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 least it seemed to galvanise everybody and everything, and i was looking at images that said, the world is watching. Wow. And you mentioned belfast there. Some people, i think, are still surprised when they hear that you grew up in working class belfast. Uhhuh. And youve now written and directed a film called belfast. Uhhuh. How autobiographical a film is it . Well, its seen through the eyes of nine year old buddy. Its seen at 50 years distance from me. So inevitably, not everything happened absolut
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 drama studio of bbc broadcasting house. Ken, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. A show about cultural inspiration, cultural influences. What is your earliest cultural memory, do you think . Something that had a big impact . I think, early doors, i can remember 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 flirtat
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 Radio Drama Studio of bbc broadcasting house. Ken, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. A show about cultural inspiration, cultural influences. What is your earliest cultural memory, do you think . Something that had a big impact . I think, early doors, i can remember 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 flir
Considered a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. The u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations stated opposition to the nigerianled proposal saying it would hurt ongoing negotiations for a hostage release deal and longterm peace. The resolution failed when the United States voted against it. The final tally was 13 yes vote, one no, one abstention. This is two hours and 15 minutes. The 9,252nd meeting of the Security Council is called to order. The agenda for the meeting is the situation in the middle east including the palestinian question. The agenda is adopted. In accordance with rule 37 of the councils provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representatives of israel, qatar, and tunisia to participate in this meeting. It is so decided. I propose that the council invite the permanent observer of the observer state of palestine to the United Nations to participate in this meeting. In accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and the previous practice in this rega
Considered a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. The u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations stated opposition to the nigerianled proposal saying it would hurt ongoing negotiations for a hostage release deal and longterm peace. The resolution failed when the United States voted against it. The final tally was 13 yes vote, one no, one abstention. This is two hours and 15 minutes. The 9,252nd meeting of the Security Council is called to order. The agenda for the meeting is the situation in the middle east including the palestinian question. The agenda is adopted. In accordance with rule 37 of the councils provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representatives of israel, qatar, and tunisia to participate in this meeting. It is so decided. I propose that the council invite the permanent observer of the observer state of palestine to the United Nations to participate in this meeting. In accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and the previous practice in this rega