i work with her for the first time with the les dawson —— so the first time with the les dawson —— so it, just before we do the take, so i can gauge what you are going to do. well, she hit him so hard, with his handbag, he fell off the seat. when it came to shooting the actual scene you could see him flinch. if you look at the sketchy concealing flinching. she was fabulous —— sketch you can see him flinching. clearly a difference between her on—screen persona and off—screen. yes, exactly. she loved cricket, that was her passion, she knew everything about cricket, and we did a tribute lunch for les dennis recently and she gave him a great speech. russ abbot gave her a great tribute, as well, a couple of years ago. the head of the society of performance question what —— performance? yes, she was honoured to do that and she was a fabulous queen, she loves the business. she had a new series coming out, as well. in more recent years she did a lot of children's programmes. she kept working for a long time. yes, she did. we're watching clips of her with russ abbot and other roles, as well, t

programmes like the russ abbot show and the les dawson show, many of these where you have a lead performercompany. you went back to again and again —— like a wrap companylj you went back to again and again —— like a wrap company. i was going to say, it was like a repertory company, the utterly reliable solid people you would get to support your star comedian. she was one of them. 0nce star comedian. she was one of them. once you had but bella you were 0k —— once you had booked. once you had but bella you were 0k -- once you had booked. barry cryer, remembering bella emberg. the first ever baby panda cub born in france — has made his first public appearance. yuan meng — which means "making a dream come true" in chinese, has been introduced to his new enclosure alongside his mother at beauval zoo. the five month old's parents have been on loan to the zoo from china since 2012. and now time for a look at the weekend weather forecast. very good afternoon. it is quite great out there at the moment and it will be like that tomorrow —— it is quite great. there are changes at the moment, but we do

i worked with her for the first time with les dawson, and i have memories that she had to hit him round know, gauge what you are going to do. well, she hit him... had with this handbag. he fell off the seat. but when it came to actually shooting, the actual scene, you could see him flinch. even now, if you look at the sketch, you can see him flinch when she has got to do it! she was fabulous and just such a lovely lady. warm and fun. there was clearly such a difference between her on—screen persona and the real person that she was. yes, exactly. she loved cricket. it was her passion. she knew everything there was to know about cricket and we did a tribute lunge for les dennis recently and she got up and gave him a fabulous speech, and she was our queen in 2016 and russ abbot gave her a great tribute. she was just warm and loved by everybody who knew her. the queen of the head of the society of professional performer is? yes, she was honoured to do that and was a fabulous queen. she enjoyed every minute of it. she loved the business and i think she had a new series coming out as well. in

it is worth remembering that programmes like the russ abbot show and the les dawson show, a lot of thesed them a kind of small cast, rep company of actors you went back to again and again. she was presumably an important part of that group. i was going to say was like a repertory company, the utterly reliable and solid people you would get in to support your star comedian. she was one of them. you knew once you had booked bella you were 0k. thank you for being with us on bbc news. it is very hard to answer that at the moment. thank you for being with us the moment. thank you for being with us this afternoon. 0ur designed on the russ abbot show. she has very fond first designed on the russ abbot show. she has very fond memories. time for the latest weather prospects now, some people may be looking forward to this some people may be looking forward to this it is also wet. weather fronts struggling across devon and the grey skies dominate across the uk. it is also wet. weather fronts struggling across devon and the rain will come on the hills. ltd breaks in the cloud where it and it is heav