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bruce forsyth! when it comes to tv history, bruce forsyth was simply the face of saturday night. strictly come dancing, the last hurrah in a career that went back more than 70 years. the boy bruce, the mighty atom wasjust the beginning of a life of song, dance and comedy. # that's why the lady is a tramp! there are things he could call on, he could handle it. and when things went wrong, he could step in and put them right. of course, those shows were alive. that is where he was at his pomp, live. sunday night at the london palladium in the ‘60s was his big break. beat the clock showed that he could make a game show must—watch tv and turn members of the public into prime—time entertainment. that's it! you've won! nice to see you, to see you... nice! and nowhere showcased that talent better than the generation game in the ‘70s. this is another phyllis here. i don't like being called phyllis. my name's phyl with a y. all right, bit like that? this is another bundle of trouble. nice to see you, didn't he do well? the catchphrases became part of national life. a swing ball the
bruce forsyth! when it comes to tv history, bruce forsyth was simply the face of saturday night. strictly come dancing, the last hurrah in a career that went back more than 70 years. the boy bruce, the mighty atom wasjust the beginning of a life of song, dance and comedy. # that's why the lady is a tramp! there are things he could call on, he could handle it. and when things went wrong, he could step in and put them right. of course, those shows were alive. that is where he was at his pomp,...
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ofthe of the death of sir bruce news of the death of sir bruce forsyth. i do hope we can hear nicholas parsons. i'm waiting on the other end of the line for someone to come in and speak to me. nicholas parsons, good to have you with us. your thoughts about sir bruce forsyth and your memories of him. i'm so sad, i have such fond memories. he was an exceptional personality and the most amazing entertainer. he was in many ways quite a professional and unique, he was not only a very good comedian but he was a singer and a dancer, which is the way he started, of course, and a very good actor. i saw him ina course, and a very good actor. i saw him in a play in the west end called little meat and he could do everything but not only that, he was one of the most charming, outgoing, giving professional performers i've ever met. he was just a lovely personality. he gave out to everybody he ever met. and, of course, as a game show host i can he was unique, i think he was the top of the league. he did not only run the show and keep it moving and so forth, but he engag
ofthe of the death of sir bruce news of the death of sir bruce forsyth. i do hope we can hear nicholas parsons. i'm waiting on the other end of the line for someone to come in and speak to me. nicholas parsons, good to have you with us. your thoughts about sir bruce forsyth and your memories of him. i'm so sad, i have such fond memories. he was an exceptional personality and the most amazing entertainer. he was in many ways quite a professional and unique, he was not only a very good comedian...
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would take over, the other bruce would take over, the other bruce would take over, the other bruce would take over, the entertainer, otherwise he would worry, but to good effect, he was right to worry and any producer who didn't listen to him shouldn't have been a producer, his instincts were so right. it was see our hard taskmaster? he wanted things to be right. the generation game, they would rehearse with the contestants and he would be watching and would work out in his mind, let's say they we re work out in his mind, let's say they were doing, making clay pots on the potter ‘s wheel, at the rehearsals he would watch them do it and he would know if there were three couples which coupled to do first, which would be second on the show and which would be third, and he wa nted and which would be third, and he wanted the third to be the biggest laugh, the people who would help get the biggest laugh. he was a of show business. and there were records in this sense of 2012, guinness decided that he had had the longest tv careerfor any male that he had had the longest tv career for any male
would take over, the other bruce would take over, the other bruce would take over, the other bruce would take over, the entertainer, otherwise he would worry, but to good effect, he was right to worry and any producer who didn't listen to him shouldn't have been a producer, his instincts were so right. it was see our hard taskmaster? he wanted things to be right. the generation game, they would rehearse with the contestants and he would be watching and would work out in his mind, let's say they...
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sir bruce forsyth. he first appeared on the bbc in 1939. 70 years later, he was still there — still the king of saturday night. # i love you! # fly me to the moon! since news of his death, a number of celebrities and close friends have commemorated his life. his long—term co—host on strictly come dancing, tess daly said: his other strictly come dancing co—host claudia winkleman tweeted: and lead judge on the show, len goodman has said: former strictly come dancing star ann widdecombe praised sir bruce for the support he gave to all the contestants as host of the show. joining me is tv critic caroline frost. wonderfully encouraging, never critical, always humorous. it is the sort of programme because it is big and complicated web ins can go wrong. he never lost his cool, he was always ready with the joke and a laugh. with bruce, what you saw on camara was very much what you got in person. he didn't put on an act for the camera. he was just as client and just as funny off—camera as he was on. no
sir bruce forsyth. he first appeared on the bbc in 1939. 70 years later, he was still there — still the king of saturday night. # i love you! # fly me to the moon! since news of his death, a number of celebrities and close friends have commemorated his life. his long—term co—host on strictly come dancing, tess daly said: his other strictly come dancing co—host claudia winkleman tweeted: and lead judge on the show, len goodman has said: former strictly come dancing star ann widdecombe...
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when you think of bruce, you smile. because it was his warmth, his charm, his sense of fun, the way he embraced you when you spoke to him. that came across to the public always. # now you're here... starting out in 1942, his career spanned more than 70 years also tonight — police in spain say they believe those involved in the barcelona attack were planning much bigger atrocities. there was another attack overnight. in total, 1a killed and scores injured. today police released pictures of those they believe were involved. spain is on high alert. the country stopped today to remember the dead, before spontaneous chants from the crowds here in barcelona in defiance of the killers. also on the programme, president trump has fired another of his top advisors. steve bannon was his chief strategist — part of the inner circle — who helped donald trump win the presidency. and celebrating black britain — actors, politicians, musicians are all part of a new exhibition heading to the national portrait gallery. coming up in
when you think of bruce, you smile. because it was his warmth, his charm, his sense of fun, the way he embraced you when you spoke to him. that came across to the public always. # now you're here... starting out in 1942, his career spanned more than 70 years also tonight — police in spain say they believe those involved in the barcelona attack were planning much bigger atrocities. there was another attack overnight. in total, 1a killed and scores injured. today police released pictures of...
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bruce forsyth! when it comes to tv history, bruce forsyth was simply the face of saturday night. strictly come dancing the last hurrah, in a career that went back more than 70 years. the boy bruce, the mighty atom wasjust the beginning of a life of song, dance and comedy. # that's why the lady is a tramp... it only took 16 years of struggle to become an overnight star of sunday nights at the london palladium. a fellow veteran of the show had nothing but admiration for this all—round talent. # i'm so awfully shy... he was great. he was one of our greatest entertainers ever, perhaps the greatest we've ever had. he could do everything. lovely light piano player, nice tap dancer. not a gag man, but made people roar laughing. and class, he had a lot of class. and he was, without doubt, a national treasure. he deserved his knighthood. 50—odd years at the top, in our business — that's a bit of a record. one key part of the palladium formula was game show, beat the clock. the comic chaos, the rapport with the public — he was a natural. over there. the bit of paper, bit of paper,
bruce forsyth! when it comes to tv history, bruce forsyth was simply the face of saturday night. strictly come dancing the last hurrah, in a career that went back more than 70 years. the boy bruce, the mighty atom wasjust the beginning of a life of song, dance and comedy. # that's why the lady is a tramp... it only took 16 years of struggle to become an overnight star of sunday nights at the london palladium. a fellow veteran of the show had nothing but admiration for this all—round talent. #...
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and this onejust word, but bruce was exactly that. and this one just sums up his enduring appeal: at least five generations of my family have been entertained by sir bruce, a legend and a very talented entertainer. rip, from steph. it is just approaching 20 past nine. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. police have confirmed that an earlier suspect in the terror attacks in spain was shot dead. sta rs of stage attacks in spain was shot dead. stars of stage and screen are paying tribute to sir bruce forsyth, who died yesterday at the age of 89. there is rain in the forecast, but i will let matt do the rest of the bad news. and some good news, hopefully! yellow might get people turning off even before they started! —— yellow might get people turning off even before they started! -- get people turning off... there will be some rain in the forecast, producing some scenes like this one in gateshead. it will be hit and miss showers again. low pressure to the north is bringing in north—westerly winds. showers in western areas at th
and this onejust word, but bruce was exactly that. and this one just sums up his enduring appeal: at least five generations of my family have been entertained by sir bruce, a legend and a very talented entertainer. rip, from steph. it is just approaching 20 past nine. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. police have confirmed that an earlier suspect in the terror attacks in spain was shot dead. sta rs of stage attacks in spain was shot dead. stars of stage and screen are paying tribute to...
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bruce never went out of fashion. bruce never went out of fashion. why? how did he manage to be so current no matter which era we are talking about? i think because the public adored him and he never let them down. he neverfailed. he a lwa ys let them down. he neverfailed. he always delivered, he always made you smile, he always made you laugh, and he was a brilliant picture of what shows to do and what shows not to, for every show he said yes to there must have been 1000 that he said no to. he was a consummate judge of his own career. the thing is about people like that who are so accomplished about whatever they do is they make it look so easy. but, of course, there is so much effort and rehearsal and practice that goes into it, isn't there? well, he was a warrior before he went on the stage —— warrior. he would worry that everything was right, he had huge input into how these shows were. the generation game, he worked really ha rd generation game, he worked really hard on the format, strictly, the same. “— hard on the format, strictly, the same
bruce never went out of fashion. bruce never went out of fashion. why? how did he manage to be so current no matter which era we are talking about? i think because the public adored him and he never let them down. he neverfailed. he a lwa ys let them down. he neverfailed. he always delivered, he always made you smile, he always made you laugh, and he was a brilliant picture of what shows to do and what shows not to, for every show he said yes to there must have been 1000 that he said no to. he...
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sir bruce forsyth. also tonight... an investigation is under way into 17—year—old moussa oukabir, who's suspected of carrying out yesterday's attack. his fate is still unclear. we live in barcelona with the very latest on the huge police operation. overnight there was a second attack in another coastal area when a car drove into a crowd. one woman died and five suspects were shot dead by police. the authorities say both atrocities had been planned for some time. spain stops to remember the dead. three days of mourning have been declared. you don't really understand what's happened for probably about a minute or two. and then when you see the people on the floor, you realise what actually has happened. the defence secretary apologises to the mother of a soldier killed in iraq 12 years ago when an explosion hit his lightly armoured snatch land rover. and alistair cook makes a double century as england pile on the runs against the west indies at edgabaston. and in sport on bbc news, liverpool have reje
sir bruce forsyth. also tonight... an investigation is under way into 17—year—old moussa oukabir, who's suspected of carrying out yesterday's attack. his fate is still unclear. we live in barcelona with the very latest on the huge police operation. overnight there was a second attack in another coastal area when a car drove into a crowd. one woman died and five suspects were shot dead by police. the authorities say both atrocities had been planned for some time. spain stops to remember the...
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when you think of bruce, you smile. as of his warmth, his charm, his sense of fun, the way he embraced you when you spoke to him. and that came across to the public, always. police in spain say the man believed to have driven a van into crowds in barcelona was killed, along with two other suspects, in a shootout hours later. it is thought a much bigger attack was being planned. chief strategist steve bannon becomes the latest high—profile aide to leave trump's white house. and on newsnight, we have the latest on the investigation into the terror cell responsible for thursday's attack, and arlene phillips and christopher biggins are with us to remember sir bruce forsyth. good evening and welcome to bbc news. one of british television's biggest stars, sir bruce forsyth, has died this afternoon, at the age of 89. the prime minister and stars of stage and screen have been paying tribute to the man whose career in show business began in 1942, when he was just 1a. he continued to work for more than 70 years, with hit shows
when you think of bruce, you smile. as of his warmth, his charm, his sense of fun, the way he embraced you when you spoke to him. and that came across to the public, always. police in spain say the man believed to have driven a van into crowds in barcelona was killed, along with two other suspects, in a shootout hours later. it is thought a much bigger attack was being planned. chief strategist steve bannon becomes the latest high—profile aide to leave trump's white house. and on newsnight,...
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that was what was so nice about bruce. he lived life to the full it is hard to talk about him in the past tense, actually, because he does and did live life to the full. that is what the children in our charity do as well. what difference did it make day—to—day for you to have someone like sir bruce involved?” day—to—day for you to have someone like sir bruce involved? i think he just brought smiles to our faces. that was what he did for the children when he met them. he really understood the difficulties they we re understood the difficulties they were going through, possibly because he also had difficulties in his life too. so he got down to their level and gave them all the time he could, and gave them all the time he could, and to the team and also to the other donors that gave to the charity. at the events, he would talk to them and dance with them. even though we didn't ask him to get involved in the events, he would get up involved in the events, he would get up on stage. he would donate to our services. h
that was what was so nice about bruce. he lived life to the full it is hard to talk about him in the past tense, actually, because he does and did live life to the full. that is what the children in our charity do as well. what difference did it make day—to—day for you to have someone like sir bruce involved?” day—to—day for you to have someone like sir bruce involved? i think he just brought smiles to our faces. that was what he did for the children when he met them. he really...
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the daily express also gives a full page to sir bruce. the sun called him the best—loved telly legend. the mirror alsojoins in commemorations for the entertainer dedicating seven pages in this edition to his legacy. the telegraph has a tribute but leads with the attacks in barcelona saying spanish security services have begun an extensive manhunt for the remaining killers. the times also leads with the as in spain with the news —— with the attacks in spain with the news that the police are focussing their efforts in north africa the guardian writes that terrorists had planned a bombing raid across barcelona but abandoned when they blew up a house where they we i’e when they blew up a house where they were stockpiling explosives. bruce forsyth has died at the age of 89. we of course remember him from many of his game shows. back in the day. you know, we tell our children off for watching too much telly, we we i’e off for watching too much telly, we were obviously fans of the small screen because we were obviously fans of the smal
the daily express also gives a full page to sir bruce. the sun called him the best—loved telly legend. the mirror alsojoins in commemorations for the entertainer dedicating seven pages in this edition to his legacy. the telegraph has a tribute but leads with the attacks in barcelona saying spanish security services have begun an extensive manhunt for the remaining killers. the times also leads with the as in spain with the news —— with the attacks in spain with the news that the police...
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please welcome your host, bruce forsyth. most people would have retired years before, but not bruce e. strictly come dancing brought him a new audience, 50 years after he started in show business. he first trod the boards as a child, as the boy bruce. in 1961 he was appearing in the royal command performance, doing a terrible imitation of sammy davisjunior. he became a star presenting itv‘s sunday night at the palladium. it was a perfect showcase for his talents, including one segment in particular. a bit of paper, come on. that is it. nice to see you, to see you, nice. he was an old—fashioned entertainer, alljutting chin and jaunty manner. he was witty, waspish and brilliant at helping ordinary people. this is another philip here. it is philip with hawaii. this is another bit of trouble. he presented the generation game for 11 years, it was typical saturday evening fair, com plete was typical saturday evening fair, complete with conveyor belt of prizes contestants had to memorise. and all driven at a hectic pace by bruc
please welcome your host, bruce forsyth. most people would have retired years before, but not bruce e. strictly come dancing brought him a new audience, 50 years after he started in show business. he first trod the boards as a child, as the boy bruce. in 1961 he was appearing in the royal command performance, doing a terrible imitation of sammy davisjunior. he became a star presenting itv‘s sunday night at the palladium. it was a perfect showcase for his talents, including one segment in...
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more now on the death of sir bruce forsyth — the bbc director general tony hall said that sir bruce had invented and then reinvented saturday night entertainment. our media editor amol rajan looks at how he managed to keep pace with the changing times, adapting to the evolving television landscape to become one of the giants of light entertainment. the nation that first met bruce forsyth has long since vanished. first on the bbc in the year that britain went to war, he came to prominence in a country and a culture that was very different. back then there was just one television station in black and white. that meant tens of millions sat together to watch the biggest shows. as britain fell in love with the small screen, it was sir bruce's mischievious smile that provided the humour and humanity. this evening, the bbc‘s director—general said: in many ways we're living through a golden age of television, with more choice than ever before and the freedom to watch what we want when we want. in many ways we're living through a golden age of television, with more choice than ever before an
more now on the death of sir bruce forsyth — the bbc director general tony hall said that sir bruce had invented and then reinvented saturday night entertainment. our media editor amol rajan looks at how he managed to keep pace with the changing times, adapting to the evolving television landscape to become one of the giants of light entertainment. the nation that first met bruce forsyth has long since vanished. first on the bbc in the year that britain went to war, he came to prominence in a...
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bruce never stopped working. not just in terms of training, but in rehearsal, going over things. just in terms of training, but in rehearsal, going overthings. so just in terms of training, but in rehearsal, going over things. so we worked hard at being mr showbiz. but also, for bruce to retain his balance, we used to spin 80 times a day. he was warming up, he would co nsta ntly day. he was warming up, he would constantly work is body and sometimes even on strictly, just before he had to go on, you would see him almost revving himself up like a see him almost revving himself up likea car, see him almost revving himself up like a car, getting ready to go out there and entertain. hundreds of tributes have been paid to sir bruce, with many celebrities taking to social media to remember he star. the prime minister theresa may described him as a national treasure, who would be missed. strictly host claudia winkelman, who took over from sir bruce, spoke about how both on and off the screen he was the man you saw. and s
bruce never stopped working. not just in terms of training, but in rehearsal, going over things. just in terms of training, but in rehearsal, going overthings. so just in terms of training, but in rehearsal, going over things. so we worked hard at being mr showbiz. but also, for bruce to retain his balance, we used to spin 80 times a day. he was warming up, he would co nsta ntly day. he was warming up, he would constantly work is body and sometimes even on strictly, just before he had to go on,...
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a call from chuck, you are on with bruce been, good morning. -- bruce bennett, good morning. caller: i have a question. given the high level of threats forth, wouldn't it be wise to postpone his military until the rhetoric owned down for a while? the difficulty is several cases. you postpone an exercise in the again and again and it never happens. that is what happened back in the 1990's. it is regular exercise and north korea is not offering to determine -- terminate its exercising. this is potentially a problem and north korea has expressly tried to make it look like one, but what does it say about their ability to try to manipulate the united states? china has called for a freeze to the military exercise. explain why they would make the call and what to expect? how will this affect, if at all, the u.s. and chinese relationship? guest: we have to remember the leader of china said he will not allow war or chaos to occur on the peninsula. he cannot even stop north korea from dumas alonso -- doing missile launches. thatuld prefer to avoid and so he is in some degree, desperati
a call from chuck, you are on with bruce been, good morning. -- bruce bennett, good morning. caller: i have a question. given the high level of threats forth, wouldn't it be wise to postpone his military until the rhetoric owned down for a while? the difficulty is several cases. you postpone an exercise in the again and again and it never happens. that is what happened back in the 1990's. it is regular exercise and north korea is not offering to determine -- terminate its exercising. this is...
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what was also so great about bruce was he was a family man. poor winnie who was gorgeous and the love of his life, and his children who i believe were there today for the last moments. i think it's extraordinary what talent he had. thank goodness he got his knighthood. yes. so well—deserved. it meant a lot to him. christopher and arlene phillips, thank you for coming in, not for the right reasons. but thank you. let's returned to steve bannon who has been fired in the last few hours, and what this means for the direction of travel for the trumpet administration. i'm joined by richard painter who worked in that white house under george w bush as his chief ethics lawyer. thank you forjoining us. you have been critical with some of your messages. surely the president has woken up to public opinion and he's ready to put things right. ready to congratulate him? this is definitely a step in the right direction to remove mr steve bannon but there are others in the white house with connections with the alt—right. this is a dangerous group, the spr
what was also so great about bruce was he was a family man. poor winnie who was gorgeous and the love of his life, and his children who i believe were there today for the last moments. i think it's extraordinary what talent he had. thank goodness he got his knighthood. yes. so well—deserved. it meant a lot to him. christopher and arlene phillips, thank you for coming in, not for the right reasons. but thank you. let's returned to steve bannon who has been fired in the last few hours, and what...
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and lenny bruce said, what are you, a schmuck? >> carlin came up as traditional short hair stand-up comic, he was quite successful on getting ed sullivan gigs and so forth. >> here is comedian comedy star george carlin. >> que pasa. hippy dippy weather man, tonight's forecast, dark. >> carlin at first wanted just to have success, and he got that success and then felt that he was getting that success in a way that didn't speak to his heart. >> i used to be this guy or maybe this guy used to be me, i don't know, we were each other at one time. wa't long ag i liked him. you know, he was really good. he was funny. i had a lot of fun with him. he did some nice things for me. but there was nothing behind him, you know? he was kind of just superficial, just surface. it was all characters. i wasn't in there. i found out i wasn't in my own act. >> the guy who picks up from lenny is george, who basically goes right after the taboos again. he's constantly picking and picking and picking. >> and the irish priests were always heavily into pena
and lenny bruce said, what are you, a schmuck? >> carlin came up as traditional short hair stand-up comic, he was quite successful on getting ed sullivan gigs and so forth. >> here is comedian comedy star george carlin. >> que pasa. hippy dippy weather man, tonight's forecast, dark. >> carlin at first wanted just to have success, and he got that success and then felt that he was getting that success in a way that didn't speak to his heart. >> i used to be this guy...
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bruce forsyth! when it comes to tv history, bruce forsyth was simply the face of saturday night. strictly come dancing the last hurrah, in a career that went back more than 70 years. the boy bruce, the mighty atom wasjust the beginning of a life of song, dance and comedy. # that's why the lady is a tramp... it only took 16 years of struggle to become an overnight star of sunday nights at the london palladium. a fellow veteran of the show had nothing but admiration for this all—round talent. # i'm so awfully shy... he was great. he was one of our greatest entertainers ever, perhaps the greatest we've ever had. he could do everything. lovely light piano player, nice tap dancer. not a gag man, but made people roar laughing. and class, he had a lot of class. and he was, without doubt, a national treasure. he deserved his knighthood. 50—odd years at the top, in our business — that's a bit of a record. one key part of the palladium formula was game show, beat the clock. the comic chaos, the rapport with the public — he was a natural. 0ver there. the bit of paper, bit of paper,
bruce forsyth! when it comes to tv history, bruce forsyth was simply the face of saturday night. strictly come dancing the last hurrah, in a career that went back more than 70 years. the boy bruce, the mighty atom wasjust the beginning of a life of song, dance and comedy. # that's why the lady is a tramp... it only took 16 years of struggle to become an overnight star of sunday nights at the london palladium. a fellow veteran of the show had nothing but admiration for this all—round talent. #...
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sir bruce's strictly come dancing co—host, tess daly, said she was "heartbroken". joining me now from our salford studio is elinor groom, curator of tv at the national science and media museum in bradford. thank you very much for being with us. i suppose, from the museum's perspective, sir bruce forsyth must hold his place as one of the tv greats? yes, he is such a touch tone of the visitor experience, i think her audiences are so many generations, people have been falling over themselves to talk about bruce forsythe and his impact on television. why do you think he was so iconic? i think part of it is just to do with endurance. when people have talked about his guinness world record for longest serving television personality, and it is because he and faxed acted as a nine—year—old boy, before the war even, tap dancing on television. and so he had all these generations of followers. he reinvented his career time after time. it always seemed he managed to bag that prime—time slot. definitely. he had that ability to both made with the times and yet retain as es
sir bruce's strictly come dancing co—host, tess daly, said she was "heartbroken". joining me now from our salford studio is elinor groom, curator of tv at the national science and media museum in bradford. thank you very much for being with us. i suppose, from the museum's perspective, sir bruce forsyth must hold his place as one of the tv greats? yes, he is such a touch tone of the visitor experience, i think her audiences are so many generations, people have been falling over...
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bruce. >> bruce leshan, reporting, thank you bruce. >>> reagan national airport has taken to twitter to help unite a 6-year-old with a beloved stuffed animal. now the airport is getting a big public pat on the back for its efforts. on tuesday, the child stuffed marmot. it's not a real squirrel, but it's everything to this 6-year- old. the childhood pal disappeared somewhere between the garage and the americanairlines gate. the child has slept with this furry friend since it was a baby. >> have you seen the marmot? >> no, we'll certainly look for it. >> i think it was sweet. where was this when i lost my stuffed monkey in ballet? >> the family was returning from a trip to boston on tuesday, when the marmot went missing. the airport assures us, they're still looking for the stuffed animal. this is a local family. they didn't want to be interviewed, but they're sure hoping the people at the airport, and maybe even you can help them find that animal, and bring shalon to their home. >> delays, and luggage. this is your chance. >> seize the moment. >> make it good. >>> we're looking at rea
bruce. >> bruce leshan, reporting, thank you bruce. >>> reagan national airport has taken to twitter to help unite a 6-year-old with a beloved stuffed animal. now the airport is getting a big public pat on the back for its efforts. on tuesday, the child stuffed marmot. it's not a real squirrel, but it's everything to this 6-year- old. the childhood pal disappeared somewhere between the garage and the americanairlines gate. the child has slept with this furry friend since it was a...
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charles band with talking about sir bruce forsyth who has died at age 80 nine. get a little update from spain. spanish police have been giving a press conference, and one piece of information that has it concerns the key suspect that they are hunting. the art confirming that they are looking urgently for younes abouyaaqoub, but they cannot confirm that he was the driver of the white van driven into the crowds in las ramblas boulevard. they have meanwhile, police and security forces, say they have raided nine properties across catalonia in a 48 hour period after that attack. special patrols are being set up for the two football matches to date, one in barcelona, and one injured one. as part of raising the security level, they are setting up police controls at the two big fibber matches in spain today. generals will be few and far between and lighter as well. some across the south and south—east will avoid the showers altogether. it will be a bright idea across northern and eastern areas compared with yesterday, and feeling that that's a bit warmer. highs of 22
charles band with talking about sir bruce forsyth who has died at age 80 nine. get a little update from spain. spanish police have been giving a press conference, and one piece of information that has it concerns the key suspect that they are hunting. the art confirming that they are looking urgently for younes abouyaaqoub, but they cannot confirm that he was the driver of the white van driven into the crowds in las ramblas boulevard. they have meanwhile, police and security forces, say they...
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matt and boaz and bruce. as matt mentioned, i work in the ministry of justice and i have the privilege of being on academic leave so i'm speaking today in my personal capacity. what i'm looking at is one small slice of this discussion we were having about lone wolves and stabbing attacks in israel committed by youth. so recently, the eu came out with a terrorism trend report and it identified a recent trend. it came up with 14 trends. number 10 is increasingly independent operational role in committing terrorist attacks in the country by youth. my intention on the panel is conduct preliminary research i start today work on israel and i'm continuing here on the institute and i say it's a very small issue. what i was interested in studying was did the leadership take acts to glorify the terrorist acts of specific youths and if they did, did that play a role in encouraging further youths to engage in further violence. so, in israel, this issue came up in october of 2015. in 2015, october alone, there were 59 ter
matt and boaz and bruce. as matt mentioned, i work in the ministry of justice and i have the privilege of being on academic leave so i'm speaking today in my personal capacity. what i'm looking at is one small slice of this discussion we were having about lone wolves and stabbing attacks in israel committed by youth. so recently, the eu came out with a terrorism trend report and it identified a recent trend. it came up with 14 trends. number 10 is increasingly independent operational role in...
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you met bruce forsyth a long time ago. i was a student at oxford, and he was in pantomime at the local theatre, and i went to interview him for the student newspaper. i think that surprised me was that he hated pantomime. he didn‘t like to stick with the plot, wanted to be free to do what he wanted to do with his audience. he also told me interestingly on that occasion that you have got to face facts if you are an entertainer. half the entertainer would like you. he said, i accept that and play to the half that does. don‘t worry and keep going. he did keep going. he was known as the mighty atom at the start of his career at 1a. he told me he also made a performance on tv at ten years of age, a bbc trier programme before the second world war, called come and be televised. and he thought, i‘m going to go. he was one of the first people to appear on bbc television, and he sustained it over 70 years. he was a lwa ys sustained it over 70 years. he was always aware, then, of where his passion lay, what format worked for hi
you met bruce forsyth a long time ago. i was a student at oxford, and he was in pantomime at the local theatre, and i went to interview him for the student newspaper. i think that surprised me was that he hated pantomime. he didn‘t like to stick with the plot, wanted to be free to do what he wanted to do with his audience. he also told me interestingly on that occasion that you have got to face facts if you are an entertainer. half the entertainer would like you. he said, i accept that and...
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sir bruce forsyth. he first appeared on the bbc in 1939. 70 years later, he was still there — still the king of saturday night. # i love you! # fly me to the moon! hello i would like to start by telling you about our tropical storm that formed last night in the atlantic. that is harvey and there could be more. for harvey, through friday it has been moving into the wind ward islands, and for the likes of martinique, up to 100 millimetres of martinique, up to 100 millimetres of water could fall and it could give large waves and currents and some damaging winds before it moves away and heads towards mexico. now further north we have got lumpy cloud showing a showery day on friday across the united states and canada. the showers will continue through friday and into the weekend. that just poses through friday and into the weekend. thatjust poses the risk of a lot of cloud for those hoping to take in the solar eclipse on sunday. if you have plans to go, stay tuned. the risk of wild fires is high in western
sir bruce forsyth. he first appeared on the bbc in 1939. 70 years later, he was still there — still the king of saturday night. # i love you! # fly me to the moon! hello i would like to start by telling you about our tropical storm that formed last night in the atlantic. that is harvey and there could be more. for harvey, through friday it has been moving into the wind ward islands, and for the likes of martinique, up to 100 millimetres of martinique, up to 100 millimetres of water could fall...
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sir bruce had many. nice to see you, to see you... nice! good game! he reigned supreme at the helm of the bbc‘s generation game for six years, from 1971, then again at the beginning of the 19905 and had fun doing it. there is another phyllis here. jolly good. i don't like being called phyllis. my name's phil with a y. phil with a y, alright, darling. bit like that. there's another bundle of trouble! an all round entertainer, he went on to present strictly come dancing, where he mixed his love of singing and dancing. arlene phillips was a judge on strictly and she remembers his dedication. bruce never stopped working. notjust in terms of training, but in rehearsal, going over things. so we worked hard at being mr showbiz. but also, bruce, to retain his balance, used to spin 80 times a day. he was warming up, he would constantly work his body and sometimes, even on strictly, just before he had to go on, you would see him almost revving himself up like a car, getting ready to go out there and entertain. hundreds of tributes have been paid to sir bruce,
sir bruce had many. nice to see you, to see you... nice! good game! he reigned supreme at the helm of the bbc‘s generation game for six years, from 1971, then again at the beginning of the 19905 and had fun doing it. there is another phyllis here. jolly good. i don't like being called phyllis. my name's phil with a y. phil with a y, alright, darling. bit like that. there's another bundle of trouble! an all round entertainer, he went on to present strictly come dancing, where he mixed his love...
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i definitely share with bruce and matt the concern. with organized terrorism and big attacks, even the level of 9/11, we should not exclude that -- on top of that we are having now the growing phenomenon, that will challenge us in different ways all the time. so, i do believe and hope that there are those people which -- who carry the responsibility to prevent the terrorist attack and they are thinking about what will be the next more effective tactic that the lone wolf might use. i have no doubt in my mind, that those who incites them, we heard from maryland about the incitement as a precursor of that activity those who incite , them and those who would teach them and give them the guidelines would try to be more effective and innovative in their thinking in this regard. >> could? >> yes please. bruce: i would like to be even more pessimistic than boaz. timothy mcveigh. timothy mcveigh was not an archetypal lone wolf. nonetheless, he had no direct organizational connection. he was not carrying that out on behalf of an organization. th
i definitely share with bruce and matt the concern. with organized terrorism and big attacks, even the level of 9/11, we should not exclude that -- on top of that we are having now the growing phenomenon, that will challenge us in different ways all the time. so, i do believe and hope that there are those people which -- who carry the responsibility to prevent the terrorist attack and they are thinking about what will be the next more effective tactic that the lone wolf might use. i have no...
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does bruce? me? no. the only one who can really counter the narrative of the honorable thing to do and say this is not the honorable thing to do are the muslims themselves. and we need to find a way to make it clear to them they are not doing any favors to us nonmuslims by conveying this message that this is not the honorable thing to do. this is not what your culture or your religion is expecting you to do. it should come from the muslim community. if it won't come from there, we are all -- i don't want to use the term that is needed to describe it. we are all in big trouble here. >> all right. in the back please. >> is it off? wonderful. so it's typical for these conversations to adhere to what we might all a you political lens, but then we're talking about individuals so there is definitely a psychological angle to this. i think there is evidence that objectives become strongly aligned with the objectives of terrorist organizations. i wonder if you would comment at all on how important you think it is
does bruce? me? no. the only one who can really counter the narrative of the honorable thing to do and say this is not the honorable thing to do are the muslims themselves. and we need to find a way to make it clear to them they are not doing any favors to us nonmuslims by conveying this message that this is not the honorable thing to do. this is not what your culture or your religion is expecting you to do. it should come from the muslim community. if it won't come from there, we are all -- i...
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when you think of bruce, you smile. as of his warmth, his charm, his sense of fun, the way he embraced you when you spoke to him. and that came across to the public, always. police in spain say the man believed to have driven a van into crowds in barcelona was killed, along with two other suspects, in a shootout hours later. it is thought a much bigger attack was being planned. chief strategist steve bannon becomes the latest high—profile aide
when you think of bruce, you smile. as of his warmth, his charm, his sense of fun, the way he embraced you when you spoke to him. and that came across to the public, always. police in spain say the man believed to have driven a van into crowds in barcelona was killed, along with two other suspects, in a shootout hours later. it is thought a much bigger attack was being planned. chief strategist steve bannon becomes the latest high—profile aide
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>> i've been a bruce springsteen fan since roughly 1978. one of my first concerts was the concert thanksgiving eve in 1980. it was one of the most memorable nights in my life. if printing back to my cousin who was killed in 9/11 and we played guitar together and learn ed springsteen songs. what shaped and molded that mind that created musical lyrics and music. i look forward to finishing that. >> book tv wants to know what you're reading. send us your summer reading list at book to be or instagram at book_tv or posted to our facebook page. we are live this afternoon at the national press club in washington for remarks from derrick johnson, the interim president of the naacp. he will talk about the recent travel advisory at the naacp issued for missouri. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the national press club where we have trademarked a moniker of being the world's leading professional organization for journalists. also where i have been saying this year, in challenging times, the freedom of the press, that we are the con
>> i've been a bruce springsteen fan since roughly 1978. one of my first concerts was the concert thanksgiving eve in 1980. it was one of the most memorable nights in my life. if printing back to my cousin who was killed in 9/11 and we played guitar together and learn ed springsteen songs. what shaped and molded that mind that created musical lyrics and music. i look forward to finishing that. >> book tv wants to know what you're reading. send us your summer reading list at book to...
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lord grade said he grew up with lord —— bruce forsyth there. the number of people paying tribute shows how many people respected him. it shows how he was respected by people in the industry and genuinely loved by people in the industry. the show business industry has people from all across the spectrum from the very nicest to some who might not be quite at that position but sir bruce was one of those people who everybody loved working with, and they loved seeing what he did on television. they loved meeting him asa television. they loved meeting him as a person. i think when you look at all the people that have been paying tribute to him, because there is probably not a television presenter working today that hasn't in some way been influenced in watching him at a formative age and how he worked with audiences, whatever they are doing in television now. i interviewed him a few times. he was always utterly charming, always on the ball, always warm always friendly. i remember seeing him at the bbc studios over at television centre in shepherd's b
lord grade said he grew up with lord —— bruce forsyth there. the number of people paying tribute shows how many people respected him. it shows how he was respected by people in the industry and genuinely loved by people in the industry. the show business industry has people from all across the spectrum from the very nicest to some who might not be quite at that position but sir bruce was one of those people who everybody loved working with, and they loved seeing what he did on television....
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thank you, bruce. president trump was addressing what you might consider the worst crisis inside the u.s. the national opioid epidemic. joining me for more, my panel of medical experts, howard samuels and answer thesial just -- and anesthesiologist. welcome to you both. great to have you here. i want to start with tom price, hhs, had to say about this. dr.:tom price i will go to you first. he was asked, the head of hhs, should this be designated a national emergency? he have 142 americans dyer day from over -- die every day from overdose. isn't this a national crisis? >> well, there is no question it's a national crisis. once again all we are hearing is talk. there is no plan, there is no proposals. that's what's scary here. i'm glad they are bringing it to everyone's attention. but we on the front lines are dealing with the death of our young people every day. i was in a hospital in l.a. just yesterday, and they are only getting 3 to 5 medicare in-patient only. gerri: that's what the head of hhs is sa
thank you, bruce. president trump was addressing what you might consider the worst crisis inside the u.s. the national opioid epidemic. joining me for more, my panel of medical experts, howard samuels and answer thesial just -- and anesthesiologist. welcome to you both. great to have you here. i want to start with tom price, hhs, had to say about this. dr.:tom price i will go to you first. he was asked, the head of hhs, should this be designated a national emergency? he have 142 americans dyer...
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we bring in bruce labell. bruce, welcome back to the newscast. >> welcome, alex. welcome to atlanta. happy sunday. >> let's talk about steve bannon's departure from the white house. a concession by the president to the gop establishment, steve, do you see it that way? is this any sign that he's moving away from the far right? >> no, i don't see that. thanks for having me. i think -- you know, i can judge steve bannon because i know him. i see a lot of guests on various shows try to articulate him that don't know him. i will tell you during the campaign, he was a catalyst in terms of helping the national university coalition, in terms of how we were able to engage our voter outreach in terms of our african-american vote and hispanic vote, which you know as well as i do was historically high since richard nixon and climb. and i will say this, regardless of what anyone says based on my personal experience, personal at the trump towers and working with him and kellyanne conway. i've never seen any of this particular, you know, person that this mainstream media is tryi
we bring in bruce labell. bruce, welcome back to the newscast. >> welcome, alex. welcome to atlanta. happy sunday. >> let's talk about steve bannon's departure from the white house. a concession by the president to the gop establishment, steve, do you see it that way? is this any sign that he's moving away from the far right? >> no, i don't see that. thanks for having me. i think -- you know, i can judge steve bannon because i know him. i see a lot of guests on various shows...
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steve forbes, elizabeth, sabrina and bruce jackson, steve, spend more? >> dave, unfortunately we will have to spend more and a lot more under barack obama the budget declined, a couple of hundred billion dollars, trump is increasing it but not nearly enough, we need more ships, we need more equipment and we need to maintain what we have which we haven't done in recent years, we also need radical reform of procurement system which wastes $25 billion a year. a lot has to be done. >> john, look at the percent of gdp that we spend in military hardware, it has come way down. we had the peace dividend during the clinton years after the end of the soviet union, that's when the big dip happened and we built up after 9/11 and it's come down again. >> coming down from a very high level. even now we spend more on the military annually than the next seven largest spending countries combined. david: they're not spending a lot, john. >> i would add in this case, that our military from 1945 from the north koreans and a ruler that have none at all in the first place. da
steve forbes, elizabeth, sabrina and bruce jackson, steve, spend more? >> dave, unfortunately we will have to spend more and a lot more under barack obama the budget declined, a couple of hundred billion dollars, trump is increasing it but not nearly enough, we need more ships, we need more equipment and we need to maintain what we have which we haven't done in recent years, we also need radical reform of procurement system which wastes $25 billion a year. a lot has to be done. >>...
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bruce? >> better safe than sorry. i remember before when you told us there was actually a tornado on the ground. >> when we have a tornado on the ground, there are certain things we start to see. we'll see a debris ball, so the doppler radar is sensitive enough you would see -- not here, but some ofhe such reflective debris, pieces of shingles or whatever is being sucked up by the tornado. it will also return a certain signature to the radar. we're not seeing that right now. we have is this rotation west of hay market in between warren and hay market. on the very least, i'd say there are probably winds with this in the 40, 50, maybe 60 miles an hour range gusting out of the thunderstorm. but the concern is we could have a tornado. you saw in salisbury on monday, right, that was an ef-1, had winds of 105 miles an hour. that's it. but it was tossing cars around like they were nothing for a few minutes. you've got to take it seriously. >> right now it's height of the rush hour. how safe is it to be in your vehicle? >> if
bruce? >> better safe than sorry. i remember before when you told us there was actually a tornado on the ground. >> when we have a tornado on the ground, there are certain things we start to see. we'll see a debris ball, so the doppler radar is sensitive enough you would see -- not here, but some ofhe such reflective debris, pieces of shingles or whatever is being sucked up by the tornado. it will also return a certain signature to the radar. we're not seeing that right now. we have...
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i definitely share with bruce and matt the concern. with organized terrorism and big attacks, the level of 9/11, we should not exclude that. on top of that, we are having the growing phenomenon that will challenge us in different ways all the time. i believe and hope that there are those people which carry the responsibility to prevent the terrorist attack and they are thinking about what will be the next more effective tactic that the lone wolf might use. i have no doubt in my mind that those who are incited -- we heard about the incitement as a precursor of that activity. those who incite them and those who would teach them and give them the guidelines would try to be more effective and innovative in their thinking in this regard. >> i want to be more pessimistic. timothy mcveigh was not an archetypal lone wolf. nonetheless, he had no direct organizational connection. he was not carrying that out on behalf of an organization. the key variable was he was able to get the information freely available which was 1995. it was infantile com
i definitely share with bruce and matt the concern. with organized terrorism and big attacks, the level of 9/11, we should not exclude that. on top of that, we are having the growing phenomenon that will challenge us in different ways all the time. i believe and hope that there are those people which carry the responsibility to prevent the terrorist attack and they are thinking about what will be the next more effective tactic that the lone wolf might use. i have no doubt in my mind that those...
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when you think of bruce, you smile. because it was his warmth, his charm, his sense of fun, the way he embraced you when you spoke to him. that came across to the public always. # now you‘re here...
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bruce: three risks. the company is looking to bring out and make her great product, wrapping up reduction in an extraordinarily aggressive manner. scarlet: model three. bruce: model three, yes. if you look at a historic performance, not making a lot of money, burning through a lot of cash, and that will continue into 2018. julia: they are set to raise $1.5 billion. urn the last few months is $1 billion. that is pretty tight. we did a pretty thorough liquidity analysis coming up with our rating on that issue. our views they have adequate liquidity running through 2018. 2019, they may need to raise additional money. julia: do think, as you have said, the model 3, a gross margin of 25% year. let's say they do that. then what? bruce: if they do that, that will be an important sign that number one, it is really pretty good, and number two, they are ate to produce the vehicles reasonable rates. double be an important indication of market acceptance, and the company's manufacturing and production capabilities.
bruce: three risks. the company is looking to bring out and make her great product, wrapping up reduction in an extraordinarily aggressive manner. scarlet: model three. bruce: model three, yes. if you look at a historic performance, not making a lot of money, burning through a lot of cash, and that will continue into 2018. julia: they are set to raise $1.5 billion. urn the last few months is $1 billion. that is pretty tight. we did a pretty thorough liquidity analysis coming up with our rating...
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margie, in call from bruce you are on with brown from freedom of the press. caller: good morning, i would extend a big hug to the journalists out there and pray they stay safe. seen such an attack on our freedom of the press and being more dismayed. it's pretty horrible. if we don't have information, elsburg to remember the papers and people taking great risk to get out the news of what was being hid about the vietnam war. now,now, to see this right i'm terribly concerned that, you know, we're not in the -- what that room where everybody meets? we're at some golf course things and i don't see that the press is around know, where trump is sitting at his golf course, situation room. and with competent people. dismaying to ly see. we have ansk is that equal education of our people office and congress and president that they're educated as much as the press is. thanks, appreciate it. guest: i would say to the exo r, indeed it is stential time for journalism today. news , day out, organizations and journalists are doing a fabulous job in keeping the public informe
margie, in call from bruce you are on with brown from freedom of the press. caller: good morning, i would extend a big hug to the journalists out there and pray they stay safe. seen such an attack on our freedom of the press and being more dismayed. it's pretty horrible. if we don't have information, elsburg to remember the papers and people taking great risk to get out the news of what was being hid about the vietnam war. now,now, to see this right i'm terribly concerned that, you know, we're...
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that's where we find fox 29's bruce gordon. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, iain, woodrow wilson was president the last time a full solar eclipse passed over the east coast of the the united states. june 8th, 1918 to be exact. well, this time around the best show in our time zone was actually down in south carolina. but around here, folks saw pretty spectacular celestial dance. eclipse fans arrived at the independence seaport museum early to stake out the best viewing positions. probably a waste of time since the show was to be straight overhead. >> it's really great to see people paying attention to astronomy. [ laughter ] >> reporter: surprising a little bit. >> little bit surprised. >> reporter: early birds branch brought lunch and took advantage an on site bar as they awaited mother nature's big show. >> you got your wine, you got your beer. >> we brought a picnic. >> it's great. >> making a whole dave this. >> yes, we are. >> reporter: after 1:00 present p.m. the curtain rose. the moon began to clip the right most edge of the glowing o
that's where we find fox 29's bruce gordon. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, iain, woodrow wilson was president the last time a full solar eclipse passed over the east coast of the the united states. june 8th, 1918 to be exact. well, this time around the best show in our time zone was actually down in south carolina. but around here, folks saw pretty spectacular celestial dance. eclipse fans arrived at the independence seaport museum early to stake out the best viewing positions. probably a...