Arlene Foster had been hoping to celebrate her first twelve months in charge of Northern Ireland this week. Instead, she's found herself forced out of office.It's got little to do with religion, constitution or the almost four THOUSAND people who've lost their lives during political conflict over the decades.The DUP leader and Northern Ireland First Minister has had to step down in a bitter row over renewable energy subsidies. On Profile, Mark Coles looks back at Arlene Foster's life and career and the reasons behind this week's political upheavals. Producer Smita Patel
Researcher Jordan Dunbar.
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Folge vom 14.01.2017Arlene Foster
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Folge vom 07.01.2017Dippy the DiplodocusIt's the end of an era. Dippy the dinosaur has left the building. Gifted to King Edward VII in 1905, a 70 foot long cast of a fossilised dinosaur skeleton discovered in America has been on display at London's Natural History Museum for more than a century. It's become the country's most recognisable museum exhibit - seen by an estimated 90 million people. Now it's being replaced by the real skeleton of a giant blue whale...Dippy's 292 plaster cast bones setting off instead on a nationwide tour. On Profile this week, Mark Coles examines how Dippy the replica Diplodocus has become a national treasure. Producer Smita Patel Researcher Beth Sagar-Fenton.
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Folge vom 31.12.2016David DavisDavid Davis will be a major figure in the coming year as minister in charge of Brexit. In this week's Profile, Chris Bowlby hears how he was was shaped by a council house upbringing, SAS training, a turbulent political career and a significant love of sugar. Producer: Smita Patel Researchers: Sarah Shebbeare & Serena Tarling Editor: Penny Murphy.
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Folge vom 24.12.2016Raymond BriggsOn Profile this week we explore the life and career of one of the world's best loved children's illustrators. Over the last half century - much to his horror - Raymond Briggs has become a part of Christmas. Two books about a grumpy Father Christmas have become bestsellers. The film adaptation of his 1978 picture book 'The Snowman' has been shown on TV every Christmas for the past three decades. And now, this Christmas, the BBC is screening 'Ethel And Ernest' - a new film of Briggs' 1998 book about his parents. Mark Coles talks to Raymond Briggs' family and friends to find out what his books are really about.Producer: Smita Patel Researcher Sarah Shebbeare Editor: Richard Knight.