Bernadette Keogh

The Film Awards season is well underway. As we record this podcast, the Screen Actors Guild Awards are about to start and in a week's time, Hollywood will be hosting the Oscars. Tom Brook has been the BBC's film correspondent since the early 1980s and has been listening back to some of the thousands of interviews he's done over the years with famous film stars, starting with Bette Davis.

The Film Awards season is well underway. As we record this podcast, the Screen Actors Guild Awards are about to start and in a week's time, Hollywood will be hosting the Oscars. Tom Brook has been the BBC's film correspondent since the early 1980s and has been listening back to some of the thousands of interviews he's done over the years with famous film stars, starting with Bette Davis.

Ethan Hawke and the BBC's film correspondent Tom Brook were speaking there to Paddy O'Connell. And that's all from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, you can send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service.

Ethan Hawke and the BBC's film correspondent Tom Brook were speaking there to Paddy O'Connell. And that's all from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, you can send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service.

Use the hashtag Global News Pod. This edition was produced by Judy Frankel and mixed by Caroline Driscoll. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Bernadette Keogh. Until next time, goodbye.

Use the hashtag Global News Pod. This edition was produced by Judy Frankel and mixed by Caroline Driscoll. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Bernadette Keogh. Until next time, goodbye.

This is The Happy Port from the BBC World Service.

This is The Happy Port from the BBC World Service.

This is The Happy Port from the BBC World Service.

How a cry for help on social media led to love and marriage. I got a man who's completely obsessed with me. I love it.

How a cry for help on social media led to love and marriage. I got a man who's completely obsessed with me. I love it.

How a cry for help on social media led to love and marriage. I got a man who's completely obsessed with me. I love it.

Yes. Yes. Also saving your dad's life twice.

Yes. Yes. Also saving your dad's life twice.

Yes. Yes. Also saving your dad's life twice.

Joshua gave stem cells when he was 12 and has now donated a kidney. How learning to cook at home is saving people money and improving their health... and a chance encounter that led to a project using tennis to help homeless people.

Joshua gave stem cells when he was 12 and has now donated a kidney. How learning to cook at home is saving people money and improving their health... and a chance encounter that led to a project using tennis to help homeless people.

Joshua gave stem cells when he was 12 and has now donated a kidney. How learning to cook at home is saving people money and improving their health... and a chance encounter that led to a project using tennis to help homeless people.

As couples around the world have just been celebrating Valentine's Day, we're starting with a truly modern transatlantic love story. It has everything. An American with a broken heart, an elderly dog, a German pilot in shining armour and a happily ever after in Switzerland. And as Nicky Cardwell reports, it all began with a tearful plea for help on social media.

As couples around the world have just been celebrating Valentine's Day, we're starting with a truly modern transatlantic love story. It has everything. An American with a broken heart, an elderly dog, a German pilot in shining armour and a happily ever after in Switzerland. And as Nicky Cardwell reports, it all began with a tearful plea for help on social media.