43.permission to go. Jaffar is a young 16`year`old boy. His local college
:13:44. > :13:48.has today said they worked very closely with Sussex Police to
:13:49. > :13:53.enforce a counter`terrorism initiative by the Government. They
:13:54. > :13:57.are concerned for his safety. This is our top story tonight: Four
:13:58. > :13:59.men are found guilty of beating a man to death with baseball bats on a
:14:00. > :14:03.Kent beach in what police ddscribe Kent beach in what police describe
:14:04. > :14:06.as an execution. Gary Pocock, 3 , was killed on the Isle of Sheppey
:14:07. > :14:07.last August, attacked as punishment after allegations were made that
:14:08. > :14:14.he'd sexually assaulted a girl. he'd sexually assaulted a girl.
:14:15. > :14:17.Also in the programme: the Bash Street Kids celebrate their 75th
:14:18. > :14:23.birthday with a pop art makd over from Sir Peter Blake. And Vanessa
:14:24. > :14:25.Redgrave looks back on the summer of '68, when she starred in Richard
:14:26. > :14:26.Attenborough's anti`war mushcal set Attenborough's anti`war mushcal set
:14:27. > :14:40.in Sussex. The UK's first support group for
:14:41. > :14:43.people who claim to have been abducted by aliens is holding its
:14:44. > :14:48.inaugural conference in Hastings this weekend. An array of speakers
:14:49. > :14:51.who claim to have been in contact with extra`terrestrials will be at
:14:52. > :14:52.the event, which the organisers hope will allow people to share their
:14:53. > :14:56.experiences without being teased. experiences without being teased.
:14:57. > :15:07.Juliet Parkin has tonight's special report.
:15:08. > :15:09.The flying saucer mystery m`kes The flying saucer mystery makes
:15:10. > :15:14.headlines in France... For xears, headlines in France... For xears,
:15:15. > :15:18.people have been fascinated by the paranormal, the extraterrestrial,
:15:19. > :15:21.the unexplained. Those who feel they have had some sort of dealings with
:15:22. > :15:26.aliens are sometimes referred to as aliens are sometimes referred to as
:15:27. > :15:29.contact teas or abductees. One of them will be sharing her experience
:15:30. > :15:33.with others at a conference in Hastings. They put you in a tank of
:15:34. > :15:39.green stuff and you can bre`the green stuff and you can bre`the
:15:40. > :15:41.through it. I have had several people ask if I have had th`t. I
:15:42. > :15:51.people ask if I have had that. I have had that. You are really
:15:52. > :15:52.frightened because they immerse you. Based in Hastings, Joanne
:15:53. > :15:56.Summerscales describes herself Based in Hastings, Joanne
:15:57. > :16:00.Summerscales describes herself as somebody who knows. She has not had
:16:01. > :16:04.direct contact but believes she may have witnessed the paranormal. Three
:16:05. > :16:10.years ago she set up a helpline and has been contacted by 1500 people.
:16:11. > :16:14.They sometimes will see beings, creatures, entities, people they
:16:15. > :16:21.don't recognise. They will be aware of being taken into a craft. Fact or
:16:22. > :16:22.fantasy, the subject has been of being taken into a craft. Fact or
:16:23. > :16:25.fantasy, the subject has bedn a fantasy, the subject has been a
:16:26. > :16:30.film`maker 's dream. Stephen Spielberg's close encounters was a
:16:31. > :16:32.massive box office success in Spielberg's close encounters was a
:16:33. > :16:34.massive box office success hn the massive box office success in the
:16:35. > :16:40.late 70s. Some say it is only fuelled ridicule. It seems to draw
:16:41. > :16:44.in the incredulous, and I understand that. However, it does cause
:16:45. > :16:47.in the incredulous, and I understand that. However, it does causd massive
:16:48. > :16:51.isolation, loss of confidence. The conference is open to everyone from
:16:52. > :16:52.abductees to non`believers. Joanne wants people to come with an open
:16:53. > :17:14.mind. Two British icons have come together
:17:15. > :17:17.to celebrate 75 years of the Beano. Sir Peter Blake, who's most famous
:17:18. > :17:20.for creating The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper album cover, has deshgned a
:17:21. > :17:23.silkscreen edition of the comic based on a collage of cut`out Beano
:17:24. > :17:26.characters. Sir Peter, who's from Dartford, says the Beano
:17:27. > :17:30.encapsulates his love affair with popular culture. Jane Witherspoon
:17:31. > :17:31.went to meet him. He is the godfather of British
:17:32. > :17:34.went to meet him. He is the godfather of Brithsh pop
:17:35. > :17:39.art and it is the grand daddy of comic books. A collaboration between
:17:40. > :17:43.Sir Peter Lake and The Beano is the perfect creative mix. I am `
:17:44. > :17:43.Sir Peter Lake and The Beano is the perfect creative mix. I am a great
:17:44. > :17:49.perfect creative mix. I am ` great fan of comics anyway. I collect
:17:50. > :17:51.comics. I very first saw it the day after the Second World War was
:17:52. > :17:53.declared. I was evacuated. I was declared. I was evacuated. H was
:17:54. > :17:56.seven. The little boy in the declared. I was evacuated. I was
:17:57. > :17:59.seven. The little boy in thd house seven. The little boy in thd house
:18:00. > :18:03.we were evacuated too, had The Beano and the Dandy. I first saw ht
:18:04. > :18:05.we were evacuated too, had The Beano and the Dandy. I first saw it on
:18:06. > :18:09.September the 4th 1939, one year after it came out. There are just
:18:10. > :18:10.after it came out. There ard just 175 copies of the special limited
:18:11. > :18:15.edition prints. It is a verx edition prints. It is a verx
:18:16. > :18:23.significant piece because it brings together two Great British Bake Off
:18:24. > :18:27.is in Sir Peter Blake and the Beano. `` great British icons. Thex are
:18:28. > :18:30.very loved. Sir Peter is probably best known for designing the Beatles
:18:31. > :18:33.Sergeant Peppers album. He lay have Sergeant Peppers album. He lay have
:18:34. > :18:36.called status in the art world body has not forgotten his Dartford
:18:37. > :18:38.routes. It is a very strange has not forgotten his Dartford
:18:39. > :18:40.routes. It is a very strange area, that strip of Northwest Kent from
:18:41. > :18:45.the edge of London to the Medway the edge of London to the Mddway
:18:46. > :18:50.towns. It is very particular. People like myself came from it, the
:18:51. > :18:54.Rolling Stones, the pretty things. It formed me. I think you are always
:18:55. > :19:02.informed by what you come from. I think I am very much a north Kent
:19:03. > :19:07.boy. That North Kent boy did good and continues to make his indelible
:19:08. > :19:10.mark on popular culture. Football now, and Brighton Hove
:19:11. > :19:12.Albion will move back into the Championship promotion play`off
:19:13. > :19:14.positions with a victory ovdr bottom club Yeovil this evening at the
:19:15. > :19:22.Amex. Albion going into their final Amex. Albion going into thehr final
:19:23. > :19:25.home game of the season in seventh place, one place of the plax`off
:19:26. > :19:28.places. Meanwhile, Gillingham places. Meanwhile, Gillingham
:19:29. > :19:29.manager Peter Taylor says hd's places. Meanwhile, Gillingh`m
:19:30. > :19:32.manager Peter Taylor says he's not sure yet whether he will sthll be at
:19:33. > :19:35.sure yet whether he will still be at the Kent club next season, dven
:19:36. > :19:36.though a point at Preston tomorrow will guarantee the Gills avoid
:19:37. > :19:56.relegation. Kent snooker pl`yer relegation. Kent snooker player
:19:57. > :19:59.Barry Hawkins failed to caphtalise Barry Hawkins failed to caphtalise
:20:00. > :20:02.on a good start to his second round match at the World Championships.
:20:03. > :20:04.The 35`year`old from Maidstone, beaten finalist last year, took the
:20:05. > :20:06.first three frames against Ricky Walden, but the Chester player
:20:07. > :20:10.Walden, but the Chester plaxer fought back. Hawkins currently leads
:20:11. > :20:16.4`3. `` the match is currently level at
:20:17. > :20:20.four. `` 4`4. Filmed in Brighton, awash with stars ` Richard
:20:21. > :20:23.Attenborough's 1969 film, Oh! What A Lovely War, remains one of the most
:20:24. > :20:26.powerful treatments of the First World War. It's credited with
:20:27. > :20:28.changing many people's ideas of what happened, but is its portraht of
:20:29. > :20:30.happened, but is its portrait of useless generals leading men to
:20:31. > :20:34.pointless deaths, fair? Continuing our reflection on 1914, Robhn Gibson
:20:35. > :20:44.has spoken to its stars and its critics.
:20:45. > :20:50.It was a film of the 1960s, hippies, colour, kitsch. The same year
:20:51. > :20:50.It was a film of the 1960s, hippies, colour, kitsch. The same ye`r Oh!
:20:51. > :20:53.colour, kitsch. The same year Oh! What a Lovely War was being shot on
:20:54. > :21:12.Brighton, people were protesting against the Vietnam War in London.
:21:13. > :21:14.It is a film of its time in a way. A director's debut with music and
:21:15. > :21:18.satire and messages clearly thought through. The attack will be driven
:21:19. > :21:22.through with a bayonet. I fdel that through with a bayonet. I fdel that
:21:23. > :21:29.every step I take is guided by the divine will. There really was not a
:21:30. > :21:32.cause as far as the First World War was concerned. It was polithcal and
:21:33. > :21:32.was concerned. It was political and diplomatic manoeuvring, and pride
:21:33. > :21:38.and ego. There is no blood and diplomatic manoeuvring, and pride
:21:39. > :21:42.and ego. There is no blood `nd guts, and ego. There is no blood and guts,
:21:43. > :21:44.it is only a musical. But it was a musical with attitude. After 45
:21:45. > :21:47.years, it still provokes debate. musical with attitude. After 45
:21:48. > :21:50.years, it still provokes debate On years, it still provokes debate. On
:21:51. > :21:55.one side, the likes of Sir Lax Hastings, who thinks they got it
:21:56. > :21:57.wrong. The combination of Oh! What a Lovely War and Blackadder have given
:21:58. > :21:59.Lovely War and Blackadder h`ve given a lot of the British people the
:22:00. > :22:06.idea, first of all, that thd idea, first of all, that the
:22:07. > :22:09.generals of the First World War work just uniquely ghastly bonkers
:22:10. > :22:15.responsible for the sacrifice of a generation. And secondly, that the
:22:16. > :22:18.whole thing was futile. That it was for nothing. Most serious hhstorians
:22:19. > :22:22.for nothing. Most serious historians reject those ideas. Vanessa
:22:23. > :22:28.Redgrave, who stars in the film, was Redgrave, who stars in the film, was
:22:29. > :22:33.out of those anti`war protests. Lets just listen, as I am sure you have,
:22:34. > :22:35.too, over the last few years, to some of the very last veter`ns
:22:36. > :22:35.too, over the last few years, to some of the very last veterans of
:22:36. > :22:39.some of the very last veter`ns of World War I. Every single one said
:22:40. > :22:45.it was a huge mistake. Nothing was it was a huge mistake. Nothing was
:22:46. > :22:54.gained by it. And that war cannot gain anything. If, as is cl`imed,
:22:55. > :22:59.gain anything. If, as is claimed, the film has influenced perceptions
:23:00. > :23:08.about the great work it was achieved gory battle scenes but plenty of
:23:09. > :23:12.singing. When we go back to the songs, we
:23:13. > :23:18.hear the people who were present telling you what it was likd. There
:23:19. > :23:26.is more to be learned from ` close examination of the songs than there
:23:27. > :23:28.is from most history books. # when we are aghast, we ard
:23:29. > :23:32.is from most history books. # when we are aghast, we are sick as
:23:33. > :23:38.we can be. # they are warning of us, they are
:23:39. > :23:45.warning us. #1 respirator for the four of us.
:23:46. > :23:48.It is another example of how the British like mocking tragedx.
:23:49. > :23:50.It is another example of how the British like mocking tragedy. They
:23:51. > :23:51.feel tragedy as keenly as anybody else but they are going to make
:23:52. > :23:58.light of it if they possiblx else but they are going to lake
:23:59. > :23:59.light of it if they possiblx can. Comedy and tragedy, too, which
:24:00. > :24:05.Comedy and tragedy, too, whhch stayed with the film's director.
:24:06. > :24:05.Comedy and tragedy, too, which stayed with the film's director He
:24:06. > :24:12.stayed with the film's director. He goes now as a spirit. There is his
:24:13. > :24:16.mother. She feels his... It always makes me weep. She is aware of his
:24:17. > :24:21.presence. He goes and lies down in his grave, one of tens of
:24:22. > :24:23.thousands. A film of its tile his grave, one of tens of
:24:24. > :24:25.thousands. A film of its time maybe, thousands. A film of its tile maybe,
:24:26. > :24:32.but the messages are timeless. And on Monday, to continue our World
:24:33. > :24:34.War One commemorations, we will be at the Duke of York's cinem` in
:24:35. > :24:39.at the Duke of York's cinema in Brighton for a special scredning of
:24:40. > :24:43.the film. Polly will be presenting a special edition of South East Today
:24:44. > :24:48.when you can join us for the build up.
:24:49. > :24:57.Now the weather or the weekend. Remember that wall to wall sunshine
:24:58. > :25:01.we had last Saturday? It is nothing like that tomorrow! We have got some
:25:02. > :25:08.more of this rain showers on the way. Not a complete wash`out. Some
:25:09. > :25:09.brighter spells as well. Today, lots of drizzly rain around. Some
:25:10. > :25:13.of drizzly rain around. Somd thundery showers, too. Temperature
:25:14. > :25:18.thundery showers, too. Tempdrature is what we expect for this time of
:25:19. > :25:22.year. Not particularly pleasant today. We have just about seeing
:25:23. > :25:25.year. Not particularly pleasant today. We have just about sdeing the
:25:26. > :25:27.back of this rain. It is moving northwards. A brief clear spot in
:25:28. > :25:32.the night. Cloud builds ahe`d of the night. Cloud builds ahead of
:25:33. > :25:34.this band of rain. Depending on what time you get up in the mornhng, you
:25:35. > :25:37.time you get up in the morning, you may have a cloudy but dry start in
:25:38. > :25:40.the West. East Kent not seehng may have a cloudy but dry start in
:25:41. > :25:42.the West. East Kent not seeing the the West. East Kent not seehng the
:25:43. > :25:48.back of it until early afternoon. Temperatures up to around 13 or 14,
:25:49. > :25:49.but only reaching about 12. You hold onto that cloud and onto the
:25:50. > :25:49.but only reaching about 12. You hold onto that cloud and onto thd rain as
:25:50. > :25:55.onto that cloud and onto the rain as well. A mixed spell tomorrow. A
:25:56. > :25:57.window of opportunity for the sun to shine in between. Some showers
:25:58. > :25:57.window of opportunity for the sun to shine in between. Some showdrs as
:25:58. > :26:00.well. Sunday a day of sunshine shine in between. Some showers as
:26:01. > :26:00.well. Sunday a day of sunshhne and well. Sunday a day of sunshhne and
:26:01. > :26:07.showers. A fair amount of sunshine showers. A fair amount of sunshine
:26:08. > :26:12.but also the hard sharp shower. A fairly settled weekend. We continue
:26:13. > :26:14.with some cloudy weather in the next week. Some showers on the w`y.
:26:15. > :26:15.with some cloudy weather in the next week. Some showers on the way. Some
:26:16. > :26:19.week. Some showers on the w`y. Some cold nights for the end of next
:26:20. > :26:24.week. A bit of everything! It really is.
:26:25. > :26:27.That is it. I am back with the late bulletin and the eight o'clock
:26:28. > :26:32.update. I will see you next week. Bye`bye.