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and i knew that attenborough didn't like the fact that i was embedded. he very much was controlling of the pr narrative. he wanted to be focused on the sponsorship deals with land rover and grey goose and all of a sudden now there's this reporter that's running around. what do we do with this guy? so, the piece comes out in august of 18 and mike moses says to me -- the piece came out on monday and i remember thursday i called and said i got this book deal and i'm ready to get back in and moses said okay. give me a week or so. i need to work out some diplomatic things. some people thought the magazine piece made what we are doing sound exceedingly dangerous. and of course i'm like you have three engineers and an accident -- i'm not the one making it sound dangerous. [laughter] >> that's ridiculous. >> right? so then it became sort of this fight for the soul of the company in some ways where i am in one ear trying to say i'm going to tell the story. and i knew that richard liked the magazine piece. he e-mailed me and said about three weeks after it came ou

>> he first came up with this idea into thousand 14, stephen attenborough was the guy who would self the ticket, who would market the company and focus on the customer experience, he was the guy who was all with environment, this was him and i knew attenborough didn't like the fact that i was embedded. he wanted to be focused on sponsorship deals and there is this reporter running around, hardly do with this guy. the legacy is comes out preface deal and i'm ready to get back into moses said okay, give me a week or so, i need to work out some things from people thought the magazine piece made what we areve doing sound dangerous andf course i'm like guys, got three in the 2007 act was built up years ago, i'm not the one making it sound dangerous. >> that's ridiculous right? so it became this fight for the soul of the company and some ways where i am in one ear trying to say i'm going to tell the story, i knew richard liked the magazine piece, he e-mailed me and said to me he was reluctant to do this, he didn't want to be seen as something on journalists independence but he appreciated

cop26 is receiving so much attention and offer another reason why, just a few months ago, david attenborough leaders. never before has it been so important that there a level playing field, a debate where we can come to an agreement. because unless we all agree, we are lost. the big story was in northern ireland, where you can see it was beach weather in county down and temperatures at the beach got all the way up to 31.2 degrees, and that is northern ireland's highest temperature on record. plenty of other places not too far behind, but in shetland, it only got up to 13 degrees this afternoon, a lot of cloud around. you can see this on the satellite picture and a lot of cloud generally across scotland. the odd spot of rain and wind and elsewhere it was sunshine all the way. through this evening and tonight, more that cloud comes down from scotland, even some rain in the far north. northern ireland will cloud over as well, murky in places, clear spells further south and one night with temperatures in the towns and cities no lower than 16 or 17 degrees. tomorrow, in an and wales expect plenti

attenborough meet this demand of the worlds leaders-— worlds leaders.uld i worlds leaders. never before hasj been so important that should be worlds leaders. never before has l been so important that should be a playing field, of debate where we can come to an agreement. because unless we all agree, we are lost. welcome to news watch. should thoughts you posted on nine years ago bar you from working for the bbc? admin bbcjournalists express their opinions on social media, does that damage public perceptions of bbc impartiality? social media activity in regard to journalist is at the heart of the week's dominant news story after the disappointment for england supporters of the teams defeat at the euro football finals and attention swiftly moved to the online races to abuse directed some of the black members of the team. after the dream, the abuse, a torrent of racial abuse against england black players on social media. emma wilkins at this reaction. the day on tuesday evening, bbc reported on the parliamentary debate of a proposed government cuts to its

slip to the pr guy was down to the british virgin islands now all the alarms were going off and attenborough said richard won't do this but you can't come. so asking how i felt, i remember being really scared i could not pull this off. i remember having this conversation with my dad that night. he said you have a book to write. that is the priority. i knew i had what i needed at that point. i had mark in space and virgin galactic flying the first non- test pilot and those two special flights in december of 18 and february of 19. in some ways it was a blessing in disguise because it gave me some distance. i have my material now i can write about this soberly and realistically am no longer fighting for access. in some ways it was the best thing that could've happened but. host: access for writers is a double edged sword because you deliver on - - develop a relationship you have to be able to step back and look at it with sober eyes that is tricky so it was probably good. and then you get addicted to access as well i did not think about that so when they cut it off that does enable you to step

never have mentioned it but i let it slip that i was on my way to the virgin islands and suddenly attenborought he's not going to be theor one to do this but can't come so you asked how i felt, i remember being scared that i will be able to both this off and i remember my dad having this conversation with my dad that night and he said you have a book to write and devise the priority at all of us, i knew that i had what i needed i have mark going to the base, i had rocket flying first nonplussed private f december of 18 from februaryst of 19 somebody was a blessing in disguise because it gave me some distance, it let me have my material, now i can write about this soberly and realistically and are no longer fighting for access was the best thing that could have happened -- >> it's a double edged sword, if you get deep, he developed a relationship, you end up liking people so two-step back is tricky. you get addicted to access as well, you get more access site and think about that the fact that the cutoff and it enables you step back. how did writing this book affect your own life? i know you ma

i knew attenborough didn't like the fact that i was invited he very much was controlling the pr narrative, he wanted to be focused on sponsorship deal and all of a sudden now there is this reporter running around, what do we do with this guy? so the magazine piece comes out in august of 18 and moses said to me one day, i remember on thursday i called him and said i've got this deal and i'm ready to get back in and moses said okay, give me a week or so, i need to work out some things, some people thought magazine piece made what we are doing soundug dangerous and of coursei might okay, you got three in the 2007 accident, what do you mean? are not the one making it sound dangerous. >> that's ridiculous.i [laughter] >> right? so that it became this fight for the soul of the company and someplace where i'm in one ear trying to say i'm going to tell the story -- and i richard liked the magazine piece. ... kept talking about how they had deals for a book. they were just making up these things to her that me from being in and the critical moment was, i had this wild and wonderful relationship wi

nearly all the alarms were going off and attenborough called me and said richard not going to be the one to do this but you can't come. you asked how i felt, i remember being really really scared that i wasn't going to be able to pull this off. i remember my dad having this conversation with my dad that night. he said you've got a book to write. that's the priority. i knew that i had what i needed at that point. i had mark stucky going into space. i had virgin galactic flying first non-test pilot to space in december 2019. and in some ways it was a blessing in disguise because it gave me some distance. let me say okay, i have my material and now i can write about isthis soberly and realistically and i'm no longer fighting for access and in some ways it was the best thing that could have happened but i was really thrown. >> access for a writer is a double-edged sword. it helps the relationships when you have to you and up liking people so to be able to step back and look at it with silver eyes is tricky. so in a way it's probably good. you can get addicted to access as well. i didn't

i get to be david attenborough but the scottish version, you know, for a little bit, which is nice >> in the pandemic, when we were at our most stressed, i'm stuck at home with my kids, and my son has this book about birds. he would pick a bird and i would try to find a youtube video of one of the birds we find the guillemot and i start watching this video of you narrating it and i'm thinking, "ewan's not going to lead me astray." you know, you remember this? it is the most harrowing video i've ever seen >> it's the most upsetting thing you'll ever have seen, yeah. >> seth: so let's show what i'm watching with my, at the time four-year-old son. >> okay. >> a razorbill makes a final attack [ squawking >> unable to steer, it's heading straight for the rocks >> oh. [ laughter ] >> seth: i mean, that is the worst -- >> okay, but listen, what happens there after is there's a shot of it coming out of the water and climbing back up on the rock >> seth: yeah. but i slammed the laptop shut. [ laughter ] i didn't see that part >> there is a shot that they cut to before they see it coming back o

anything tom hanks does the background voice on come up there with morgan freeman and david attenboroughit. guardians is a good name. >> bill: would like the washington football team, when they got rid of the redskins name, right? >> i made the case for the washington hogs, let's get it done. >> bill: you did make that case! [laughs] here's another clip from the timex video. >> together we stand with all who understand what it means to be born and built. because this is the city be loves, and the game we believe in. together, we are all cleveland guardians. >> julie: does it seem bit too woke, though? i'm not a huge sports enthusiast on like this guy over here. but i will say this, cleveland indians fans, don't you think you will be a bit peeved like this? >> i believe the nomenclature is guardian, we'll go with guardian. of course it is overly sensitive and ridiculously drawn out, and you have classical music and tom hanks. when you literally could have had the gm come out and go, "we change the name to the guardians, we just think it's better." [laughter] could have done that for about

irlezrer david attenborough made this demand of the world's leaders.— of the world's leaders. munchetty and charlie stayt. from monday, people returning from amber list countries will no longer have to self—quarantine if they have been fully vaccinated. but if you're heading to france from england and wales you'll still have to isolate for ten days when you get back. the government says it is due to concerns over the variant first discovered in south africa. they made the announcement last nightjust before 8:30pm and it was greeted with dismay on social media. you can feel the frustration in claire's tweet. nathan has given up on his holiday. we're joined now by the independent�*s travel editor simon calder. good morning to you, simon. you are our guru in this respect. just before 8:30pm last night the announcement came in. did you have any warning about it and what do you make of the change?— any warning about it and what do you make of the change? well, the travel indust , make of the change? well, the travel industry, travellers _ make of the change? well, the travel indust

and they offer another reason why just a few months ago david attenborough made this demand of the world'sng, silverstone hosts the biggest sporting crowd since the start of the pandemic this afternoon. 140,000 fans head to the track for the british grand prix as lewis hamilton looks to keep his title hopes alive! with less than a week to the start of the olympics — we go behind the scenes with two of the stars of team gb — adam peaty and helen glover — as they prepare for tokyo 21. the sun may be out already where you are. the uk makes the most of the sunny weather as the hottest temperatures of the year are recorded. there's more hot weather on the way for today. the sunshine is expected to last for a few more days yet. it's sunday the 18th ofjuly. our top story... senior government ministers are waiting to hear if they'll have to quarantine after the health secretary, sajid javid, confirmed he has tested positive for coronavirus. mrjavid held a meeting with the prime minister on friday, shortly before experiencing symptoms. it comes ahead of most legal covid restrictions being lifted in