ray galton had met alan simpson while recovering from tb.ally they got the attention of a comic. tony hancock. as he went past he said, "did you write that?" and we thought, should we own own up or not? and we said, yes. and he said, "very funny." and walked on. and that was our first words with tony. after hancock came came a one off comedy playhouse. the offer, about rag and bone men. steptoe & son. their partnership, apart from one venture in the 90s, was essentially over by the late 70s. but their brand of comedy, rooted in class and thwarted aspiration, was, in its day, all conquering. it'll be 110 by the time you've finished. ray golton, a pioneer of the british sitcom. a stencil spraypainting by elusive artist banksy has attracted controversy after it self—destructed just moments after being sold for more than £1 million. the framed girl with balloon, one of the artist's best—known works, was auctioned by sotheby‘s in london. the piece shows a girl reaching towards a heart—shaped balloon and was the final work sold at the auction. dun

ray galton had met alan simpson while recovering from tb. write for hospital radio and then sent a script to the bbc. eventually they got the attention of a comic. tony hancock. as he went past he said, "did you write that?" and we thought, should we own own up or not? and we said, yes. and he said, "very funny." and walked on. and that was our first words with tony. after hancock came came a one off comedy playhouse. the offer, about rag and bone men. steptoe & son. their partnership, apart from one venture in the 90s, was essentially over by the late 70s. but their brand of comedy, rooted in class and thwarted aspiration, was, in its day, all conquering. it'll be 110 by the time you've finished. ray golton, a pioneer of the british sitcom. now on bbc news — hundreds of people are killed by the police in the us each year. much of the media attention has been on the race of victims, but there is another disturbing pattern to the deaths. a large number of those killed in interactions with police have a disability. many of the dead had been li

ray galton had met alan simpson while recovering from tb.the bbc. eventually they got the attention of a comic. tony hancock. as he went past he said, "did you write that?" and we thought, should we own own up or not? and we said, yes. and he said, "very funny." and walked on. and that was our first words with tony. after hancock came came a one off comedy playhouse. the offer, about rag and bone men. steptoe & son. their partnership, apart from one venture in the 90s, was essentially over by the late 70s. but their brand of comedy, rooted in class and thwarted aspiration, was, in its day, all conquering. it'll be 110 by the time you've finished. ray golton, a pioneer of the british sitcom. ray galton, who has died aged 88. with all the sport now, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good evening. it has been a day of mixed emotions for the manchester united manager, jose mourinho, but if you don't want to know today's premier league results, it is time to pop out of the room as match of the day follows soon on bbc one. the b

the work of ray galton and alan simpson. a pint? that is very nearly an armful.ital radio and then sent a script to the bbc. eventually, they got the attention of a comic, tony hancock. as he went past he said, did you write that? we thought, should we own up or not? we said, yes. he said, very funny. and walked off. and those were our first words with tony. alan types on and ray takes up his favourite position for inspiration. shutting out the hungry cry for more, as they develop new themes, dream up more ideas. after hancock came a one—off comedy playhouse. the offer about rag and bone men — steptoe and son. in the ‘60s it was so popular, the bbc were contacted by the then labour leader harold wilson. he was worried voters would not turn out if it was on before polls closed. harold thought we wouldn't get a turnout of labour voters. he wanted the bbc to put it on after 9pm or cancel the programme. the partnership, apart from one venture in the ‘90s, was essentially over by the late ‘70s, but their brand of comedy, rooted in class and thwarted aspiration, was, i

with his co—writer alan simpson he created classics — steptoe and son and hancock's half hour.ng, going, actually gone. an original banksy self—destructs, moments after selling for more than £1 million at auction. and at 5:30 manchester united host newcastle at old trafford. we'll bring you the latest as it happens. thejudge nominated by donald trump to serve on america's supreme court, looks set to be confirmed today, despite allegations of sexual assault. brett kavanaugh is expected to receive a formal endorsement in a vote in the us senate. here's our north america correspondent, chris buckler. with the final vote nowjust hours away, campaigners have made clear they intend to keep up the pressure on america's politicians. i am so angry. i do not want to leave this place or leave the streets. they are not listening to women and they are not listening to survivors. four days, the senate's corridors of power have been filled with protesters, each one trying to influence the few senators still wavering over whether to support brett kavanaugh‘s nomination to the supreme court. he

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with his co—writer alan simpson he created classics — steptoe and son and hancock's half hour.elf—destructs, moments after selling for more

with his co—writer alan simpson he created classics — steptoe and son and hancock's half hour.going, actually gone — an original banksy self—destructs, moments after selling for more than a million pounds at auction. good evening. welcome to bbc news. within the next hour, the us senate will almost certainly confirm president trump's controversial nominee for the us supreme court. brett kavanaugh is facing a series of allegations of sexual assault, all of which he denies.. it's thought he does now have the support of enough senators — although he's still facing opposition from the democrats, and protestors outside capitol hill. nick bryant reports from washington... # hey, hey, ho, ho. # kavanaugh has got to go#. the protests are continuing but the fight now is over. brett kavanaugh will be confirmed by the us senate, on a day that could change america for decades — a milestone moment with the potential to make this a more conservative country. inside the halls of congress, protests in the offices of wavering senators who've ended up backing brett kavanaugh‘s nomination. manchi

. >> alan simpson from wyoming wrote the amicus brief in that case and talked about his own police officers in one of the things he did and i will tell you people tell me that nobody changes i would say how about you? let's hear about what you did in your youth. he went on in the amicus brief pretty powerfully i'm over my time. . >> gentlemen thank you both for being here. and in particular to the family i'm sure if you been following anything over the last month you're probably wondering how this experience would be. i intend to support your nomination so the good news is i will not ask you any questions. but thank you for your past and future service. i want to talk about two things that were discussed earlier. about needing to get back to the traditions of the senate. i agree. i agree we need to get back to that tradition of keeping confidential information confident in a committee proceeding where retreat the nominees agree or disagree with our views respectful. mister murphy i am convinced unless we happen to have a beautiful girl in the room named grace there is very little grace demo

senator allen system -- alan simpson said the quote -- the point is we are elected senators and we should try to do our business with ourselves and among ourselves and between ourselves. even though the staff is critically important, it is also critical burden upon us in many situations. i say that without gasping for the back of the chamber, but it is very soon -- very true. you cannot live with them, and you cannot live without them. michael melvin, a fellow back then, mostly developed his thesis about staff taking over the two chambers in a book published in 1980. it is titled, and elected representatives, congressional staff, and the future of representative government. he documented the ways in which the service have become the masters. legislators delegated so much of the study and day-to-day oversight of the agencies and policymaking that they little understood the subject matter. staff more. that meant that could manipulate , and staff themselves ended up brokering legislative deals. not too terribly long ago, i was talking with a staffer who was on the hill in the early 1980s. th

senator alan simpson, always good for a quote, groused in the late 1980's, "the point is that we areelected senators, and we should try to do our business, occasionally, with ourselves, among ourselves, and between ourselves. even though the staff is critically important, it is also a critical burden upon us in many situations. i say that with gasping from the back of the chamber, but it is very true. you cannot live with them, and you cannot live without them." mike mauldin, a fellow at aei back then, developed a thesis about staff taking over the two chambers in a book published in 1980 titled "unelected representatives: congressional staff and the future of representative government." he documented the ways in which one might say the servants had become the masters. legislators delegated so much study and day-to-day oversight of the agency, and the policymaking, that they little understood the subject matter. staff knew more, which meant staff could manipulate their bosses, and staff themselves ended up rogue ring legislative deals. not terribly long ago, i was talking with a staf

alan simpson, republican from wyoming wrote an amicus brief in that case talking about his own arson, , attacking police officers, all the things he did. i love this quote, and utterly people who attempt that nobody changes 16, i would say how you, al? lets you a little bit about what you did in your youth. he went on in his amicus brief pretty powerfully, and so i offer my time. thank you, sir. >> senator tillis. >> thank you, mr. chair. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. and thanks in particular to the family. i'm sure if you been tracking anything that's been going on in this judiciary committee over the last month or so, probably you were wondering just how this experience would be. i intend to support your nomination, so the good news is i'm not going asking any questions. but to thank you for your past and your future service. i want to come back and talk about two things that were discussed earlier today. one is this notion of needing to get back to the traditions of the senate. i agree. i agree we need to get back to the tradition of keeping committee confidential docum

. >> alan simpson from wyoming wrote the amicus brief in that case and talked about his own police officers in one of the things he did and i will tell you people tell me that nobody changes i would say how about you? let's hear about what you did in your youth. he went on in the amicus brief pretty powerfully i'm over my time. . >> gentlemen thank you both for being here. and in particular to the family i'm sure if you been following anything over the last month you're probably wondering how this experience would be. i intend to support your nomination so the good news is i will not ask you any questions. but thank you for your past and future service. i want to talk about two things that were discussed earlier. about needing to get back to the traditions of the senate. i agree. i agree we need to get back to that tradition of keeping confidential information confident in a committee proceeding where retreat the nominees agree or disagree with our views respectful. mister murphy i am convinced unless we happen to have a beautiful girl in the room named grace there is very little grace demo

when used to be a time chip o'neill and ronald reagan and the guys back in that age simpson in alan wyomingthose guys had friends. they might not agree with the person on the other side, that those guys would eat together, would go out to dinner and eat. they would fellowship with one another. when they got in the chamber, they would disagree, but i never saw anything as volatile and vile and vicious as it is today and people today -- i don't know if they are too literal or one of the callers before said are just ignorant. they seem to glom on to these things and there is no in between. you are either with me or against me and if you are with me, i am great. if i -- you are against me, i am going for the jugular. i did not like when the democrats would tell people to get in their faces when they were out eating. that is not good. if you want to have civil discourse, gather forces together, protest, go out and vote. on the other hand, sending bombs to people's homes? that is crazy and then for the president and these senators not just to -- i don't mean they have to. for the president and th

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matt graveling, bbc news. and son alongside alan simpson, has died at the age of 88.e of their work. didn't he write kiss the blood off my hands? my hands? of course he didn't, that's not his style at all. that's not his style at all. you're thinking of all those huxley. it's filthy and dark and depressing. a house like this should be light. it's filthy and dark and depressing. a house like this should be lightlj like chocolate paints. like chocolate paints. and chocolate, those are the colours. they don't show the dirt. you should paint yourself, then. weakens big now to suzy came from radio four. archives — shejoins us from our london newsroom. good morning. we are looking at some of their finest stuff there. of their finest stuff there. sort of a simple question, why are you such a fan? you such a fan? when you see stuff like that it is no surprise. like that it is no surprise. no, not at all. at all. basically creating modern sitcom and they did. they did. they met in a sanatorium for direct losses. losses. i think ray had been given two weeks to live. two weeks t