we re not here to discuss i humanity, that is religion s sphere of operations. and what of morality? i think it s such a good performance. so the film looks at his life, in wartime, after the war in which he surrounded by others and later on his marriage. in later years he s played by peter capaldi. and by the time he s played by peter capoldi he s basically become very, very embittered and you know, feelings of failure and desolation. and what s interesting about the film is, i think that terrence davies has found in the life of siegfried sassoon a number of elements that chime with his own preconceptions. there is a story about a character who is conflicted about his sexuality, and that is something in which terrence davies has addressed indirectly in his films before. there s the issue of religion. siegfried converted to catholicism later in life and terrence davies kind of famously turned his back on the church after feeling abandoned by it. and so what you have is an art
And england have had their best day on their ashes tour of australia so far. Alistair cook completed his first ashes century in seven years. And coming up, mark kermode looks back at 2017s big film releases including the sequel to blade runner, thats the year in film in half an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. Thousands of homes and properties are without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales, after power lines were brought down overnight. Theres been disruption for passengers at birmingham and sta nsted airports, and collisions on the mi, in the last few minutes stansted had is closed again. M25 and a number of a roads caused by treacherous driving conditions have caused major delays. Viewers have been sending in pictures from their area , georgina tweeted this photo from the departure lounge at Stansted Airport, which has suffered delays due to a closed runway, and reamins closed
And throwing punches in south Africas Parliament. Lawmakers in a brawl during the state of the union speech by president jacob zuma. Also coming up, the first night of the annual Berlin Film Festival. The stars took to the annual to the red carpet for the first of 11 days of film fun. The festivals director says it will be the perfect antidote to the daily apocalypse of world news. Brent i am brent goff, it is good to have you with us tonight. This is not the policy that germanys chancellor would have championed just a year ago. Tonight, Angela Merkel is now pushing a plan to make it easier and quicker to show some migrants the door. It aims to speed up the deportation of failed asylumseekers and it puts the power and the speed back in the hands of the federal government. Reporter fewer migrants are arriving in germany well more people are being deported. And yet, germanys attorney interior minister is growing increasingly impatient to see the state hand over more authority to refugee
Welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has insisted that the controversial change announced in the budget to increase National Insurance for Self Employed workers is simpler, fairer and more progressive. Theresa may refused to accept that the government had broken a manifesto pledge saying the promise had only extended to one kind of National Insurance. But the move has angered a number of conservative backbenchers and been roundly criticised by labour. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Brussels is rarely a place where british Prime Ministers can find a retreat, but theresa may entered discreetly into the summit, in a hurry for the talks. Not for her the grand arrivals of her other eu colleagues. Not the day for number ten to stop and chat. But after a domestic debacle over her budget, she knew there was explaining to do. As the chancellor made clear yesterday, we will use this moment of change to build a stronger economy and a Fairer Society that works for ordinary worki
Welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has insisted that the controversial change announced in the budget to increase National Insurance for Self Employed workers is simpler, fairer and more progressive. Theresa may refused to accept that the government had broken a manifesto pledge saying the promise had only extended to one kind of National Insurance. But the move has angered a number of conservative backbenchers and been roundly criticised by labour. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Brussels is rarely a place where british Prime Ministers can find a retreat, but theresa may entered discreetly into the summit, in a hurry for the talks. Not for her the grand arrivals of her other eu colleagues. Not the day for number ten to stop and chat. But after a domestic debacle over her budget, she knew there was explaining to do. As the chancellor made clear yesterday, we will use this moment of change to build a stronger economy and a Fairer Society that works for ordinary worki