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just days before ballot papers arrive with tory members, rishi sunak and liz truss set out new promises on health and education. the chair of the public inquiry investigating the post office scandal has called for the process of compensation for victims to be sped up. now on bbc news, its the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this weeks cinema releases is, as ever, mark kermode — hi, mark. so we have an interesting week....

on behalf of our coach, we stay strong. - he teach us to meditate. and we pray. you pray? i bet you do. all right. we dig! this is to get out? good work. so, the terrifying thing is — yeah, i know, caves, water. my stomach is already going. im claustrophobic at the best of times. then, 0k, theyve found them — how do they get them out? because in order to get them out, you have to be a trained diver to go back that route that they came in from — terrifying. joel edgerton is then t...

we dig! this is to get out? good work. so, the terrifying thing is — yeah, i know, caves, water. my stomach is already going. im claustrophobic at the best of times. then, 0k, theyve found them — how do they get them out? because in order to get them out, you have to be a trained diver to go back that route that they came in from — terrifying. joel edgerton is then the anaesthetist to whom they turn for a plan. he initially says, "look, this is insane, you cant do this, its mad" ...

a volcanic love story. quite a mixture. yes, so lets start with thirteen lives. this is a dramatisation by the director ron howard of the thai cave rescue of 2018, about which there was a documentary recently that we discussed... yet, not that long ago. thats right. ajuniorfootball team and their coach, 13 of them trapped in a cave following flooding. the screenplay is by william nicholson, as i said, ron howard, whos a very good director and has, in the past, directed things like apol...

i bet you do. all right. we dig! this is to get out? good work. so, the terrifying thing is — yeah, i know, caves, water. my stomach is already going. im claustrophobic at the best of times. then, 0k, theyve found them — how do they get them out? because in order to get them out, you have to be a trained diver to go back that route that they came in from — terrifying. joel edgerton is then the anaesthetist to whom they turn for a plan. he initially says, "look, this is insane, yo...

hi mark. so we have an interesting week, we have thirteen lives, which is a real life rescue drama. we have dc league of super—pets, pretty much does what it says on the ten. and fire of love, a volcanic love story. quite a mixture. yes, lets start with thirteen lives. this is a dramatisation by director ron howard by the thai cave rescue of 2018 about which there was a documentary recently that we discussed... yet, not that long ago. thats right. ajuniorfootball team iand their code...

and will smith apologises to chris rock over his infamous 0chsner slap. im reeta chakrabarti live from edgbaston, where the t20 womens cricket has made instead of you in the commonwealth games —— made its debut. welcome to bbc news. its good to have your company. we begin this hourin have your company. we begin this hour in ukraine, and we are getting more details about the rocket attacks thought to have killed a0 ukrainian prisoners of war. it happened in the east of ukraine. the ...

With our Open Call submission window approaching, BBC Writersroom Development Producer, Usman Mullan has some valuable advice on what makes a great spec script.

As a hollywood spec script, everyone would go, "no, that absolutely cannot happen, "it cannot have worked." yes, yes. the film is very much about people volunteering to help. theres people on top of the mountain trying to divert the rain, theres one really moving bit in which the farmers are asked, "look, we need to flood your fields to get the rain off." and they go, "will it help the boys? "yeah, fine. in that case, do it." so, it is a story of everyday heroism — but it is also like a really...

Dramatic a story. and i have to say, its very well rendered by ron howard. its remarkable that even though we know the outcome, because of course, an international news story, they still sat there watching it biting my nails thinking this isjust got back i mean, if you made this up nobody would believe you. if you wrote this as a hollywood spec script they would say no, that absolutely cannot happen. the film is very much about people volunteering to help. theres people on top of the mountain tr...