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00:00Hello and welcome to Kent Tonight, live here on KMTV.
00:29I'm Finn McDermid and here are your top stories on Thursday, the 13th of November.
00:34A Grand Prix of lorries calls for a solution to speeding vehicles, keeping families up
00:39at night in a Maidstone village.
00:41It's just ridiculous.
00:42As you can see, to be honest, we don't normally get this amount of traffic, but it is just
00:48ridiculous.
00:50Rebrand and rebuild.
00:52Aylesford Veterans Charity announces name change and expansion plans.
00:55We're really excited about it.
00:57New name and new identity to reflect the work that we do and what we do at Royal British
01:03Veterans Enterprise is to create jobs, provide homes and build communities.
01:08And is it too soon for festive films?
01:10KMTV's film expert drops in to share his thoughts ahead of the holiday season.
01:15But back to our top story tonight.
01:26People living in Boughton, Mon, Chelsea say their quiet village has become a nightly racetrack
01:31for lorries.
01:32Residents along Heath Road say heavy goods vehicles are speeding past their homes late
01:36at night, shaking properties and keeping families awake.
01:39Some have filmed dozens of HGVs passing within an hour and are calling for traffic calming
01:44measures, as I've been finding out.
01:47Locals living on Heath Road in Boughton, Mon, Chelsea near Maidstone usually expect it to
01:51be a quiet area, with only a farm shop and a goat sanctuary nearby.
01:55But locals say that lorries going down the 30 mile an hour road faster than they should
02:00is creating a nightmare, disrupting their sleep and their peace and quiet.
02:05Certainly down the end of the road, where there's crossroads, five ways, two articulated
02:12lorries can't get past each other.
02:14So everybody has to back up, which is ridiculous for, well, it's supposed to be a B road, but
02:21it's treated as an A road.
02:22There's traffic going along here, particularly now that there's roadworks along the Lose Road
02:30and the Linton Hill.
02:31It's just ridiculous.
02:33As you can see, to be honest, we don't normally get this amount of traffic, but it is just
02:38ridiculous.
02:40Now they say they're being treated to a Grand Prix of lorries.
02:44Constant noise, which is keeping them awake and even shaking their houses.
02:48And you can't quite see it from here, but just behind me, there's a long queue of traffic.
02:54And this is probably the first time I've ever heard people saying they actually like the
02:57traffic, because it slows these lorries down.
03:00So how bad must the noise be for them to actually like having traffic in their area?
03:05One local has even taken matters into his own hands to understand just how fast the vehicles
03:10are going.
03:11The first thing I did was to obtain a calibrated camera from the parish council, which was provided
03:17by the police, just to get a bit of an objective measure as to actually, you know, what does
03:23this speeding constitute?
03:24What are the actual numbers?
03:26That filming was done about 10, 15.
03:29From about 11 onwards, you know, it may as well be a drag strip, because sometimes lorries
03:34I've clocked going past at 60 miles an hour, which is double the speed limit and dangerous driving.
03:39In terms of a solution, local councillors aren't giving up, coming up with ideas they're
03:43trying to get passed by officials.
03:45We're trying to put either a speed bump or even paint showing people that they really
03:53need to slow down.
03:54And we would like a SID, a speed indicator device, to actually showing people what speed
03:59they are doing, and with a smiley face and a dance face, so they're actually aware of
04:03what they're doing, because often they're just following the traffic and not realising
04:07at what speed they're going at.
04:09Police Sergeant Paul Cook said in response to concerns raised by residents of Boughton,
04:13Monchelsea, local beat officers have been carrying out high visibility patrols to act as a deterrent
04:18for speeding and other traffic offences.
04:20We will continue to proactively target those who put other road users at risk, and urge
04:24motorists to drive responsibly to protect themselves and others.
04:28Speed limits are limits, not targets.
04:30Until a permanent solution is found, local residents will have to hope that the lorries will
04:34keep to their speed, and that it won't be a long road until the problem is fixed.
04:39Finn McDermid, in Boughton, Monchelsea, for KMTV.
04:43Next tonight, a long-standing Aylsford charity supporting armed forces veterans has changed
04:48its name, hoping to avoid confusion with another leading organisation.
04:52They were formerly known as Royal British Legion Industries, but the charity has now been renamed
04:56Royal British Veterans Enterprise.
04:58The charity has also announced a £15 million investment in a new factory to create jobs
05:04for ex-service personnel, as well as training opportunities.
05:07Our community reporter, Henry Luck, has more.
05:10Out with the old, in with the new, Royal British Legion Industries in Aylsford has just been renamed
05:18Royal British Veterans Enterprise.
05:22To reflect the work being done to get ex-servicemen back into employment and living stable lives.
05:31Yes, we're really excited about it.
05:34A new name, a new identity to reflect the work that we do.
05:38And what we do at Royal British Veterans Enterprise is create jobs, provide homes and build communities.
05:45Quite excited.
05:46I've worked in the Royal British Legion Industries for 26 years, and now this new branding is going
05:54to take the charity further.
05:56You know, it's a lot of work out there, and hopefully we can employ veterans in our new franchise.
06:06Along with a new name, the charity has also welcomed a new president.
06:12I think, as president, it's important to say thank you to everybody who works here and who
06:21contributes to making this such an incredibly thriving community.
06:28There's going to be, as ever, there's a need for funding, so it's wonderful if I can go
06:33out there and I can help them to secure funding for their new factory.
06:39One of the new plans by the RBVE is constructing a new factory here at this site in Ellsford, with
06:50building scheduled to begin in summer of next year.
06:55With 2026 fast approaching, the RBVE is eager to take this revamped energy and make some big
07:05changes to help those who served.
07:09Henry Luck, for KMTV, in Ellsford.
07:14Next, Kent's Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott will be the county's last, as
07:19the government's announced plans to scrap the post nationwide.
07:22First elected to the role in 2016 at the age of 31, he was the youngest PCC at the time
07:28and has since been re-elected twice.
07:30He'll be among 40 PCCs across England and Wales, whose jobs will be shelved once their
07:34term ends in 2028.
07:37Policing Minister Sarah Jones said the model has failed to live up to expectations and that
07:41their powers will be given to elected mayors or council leaders, saving up to £100 million.
07:47When approached for comment, Mr Scott said his priorities until 2028 remain unchanged and
07:52he'll continue to seek to cut crime, support victims and build trust.
07:56Next, 13 staff members at branches of the Kent-wide Turkish restaurant chain, Aspendos, have been
08:03arrested during immigration raids.
08:06Locations in Margate, Ashford, Folkestone and Dimchurch were visited by joint teams from
08:10the Home Office Immigration Enforcement and Kent Police on 7th November.
08:14The Home Office says illegal working undermines honest employers, undercuts local wages and
08:19fuels the criminal industry of immigration crime.
08:21Aspendos says it is cooperating with the investigation, though it does dispute some of the allegations.
08:29Online grooming cases in Kent are at record levels.
08:32That's what new data from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, or
08:37NSPCC, revealed today.
08:39There have been 300 online grooming cases in the past year here in the county, with police
08:43recording more than 7,000 offences nationally.
08:47Our reporter, Chloe Brewster, is with us now to talk us through this report.
08:50So, these are quite shocking numbers, but what do they mean for children and parents?
08:55Well, parents, this is really frightening.
08:57It's obviously more and more difficult to control your child's internet use.
09:01Online grooming can have a huge impact on children.
09:03You know, older people can get in contact while posing as a child.
09:11They can also send nude images or even agree to meet up with people.
09:14We spoke to Lewis Keller from the NSPCC to talk us through that.
09:17We know that online child sexual abuse can have a major long-term effect on a child, leading
09:24to feelings of shame and guilt.
09:27And unfortunately, the cases recorded will only represent a fraction of the total number
09:33of cases, because often children don't report cases of online grooming.
09:38And also platforms sort of use features like end-to-end encryption, which means that they're
09:45blinded from a lot of the content that's shared on platforms.
09:49So, that's why we've released a new report today, which outlines some of the ways in which
09:54private messaging services, in particular, can keep children safe.
09:59So, are there any specific apps where grooming is more likely to happen than others?
10:05Well, predators by nature do tend to use apps that children are often on, Snapchat being
10:09one of them.
10:10Snapchat actually made up 40% of grooming cases, according to the NSPCC data this year.
10:17But what's particularly worrying for parents is that messages on Snapchat do disappear after
10:21they've been read, meaning the paper trail just isn't there.
10:23I see.
10:24And what are NSPCC hoping to change with their report?
10:28So, they're calling on tech companies, Ofcom, and the government to take leadership on addressing
10:33these issues.
10:34That includes including using every tool available to stop perpetrators.
10:39So, one of those tools would be detection for images that may include child abuse material
10:44or nude images that a child may have taken of themselves and removing that before they're
10:48able to send it.
10:49Other ones might include metadata analysis to detect whether an adult is contacting large
10:53numbers of children.
10:55I see.
10:55We haven't got much time left, but how can parents protect their children?
10:59So, just being aware, having those open conversations with their children, but also
11:03the NSPCC have lots of different information on their website, just telling parents where
11:09they should go to improve their knowledge of their children's screen time.
11:13I see.
11:14Thank you so much for bringing us this story, Chloe.
11:15Now, it is time for a pause.
11:19But after this short break, we'll be chatting Tashes and Charity with a father-son duo raising
11:24money for this Movember.
11:26There are also some rainy days incoming.
11:28There's a storm coming that's bringing us a very wet end to the week.
11:31And we'll learn about the latest local football news with today's sports roundup.
11:37We'll have all that and more after this very short break.
11:39Hopefully, some good news for Kent's football teams there.
11:42I'm looking at you, Jill, as well.
11:43We'll see you very soon.
15:12Hello and welcome back to Kent Tonight, live here on KMTV.
15:16Now, with many across Kent and the rest of the country taking part in Movember this month,
15:21one Medway footballing father and son duo are taking on a challenge to walk 60 kilometres
15:25for the 60 men we lose every hour to men's mental health issues.
15:30Hempstead Valley FC under-11s coach Carl Clayton and his son Jacob are taking on the task,
15:35while Carl grows a moustache to raise money and awareness of the issue.
15:38I spoke to Carl earlier. Thank you so much for joining us, Carl.
15:43And first of all, talk us through what you're doing for this Movember.
15:47So, me and my son Jacob, I've done Movember many years ago, but we just decided that this
15:55year, just a little bit of a fitness kick and just to raise some money.
16:02We're doing 60 kilometres of running over the whole month, which we thought was a good amount
16:08for a 10-year-old, and I'm growing this terrible moustache.
16:15Fair enough. And how have you been finding that? So, obviously, we are now into the month of November.
16:22So, how far through that 60 kilometres are you, and how much further, I suppose, is the moustache going to grow?
16:27Well, I mean, you know, the moustache is coming along nicely, as you can see.
16:35We've done, I think, we're between 20 and 30 kilometres. We're not quite halfway.
16:41So, we're ahead of schedule, because it was basically two kilometres a day for Jacob, averaged over the month.
16:49But, because we're a busy family, we try and get ahead of the weekends.
16:53So, we're ahead slightly at the moment, but I think we'll be on track tomorrow,
16:59when we'll probably try and get out again tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.
17:04Fair enough. And tell me, what does Movember mean to you personally?
17:11I mean, it's a men's health charity. Obviously, I'm a bloke.
17:16So, but in terms of, you know, it's all about sort of early detection of testicular cancer,
17:26prostate cancers, and also mental health and suicide in young men.
17:32I mean, it's just, I think it's very important to sort of raise awareness on all of those issues, really.
17:39I think it's really important.
17:40Absolutely. And you coach a local under-11s football team here in Medway.
17:46Is it important to you that they can see you doing this, raising money for the cause?
17:50Is a positive mentality something that you champion for them on and off the pitch?
17:55Tell me a bit about that.
17:57I think so. You'd have to ask the boys and the parents.
18:01But we try and keep it positive all the time, really, as much as possible.
18:07And just, yeah, undertaking something like this, I think it sends out the right message, I believe.
18:14I don't know if I'm getting the right messages back.
18:17I've been called all sorts of days.
18:18I've been called the Pringles man.
18:20I've been called Dewey from Scary Movie.
18:22But it's all good fun.
18:26And we've raised, I think we're at about 450 quid at the minute.
18:30So we're doing really well.
18:31Yeah, that's right.
18:32I had a look at the site today and I saw you are at about 450 pounds.
18:36And your goal on the site there was 200 pounds.
18:39So did you expect this kind of response from people?
18:43Absolutely not.
18:44And my brother, he rightly said that if it was just me, I'd probably raise a fiver.
18:49But because I put Jacob's name to it, we've raised loads of money.
18:53So, yeah, we're really delighted about that.
18:56Yeah.
18:57Amazing.
18:58And while we're talking about men's mental health, what more do you think kind of needs to be done and talked about,
19:04especially in spaces like sports, where historically it hasn't always been something that's been discussed?
19:11That's a very good question.
19:12I mean, I think things are improving all the time, certainly.
19:16I think it's good.
19:19I mean, certainly we advocate in our little grassroots football team.
19:24We certainly advocate for the lads coming and speaking to us.
19:27I think we're very open, or at least we try to be.
19:31I think just generally just speaking and being open is the way forward, right?
19:36I think that's just how it should be.
19:39Absolutely.
19:40And, you know, I've played a little bit of Sunday League myself, and it's an interesting atmosphere from whatever club you play at.
19:48Do you think that in terms of sports, there needs to be kind of a wider appeal for people to be able to talk about these things?
19:55And you mentioned that things are getting better.
19:58Do you think it's a long road to that, or are we on the way?
20:00Yeah, I think with all these things, they take time, right?
20:05There's generational things.
20:08You know, there's sort of older people who weren't able to, or, you know, they've come from a time when you couldn't talk about things.
20:18Even sort of physical health issues, people used to brush under the mat.
20:22That seems to have got better.
20:24Certainly, that's further forward than mental health.
20:29But mental health has still got a bit of a way to go, I think.
20:35Absolutely.
20:35Thank you so much for your time today, Carl.
20:38And good luck with the rest of your walk and the rest of your moustache.
20:42Thank you very much.
20:43Thank you very much.
21:13Jackson said he'll need some time to recover and heal, as well as expressing that there's a lot of trauma related to the role of a manager, different to that experienced by a player.
21:23He was also one of the youngest managers in Kent at only 28 years old.
21:28While Jackson was offered an alternative role around the under-23s, he ultimately turned it down, but wishes well for his team in future fixtures.
21:36Speaking of managers, Lloyd Hume of Astrid United said it would be cowardly of him to abandon his team while they are struggling.
21:44This comes after yesterday's very close game against Sevenoaks, when Louis Collins scored a 97th minute winner, saving the nuts and bolts from a 1-1 draw.
21:53Hume's ownership of Astrid has been universally praised, but fans have been largely unimpressed with the results.
21:59When faced with this criticism, Hume admitted, I haven't gotten it right at the moment, but I will get it right.
22:06But with United facing AFC Whiteleaf this Saturday at 3pm, who knows if these words will finally be exchanged for some goals.
22:13Fannard's own Ross Wilson has retired from table tennis at age 30, after suffering a series of injuries that persisted throughout his over a decade-long career.
22:23Wilson won Paralympic team medals in London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, and reached a career high of number 2 in Men's Class 8.
22:33But after a hip fracture following a surgery last year, Wilson said it would probably take about a year to get back to any sort of decent level, it's just not there for me now, and it's not something that I want to really do anymore.
22:45Wilson has recently graduated with a first-class degree in psychology, which is now going to be his main career focus.
22:51Now, don't forget you can keep up to date with all your latest stories across Kent by logging on to our website, that's cametv.co.uk.
23:07There you'll find all our reports, including this one, about a new copper sampling plant opening in Gravesham.
23:12As global demand for recycled material grows, Britannia Refined Metals in Northfleet has unveiled its new £41 million investment into the UK's circular economy.
23:25This is the system that prioritises the reuse of materials and elimination of waste.
23:30The site aims to recover copper and other important materials from everyday items like fridges, microwaves and mobile phones.
23:37There's a lot of value in the urban waste, and the urban waste is very crucial for us to be able to recycle materials and to feed it into the metals stream.
23:48By doing this and being able to value the metals, we can create a closed economy.
23:54The plant was officially opened by the Mayor of Gravesham, Councillor Jenny Wallace, before tours of the facility began.
24:01She says that the benefits of the site is more than just its recycling capabilities.
24:06I mean, already it's brought local employment, but there's going to be more local employment, which is so important.
24:13And it's putting Gravesham, Northfleet is part of Gravesham, the borough of Gravesham, it's putting them on the map yet again.
24:20And it's very important because we've got so much heritage, and we've got so much in the way of industry, and so much to offer.
24:28And we want more people, more growth, because that's the other thing, growth. It's bringing growth to us.
24:33But how does it all work?
24:34So what happens here at this facility is we take in copper-bearing waste.
24:40It then passes through a series of samplers and shredders.
24:46The shredders make the material into a uniform size, and the samplers take calculated cuts for us to be able to create a representative sample of the material.
24:55That sample from here goes down to a second facility, which is on our BRM site, where the material is passed through various furnaces to create another sample, smaller sample of the original.
25:09That we use to value the material, the waste.
25:12With capacity to handle around 25,000 tonnes of metal a year, this new plant puts Kent at the heart of the UK's push towards a more sustainable metal industry.
25:23Kristin Hawthorne for KMTV in Northfleet.
25:26Dartford, Chatham, Maidstone. What do these locations have in common?
25:31Well, aside from non-league football teams, they'll also be seeing some stormy skies over the weekend.
25:37We'll be seeing some rain with a yellow weather warning.
25:40But let's have a look at the weather for the rest of the county.
25:50Tonight, we can expect to see cloudy skies and some light rain across the county.
25:54Temperatures of 13 to 14 degrees across the board.
25:57Tomorrow morning, temperatures will be expected to remain the same.
25:59Rain across the west of the county there.
26:02And by the afternoon, the rest of the county can expect to see rain except over remaining cloudy.
26:07Temperatures raising slightly there to 15 degrees.
26:11And here's your outlook for the coming days.
26:13Saturday, we'll see that weather warning.
26:15And it'll get a little bit colder.
26:17On Monday, 10 degrees with a little bit of sun.
26:27Well, when we're back, we'll have a look back at our top story.
26:31All about lorries in the small village of Bortenmont, Chelsea.
26:34As well as looking at all the economic headlines of the day.
26:37This includes figures showing the UK's growth.
26:39And also, a look ahead to Black Friday tomorrow.
26:42Hopefully, you've all got your spot sorted where you can find your deals.
26:46But we'll find out more about that after this short break.
27:16Good evening.
40:18Yeah.
40:26going to be keeping their powder dry just for the moment. I see and we've also got Black Friday
40:31returning. Do you think this could be the boost the economy needs or is this a bit outdated for
40:36customers and for local services? I think to be realistic we all love Black Friday. Back when I
40:44was younger you would never get a shop having a sale in the run-up to Christmas and now we expect
40:49that a month beforehand all the prices are all dramatically slashed. So I think we'll all go out
40:55and spend. I suspect we might not spend quite as heavily as we once did because I think although
41:01we tend to put household budgets on hold a little bit over Christmas I think people are going to be
41:06slightly anxious and of course if that budget a few days later tells us all that we're going to have
41:10our income tax hiked then I think we may be a little bit more cautious but I think it's still
41:16crucial for retailers. I see thank you so much for joining us on this chat Chris and after this short
41:23break we'll have our resident film expert Chris Deesey here ahead of tonight's film club. We'll be
41:28talking about whether or not it's too soon for Christmas films including some classics like
41:33Harry Potter and we'll also be taking a quick look at one singer you you might know who's making her
41:39debut in film. There'll also be a round-up of all your business stories from around the county.
41:45We'll have all that and more after this very short break.
45:28First on today's business roundup, plans to open a new special educational needs school
45:33in Margate are set to be approved.
45:35Northdowne House has been unused since 2023.
45:38However, now the historic building will be renovated by Life Skills Enterprise, an organisation
45:43planning to create a day school for autistic young people.
45:47It aims to provide students with practical skills needed for independent living and future
45:51employment.
45:52Planning officers have noted that the works will result in some harm to the heritage of
45:56the building, but that this is outweighed by the public benefits it provides.
46:01Flooring is broken, desks have been left abandoned and the ceiling has partially collapsed.
46:05This is the current state of former Folkestone Library in Grace Hill.
46:08The historic site has been closed for three years now and is feared to be financially beyond
46:13repair.
46:14In a number of rooms, there are signs of decay and disrepair.
46:18And with the estimated repair bill now being £2.9 million, whether this previously much-loved
46:23building can ever be saved remains unclear.
46:25Canterbury, Herne Bay and Whitstowell are offering free parking for shoppers for select
46:30dates on the lead-up to Christmas.
46:32In Canterbury, parking at all three park and ride sites will be free from 2pm tomorrow for
46:37the Christmas Lights Switch On event, with entertainment happening throughout the town
46:40from 5pm to 7pm and the Christmas market open till 8pm.
46:44Canterbury City Council say this will hopefully encourage people to shop locally and support
46:49businesses during the festive season.
46:50And finally, plans to turn a former hotel into a petrol station and M&S food store have been
46:57approved.
46:58The former A2 Tollgate Hotel in Gravesend has now been empty for nearly two decades.
47:03However, the remaining buildings will be demolished to make space for a petrol station with six pump
47:08islands, 24 EV charging bays, an M&S Simply food store, a wild bean cafe and parking.
47:15Councillor Samir Jassal said, frankly, it's an eyesore coming into the borough and something
47:19sensible being done there is what it needs.
47:21That's all for today's business roundup.
47:31Now let's have a quick look at the weather for the next few days.
47:39Tonight we can expect to see cloudy skies and some light rain across the county, temperatures
47:43of 13 and 14 across the board.
47:45Into tomorrow morning, temperatures expected to remain the same with rain across the west
47:49of the county.
47:50And by the afternoon now, the rest of the county can expect to see rain, except for Dover, which
47:56will remain cloudy.
47:57Temperatures raising slightly to 15 there.
48:00Dartford, Chatham and Maidstone are facing a yellow weather warning continuing through to
48:03Saturday.
48:04And as we can see there, temperatures will lower to 11 and 10 degrees on Monday with some sun.
48:09And now ahead of tonight's episode of the Kent Film Club, Chris Deesey joins me in the studio
48:22to talk some of the most attention-grabbing film news of the week and starting with the
48:26world of music, movies and music.
48:30Clearly, my singing career isn't going to start anytime soon, Chris.
48:33But let's talk about another singer, obviously Adele.
48:35She's set to feature in a Tom Ford film, Adolescence.
48:38So tell us a bit about it.
48:40What's your expectations for this?
48:41Well, I mean, it's always that crossover between, shall we say, the world of music and cabaret
48:47and the big screen.
48:47Think Liza Minnelli.
48:48Think Barbara Streisand.
48:49It's a very rich one.
48:50Now, Adele is due to appear.
48:53I mean, it's only, what, a year since her Las Vegas set.
48:55I think she said she was going to take some time out.
48:57But interestingly, Tom Ford is going to direct this, the fashion maestro.
49:01He's made a couple of films before, including Nocturnal Animals, also a film which starred
49:07and received an Academy Award nomination for Colin Firth.
49:10He's also going to appear in this film.
49:12He's got a huge cast.
49:13So the stakes are high.
49:15Absolutely.
49:15Not the first time we've seen this sort of thing.
49:17I remember Harry Styles and Don't Worry Darling.
49:19And I'm sure there's loads of other examples that aren't coming to me at the moment.
49:22But now, can you imagine her continuing her acting career off of this?
49:26She's had a cameo in Ugly Betty.
49:29And this is her first alleged sort of acting debut of acting an adaptation.
49:34So, like I say, can you imagine sort of this becoming something bigger?
49:38I think we can always be surprised when people, I mean, you mentioned Harry Styles.
49:44And you think, you know, how do we know that they can act?
49:46But, you know, we've had people, I mean, you know, Kevin Costner, for example,
49:50for his first ever film, received not just a nomination but an Academy Award for Best Director.
49:56So it just goes to show that sometimes people can surprise us.
49:59I mean, also, if you're used to performing, I think the crossover is a very permeable one,
50:04shall we say, between one branch of performance, in this case singing,
50:08and what you can do on the big screen.
50:10But, I mean, Nocturnal Animals, which was the last film that Tom Ford made,
50:14I mean, incredible, because it's this very rich, multi-layered film
50:18about a woman, Amy Adams, who leaves her husband.
50:22She thinks he's quite weak.
50:24And suddenly he writes this novel, which shows a different side to him.
50:27And his life improves while hers diminishes.
50:29So, with all of those sort of nuances, it'd be fascinating to see
50:32how Adele can play a leading role in a Tom Ford film.
50:35I can't wait to see, you know, is it going to be a psychological thriller?
50:39Absolutely.
50:39And it's interesting you mention Nocturnal Animals there,
50:42because that was an adaptation of a Christopher Isherwood book.
50:46And Adolescence is also an adaptation.
50:49Do you think it's kind of Tom Ford's natural state,
50:52adapting these novels into the silver screen?
50:55Yeah, and also when you consider how easy it is to do these sort of adaptations.
50:59I mean, Frankenstein is out at the moment.
51:01I mean, I saw it the other evening, and I thought,
51:03oh, I've seen this before.
51:05I'm a bit of a sucker for the 1994 version with Kenneth Branagh and Robert De Niro.
51:09But there's always going to be a rich take that you can bring to familiar material,
51:13Dangerous Liaisons being another obvious example.
51:16Absolutely.
51:17Now, could you imagine a world where many of today's singers
51:20kind of fall into this pipeline from musician to actor?
51:25And are there any that come to mind that you think could do a particularly good job?
51:29Well, there's the irony of Elvis,
51:30because, of course, we've had the big screen Elvis films.
51:33But Elvis himself appeared in many films.
51:35But arguably, they didn't exactly showcase his talents.
51:37So we see him as somebody who did these, not particularly,
51:41almost like B-movies.
51:43He was the huge star.
51:44But the films were not exactly Academy Award material.
51:48So in a way, if you're stretched enough by a really good director,
51:54then there's no reason why it shouldn't work.
51:57Absolutely.
51:57And, I mean, this is, like I say, an adaptation of a novel.
52:04And with bringing Adele into it, I mean, it kind of marks an interesting point in her career.
52:09Did you kind of expect this for her as a sort of role, going from musician to actress?
52:14Well, the best example I would give, or the best analogy, is Lady Gaga.
52:18When I knew that she was going to be in a film, I thought, you know, she did A Star Is Born.
52:22And I thought, but how do we know that she can act?
52:23And she did phenomenally.
52:25And she's been in plenty of other films as well, like House of Gucci.
52:27So if we use that as the template, I would say that, you know, let's give her the benefit of the doubt.
52:33Definitely.
52:33Definitely.
52:33We're moving on to a different topic now, Harry Potter.
52:37I'm not too familiar with this, but apparently there is a bit of a link between Harry Potter and Christmas.
52:41Are you aware of this at all?
52:42Well, I know that it was this very week in, wait for it now, 2001, that the first Harry Potter film,
52:51The Philosopher's Stone, came out.
52:53And also, exactly the following year, The Chamber of Secrets came out.
52:57So these were films released in November, just like many Halloween films, actually in the 70s,
53:01were released after Halloween.
53:03Christmas films are often released way before Christmas.
53:05So you have this intersection between the seasons.
53:08So in that sense, this is a film, like Wizard of Oz, people will associate with Christmas
53:13because of the time of year in which they saw it, even though the actual films themselves may not be Christmassy.
53:19Absolutely.
53:19And I think it's interesting because Harry Potter, as a film franchise, is very much,
53:24it takes place over the course of a school year.
53:26So it has these very iconic Christmas moments.
53:28I can remember, obviously, in the first one, where he unwraps his invisibility cloak,
53:33and then in, I think it's a firebolt from someone else.
53:36But it's the whole season.
53:38So even though it's got, you know, I would argue Harry Potter has more Halloween ties than Christmas.
53:43But I find it interesting that people kind of make that comparison.
53:46Are there any movies similar to that that you tend to enjoy over the holiday period?
53:49Maybe not Harry Potter, but something else that even though it's not necessarily a Christmas film,
53:54you still watch it at Christmas?
53:55Yeah, I mean, a film like, well, The Apartment comes to mind.
53:57Now, that in a way is a Christmassy film.
54:00But the question is, does the fact that it's set over the Christmas season,
54:03I mean, Die Hard is the obvious example people would give.
54:06You know, what makes it a Christmas film?
54:08Does it have to be an integral part of the narrative?
54:10Is there like a sliding scale?
54:12You know, what's the criteria?
54:14But I mean, a film often that we associate, maybe a Christmas Day film,
54:18I remember back in the 90s, Batman, the 1989 Tim Burton version,
54:23received its TV premiere on Christmas Day in 91.
54:26A few years later, Jurassic Park came out Christmas Day.
54:28E.T. came out, I think, in 1990, you know, a good eight years after it was made.
54:33So there would have been people, Back to the Future, another example,
54:35great films, summer blockbusters in some cases,
54:38that had their TV premiere on Christmas Day.
54:41People always associate Christmas with those films.
54:44So for me, 1991, I think of the release of Batman.
54:47Yet it was a huge summer 1989 theatrical release.
54:51Absolutely.
54:52On Harry Potter, obviously, a very long-standing franchise of films.
54:57We have another franchise of films, a little bit brighter, maybe,
55:00than the last in terms of its colour palette.
55:01Toy Story 5 has been announced.
55:04Obviously, we had the first four over before I was born
55:08and through my childhood.
55:09So it's a long-standing franchise.
55:11First of all, what do you make of it?
55:13Do we need a Toy Story 5?
55:14Well, I'm afraid that I was old enough to see it.
55:18The first one that came out, it was around February, wait for this, of 1996.
55:22So we're talking nearly 30 years.
55:24This one is due out, I think, next June.
55:26So we're talking 30 years since the first one.
55:29Well, I mean, Tom Hanks, when he was interviewed after Toy Story 4,
55:33said, that's the end.
55:34You know, in a way, we've reached closure.
55:36We don't need to go any further forward.
55:38Whereas Tim Allen was much more amenable to the possibility of a fifth.
55:42I think he said, when you've had the trilogy, once you've gone beyond the trilogy,
55:45anything goes.
55:46You can keep going.
55:47Why do you need to stop?
55:48So there is that reason.
55:49But also, I think the crucial thing is,
55:51are they going to appeal to a new generation of children?
55:54I mean, there's the irony that there will be people now
55:56who may even have grandchildren who were children
55:59or young people themselves when this first one came out.
56:02So in that respect, it has to appeal to a new generation.
56:05And I think from what I've read,
56:06is there might be a sense in which they are engaging
56:09with the world of computer and smart screens,
56:12maybe an on-screen toy or video game.
56:14So that would be an interesting twist to the very first film,
56:17which was much more dealing with those analogue toys of yesteryear.
56:21Absolutely.
56:21And if you want my two cents,
56:23I think we've had, you know, like you say there,
56:25you go past the third one,
56:25we've had nine Star Wars films.
56:27We had an Indiana Jones remake.
56:28I think you get to this point,
56:30and you can't really point fingers at,
56:32well, I don't want Toy Story 5.
56:33It's, you know, it's different films for different people.
56:35Well, that is, unfortunately, all the time we have.
56:38So thank you so much.
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56:40And we'll see you very soon.
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