that s it for me. mike will be here at the top of the hour with more news. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. millions of readers all over the world are drawn to fiction that explores our fears. horror sells, and no one does it better or more prolifically than my guest today, stephen king. he s written more than 60 books, sold close to 400 million copies. he is the master manipulator of dark places and the paranormal. if you re not a reader, you may have seen the shining, carrie, stand by me all films based on his stories. he s been writing for half a century. how has our appetite for fear evolved? stephen king in florida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it s nice to be here. i wish we could do it in person. me too. but nonetheless, it is a pleasure to see you on my screen. and let me begin by asking you about the threat that we all, all over the world in florida, in the uk, all over the world are livin
now on bbc news, stephen sackur talks to american author, stephen king, on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. millions of readers all over the world are drawn to fiction that explores our fears. horror sells, and no one does it better or more prolifically than my guest today, stephen king. he s written more than 60 books, sold close to 400 million copies. he is the master manipulator of dark places and the paranormal. if you re not a reader, you may have seen the shining, carrie, stand by me all films based on his stories. he s been writing for half a century. how has our appetite for fear evolved? stephen king in florida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it s nice to be here. i wish we could do it in person. me too. but nonetheless, it is a pleasure to see you on my screen. and let me begin by asking you about the threat that we all, all over the world in florida, in the uk, all over the world are living with, and that is covid 19. has that inv
Or his direct heir. You felt it, didnt you . The power. Its what pulled you out. You just dont know how to control it. So what happens now . You know what happens now. Youre quickly becoming a legend. Theres a surprise from guy ritchie that the baddy is well spoken and posh and jude law. Here is the weird thing. Arthurian legend is rich and magical, i have rarely seen a film so lacking in magic. Stuff happens, big snakes, swords, huge cgi beasties and you think this is dull. There are times it looks like outtakes from a ramstein video. Its just reminding me of other franchises i would much rather be watching. Iquite like. I think he did a terrificjob with sherlock holmes, he took a small element of the text about fighting and turned it into something that made the movie action packed. The problem with this is itjust looks like a bunch of cgi effects thrown together around the ropiest of scripts with the broadest of performances, the whole film, nudging and winking at the audience all t
Or his direct heir. You felt it, didnt you . The power. Its what pulled you out. You just dont know how to control it. So what happens now . You know what happens now. Youre quickly becoming a legend. Theres a surprise from guy ritchie that the baddy is well spoken and posh and jude law. Here is the weird thing. Arthurian legend is rich and magical, i have rarely seen a film so lacking in magic. Stuff happens, big snakes, swords, huge cgi beasties and you think this is dull. There are times it looks like outtakes from a ramstein video. Its just reminding me of other franchises i would much rather be watching. Iquite like. I think he did a terrificjob with sherlock holmes, he took a small element of the text about fighting and turned it into something that made the movie action packed. The problem with this is itjust looks like a bunch of cgi effects thrown together around the ropiest of scripts with the broadest of performances, the whole film, nudging and winking at the audience all t
Of the duchess of cambridge. Prince george was one of the pageboys while his Sister Charlotte was a bridesmaid. Now on bbc news. Its time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday. With me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and jessica creighton. The headlines this evening. Exeter Dash Saracens dreams of the double double as a late try puts the chiefs into the premiership final. They will meet wasps at twickenham after they beat leicester in a thriller at the ricoh arena. What a difference a year makes. After Play Off Heartache last season, millwall are promoted to the championship. And how britains top surfer luke dillon is aiming for a place at the 2020 olympics without even having a coach. Plenty coming up this evening. Including rugby leagues Magic Weekend, the Womens Super League, and england beating argentina in the u205 world cup. But well start with rugby union. And exeter chiefs are through to the final of rugby unions aviva premiership. They beat the two time European Champions Cup w