i'm gavin esler, in holyrood in scotla nd i'm gavin esler, in holyrood in scotland on the day it decided. hello and welcome to a special edition of the film review from the red carpet and bfi london film festival. hello and welcome to dateline london's look ahead to 2017. what a i°y london's look ahead to 2017. what a joy for year it's going to be. britain will move calmly towards brexit, the european union will solve all its problems with migration, unemployment and insolvent banks. this donald trump will begin a glorious four years as president, the middle east will finally be at peace and we can all dream. i'm retiring from the bbc to become a clairvoyant. it is so extraordinary and except for the bit where we are on the red carpet and i look like your bouncer! looking at all that, what are you most proud of, is it possible...? i'm very proud of a number of bill clinton interviews i did, including that one, because he was always late. we we re one, because he was always late. we were due to interview him at two o'clock in the afternoon in the white house and at two minutes to two o'cl

in a moment the last film review from my colleague gavin esler. first, time for newswatch.ello and welcome to newswatch. brexit is officially under we but is the bbc playing down the views of unhappy remainers like the tens of thousands who marched in london last weekend? thousands who marched in london last weekend 7 complaints as thousands who marched in london last weekend? complaints as well that bbc news is much too negative about leaving. so how do you cover this in century subject impartially? 60 yea rs century subject impartially? 60 years ago last saturday the treaty of rome, the funding agreement of what became the european union, was signed. the anniversary was marked across europe but march in london that day was not so much a celebration as a protest against the decision of britain to leave the eu. after the violence a few short days ago a protest with peace and love at its heart. thousands made their way to parliament square, many like pensionerjacqueline skelton had never protested before, many of her generation voted to leave in the referendum but she sees t

now on bbc news it's time for dateline london with gavin esler. and welcome to dateline london. how much, if anything, should britain pay to leave the european union? how bad is the military situation facing the group calling itself islamic state? and is wikileaks a good or a bad thing? my guests today are greg katz of associated press. abdel bari atwan who is a writer and commentator on arab affairs. maria margaronis of the nation. and david aaronovitch of the times. very good to see you. when britain leaves the eu, we should be faced with a stiff bill for the divorce. or the alternative metaphor is that it is like leaving a golf club — we stop paying when we stop playing. which is it? and how much is the chancellor of the exchequer trying to save money to pay for what he knows will be an expensive few years ahead? what should we pay? what is the tariff for leaving? does anybody have any idea? no. since we think she will do the triggering on tuesday, and therefore the big discussions, it seems likely... there are things that have to be done befor

. —— gavin esler.er moving into cornwall, insurer. bigger picture, you can see how the cloud has been breaking up, that rain slowly pushing across the north of scotland, banda share was coming in to south—west england and wales, and what we will find through the evening and overnight, more showery burst of rain, coming into western parts, a few showers, wettest weather in scotland transferring up to the northern isles, and after a fine evening, eastern parts of england are likely to be dry and clear. chillier than last night, mild indeed last night, heading into the morning, showers from the word 90, the morning, showers from the word go, left overfrom overnight, sunshine across wales and the south—west of england, quite a few showers running through the midlands. east anglia, the south—east, likely to start dry with some sunshine. that line of showers extends up towards the north—west of england onto the pennines, something little bit dryer, wetter weather up towards shetland. first day of april, able