bbc one's new sunday night drama this town, the latest david attenborough series or perhaps the final of the hit entertainment show gladiators. if you're wondering what those have to do with the programme about news, well, take a look at this item on last friday's shortened bbc one lunchtime bulletin. now the creator of the bbc�*s hit series peaky blinders has described his latest drama, this town, as a love letter to birmingham and coventry. set in the 1980s, it follows the formation of a band as the two tone music scene was exploding into the pop charts against a backdrop of civil unrest. oliver coates got in touch with us after watching that and recorded his thoughts on video. i was compelled to voice my dissatisfaction with the bbc, given the sheer enormity of events that have occurred over the last few days around the world and the shortness of the bulletin. for some reason, the bbc thought it necessary to insert a three minute piece purporting to bring attention to people that a new broadcaster have become available, at drama called this town. they dressed it up with vox pops. t

bbc one's new sunday night drama this town, the latest david attenborough series or perhaps the finalout news, well, take a look at this item on last friday's shortened bbc one lunchtime bulletin. now the creator of the bbc�*s hit series peaky blinders has described his latest drama, this town, as a love letter to birmingham and coventry. set in the 1980s, it follows the formation of a band as the two tone music scene was exploding into the pop charts against a backdrop of civil unrest.

we love them not just because of what we see in jacques cousteau and david attenborough documentarieso many other things. can you sort of explain, remind us of their importance? julia: absolutely. i'm a marine ecologist, so of course, i think about all of the wildlife that lives on coral reefs. and you already mentioned that a quarter of the world's diversity, different species of animals in the ocean live on coral reefs, which is completely astounding when you think about the fact that coral reefs cover less than 0.1% of the surface area of the world's oceans. but coral reefs are also extraordinarily important to people. so, they are worth hundreds of billions of dollars every year, and that's through things like tourism, recreation, all of the coastal protection that they provide. so, when we risk losing a huge proportion of the world's coral reefs, we are actually at risk of losing all sorts of other things that are vitally important to many, many people around the planet, especially those who live really close to coral reefs and rely upon them for either their sustenance of their

bbc one's new sunday night drama this town, the latest david attenborough series or perhaps the finalmade a big point about it being by the creators of the peaky blinders. i really don't think it necessary the bbc to put even more adverts for their own programmes purporting to be news when there's quite clearly enough of other things that need to be discussed. very, very poor. very, very poor bbc, please stop doing this. but they didn't. that evening, a rather different forthcoming programme came under the news spotlight. this sunday david attenborough returns to our screens with his latest series, mammals — five years in the making. it explores how the world's mammals are coping with rapidly changing habitats and warming climates. a mr and mrs garner contacted us this time, emailing: and the following day bbc one's late news bulletin highlighted not an upcoming programme, but one that had recently finished on the same channel. now look away if you don't want to know who has won the final of gladiators tonight. the programme has been a big hit for bbc one, with an average audience of

a couple of years ago, quizzing famed nature broadcaster david attenborough. >> what animal do you likeware of all the royal protocols. so many royal rules when you are just a little prince like louie. now, the family has asked for privacy as kate recovers. they did want to release this image publicly, though. we are told it was taken in the last couple days at windsor. definitely on a sunnier day than it is today. guys? >> >> he's adorable. >> someone else is celebrating a birthday today soon. >> who? >> molly's baby. >> our little royal baby is coming soon, right? >> that's right. my husband will and i -- oh my gosh, guys. my husband will and i are expecting a baby in may. >> yeah! >> did she just break the news? >> surprise! >> we love you, molly. >> we're so happy for you, honey. >>> coming up, kaylee hartung with ryan gosling and emily blunt, stars of "the fall guy." they gave her a behind the scenes stunt she won't forget. up to 50% of people with graves' could develop a different condition called thyroid eye disease, which should be treated by a different doctor. see an expert. f

i'm going full david attenborough tonight. and of course, myself and my fantastic panel will be answering questions from our lovely studio audience and my comedian panellists this evening are paul cox and nick dixon, who . welcome back. >> sorry , i should have >> sorry, i should have introduced you as your other names. >> the big dog and the people's gammon. >> thank you, thank you. i just i didn't know who paul cox was exactly , exactly. yeah, that is exactly, exactly. yeah, that is in my contract. >> it is. >> it is. >> when you said the oldest land mammal, i thought you meant lewis schaffer from it. it's tortoise. >> and lewis schaffer is going to be very upset because that tortoise only eats vegetables. and he claims that the only way to fight for longevity is to eat meat when he's wrong, isn't he.7 >> meat when he's wrong, isn't he? >> but he also says that science con. he also says that exercise is bad for you and tortoise does not exercise and that water dehydration. >> why are we making it about lewis? >> yeah, straig