he was surrounded by his wife 89. he was surrounded by his wife and all his children. tonight at 5pm, the veteran entertainer sir bruce forsyth has died at the age of 89. the star passed away peacefully at home this afternoon, surrounded by his family. from strictly come dancing to the generation game, he was one of britain's best loved stars. his long career in showbusiness began when he was aged just iii — a career which spanned decades. nice to see you, to see you nice! his famous catchphrase made him a household name to millions of tv viewers. we'll be paying tribute to sir bruce throughout the programme. the other headlines on the bbc news at 5pm: armed police shoot dead five suspected jihadists overnight in the coastal town of cambrils following a second vehicle attack — one woman was killed.

police say they believe a terrorist network behind the atrocities may have been planning a bigger attack. i heard banging here in the port and after the bank, people were screaming. police link it to the deadly attack in barcelona, in which 13 people were killed when a van mowed down pedestrians on las ramblas. among those unaccounted for is seven—year—old julian cadman, who has dual british and australian citizenship. the two attacks are being connected to a huge explosion which destroyed a house further along the coast on wednesday. one man died and 20 gas canisters were found. several people have been stabbed in the finnish city of turku. police shoot a man suspected of carrying out the attack. welcome to the bbc news at 5pm.

one of the best loved stars on british television, sir bruce forsyth, has died at the age of 89. his family said he recently contracted bronchial pneumonia, and that he had died peacefully at home. he began as a teenage variety act and performed in church halls, before his quick wit brought him success with shows such as the generation game, and in more recent years, strictly come dancing. the bbc director general, lord hall, said sir bruce was one of the greatest entertainers britain had ever known. he has delighted millions of people

and defined starter any night tv for decades with shows like the generation game and most recently strictly. nick higham looks back on his career. live from london, this is strictly come dancing. please welcome your host, bruce forsyth. most people would have retired years before, but not brucie. strictly come dancing brought him a new audience, over 50 years after he started in show business as a song and dance man and comic. he first trod the boards as a child, as the boy bruce, the mighty atom. by 1961 he was appearing in the royal command performance,

doing a terrible imitation of sammy davis junior. # that's why the lady is a tramp! 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, beat the clock. a bit of paper, come on. that's 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 phyllis here. i don't like being called phyllis. it's phyl with a y. this is another bit of trouble. he presented the generation game for 11 years, it was typical saturday evening fare, complete with conveyor belt of prizes contestants had to memorise.

and all driven at a hectic pace by brucie, catchphrases at the ready. didn't he do well? he spent much of the next a0 years presenting game shows like play your cards right. are you going to go on? likea gingertom. and the generation game the second time around, using his talent for quickfire wit and honest vulgarity. tony blair insists weapons of mass destruction will eventually be found in iraq. it would be nice to see them, to see them... nice! later he showed the old pro had not lost his touch, guest presenting have i got news for you. he would have liked to have been a star in america, but never made it. but generations of brits loved him. it was always nice to see you, brucie. let's reflect on a long and

remarkable career with lord grade, whojoins me on the line now, as michael grade he was controller of bbc one, steeped in the world of entertainment. your thoughts this evening? i share with the nation a real sense of sadness and particularly for lenny and all the girls and”, particularly for lenny and all the girls and jj, his son. i think the whole nation will be grieving because we all grew up with bruce. i'm 74 because we all grew up with bruce. i'm 7a and i grew up with them. i used to go and watch rehearsals at the palladium when i was a school kid, we have been friends and work together and i spent a morning at his house two weeks ago when we chatted over old times and he had wonderful twinkle in his eye and was battling. you saw him very recently

and you chatted about old times. did he like to remember that extraordinary era that we are seeing images of now in the early days? absolutely. we have grown up together and my business partner yea rs together and my business partner years ago, billy marsh, was the agent who discovered him in the summer season agent who discovered him in the summer season and persuaded my uncle to give them a chance on sunday night at the palladium, which was the making of him, and he showed in that show, because he was working with some of the biggest names in the history of show business, sammy davis, nat king cole, they all came over and bruce work with them all and he was the british boy who could keep up with them and give them a run for their money. it was magical but what a career, three or four generations that have been in his

growing band of admirers and fans, it's extraordinary. it is extraordinary and that is the point, every generation, for them brucie mean something to them, if you are my age in our 40s you grew up watching the generation game and people younger than me think of him for strictly. will that happen ain? for strictly. will that happen again? will we see that longevity?” cannot imagine anybody achieving what he has achieved, to have four of the biggest hit shows in the history of british tv over a 50 year career is pretty amazing, and also tribute to his judgment about what he would say yes or no to. he was very smart at knowing what the right format work for him, orient at that.

so your saying he was pretty canny, super talented but also candy. very canny, we only know about this shows he said yes to but we don't know, or idotoa he said yes to but we don't know, or i do to a certain extent, the hundreds of ideas over the years that he said that is not for me, but he had the smartness to know what song to sing, what movie scripts to shoot, and bruce was a master at that. and a lovely man to boot, he was loyal, he was a very special man. and started as a classic song and dance man, i remember him really much later in life, still amusing when he showed off his tap dancing. it seemed he deliberately kept slim and fit. he looked after himself. he

didn't smoke, he liked a glass of wine, not a bottle, he looked after himself, he did his exercises every morning and every evening before he went to bed. he enjoyed fun, he enjoyed parties but he looked after himself very well and it was so sad to see him in firm at the end but happily, as i said cheerio to him, i said bruce, the twinkle is there today, you still have the twinkle. that's thought. the longevity, it really is quite staggering. when you we re really is quite staggering. when you were chatting, was there and europe for a programme for a period that he particularly loved or thought that was when he was at his absolute best oi’

was when he was at his absolute best ordid he was when he was at his absolute best or did he enjoy each event?” was when he was at his absolute best or did he enjoy each event? i think he was quite surprised at how well he was quite surprised at how well he had done. he didn't take any of it for granted. he worked hard, he was meticulous and a warrior until he went on the stage, he was always a warrior, everything had to be right, and quite nervous as a performer but i think it was on a chat show not that long ago, before he goes onto the stage or into the studio floor, he does a little step, a hop, step for a trip, step, studio floor, he does a little step, a hop, step fora trip, step, and onward can beaming face and bruce 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 entertainer, he

appeared at glastonbury, becoming the oldest performer to play at glastonbury, did he relish those gems? they were like medals for him and to do have i got news for you, which was a brave thing to do, he made it his own and the essence of his humour was always self—deprecation. it was taking the mickey out of himself. why do you say it was brave of them to put him on have i got news for you? , well, he's vaudeville, he's from the light entertainment department and it is a show for the oxbridge crowed with the fat brains but he always said to be, he still remembers ian hislop's face, ian hislop didn't know what show he was on when bruce took over with the audience participation. he

treasured ian hislop's reaction, he didn't have a clue what was happening. which made it more fun for the audience. he spoke movingly when i asked them about his knighthood, which he was so proud to have received, especially as the wife had made him so happy for so many years but he said he was invited into the royal box at wimbledon and when he and winnie we re wimbledon and when he and winnie were coming down the steps, the stadium started to applaud and he said he thought the players must be coming on the court, quickly realised that they were all standing and applauding him and he was so moved by that. it was a wonderful story about bruce. lord grade,

michael grade, thank you for talking about that and we can tell he meant s0 about that and we can tell he meant so much to you as a person and in business. remembering bruce forsyth with such enormous affection. with me now is our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. that is the essence, that sheer professionalism talked about, combined with demand, we see him here, who just loved the entertainment industry. that sums it up, there were two things about him, professionalism and dealing with people, one of the programmes and style of tv kept reinventing itself over the years, the one constant was bruce at the centre, especially how he dealt with members of the public,

co ntesta nts he dealt with members of the public, contestants or celebrities, he knew how to get the best out of them. he would crack jokes with how to get the best out of them. he would crackjokes with them. he empathised so beautifully with audiences, weather and a list celebrity on strictly come dancing 01’ celebrity on strictly come dancing ora celebrity on strictly come dancing or a member of the public on play your cards right, somebody doing the generation game, he would have a laugh with them. i once saw him at the bbc studios many years ago, the bbc dusters for the public to see empty studios and they were gathered in reception, 15 of them, and he was coming from a rehearsal for a meeting and they hadn't spotted him, and as the tour guide was speaking he came up behind them and crack a joke, he doesn't know what he's talking about, i should give the tour, had a laugh with them before going on his way. something he

didn't need to do, a busy and talented man but he went out of his way for 30 seconds to do something which they will talk about to this day, the day that sir bruce forsyth came out of nowhere and had a laugh with them. it was the days before selfies took on but that sums up what he was like, it wasn't an act, the way he loved being with people, whether on the stage or in the studio, that was what made him so special, his empathy for people and it came out on screen so you felt you were part of that family, you we re you were part of that family, you were having a joke with bruce and eve ryo ne were having a joke with bruce and everyone on the programme. let's hear a little bit from our rich archive of sir bruce forsyth. # fly me to the moon # and let me stay among the stars

# let me see what spring is like onjupiter and mars # in other words, hold my hand # in other words, darling, kiss me come on and kiss me and and # fill my heart with song and let me sing for ever more # you are all i long for, all i worship and adore # in other words, please be true # in other words, i love you this song and dance man that we have

been talking about. this clip illustrates it, we think of him as a bbc institution. he did programmes in the 1970s and 1980s on itv but he started and ended on the bbc anti—runs through the heart of this corporation. give him a flavour of what the director general has said. lord hall has given a statement and sent a message to all staff saying we have lost one of the greatest entertainers this country has known. bruce has been a part of our life for yea rs bruce has been a part of our life for years and we will miss him dearly. he reinvented saturday night tv and he was a special part of the

bbc and! tv and he was a special part of the bbc and i wanted to mark his extraordinary life. # fly me to the moon. sir bruce forsyth, 89 years old and most of those years spent in show business because as we were reflecting, started performing at the age of 1a, he was very young when he did sunday night at the london palladium and never stopped, brief appearances when he was drafted into the raf but even then he kept entertaining. it was in his blood. he started doing strictly at a time when most people are thinking about retiring and he didn't do it because it was a tv programme and he wa nted because it was a tv programme and he wanted to be on tv, he did it because he loved it and knew he

could be good at it. i sat in some of those studios watching him and evenin of those studios watching him and even in the lulls, he wouldn't leave it to even in the lulls, he wouldn't leave ittoa even in the lulls, he wouldn't leave it to a warm up person to chat to the crowd for the audience, he would chat himself and have jokes with the people there, you could tell it was something he loved doing, it wasn't something he loved doing, it wasn't something like a light when the cameras were on, that was him all the time when you saw him near a public arena or a tv studio, an extraordinary passion for entertaining and professionalism at the core of him, those two things made him one of our greatest entertainers. and he wanted to keep going as long as he could. do we know whether he left strictly come dancing reluctantly? he wanted to keep going. we don't really know, he only gave up a few years ago and he

was a man in his 80s so you imagine it must have been a difficult decision, he had been ill in recent weeks, in the statement from his family they said he contracted bronchial pneumonia in recent weeks and this appears to be what led to his death today but they said he passed away surrounded by his wife and all his family, so bruce was there, i interviewed him at his home when he was awarded his knighthood in 2011 and he was beaming, and equally, his wife had been at home and had flown in overnight on the day it was announced and he was so keen, come back and talk to me when i have lady forsyth with me. he was just as proud that she could be called lady forsyth, that is the sort of person he was. thank you,

theseis sort of person he was. thank you, these is back, remembering bruce forsyth who died today at his home at the age of 89. and there will be many more reflections on a remarkable career to come. but for now, here on bbc news, we will return to the other story that has dominated for the last couple of days, the devastating events on barcelona, and we will get more on that. we will return to ben brown, who was in barcelona this evening. the police here are now saying they believe a substantial terror network was behind the two deadly vehicle attacks seen here in the last 2a hours. they have made four arrests but they believe that network might

have been planning even deadlier attacks so let's go through some of the details we know about the attack here in barcelona at las ramblas, the famous tourist attraction packed with tourists yesterday, just over 24 with tourists yesterday, just over 2a hours ago, when a white hired van was driven through the crowd, then during the night, five suspected terrorists were shot dead in the coastal town of cambrils, about 65 miles south of barcelona along the coast. the five suspects had driven the car into a group of people, killing one and injuring six others, and please cite those attackers had been carrying an axe and knives and fa ke been carrying an axe and knives and fake explosive belts and one of the terrorists killed may have been this man, 18—year—old moussa oukabir, who they believed to have been the

driver of the van here in barcelona who killed so many people. four people arrested so far and what is interesting is that officials believe an explosion in a house which was about 100 miles away from barcelona on wednesday night might also be linked because a number of gas cylinders exploded there. it's thought they were being prepared for use in an attack and after accidental explosion, that was why they lost the two fairly crude vehicle attacks we have seen in barcelona and in cambrils. victims, 14 barcelona and in cambrils. victims, 1a dead across the two attacks, more than 130 injured from more than 30 nationalities. in london the foreign office have said a number of british citizens were injured. richard lister has this report. in barcelona today,

a minute's silence. the prime minister mariano rajoy and king felipe stood shoulder to shoulder as the city remembered its dead. and then, defiant applause for several minutes. people here determined to show that they won't be broken by the terror that came to their streets. in the resort town of cambrils, this man has canisters strapped to his chest and appears to be taunting police. they open fire. the man is hit but gets back up, and the shooting continues as bystanders look on. eventually he is killed. he is one of five terrorist suspects shot dead by police here. they were suspected of having driven a car into pedestrians in cambrils at about 1am, injuring seven people and leaving a woman later died. the town is in shock. translation: i suddenly heard bang,

bang, bang here in the port. and after the bang, bang, people were screaming, and then the police screaming. and then more screaming, i was nervous, i did not know where to go. i went to the beach and hid there. the wreckage of the car used in cambrils was moved this morning. police say after it crashed, the occu pa nts police say after it crashed, the occupants wearing fake suicide vests started stabbing people around them. eight hours earlier, another vehicle on another spanish street being used as a weapon. this was las ramblas in barcelona, crowded with tourists and shoppers when a white van drove through them all, mowing down people for half a kilometre before the driver fled. it was the definition of fear yesterday. people were terrified, they were running without knowing which direction they were going. it was incredible to watch how quickly people acted, how quickly people responded and worked together because people were scared, people did not know what to do. through working together, a lot of people were in safer places. the first victim to be named after

the barcelona attack was three, a father of two. julian cadman had dual british and australian citizenship. his family say he is missing. the authorities are now linking the attacks in barcelona and cambrils with an explosion on wednesday in the town of alcanar in which one person died. police believe a terror cell at the house was using it for bomb—making. police found 20 gas canisters and the damage here is an indication of how much damage there could have been. police are looking for this man, moussa oukabir. his brother driss oukabir is already under address. his papers were used to

rent the van but he denies involvement. the spanish prime minister called an emergency cabinet meeting after announcing three days of official mourning. he's denounced what he called the jihadist attack, but said spain will not submit to terror. translation: this is a global battle, notjust against us. but against all countries that defend democracy, freedom and human rights. those values and principles of which we have always been so proud. in barcelona, las ramblas is full of people once again, this world—famous promenade apparently unbowed by the terror attack here. but those killed and injured are being remembered in tributes of flowers and candles along the street. the nation is grieving and the world is watching. as we have been saying, casualties from many nationalities including british. let's see what the foreign office is saying about that and join matt cole.

we have had a statement from the foreign office, worth saying that they preface it by saying the thoughts of officials here are with the victims of the terrible attacks and with the people of spain. authorities here at the foreign office say they are currently assisting a small number of british people who have been affected by the events, five which we understand they mean injured, but we also understand the risk an urgent search for our boy with dual nationality called julian cadman, seven years old, his mother has been located but julian has not. extra officials have been sent to the region to assist and we understand there has been advice put on the foreign office website for people who think they might be travelling to the region and for people coming home, the

metropolitan police are sending people to ports and airports so people to ports and airports so people who come back who may have eyewitness statements that they didn't give in spain can give them to authorities here and police lazing with their spanish cou nterpa rts lazing with their spanish counterparts can share them as part of international efforts to tackle terrorism. spanish media are now reporting that one of the five who was shot dead by armed police in cambrils in the early hours of this morning was, they believe, moussa oukabir, the 18—year—old who is believed to have been the van driver who killed 13 people on las ramblasjust been the van driver who killed 13 people on las ramblas just behind me, you can see it is crowded again, people back on the streets of barcelona but that 18—year—old appears, if those reports are correct, to have after attack, when

he fled from the van, perhaps to a second vehicle, he got to cambrils about 100 kilometres away and carried out a separate attack with other icon pluses in that car and attacked a group of people and then was shot dead, that's what spanish police are saying. let's talk to a security expert. why do you think barcelona was attacked? do you believe the claims from so—called islamic state that they are behind it? i do think the claim is credible. what we have seen and the picture you have been painting through much of the data shows there has been quite a sophisticated network involved in this. there was the explosion the day before the attack on las ramblas. there was a large network of five individuals that have been rounded up and killed now. so it does seem like this was something that was planned to be much larger than it was. fortunately

that big plan did not transpire. we had a secondary plan that has come into effect. the statement that came out from islamic state came out fairly rapidly. it did follow a pattern of behaviour we have seen from the movement when they have claimed responsibility for other attacks such as those in london or in paris or germany. so it does look like this is yet again another is attack in europe against the civilians of this continent. just tell us a little bit more about the terrorist problem, if you like, in spain, in catalonia in particular. there has not been a terror attack since 2004, the madrid bombings. but why do you think now and why this city? as you say there has not been an attack since 2004 since al-qaeda attacked in madrid. but there has been, if you look at the pattern of arrests that have taken place, a huge uptick in the last two years in

arrests and disruption of plots in spain in particular. i should say, all european countries over the last two years all european countries over the last two yea rs have all european countries over the last two years have had this uptick in arrests and destruction is. we are going to see more of that as is is pushed back in syria and iraq. you will see this great momentum for terrorism in the west. that uptick in arrests and disruption is common and what we would expect to see but in spain that problem has been particularly acute, and of course, no matter how sophisticated the authorities become in breaking up these plots and disrupting some of these plots and disrupting some of the terrorist activities and the cells that we are seeing, it only ta kes cells that we are seeing, it only takes one group of individuals to slip through the net and for something like this to happen. all right, thank you very much indeed. 24 hours on, we know 14 people killed in those two attacks and more than 130 injured, many still in hospital tonight. back to you in the

studio, jane. thank you, ben brown in barcelona, and there will be continued updates on that story of course. also to tell you about one other story that develop this afternoon, two people have died and six were injured in a stabbing in south western finland. a large police operation is continuing in the city of turku, police say one person was shot and arrested but they could be other suspects and they could be other suspects and they have urged the public to avoid they have urged the public to avoid the centre of the city. for now, though, on bbc news tonight we will return to the very sad news in the world of entertainment and a very sad day at the bbc, because the death has been announced of sir bruce forsyth. he died peacefully at home this afternoon surrounded by his family. he was 89 and had the most remarkable career spanning many, most remarkable career spanning any most remarkable career spanning many, many decades. let's talk to one man who knew him very well, i'm

joined on the line by sir michael parkinson. thank you for talking to us on parkinson. thank you for talking to usona parkinson. thank you for talking to us on a saturday, sir michael. parkinson. thank you for talking to us on a saturday, sir michaelm parkinson. thank you for talking to us on a saturday, sir michael. it is a sad day. we knew it was coming but you're never quite prepared for the end, are you? he was such a remarkable and iconic figure, none more remarkable and iconic in television history in this country, that's the kind of man we are talking about. we keep coming back to it, sir michael, but it is his longevity. how many people have a career that spans at least six decades? that is extraordinary, isn't it? what i found more extraordinary and i couldn't get used to it, i would look at bruce, i started in television in 1961, by which time he was a veteran then, like looking at the face of a great rock. no spring chicken. but he was extraordinary. he was known as much

for his talent as his longevity. we knew how difficult it was to do that, you have to have a natural gift but you also need an ability to understand what you're doing and an ability to with people not used to be in the spotlight, who could be shy and freeze and that sort of thing. more than that, he was best on game shows because he never took them for granted. he never relied on them for granted. he never relied on the title to sell it, he relied on understanding what the show was about and the mechanics and that's why he worked better than anybody else, he never took a short cut. he was meticulous to the point of driving you mad to actually get the thing right, he had to understand it. anybody watching him should understand that, that was his greatest virtue. you are describing a perfectionist really. utterly. a

smiling bruce forsyth could be replaced by something more formidable if he did not toe the line. his career was not given to him, he worked for it. from that point of view he remains, was, and remains, an example to anybody who wa nts to remains, an example to anybody who wants to be a star on telly. a lot of people think all you do is walk onto a talent show and away you go. we are talking to sir michael parkinson, in demand. it is about grafting, understanding and considering the audience. the other thing is his way with people, i didn't have it naturally, he worked at it, thought about it, how to make them comfortable, didn't ask them to do so much. to watch him work was like reading a long book. we are

picking up very strongly on his work ethic and how hard he worked at everything. what was he like in downtime? did he relax easily, did he enjoy the company of friends? he was agreeable and always funny and i got the impression that like most comedians, they hate a silence. he was good fun. jimmy tarbuck and ronnie, we used to go out for dinners and that sort of thing. it was a wonderful time, they were funny, irrepressible people. they are leaving a huge gap, none bigger than him. there is so much to talk about in relation to sir bruce forsyth that we have not talked about gulf, is that one of the key ways he had a proper wind down and

stopped working and did something entirely different? i kept out of his way, like all of those golfers, they were all much better than i was. i had a friendship with all of them, but if i'd played them i would have lost all of my money long ago and would be living in the outer hebrides. these comics, that's all they had to do, play golf, gambling and that sort of thing. i gave up golf which is why i still have some money left. if you were asked, and sadly i'm sure you will be in the coming days and weeks, what would be your fondest coming days and weeks, what would be yourfondest memories of coming days and weeks, what would be your fondest memories of working with him. fondest memory of dancing with him. fondest memory of dancing with him, never imagined i would end up with him, never imagined i would end up dancing with a comic, really? we

did a show together where we did this fred astaire routine, it was absolutely hilarious. he thought i might bea absolutely hilarious. he thought i might be a better, i'm sure, but he didn't let on too much, he was a gentleman. that was the only time in my career where halfway through i had to mentally stop, freeze frame, and thought, what are you doing, dancing with bruce forsyth? what is going on? i still don't know the answer. it is lovely you have mentioned that because we have been running some footage from that very moment over the course of the last hour. i wonder if he will indulge us and let us play this again for those who perhaps have not seen it. let's see that. this could be a big opening for us. it could also be the end of both of our careers. don't be silly, now eric and ernie have left them. have you got hairy legs? no. i will have

to transplant them. start it off. i will be with you. sure, take your time. this is lovely, this could save the whole show. just do as i do, a bit like the generation game and now there is the thing, left, right, lovely, just do the same thing. lovely, we are coming in now. right. # i'm putting on my top hat # i'm putting on my top hat # doing up my white tie # doing up my white tie # dancing # laughter applause come on! you can do it. # i'm putting in my shirt front,

doing up my shirt studs. laughter studio: it is wonderful. what a performance by parkinson! given how nimble he was for so many years, how nervous were you , nimble he was for so many years, how nervous were you, sir michael parkinson, going into that?” nervous were you, sir michael parkinson, going into that? i know, it was awful. the thing about the fa ntasy you it was awful. the thing about the fantasy you enter when you go into television is you've got to take moments like that and just savour them. how many chances would you have ever in the normal course of events to dance with bruce? i danced with fred astaire and all that kind of thing. dancing, i use the word loosely. a nice memory of a very nice man and the great times i had with him, and the wonderful times he gave to the world. sir michael

parkinson, very, very good of you to talk to us, thank you very much indeed and thank you for sharing those memories and i'm glad we had an opportunity to see that footage again. absolutely worth it. you are very cruel, jane! not at all! thank you, very much. so michael parkinson talking to us about sir bruce forsyth. if you are just about sir bruce forsyth. if you arejustjoining us on bbc news tonight, the news that has sadly come to us in the last hour, the death of bruce forsyth at the age of 89. he died peacefully at home this afternoon surrounded by his family. we are reflecting and enjoying a really, really remarkable career. let's talk to someone else, in fact, who has had, now i think of it, a career of considerable longevity himself, the remarkable nicholas parsons, who still entertains us every week on radio 4 onjust a minute, thank you for your time. your thoughts about the sad 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 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