right here in covent garden a wee bit later have a white christmas right here in covent garden a wee thought you were just talking about your coat! my about your coat! my coat is nice and cosy because it is nippy. thank you. see you later. it's been more than a month since residents of a tower block in bristol were forced to leave their homes over safety concerns. today, families are expecting to hear if they can return. barton house was evacuated at short notice in october, and some residents have been staying in a hotel ever since. our reporter fiona lamdin has been to meet some of them. it's dark, it's cold, it's late. hundreds of people have been given minutes to pack up and get out of their homes. i mean, it's so horrible, so horrible. it's so hard. the council declare a major incident, as teams of staff work through the night, trying to find places for everyone to stay. many have lived here for decades, but tonight they're being told if there was a fire or explosion, the 65—year—old building could collapse. we've got nowhere to put our stuff either. we've got two hangers, is it

princess diana, one of her provocative acts is considered to be that she even danced on the stage of covent gardenr when she put on this dress, the reference was a small spoiler, yes, in the form of a dress, about the fact that after all, diana is not limited to just a society lady, but is also a great dancer. it seems to me that this dress has some kind of symbolism, with a message of youth, it’s immediately clear, looking at it, who? there's a star on this dance floor, that's for sure, but in fact, what is the reason for such record sales of princess diana’s clothing, her jewelry, and so on? perhaps, after all, the crown series has a place here, including, why not, it fuels the popularity of diana, which does not weaken , by the way, this has not just been popular for years, but for decades, well , girls, let’s admit it to society, have any of us watched this series by toron, yes i have, i have watched several episodes. i haven’t watched a single episode and somehow you you know, i wasn’t worried , you know, i highly recommend it to you, because it’s really as close to reality as possible within

and she was a principal at covent garden before i was born.ing in that beautiful theater. and then when we shot it, my daughter was eight at the time in may, she was sitting in the box that i sat in from the age of eight until my mom retired when i was 38. >> seth: wow >> which was insane. and then my mom there, bless her, both my parents who were so heavily inflicted with terrible illness. my mom still with fighting parkinson's. but they were there at the back of the auditorium so the whole show really is a love letter to her and to them. that was fantastic [ cheers and applause >> seth: fantastic >> yeah. i wanted it to have, you know -- it had to have a real heart. you know, the other christmas specials that there are, you know, i have no delusions of grandeur that i come from a very different world. so, i wanted to have completely live vocals that nobody has touched, nobody has tweaked. everything was live in that killer environment so, yeah, it's my little christmas kiss to everyone >> seth: do a lot of opera singers have opera singers as

so you're on your best behaviour anyway at covent garden, because there's on an there's always a rule opening night. but when they've gone changes gone, it all changes desperately. um, i but i do desperately. but um, i but i do like them in one way, and i like to arrive late and leave early . to arrive late and leave early. and, you know, so i don't get in a mess. but i meet people that are either backstage boys who never get credit for what they've done, because to every person of 80 dancers at the royal ballet on stage, there's a staff of 2000. wow. right. you know, the costume makers, the wig people , all the front of wig people, all the front of house boxes, box office, who we never see, who sell the tickets for. yeah. and it's wonderful that you've just suddenly are able to meet those people and say thank you. well i think that's exactly right, lisa, have you have you had any office christmas parties? >> well, mine are normally gym members um , do you know members. so, um, do you know what is. i think it's very different. i i mean, different. i didn't i mean, it's compulsory. it'

so you're on your best behaviour anyway at covent garden, because there's on an there's always a rule opening night. but when they've gone changes gone, it all changes desperately. um, i but i do desperately. but um, i but i do like them in one way, and i like to arrive late and leave early . to arrive late and leave early. and, you know, so i don't get in a mess. but i meet people that are either backstage boys who never get credit for what they've done, because to every person of 80 dancers at the royal ballet on stage, there's a staff of 2000. wow. right. you know, the costume makers, the wig people , all the front of wig people, all the front of house boxes, box office, who we never see, who sell the tickets for. yeah. and it's wonderful that you've just suddenly are able to meet those people and say thank you. well i think that's exactly right, lisa, have you have you had any office christmas parties? >> well, mine are normally gym members um , do you know members. so, um, do you know what is. i think it's very different. i i mean, different. i didn't i mean, it's compulsory. it'

up till a few years ago i was a non—executive director of covent garden market.ruit and veg market in london and we're revamping that. but we're doing it at the same time as trying to run a market. so by leicester moving everybody out and then refurb fishing their market, they're doing the right thing and you've only got to think of how successful borough market is in london and a market is very specific sometimes to market towns which are smaller and you know , usually have quite know, usually have quite a strong agricultural community around them. but for the high street now, yes, people want to come back to the high street, but there's several ingredients that are important. it's got to be easy to get to. you've got to have parking. and now people want more than just shops. they want more than just shops. they want somewhere to sit down. they want somewhere to sit down. they want to do something there. they want to do something there. they want to do something there. they want to treat it more of an experience than anything else. and what people have got to re