Rob Reiner's son arrested for murder
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Nick Reiner, the son of Rob Reiner, has been arrested and is in custody after the legendary Hollywood director and actor and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles home. We speak to Rob and Michele's friend Kris Perry, who served as the plaintiff in a landmark case to overturn California's gay marriage, about the lasting impact of the couples activism.
Also in the programme: Investigations continue into the fatal attack on people marking the Jewish festival of Hannukah at Bondi Beach. We bring the latest updates from Australia; and following the election of right winger Jose Antonio Kast to the Chilean presidency, we explore that lasting legacy of cold war dictator Augusto Pinochet.
(Picture: Director Rob Reiner and his son Nick Reiner attend AOL Build Presents: "Being Charlie" at AOL Studios In New York on May 4, 2016 in New York. Credit: Rommel Demano/Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:10.4 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour with me, Sean Lay, coming to live from the BBC studios in London. |
| 0:17.9 | Coming up later in the programme, positive vibes from Berlin, aimed at ending Russian's war in Ukraine. |
| 0:23.5 | Now we have an opportunity for a real peace process for Ukraine. It's still a small seat, but there is a real opportunity there. |
| 0:33.5 | And we'll also be reporting from Sydney following the deadly attack against the Jewish community there, exploring the reaction among jihadi groups online. |
| 0:43.8 | But we begin this hour with the killing of the Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, the photographer Michelle Singer-Riner. |
| 0:52.4 | Their son, one of their sons, has been arrested by |
| 0:55.1 | police in Los Angeles investigating their killing on Sunday afternoon. Riner, whose most recent |
| 1:00.2 | film is the Spinal Tap sequel, had spoken of his son Nick's struggle with addiction and long |
| 1:05.4 | period spent homeless. In 2015, the two men collaborated on being Charlie, inspired by those experiences. |
| 1:12.5 | Rob Reiner was 78, known for directing films including This Is Spinal Tap, |
| 1:16.7 | The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, and a few good men. |
| 1:21.2 | Here's he is discussing his art interspersed with extracts from his films. |
| 1:36.3 | Music interspersed with extracts from his films. You know, it's nice when people recognize you and all that, |
| 1:39.4 | but I mean, ultimately, the reward is the work. |
| 1:42.2 | And if you enjoy what you're doing and you feel that you've accomplished what you set out to do, that's the reward. |
| 1:51.0 | What we do is if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do? |
| 1:56.0 | Put it up to a lot. |
| 1:57.0 | 11, exactly. |
| 1:58.0 | One louder. |
| 1:59.0 | Why don't you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top number and make that a little |
| 2:03.5 | loud? |
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