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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, let's 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. that's right. ajuniorfootball team iand their code, 13 of them trapped in a cave following flooding. the screenplay is by william nicholson, as i sa...

and will smith apologises to chris rock over his infamous 0chsner slap. i'm reeta chakrabarti live from edgbaston, where the t20 women's cricket has made instead of you in the commonwealth games —— made its debut. welcome to bbc news. it's 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 bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent is in kyiv and he gave us this update. is in kyiv and he gave u...

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. there's people on top of the mountain trying to divert the rain, there's 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 gripping thriller about people trapped in an underground cave. i'm just... i sort of want to see ...

Dramatic a story. and i have to say, it's very well rendered by ron howard. it's 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. there's people on top of the mountain trying to divert the rain. this one really moving bit in which the farmers are asked, look, we need...