sally el hosaini _ living in egypt. sally el hosaini ended - living in egypt. on living in egypt. sally el— hosaini ended up working on bbc programmes as a researcher, script editor and script consultant 20 years ago. she feels she picked up skills at the bbc which she put to good use in herfirst the bbc which she put to good use in her first feature film, the 2012 feature film my brother the devil. ids, the 2012 feature film my brother the devil.- the 2012 feature film my brother the devil. a lot of stories l _ brother the devil. a lot of stories i am _ brother the devil. a lot of stories i am attracted - brother the devil. a lot of stories i am attracted to l brother the devil. a lot of. stories i am attracted to have those real roots, even the swimmers i havejust made, it is based on a true story of syrian refugees who ended up at the rio 0lympics. so in a lot of ways the bbc was the place that i... learned those skills, those first skills in terms of striving for authenticity, integrity. striving for authenticity, integrity-— striving for authenticity, inte

sally el hosaini epitomises the new face of filmmaking in britain.night slot at the toronto international film festival. and herfirst feature, my brother the devil, won a trove of awards. for her, the bbc has always been a very important institution, and it touched her life from a very early age. as a filmmaker, sally el hosaini is enjoying considerable success. at the toronto and zurich film festivals, her new feature film the swimmers, an inspirational portrait of real—life syrian refugee sisters was the high profile opening night attraction. but it was programming created in this building, bush house in london, that once housed the bbc world service radio, that really nurtured sally el hosaini when she was growing up in egypt. i feel incredibly nostalgic and sentimental about the bbc, because what it does is amazing, really. as a child growing up in cairo, the bbc is the soundtrack to my childhood. we had this old radio that my dad bought as a student at liverpool university and brought back to egypt, and it took a while to heat up, once you turne

welsh egyptian director sally el—hosaini, whose latest feature the swimmers was the high—profile openingscript editor and consultant. as a child growing up in cairo, the bbc world service was the soundtrack to my childhood and so i remember being connected to music, news, culture, political discussion, all through the radio. this is the british - broadcasting corporation. the bbc has been around for 100 years so i hope it holds onto its identity for the next 100 years and that it keeps going. even those directors i spoke to who criticised the bbc acknowledge its massive contribution over the past 100 years to people everywhere. you are tuned to the general overseas service of the bbc. | as the celebrated ken loach puts it, the bbc has quite simply helped to define who we are. it has helped to define our identity. much more coming up on all the day's events at 2pm but right now it is weather time with ben rich. good afternoon. early frost and fog gave way to a beautiful autumn day for most, blue skies and sunshine for many parts of the uk but changes are on the way thanks to this big swir