Programmes had been looking keenly forward to the start of blue planet ii, and theres a good chance you will have heard it starts on sunday on bbc one. Sneak previews of what the David Attenborough fronted series will be bringing us appeared in several of mondays newspapers and widely across bbc news as well. It is 16 years since the groundbreaking blue Planet Programme appeared on our screens. For the first time, millions of viewers here and around the world can see the wonders of the deep ocean. Now, its back for a second series presented by, of course, sir David Attenborough. For the last four years, the bbc Natural History unit crews have been scouring the planet to see these aquatic animals. David shukman has been speaking to David Attenborough about this series. That many questioned whether it deserved its place in the news. It certainly isnt the first time weve heard the charge of self promotion, and the same day, breakfast featured items notjust on blue planet but several other bbc programmes, too. Two decades after it first aired, sir David Attenboroughs blue planet is coming back for a second series. The team from autumnwatch back. Lets speak to the presenters who are at the National TrustSherbourne Park estate in the cotswolds. Doctor whos first female time lord will be joined by three companions. Jodie whittaker takes over as the 13th doctor this year and will be joined regularly. There is plenty of debate about the new gunpowder plot drama on the bbc how much gore is too much . Is the bbc using its new service to advertise other programmes or are items like that editorially justified . With me is richard burgess, the uk news editor for bbc news. Welcome. We know David Attenborough is an important documentary maker and his programmes are a big event, but is it news . I think so. Its a significant moment, not only for television but in the culture of the uk and across the world. His last series, planet earth ii, it was one of the most watched Natural History programmes of all time. The iguana sequence was watched nearly 5 million times on youtube. A new series by David Attenborough is a big moment in uk life and people are interested. But the top line in how the bbc reported it is there is a new Bbc Tv Programme on. Theres no newsline. In the David Attenborough interview, we got some news lines. We sent our science editor, david shukman, so we could speak about ocean pollution and acidity, the bleaching of the coral reef, Climate Change, there was a big report about the increasing acidity of the oceans that day and it gave us an opportunity to get onto that subject on some major output. The interview was put first, and all the tv bulletins ran it from breakfast to the news at six. It takes up more than three minutes on the six oclock news, there are probably two other stories that were not covered properly as a result. We covered a lot of important stories that they like brexit and the rohingya muslims. You made the point that the newspapers covered blue planet ii that morning as well. We werent alone in covering it and we dontjust cover bbc programmes. Recently we covered the start of the crown on netflix, bake off on channel 4, its judged editorially, and we dont make a decision based on whether it is a bbc series or not. We know there are a lot of budget cuts affecting bbc news right now, this is cheap telly, isnt it . I dont think so, there is a lot of interest in sir David Attenborough, and his views, his views on british life, the environment, and Climate Change came across in the interview and are of interest to the audience. Several items just in one day. Doctor who, autumnwatch and blue planet ii on monday alone. Can you see why the viewers are frustrated . Do you realise how much airtime is covered in what looks like promotions for their programmes . I do not think they were. Think about the gunpowder story, that was as much criticism. That was in passing, a newspaper thing. These items were set up. A programme like bbc breakfast, its a Long Programme that is a mixture of news, chat and discussion, you would expect a programme like that to reflect on what people are talking about and people do talk about programmes like strictly come dancing, more than 10 Million People watch it and people like to discuss who did well and who didnt. On a programme like breakfast, you would expect that to be reflected. We discuss other programmes as well. I remember when broadchurch was coming to an end it was a major feature on breakfast and bbc output. It isnt just bbc. A lot of newswatch viewers would complain about that as well, they want news events from around the world. Will you remove newswatch viewers concerns . Three in one day. Thats the airtime. Its a fair point, you had to think about the prominence and the number of times bbc programmes are mentioned within one particular News Programme but in the mix, generally i think it is ok and reflective on what the audience is talking about but you are right, we need to be careful that we do not overdo it. Richard burgess, thank you. Finally, footage emerged from the elysee palace of a meeting between president macron and junior members of his government. Did it contain information about the plans for Economic Reforms or plans on brexit . No. Amusing, certainly, but one viewer was concerned about the prominence the bbc gave its story on its news feed, tweeting thank you for all of your comments this week. We welcome all of your opinions on bbc news and current affairs. If you want to share them with us or appear on the programme, call us on this number, or e mail us to this address. You can find us on twitter, and do have a look at the website. You can search for and watch previous discussions. Thats all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts on bbc News Coverage again next week. Hello. The weekends looking quite chilly and blustery, particularly across northern britain. Its not going to be windy all through the weekend but saturday especially blustery across scotland and northern england, around the pennines, where well be touching gale force at times. And on top of that weve got a lot of cloud heading our way, certainly not looking sunny across the north. The best of the sunshine is expected further south. In the short term weve got clearer skies across southern areas where we have the High Pressure. You can see quite a few isobars already there across scotland so the winds are strengthening. These are the temperatures first thing on saturday, pretty much the same right across the country, but the night, the following night, will be colder. So saturday dawns on a bright note across many southern and central as well as eastern areas but through the course of the morning into the afternoon, the clouds will be thickening, the winds will be strengthening, there will be some spots of rain around as well. I think the strongest gusts of wind will probably be around the pennines towards the east of the pennines too, gusts approaching 40 50, maybe even more, right over the tops of the pennines. Further south, the winds wont be anywhere near as strong and well have some sunshine around. So actually if you live across southern parts of the uk, and this is lunchtime, the weather isnt looking bad at all. So there will be some fine weather around on saturday, itjust wont be everywhere. Many western and Northern Areas will be shrouded with cloud and this is where itll feel coolest, although the temperatures still not too bad, averaging around 1a degrees across the uk. The winds will probably peaked later in the afternoon. It will still remain windy through the course of saturday night and then there will be a change in the wind direction. Look at that, the winds will tend to ease across the uk, so sunday wont be anywhere near as windy and theres more sunshine on the way. Just a few sprinkles, a few showers there across the north east of scotland, maybe down into east anglia, but on balance, a lovely day. Cooler, temperatures only into single figures across scotland and northern england. Pretty stormy on sunday across many western and central parts of europe, a huge area of low pressure sending strong cold winds from the north. Were underneath the High Pressure so big contrast between the east and the west. The winds will fall light sunday night into monday. The skies will clear and were in for a chilly one. The temperatures in towns and cities monday morning will probably be around three degrees across the northern half of the uk, a little bit less cold in the south. But certainly outside of town, cold enough for a touch of frost. Its expected to be the coldest night of the autumn so far, so sunday night into monday. And then by tuesday, the temperatures should start recovering again. This is bbc news. Im gavin grey. Our top stories spain imposes direct rule on catalonia, hours after its politicians vote for independence. The prime minister, mariano rajoy, sacks the catalan leader, his cabinet and chief of police, vowing to restore the rule of law. Translation this independence is very sad. It causes anguish. That is what all catalans who are not for independence felt today. But catalan separatists remain defiant, saying the independence vote means they no longer fall under spanishjurisdiction. And digging for their own water. As the taps run dry in libyas capital, people are forced to drill