as he circled us, flicking out his great yellow tongue, savouring the smell of the goat's flesh, he looked almost as though he had walked out of some prehistoric age. gosh, look at that. now here we are, 60 years later at london zoo. in the dragon house, named after the man who has become quite possibly the most respected broadcaster on planet earth. david, the world and television has changed a lot since you first encountered one of those. yes. hugely. yes, when i encountered that, there were two networks in britain only. the bottom of the ferry grated on the white coral sand... i went to bali in 1956. i only saw one other european all the time i was in bali, which was several weeks, a couple of weeks. and we filmed dancing, and it was just marvellous. whoops, look at that! i mean that, that was great fun.

it was the first time that that had ever been seen on television. yes. and it took us weeks to get there and get that filmed. and of course the world was new. that's an example of it. i mean people... it wasn't the greatest film ever made, but nobody had ever seen a fat thing before. when i filmed that, there were only a third of the people on the planet. what is the effect, in your eyes, of having three times as many people on the planet? well everything is overcrowded. everything is overcrowded. and it's very difficult. the wilderness is under threat. looking at the oceans, and seeing the mother albatross come back after having scoured the antarctic ocean to feed this chick which she had been away from for weeks, and to bring back food. and she opens her beak and the chick begs the food and out comes what? plastic. no!

that she has found floating on the ocean and has brought back and feeds the chick. that's heartbreaking. heartbreaking, yes. you're 91, so you're not as young as you once were. this on a good day, how old do you feel in yourself? about 45 really. yes, i think so, really. and i mean, look, this is luck, isn't it? that is just luck. jack and i set off wildly in pursuit. his luck is our good fortune. there are more programmes to come from this much—loved big beast of the broadcasting jungle. will gompertz, bbc news. is that it from us. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. welcome to sports day, the headlines, who knew what and when, the farc questions about why they appointed mark sanson to run the

england women's team in the first place —— the fa are asked questions about why they appointed mark sanson. st helens but their place in the super league play—offs —— book. welcome to the programme. it has been claimed the fa was warned about employing the england women's manager mark sampson before he actually got thejob, manager mark sampson before he actually got the job, he was sacked on wednesday after evidence emerged of inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour with female players in a previous role. the women in football group says questions over his suitability were raised in his recruitment process. the fa has

faced heavy criticism of its handling of the case. it is a crisis that has forced the departure of the england manager, and for the fa it doesn't end there, mark sampson's sacking of unacceptable behaviour while in charge of bristol academy has turned up the heat on the fa who have been accused of a lack of leadership. this episode reflects badly on the structures of governance at the fa, people will say how was it that someone like mark sampson was even allowed to ta ke mark sampson was even allowed to take up the job mark sampson was even allowed to take up thejob of being mark sampson was even allowed to take up the job of being the mark sampson was even allowed to take up thejob of being the manager of the england women's team when the fa had information which when it became fully known and meant that he could not continue in his post. allegations have been swirling for some time, shortly after he took the job a complaint against him was made from his time at bristol, year later atan fa from his time at bristol, year later at an fa —— an from his time at bristol, year later atan fa —— an fa from his time at bristol, year later at an fa —— an fa safeguarding committee investigated and cleared him of being able to carry on

working. mark sampson has been cleared of wrongdoing into separate situations but the situation intensified when those at the top of the fa said they received the safeguarding report from 2014 and that led to the termination of his contract. the fa has denied it knew of any allegations before hiring mark sampson and defended its handling of recent events. previous times we might have tried to bury theissue times we might have tried to bury the issue but we have come out and we have self disclosed, and we have taken the investigation seriously, twice, and when we saw the bigger picture with the —— respect to mark, we dealt with it. questions remain, why has it taken them so long to look at the past of mark sampson. now the every decision of the fa will be put under the microscope. speaking this evening, gordon taylor

the chief executive of the pfa, the professional footballers association, says the matter needs stability at by different sources outside of the fa. —— needs to be looked at. you need a independent review with a fresh look at what has happened this week. i think it needs a fresh pair of eyes to look at it, to look at what has gone on. the main thing is, you don't want players jeopardising the future if they have any grievances and complaints, it is the same with anyone who blows whistles. you need to protect whistle—blowers otherwise how things to improve? elsewhere, chelsea have agreed to sell striker diego costa back to his former club atletico madrid. diego costa is yet to play for chelsea this season after they told him he was free to leave the club but when a move did not materialise in the summer a move did not materialise in the summer transfer window the spanish

international refused to return to london. he scored 20 league goals classes are but now he is on his way to madrid in january classes are but now he is on his way to madrid injanuary if personal terms and medical confirmed —— 20 league goals last season. motherwell are one step away from a first league cup appearance in many yea rs. first league cup appearance in many years. they took the lead in the first leg of the semifinal. very convincing victory. the next tory goes back to the drama on the rugby union tour of the lions in the summerand on the rugby union tour of the lions in the summer and now one of the stars sean o'brien has said that the lines would have won b series have the coaching been better —— the next story. we should have won the tour

and we should have won comfortably enough. there is learning to take from the tour in terms of the coaching setup. and from a player ‘s point of view of how we dealt with things, but the first week we overtrained. on the first day. maybe the coaches were panicking a bit about getting information into us andi about getting information into us and i thought we did the same thing in the last week. we can join our by in the last week. we can join our rugby reporter chris jones. in the last week. we can join our rugby reporter chrisjones. what can you tell us about these allegations? sean o'brien, this is not coming from a player who was marginalised on the tour. often if it hasn't gone well for them individually, sometimes criticism like this takes place, but he was one of the best players for the mark sampson, so he's not coming from a place of an

individual grievance —— one of the best players for the lions. he said they achieved a drawn series not because of the coaching staff, but in spite of them, he feels they weren't well prepared at times, and he feels the attack wasn't very well organised, the attack coach rob howley, he says at one place >> studio: -- users at one time players owen farrell and johnny sexton worth leading the training. —— were leading. it might come as a surprise to many of the fans and the coaching, what has been the reaction? some will say that he has broken a hallowed code of what goes on tour stays on tour and this should have been said in private, but others will feel that, this is a

sports person in the modern age, often talking in cliches, but he is speaking the truth. the management have come out tonight and pointed out that they scored a lot of tries and they made a fair few line breaks, the attack was actually very decentin breaks, the attack was actually very decent in the first test and they say warren gatland tinkered with the preparation because he felt he did not quite get it right. the lions are standing by their coaches, the chief executive says the best coaches available went on that tour and he feels it was still a remarkable result, but when you look at the bigger picture here, people likejoe schmidt of ireland and eddiejones of likejoe schmidt of ireland and eddie jones of england, likejoe schmidt of ireland and eddiejones of england, they made themselves unavailable for the tour, and when four years comes around, the lions needs to make certain that every single coach involved with the home unions is available for that tour and sean o'brien said the very best coaches should go on the tour

and some might feel that was not the case this time around. chris jones, thanks. brian cookson says he departs from uci cycling despite losing the election. he gained just eight of the potential 45 votes. he's the first uci president to last just a singleton. catriona matthew has been named the captain of the solheim cup team for europe. —— to last just a term. solheim cup team for europe. —— to lastjust a term. now to rugby league. st helens have almost booked their place after a convincing 30—4 victory over salford. the saints jumped up to third with hull and wigan and wakefield jostling for the

other final four place. england's second one—day international was abandoned after just 12 minutes of play at trent bridge because of the early rain. the hosts started well with alex hales and jonny bairstow making early boundaries, as england made 21-0 early boundaries, as england made 21—0 afterjust 2.2 overs but there was to be no victory for either side as the rain started, pretty heavily. eventually the match was abandoned. england lead 1—0 and the third odi will be held at bristol on sunday. will be heldfat'bristol onsundflfi is will be heldfetrbristol ensufldeye is is will be heldfetrbristol ensufldeye is good is will be heldfetrbristol ensufldeye is good news. i is . all the will be heldrieejeneiel : tleesedefi

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