November 10, 2025 • 8 mins
Entertainment Editor Peter Ford on Trump threatening to sue the BBC, Prince William discussing Princess Catherine's health, Kris Jenner's glam birthday party and the 50th anniversary of the dismissal.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, there's a major development in the scandal surrounding a
BBC documentary about President Donald Trump.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Yeah, let's catch up his our entertainment editor Peter Ford
Morning Pete. Trump has responded, He certainly has, and he's
made a threat, and that threat is he wants he
wants to have this redressed very publicly, and he's given
them until five o'clock Friday. I guess that's in UK time,
so it'll be Saturday morning here. But when they have
to respond, and what he wants them to do is
(00:27):
to do a full retraction, an apology, and it wants
to be addressed on air, you know in newspapers when
they do those apologies like a postage dap size.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
He doesn't want that.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
He wants major coverage of the fact that they are
apologizing and retracting that piece of editing. Now, interestingly, it's
worth noting that the actual program that went to air
that had that was not a BBC program. It was
bought by an outside production company and shown on the BBC.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
But because they are still liable.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Now, he wants, as I say, one and a half
a billion dollars if they don't do exactly as he's
telling them what to do. So this is a huge
dilemma for the BBC because they will be seen to
be caving in. But at the same time they can't argue, oh,
we stand by our broadcasting because clearly two major people
have fallen on their sword. Now one of those people
(01:19):
is Deborah Deborah Urness. I want to say, Deborah Lee Furness,
Deborah Urness, and she is one of two people who
did have to fall on his sword. But she still
stands by the BBC and she believes it is still
a very trusted, reputable news brand.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
This is Deborah Tons.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
It has been the privilege of my career to serve
as the CEO of BBC News and to work with
our brilliant team of journalists. I step down over the
weekend because the box stops with me. But I'd like
to make one thing very clear. BBC News is not
institutionally biased. That's why it's the world's most trusted news provider.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
So it's a law firm in Florida who are representing
President Trump on this and the BBC are yet to
respond in any way. The BBC is under fire actually
at the moment for a whole bunch of things. There's
really a strong belief that they are not being fair
and responsible on issues like trans issues and also the
war in Gaza, that they have a left wing bias.
(02:20):
So it's a big time of turmoil for the BBC.
You know what this means, We're back on top because
we were second most trusted.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
News brand in the world.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Yes, of course now that we step.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Out o a BBC is faltering just a little bit.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Go Morning Show, good observation lest Yeah, Prince William Feed
has given a you interview in Brazil.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yeah, so this is interesting once again and interviewed not
to a British outlet, but obviously when he speaks it
gets reported worldwide. And in this he addresses a whole
bunch of things, not quite as open as he was
with Eugene Levy, but nonetheless showing a more personal side,
referencing the kids and they're wanting to have phones, et cetera.
And also what a tough time it's been in the
(03:02):
last day, ten months or so.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
This is Prince William, how are you.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Every family has its own difficulties, in its own challenges,
and I think it's very individual and sort of moment
dependent as to how you deal with those problems. We
choose to communicate a lot more with our children now
that has good things and as bad things.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Sometimes you feel you're over sharing with the children. You
probably shouldn't.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
But most of the time it hiding stuff in them
doesn't work. Our children don't have phones. I think when
George moves on to secondary school then maybe he might
have a phone that has no internet access.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
But no, he's how is he know?
Speaker 3 (03:36):
He's twelve and he has no phones?
Speaker 4 (03:39):
No way, And to be honest, it's getting it's getting
to the point where it's becoming a little bit like
tenant issue. But I think he understands why.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I'd be having a word to the sound though, but
nonetheless still a very interesting insight into Prince William.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
No, it's actually quite open, and sometimes I find he's
really guarded.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
But is that talking about the phones and children putting
a pressure? And I kind of like that, and even
the body language very relaxed. Can you imagine the trouble
a prince or princess could convince you with the phone?
Speaker 3 (04:07):
I wouldn't giving.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Them to If you're the next king of the world,
wouldn't you just ban phones in the high school?
Speaker 3 (04:13):
So no, one could have them. George isn't having one, Pete.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
We're finally getting a full look at Christian as James
Bond scene like this, it was double O seven. She's
seventy double O seven.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Oh yeah. And when they do they're clever, clever.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Actually, you know when they do a theme party, you
know they call in the experts and this is they
just throw a few things together. Now you can see
we rattled off some of those names who were there,
you know, like Harry and Meghan and Oprah and Justin Bieber,
Miranda k I might add.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
A lot of these people.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
There seems to be no connection at all to christ
Jenna obviously her daughters were there.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Be curious to know whether they.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Were filming That was Harry and Meghan. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Harry and Meghan, wouldn't I'd love to know they filmed
it for the show. I mean, if I was producing
that show, I would be absolutely demanding we have cameras
in there. And when it's a great guest, yeah, it's
very impressive. And look as always, who stole the show
but Kim? Because Kim channeled Hailey Berry's outfit from Die
(05:18):
Another Day, and who wore it better? Is it Hailey
Berry or is it in fact Kim Kardashian. But yeah,
that Bond theme party because at the house of Jess
Bezos and Laurence Sanchez.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Certainly why something else?
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Pet of course they filmed it for the show.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
The whole thing then is a tax right off? Yeah, exactly, Yeah,
that's true, of course, clever ya. I know you're upset.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
You weren't there, I know, And you've got a special
piece of history to show us people.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, you know today we're reminiscing about. It's almost if
you're old enough, where were you when? Of course the
Whitlam government was dismissed by the Governor General. Was an
extraordinary moment in Australian history. But I hope some people
remember Norman Gunston. Now, Norman Gunston was a great comedy
character who's created by Gary McDonald and we all took
(06:05):
it seriously in the same way that when you were
with Daanedna, you were with day Edna and Norman Gunston
was Norman Gunston. And even one of the gold logi
is you can see here as Norman Gunston, not as
Gary McDonald. He was over the top. It was a
send up of people in TV and big egos and
little talent, etc. But on this day fifty years ago
(06:26):
when the Whitlam government was dismissed and people gathered outside
Parliament House, who was there hovering around with all the
politicians but Norman Gunston. Now people will see this today.
That's oh, it's ai. It's not this is real or people.
What is more fascinating is how security just let him
get up there and talk to Bob Hawk and Bill Hayden.
(06:48):
And at this pivotal moment in Australian history, in front
of thousands of angry people, there was Norman Gunston mixing
it with the best of them. It's a great melding
of politics and show business and not just content to
be wandering around.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Norman thought, I'm.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Going to address the crowd myself, so as I say,
at this extraordinary moment in Australian history, and this is
what happened.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Well, I want to know.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Is this en upfront to the constitution of this country? Oh?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Was it just a stroke of goodluck for mister Fraser?
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Thanks very much. There's the weak. It does not get
any more Australian than that. Nowhere else in the world.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
I love when Hawky leads in and goes it's bit serious, mate.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Thank you, Thanks Pete.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Great seeing that Footaho
Well, there's a major development in the scandal surrounding a
BBC documentary about President Donald Trump.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Yeah, let's catch up his our entertainment editor Peter Ford
Morning Pete. Trump has responded, He certainly has, and he's
made a threat, and that threat is he wants he
wants to have this redressed very publicly, and he's given
them until five o'clock Friday. I guess that's in UK time,
so it'll be Saturday morning here. But when they have
to respond, and what he wants them to do is
(00:27):
to do a full retraction, an apology, and it wants
to be addressed on air, you know in newspapers when
they do those apologies like a postage dap size.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
He doesn't want that.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
He wants major coverage of the fact that they are
apologizing and retracting that piece of editing. Now, interestingly, it's
worth noting that the actual program that went to air
that had that was not a BBC program. It was
bought by an outside production company and shown on the BBC.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
But because they are still liable.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Now, he wants, as I say, one and a half
a billion dollars if they don't do exactly as he's
telling them what to do. So this is a huge
dilemma for the BBC because they will be seen to
be caving in. But at the same time they can't argue, oh,
we stand by our broadcasting because clearly two major people
have fallen on their sword. Now one of those people
(01:19):
is Deborah Deborah Urness. I want to say, Deborah Lee Furness,
Deborah Urness, and she is one of two people who
did have to fall on his sword. But she still
stands by the BBC and she believes it is still
a very trusted, reputable news brand.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
This is Deborah Tons.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
It has been the privilege of my career to serve
as the CEO of BBC News and to work with
our brilliant team of journalists. I step down over the
weekend because the box stops with me. But I'd like
to make one thing very clear. BBC News is not
institutionally biased. That's why it's the world's most trusted news provider.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
So it's a law firm in Florida who are representing
President Trump on this and the BBC are yet to
respond in any way. The BBC is under fire actually
at the moment for a whole bunch of things. There's
really a strong belief that they are not being fair
and responsible on issues like trans issues and also the
war in Gaza, that they have a left wing bias.
(02:20):
So it's a big time of turmoil for the BBC.
You know what this means, We're back on top because
we were second most trusted.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
News brand in the world.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Yes, of course now that we step.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Out o a BBC is faltering just a little bit.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Go Morning Show, good observation lest Yeah, Prince William Feed
has given a you interview in Brazil.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yeah, so this is interesting once again and interviewed not
to a British outlet, but obviously when he speaks it
gets reported worldwide. And in this he addresses a whole
bunch of things, not quite as open as he was
with Eugene Levy, but nonetheless showing a more personal side,
referencing the kids and they're wanting to have phones, et cetera.
And also what a tough time it's been in the
(03:02):
last day, ten months or so.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
This is Prince William, how are you.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Every family has its own difficulties, in its own challenges,
and I think it's very individual and sort of moment
dependent as to how you deal with those problems. We
choose to communicate a lot more with our children now
that has good things and as bad things.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Sometimes you feel you're over sharing with the children. You
probably shouldn't.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
But most of the time it hiding stuff in them
doesn't work. Our children don't have phones. I think when
George moves on to secondary school then maybe he might
have a phone that has no internet access.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
But no, he's how is he know?
Speaker 3 (03:36):
He's twelve and he has no phones?
Speaker 4 (03:39):
No way, And to be honest, it's getting it's getting
to the point where it's becoming a little bit like
tenant issue. But I think he understands why.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I'd be having a word to the sound though, but
nonetheless still a very interesting insight into Prince William.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
No, it's actually quite open, and sometimes I find he's
really guarded.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
But is that talking about the phones and children putting
a pressure? And I kind of like that, and even
the body language very relaxed. Can you imagine the trouble
a prince or princess could convince you with the phone?
Speaker 3 (04:07):
I wouldn't giving.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Them to If you're the next king of the world,
wouldn't you just ban phones in the high school?
Speaker 3 (04:13):
So no, one could have them. George isn't having one, Pete.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
We're finally getting a full look at Christian as James
Bond scene like this, it was double O seven. She's
seventy double O seven.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Oh yeah. And when they do they're clever, clever.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Actually, you know when they do a theme party, you
know they call in the experts and this is they
just throw a few things together. Now you can see
we rattled off some of those names who were there,
you know, like Harry and Meghan and Oprah and Justin Bieber,
Miranda k I might add.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
A lot of these people.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
There seems to be no connection at all to christ
Jenna obviously her daughters were there.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Be curious to know whether they.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Were filming That was Harry and Meghan. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Harry and Meghan, wouldn't I'd love to know they filmed
it for the show. I mean, if I was producing
that show, I would be absolutely demanding we have cameras
in there. And when it's a great guest, yeah, it's
very impressive. And look as always, who stole the show
but Kim? Because Kim channeled Hailey Berry's outfit from Die
(05:18):
Another Day, and who wore it better? Is it Hailey
Berry or is it in fact Kim Kardashian. But yeah,
that Bond theme party because at the house of Jess
Bezos and Laurence Sanchez.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Certainly why something else?
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Pet of course they filmed it for the show.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
The whole thing then is a tax right off? Yeah, exactly, Yeah,
that's true, of course, clever ya. I know you're upset.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
You weren't there, I know, And you've got a special
piece of history to show us people.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, you know today we're reminiscing about. It's almost if
you're old enough, where were you when? Of course the
Whitlam government was dismissed by the Governor General. Was an
extraordinary moment in Australian history. But I hope some people
remember Norman Gunston. Now, Norman Gunston was a great comedy
character who's created by Gary McDonald and we all took
(06:05):
it seriously in the same way that when you were
with Daanedna, you were with day Edna and Norman Gunston
was Norman Gunston. And even one of the gold logi
is you can see here as Norman Gunston, not as
Gary McDonald. He was over the top. It was a
send up of people in TV and big egos and
little talent, etc. But on this day fifty years ago
(06:26):
when the Whitlam government was dismissed and people gathered outside
Parliament House, who was there hovering around with all the
politicians but Norman Gunston. Now people will see this today.
That's oh, it's ai. It's not this is real or people.
What is more fascinating is how security just let him
get up there and talk to Bob Hawk and Bill Hayden.
(06:48):
And at this pivotal moment in Australian history, in front
of thousands of angry people, there was Norman Gunston mixing
it with the best of them. It's a great melding
of politics and show business and not just content to
be wandering around.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Norman thought, I'm.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Going to address the crowd myself, so as I say,
at this extraordinary moment in Australian history, and this is
what happened.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Well, I want to know.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Is this en upfront to the constitution of this country? Oh?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Was it just a stroke of goodluck for mister Fraser?
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Thanks very much. There's the weak. It does not get
any more Australian than that. Nowhere else in the world.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
I love when Hawky leads in and goes it's bit serious, mate.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Thank you, Thanks Pete.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Great seeing that Footaho
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