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
top prize has exceeded 1 billion. the next drawing is tuesday, january 10th. good luck. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you on this saturday night, republicans search for a path forward of what might be the craziest fight for house speaker ever. i ll talk to the congressman who nominated kevin mccarthy in that all important 15th vote. plus, new details as a virginia teacher lies in a hospital bed after police say she was shot by her 6-year-old student. as football evolves, so does its safety practices. you re in the cnn newsroom. an olive branch this saturday from president biden to the new house speaker kevin mccarthy. the president called mccarthy to congratulate him on his hard-fought win on the 15th vote. it s the kind of civility lacking at times among the speaker s own republican members overnight. moments after mccarthy confronted matt gaetz for forcing that 15th vote, congressman mike ro
the showers that we have had this afternoon across the south of the uk will push their way north and eastwards overnight. some clear skies ahead of these and behind, but also some mist and fog. before more heavy thundery rain arrives from the south west later in the night. the far north of scotland likely to keep more cloud, some patchy rain here. temperatures generally in a range of 10 14 celsius. for tomorrow, it s another day of sunshine and showers, but this time the showers are much more likely to be heavy and thundery. especially through the morning, through parts of wales, central southern england. this band then pushes its way north and eastwards through the day, some sunshine following on behind. some sunshine, too, across north of scotland. it should stay mainly dry here for much of the day. where we have got the sunshine, further showers developing again, heavy and thundery, and more starting to push on from the south west later in the day. hello, this is bbc news.
the new italian government has been sworn in, giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister and its first far right leader since the second world war. they won last month s collection with just over a quarter of the vote. she will had a right wing car didn t coalition. she sought to be sure western allies that italy s foreign policy won t change. bloomberg s political correspondent talk to us about the challenges they will be facing. there are plenty measures that require urgent attention. like the government position on the russian invasion of ukraine, but also tackling inflation, and giving italians a clear view and understanding of what her government will be like. as of now, everyone has been left guessing, whether she will be a far right politician, or a more compromising leader. european partners, starting from emmanuel mccrone, have been questioning the change of leadership in the m