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Funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. The World Cup Final of 1966, where the nation stopped, and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtation with meningitis which was very dramatic, as you know, those can be fora minute, and then he was fine, thank goodness. But i watched the World Cup Final in a neighbours house and ijust remember in both those cases, in belfast, as i was, i was very aware of a national event, or at leas...

So, this is radio drama studio. Hello, im john wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. My guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. A huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. Hes an actor, director, writer and film maker whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. We spoke in the very atmospheric radio...

So, this is a Radio Drama Studio. Hello, im john wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. My guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. A huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. Hes an actor, director, writer and film maker, whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. We spoke in the very atmospheric Ra...

Real violence erupted on the streets. i mean, the idea of the father in the film being threatened by the protestant hard men for refusing to go along with the gangs and threatening his catholic neighbours, was that something that directly happened to your father? there was a sense, you couldnt be in that part of belfast at that time, at least through my nine—year—old eyes you couldnt be, unless there was some sense of threat and the possibility of intimidation. and are they really vivid memo...

Became somewhere that you had to check in and out of, suddenly, you had to sign to leave your own street and go through a barricade and a sort of primitive checkpoint charlie. what i was aware of was being put on a high alert so, as it were, your emotional engine was revving really high and it was exhausting. thats what i remember, and for everyone, it was absolutely exhausting, and on every side. and families were moving in and out of streets, you know, it was a time of tremendous change and al...

As per, but a vast amount of it is very directly autobiographical and where it isnt, i think theres a sort of emotional truthfulness about what the film embraces which is, that at nine—years—old, when the world for this young lad, literally turns upside down, where the ground is taken from beneath his feet, the pavements on which we stood 20 minutes previously are lifted up by a rioting mob, and a few hours later, the populations scared and back in their houses, spills out, lifts those same ...

Funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. the world cup final of 1966, where the nation stopped, and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtation with meningitis which was very dramatic, as you know, those can be fora minute, and then he was fine, thank goodness. but i watched the world cup final in a neighbours house and ijust remember in both those cases, in belfast, as i was, i was very aware of a national event, or at leas...

It was the place of dreams, became somewhere that you had to check in and out of. suddenly, you had to sign to leave your own street and go through a barricade and a sort of primitive checkpoint charlie. what i was aware of was being put on a high alert. so, as it were, your emotional engine was revving really high, and it was exhausting. thats what i remember. and for everyone, it was absolutely exhausting, and on every side. and families were moving in and out of streets, you know, it was a ti...

1969, where real violence erupted on the streets. i mean, the idea of the father in the film being threatened by the protestant hard men for refusing to go along with the gangs and threatening his catholic neighbours, was that something that directly happened to your father? there was a sense, er, you couldnt be in that part of belfast at that time — at least, through my nine—year—old eyes, you couldnt be — unless there was some sense of threat and the possibility of intimidation. and ar...

Winston churchills funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. the world cup final of 1966, where the nation stopped. and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtation with meningitis which was very dramatic, as you know, those can be fora minute, and then he was fine, thank goodness. but i watched the world cup final in a neighbours house. and ijust remember in both those cases, in belfast, as i was, i was very aware of a nation...