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TRIBUTE TO RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH

British film director Richard Attenborough has died at the age of 90. His sixty year career, first as an actor, then as a director, has been one of the longest running in British cinema history. Over many years, he has also been the driving force behind numerous chartiable causes, institutions and campaigns, receiving a knighthood in 1967. He will be remembered as one of the great figures of his generation.

Perhaps his most famous film, winning eight Oscars, was the 1982 biopic 'Gandhi'. It took Attenborough many years to get this film made after being approached with the idea by an Indian civil servant working in London in 1962. From that moment, Attenborough became obsessed with Gandhi's story and continued to raise funds until the idea became a reality twenty years later. In 2003, to mark his 80th birthday, Arena was granted special access to film Attenborough's day to day life. During the course of this, he took us back to the East London lodgings where Gandhi stayed on a visit to London. Here, Attenborough reflects on the long lasting effect and inspiration that Gandhi had on his own life and work.

听Arena: Tha Many Lives Of Richard Attenborough (2003). Directed by Adam Low. Series Editor - Anthony Wall

'MATCH OF THE DAY' HITS 50

As the new football season kicks off, the television institution that is Match Of The Day celebrates 50 years since it was first aired. The iconic programme has long been an ingrained part of Saturday night television, bridging the gap between the fans and the action before the days of full live TV coverage. The show made a special anniversary edition where footballers, pundits and commentators sing their praise for the show that has inspired and entertained them since 1954.

Watch the full programme on iplayer here:

Back in 2013, MOTD2 and Arena had an unlikely run in. To coincide with the broadcast of Arena: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, MOTD made a special feature of the weekends football highlights cut together with scenes from the Beatles' pioneering film from 1967. The fab four and the premier league's finest...we always knew it was a match made in heaven...

听From Arena: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited (2012). Directed by Francis Hanly, Series Editor - Anthony Wall

听'LET'S KILL ALL THE LAWYERS'

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers!". This famous line from Shakespeare's Henry VI part two has been a much reused phrase and now the inspiration behind a new play from David Epstein. A retired lawyer himself, he became fascinated by the audiences reaction to this line, cheering at the idea of it. Lawyers are often thought of as the most hated profession, and in Epstein's new script 'Incitement', he examines the social acceptability of such sentiments.

In July 1987, Ken Russell was summoned to defend himself in New York Supreme Court. The accusation was breach of contract, the plaintiff, Bob Guccione, one of the richest men in the world and publisher of Penthouse magazine. Guccione had engaged Russell to script and direct an adaptation of Defoe's 18th century novel 'Moll Flanders'. However, an acrimonious breakdown of relations between the two of them resulted in the cancellation of the film. Guccione claimed losses of over one million dollars and began a case to sue Russell. Arena followed Russell to New York as he prepared for the trial, and he gives us an insight into the rather unorthodox deal he made with his lawyer to keep his legal costs down.

From Arena: Your Honour, I听Object听(1987). Directed by Nigel Finch, Series Editor - Anthony Wall听

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