the creator of the grange hill and brookside, phil honoured.range hilland brookside, phil redmond is also knighted to four years of work championing arts and culture outside of london. we now have this grand title, sir phil. i look back to where it came from, my counsel estate. i fits in where it came from, my counsel estate. ifits in the narrative of what i often say to people, look, you can achieve whatever you want in this life if you put the effort in. among those becoming cbes is the singer in recognition on her work of music and equal rights. and tv presenter and physicist brian caught also becomes a cbe for services to the promotion of science. many of you did not believe. the prizewinner bernadine has been made in 0be. also becoming an 0be,jeff bernadine has been made in 0be. also becoming an 0be, jeff lin of the electric light 0rchestra. while children's laureate and bestseller author cressida cowell becomes an mbe. the of sports, former on the pick athlete and founder of the great north run, brendan foster receives a knighthood. a gre

brookside is key to all of that.nding, as we were at the time, £13,000 per half hour to build the sets, one of those brookside houses cost £25,000, so 40 episodes a week you could buy a house and you took at that cost. that was the idea behind that. creatively, it was about having grown up in the 19505, is creatively, it was about having grown up in the 19505, i519605, 19705 declined, watching coronation street on television, pre5enting what was slowly becoming at that time and rose tinted view of the plucky northerners living in their back—to—back terraced houses but being happy, all that kind of stuff. i wanted to write about britain in the 19805 in the post—industrial time. they were the two drivers behind it, really. the working class we re behind it, really. the working class were aspirational, they wanted to move on, they were just happy to 5tay move on, they were just happy to stay in those terraced houses, they wa nted stay in those terraced houses, they wanted to move out and enjoy the green of the suburbs.

the three of us were watching brookside in the other room.we're obviously thinking, as if. but we all scuttled to the phone and i think siobhan sort of spoke monosyllabic. "do you want to go for a drink?" "yeah." this, that and the other. so we met up and had a drink with him. it was just really strange. what do you talk to robert de niro about? i have no recollection. no idea! # only you can set me free. # cos i'm guilty guilty as a girl can be #. and despite all bananarama's 2020 tour dates being cancelled due to covid, they insist they will be back on the road next year. it was so easy every step of the way to think you could easily be written off and disappear, become invisible. but why should you when you love what you do? i mean, i'm proud that we're still here and still going. # come on baby, can't you see? # i stand accused of love in the first degree. new york's metropolitan museum of art is marking its 150th anniversary. as part of the celebrations, it's putting on an exhibition about the changing nature of fashion. ‘about time: fas

the three of us were watching brookside in the other room.for a drink?" "yeah." this, that and the other. so we met up and had a drink with him. it was just really strange. what do you talk to robert de niro about? i have no recollection. no idea! # only you can set me free. # cos i'm guilty guilty as a girl can be.# and despite all bananarama's 2020 tour dates being cancelled due to covid, they insist they will be back on the road next year. it was so easy every step of the way to think you could easily be written off and disappear, become invisible. but why should you when you love what you do? i mean, i'm proud that we're still here and still going. # come on baby, can't you see? # i stand accused of love in the first degree what a decade for music that was. i do not disagree. now it's time for the weather with darren. through the week it will remain very unsettled, longer spells of rain. temperatures higher by the end of the week but throughout the week we are in for some quite strong winds. the windier weather around this area of low pre

the three of us were watching brookside in the other room.oke monosyllabic. "do you want to go for a drink?" "yeah." this, that and the other. so we met up and had a drink with him. it was just really strange. what do you talk to robert de niro about? i have no recollection. no idea! # only you can set me free. # because i'm guilty guilty as a girl can be.# and despite all bananarama's 2022 tour dates being cancelled due to covid, they insist they will be back on the road next year. it was so easy every step of the way to think you could easily be written off and disappear, become invisible. but why should you when you love what you do? i mean, i'm proud that we're still here and still going. # come on baby, can't you see? # i stand accused of love in the first degree # guilty of love in the first degree...# i defy you to be at home and not have been smiling and dancing along to that. ifi to that. if i close my eyes i can hear that song blaring out of my sister passed my bedroom. takes me right back. some proper tunes there. endless. brillian