christopher bobyn has been taking a look. whirring.reen reached such heights of excitement! you may not know his name, and his films could be dismissed simply as b—movies, the stuff of matinee monsters and damsels in distress. a world of primeval terror and savagery! but if you've watched lord of the rings, or even wallace and gromit, you've seen his legacy at work. from ray harryhausen. .. ray harryhausen was a special effects pioneer, an artist whose ground—breaking stop motion animation changed cinema. and now at the scottish national gallery of modern art, an expansive exhibition collects harryhausen's previously unseen illustrations, stop motion models and items from his archives. what you're seeing in this exhibition is notjust somebody who created special effects, you're seeing a living, breathing archive. ray kept everything, he kept all of his drawings, all of the storyboards, all of his artwork. what ray was doing was bringing the world of fine art and classic myth and interpreting it for a new generation, interpreting it for

christopher bobyn, bbc news. no special fs with the weather forecast. it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, some sunshine around today, but heavy showers as well, particularly into the south and west of the uk, some with hail and thunder. gusty winds as well, plenty more showers to come into tonight as well, merging at times with western scotland into longer, heavier downpours. there will be some to the east, avoid most of the showers and stay dry with clearer weather here, we will see some of the lower temperatures going into monday morning. low pressure close by tomorrow morning will be another day of sunshine and showers. these initially into the west, but notice how they do track east during the day. again, the chance of seeing some hail and thunder, but not a wash—out. there will be some sunny spells before and after the showers, still with those fairly gusty winds as well. average speeds will be getting the gusts around 30 to a0 miles per hour, especially as those showers move through. temperatures around ten to m degrees ac

christopher bobyn has been taking a look. whirring.as a special effects pioneer, an artist whose ground—breaking stop motion animation changed cinema. and now at the scottish national gallery of modern art, an expansive exhibition collects harryhausen's previously unseen illustrations, stop motion models and items from his archives. what you're seeing in this exhibition is notjust somebody who created special effects, you're seeing a living, breathing archive. ray kept everything, he kept all of his drawings, all of the storyboards, all of his artwork. what ray was doing was bringing the world of fine art and classic myth and interpreting it for a new generation, interpreting it for a mid—20th century cinema—going audience. and it's incredible to see the gestation of these ideas from the simplest sketch right the way through to the final movie. a career spanning four decades is on display, but also on show is an artistic innovation, that, using limited technology, managed to capture worlds of fantasy in a way that modern techniques sti