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RESEARCH SHOWS 50% OF CHRISTMAS TV SHOWS IN THE UK WILL BE REPEATS

Take note viewers of British television programming- Christmas Day will be the worst for TV repeats with 55% of programs having aired before. Last year a similar situation resulted in Christmas 2020 seeing a massive 460% increase in downloads of Marmalade Game Studios games, which includes official versions of Monopoly, Taboo, Cluedo, Clue, Jumanji and The Game of Life. The studio believes that at least in part this trend was fueled by ‘boredom’ in watching Christmas TV reruns. The corresponding figure for 2019 is 54%.

Marmalade Game Studio

In addition, new analysis* from the UK’s leading digital board games publisher reveals 50% of the programs this Christmas on BBC 1, BBC2, ITV 1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will be repeats. The channels will show 403 programs across Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, and 202 will be repeats.
Marmalade Game Studio’s analysis reveals that 72% of the programs that will air on Channel 5 will be repeats, and the corresponding figures for Channel 4, ITV1, BBC2 and BBC1 will be 55%, 41%, 57% and 21% respectively.

Overall, Christmas Day will be the worst for repeats with 55% of programs having aired before, compared to 50% for Boxing Day and 46% for Christmas Eve.


Marmalade Game Studio’s analysis reveals that 52% of programs shown on the five channels across Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day in 2020 were repeats, and the corresponding figure for 2019 is 54%.

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        Saturday 18th December 2021

      BBC One

       6.00am  Breakfast
     10.00am  Saturday Kitchen Live :
                      Countdown to Christmas
      11.30am  Mary Berry – Love to Cook 
(Repeat)
      12.00       Football Focus
       1.00pm  BBC News, Weather
        1.15pm  Bargain Hunt 
(Repeat)
      2.00pm  Escape to the Country* (Repeat)
      2.30pm  Film : Maleficent (2014)*
      4.00pm  Final Score*
       5.10pm  BBC News*
       5.20pm  Regional News, 
Weather*
       5.30pm  Superman & Lois*
        6.10pm  The Weakest Link Strictly Special*
       7.00pm   Strictly Come Dancing : The Final*
​        9.05pm  Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel*
      10.05pm  BBC News, Weather*
      10.25pm  Match of the Day*
       11.45pm  The NFL Show*
       12.15am  Film : The Lost Boys (1987)*
         1.50am  Weather for the Week Ahead*
         1.55am  BBC News*

     *Schedule was slightly changed due to AJ Odudo 
       being injured so couldn’t take part in the Strictly
       Come Dancing Final. Match of the Day was 
       reduced to 35 minutes because of postponements
       of some games due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

       Replacement Schedule
        2.00pm  Escape to the Country 
(Repeat)
        3.00pm  Film : Maleficent (2014)
        4:30pm  Final Score
         5:15pm  BBC Weekend News
        5:30pm  Regional News
        5:35pm  BBC Weather
        5:40pm  Superman & Lois
        6:25pm  The Weakest Link
         7:10pm  Strictly Come Dancing
        9:00pm  Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
      10:00pm  BBC Weekend News
       10:15pm  BBC Weather
      10:20pm  Match of the Day
      10:50pm  Euro 2020 : Match of the Day Top 10,
                       Most Memorable Euros Moments
       11:20pm  The NFL Show
       11:50pm  Film : The Lost Boys (1987)
         1:25am  Weather for the Week Ahead
         1:30am  BBC News


     BBC One Wales (as above except)

        2.00pm  
 A Welsh-Italian Christmas
                        with Michela Chiappa 
(Repeat)
        2.30pm   Best Dishes Ever  (Repeat) (until 3.00pm)

       


​     
      
BBC One Northern Ireland (as above)







​       BBC One Scotland (as above except)

​      2.00pm  Escape to the Country 
(Repeat)
​      2.30pm  Film : Maleficent (2014)
      4.00pm  Landward
       4.30pm  Sportscene (until 5.10pm)
      11.50pm  Sportscene
     12.50pm  The NFL Show
        1.20am  Film : Lost Boys (1987)
        2.55am  Weather for the Week Ahead
       3.00am  BBC News

     Sunday 19th December 2021

      BBC One

      6.00am  Breakfast
       7.30am  Match of the Day 
(Repeat)
      9.00am  The Andrew Marr Show
     10.00am  Politics England
     10.30am  Sunday Morning Live
      11.30am  Heaven Made
     12.30pm  Bargain Hunt 
(Repeat)
       1.00pm  BBC News, Weather for the Week Ahead
        1.15pm  Songs of Praise :
                      Christmas at Westminster Abbey
       1.50pm  Film : How to Train Your Dragon 3 : 
                      The Hidden World (2019) 
       3.25pm  Frozen Planet 
(Repeat)
       4.25pm  BBC News
       4.35pm  Regional News, Weather
       4.45pm  Countryfile at Christmas
       5.45pm  Antiques Roadshow Christmas Special
       6.45pm  Sports Personality of the Year
       9.00pm  The Girl Before
     10.00pm  BBC News
     10.20pm  Regional News, Weather
     10.30pm  Match of the Day 2
     11.40pm  The Women’s Football Show
      12.15am  Film : Spider-Man : Far From Home (2019)
        2.15am  Weather for the Week Ahead
       2.20am  BBC News

      Monday 20th December 2021

      BBC One

       6.00am  Breakfast
        9.15am  Morning Live at Christmas
     10.00am  Animal Park Christmas Special 
(Repeat)
      10.45am  A Countryside Christmas
       11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer 
(Repeat)
      12.15pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)
       1.00pm  BBC News
       1.30pm  Regional News
       1.45pm  Lifeline
       1.55pm  Snow Babies 
(Repeat)
       2.55pm  Donkey’s Caroling Christmas-Tacular
       3.05pm  Film : Moana (2016)
       4.45pm  Wallace & Gromit :
                      A Matter of Loaf and Death 
(Repeat)
       5.15pm  Pointless (Repeat)
      6.00pm  BBC News, Weather
       6.35pm  Regional News
        7.05pm  Mary Berry’s Festive Feasts
       8.00pm  EastEnders
       8.30pm  Would I Lie to You? At Christmas
       9.00pm  The Girl Before
     10.00pm  BBC News
      10.25pm  Regional News, Weather
      10.35pm  Film : King of Thieves (2018)

       12.20am  Bad Education Christmas Special (Repeat)
       12.50am  Cuckoo Christmas Special (Repeat)
        1.25am  Weather for the Week Ahead
        1.30am  BBC News

     Tuesday 21st December 2021

      BBC One

       6.00am  Breakfast
        9.15am  Morning Live at Christmas
     10.00am  Animal Park Christmas Special 
(Repeat)
      10.45am  A Countryside Christmas
       11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer 
(Repeat)
      12.15pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)
       1.00pm  BBC News
       1.30pm  Regional News, Weather
       1.45pm  Spy in the Snow 
(Repeat)
       2.45pm  Film : Saving Mr Banks (2013)
       4.45pm  Wallace and Gromit : The Wrong Trousers
                      
(Repeat)
        5.15pm  Pointless (Repeat)
       6.00pm  BBC News, Weather
       6.30pm  Regional News
       7.00pm   The Goes Wrong Show :
                       The Spirit of Christmas 
                       
(Repeat)
        7.30pm  EastEnders
        8.00pm  Celebrity MasterChef
                        Christmas Cook-Off
        9.00pm  The Girl Before
       10.00pm  BBC News
        10.25pm  Regional News, Weather
        10.35pm  The Royle Family :
                         Barbara’s Old Ring 
(Repeat)
         11.35pm  Have I Got a Bit More News for You
                         
(Repeat)
         12.20am  The Graham Norton Show (Repeat)
           1.10am  Weather for the Week Ahead
           1.15am  BBC News

     Wednesday 22nd December 2021

      BBC One

      
 6.00am  Breakfast
        9.15am  Morning Live at Christmas
     10.00am  Animal Park Christmas Special 
(Repeat)
      10.45am  A Countryside Christmas
       11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer 
(Repeat)
      12.15pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)
       1.00pm  BBC News
       1.30pm  Regional News, Weather
       1.45pm  Snow Animals 
(Repeat)
       2.45pm  Merry Madagascar (Repeat)
       3.05pm  Film : Pete’s Dragon (2016)
       4.40pm  Wallace & Gromit : A Close Shave 
(Repeat)
        5.15pm  Pointless Celebrities Christmas Special 
        6.00pm  BBC News, Weather
        6.30pm  Regional News
        7.00pm  The Repair Shop at Christmas 
(Repeat)
        8.00pm  The Great British Celebrity Sewing Bee
                        Christmas Special
        9.00pm  The Girl Before
       10.00pm  BBC News 
       10.25pm  Regional News, Weather
       10.35pm  Film : Crazy Rich Asians (2018) Premiere
       12.30am  Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel 
(Repeat) 
         1.30am  Superman & Lois (Repeat)
         2.10am  Weather for the Week Ahead
         2.15am  BBC News 
        
     
    
Thursday 23rd December 2021

      BBC One

       
6.00am  Breakfast
        9.15am  Animal Park Christmas Special 
(Repeat)
     10.00am  Animal Park Christmas Special (Repeat)
      10.45am  A Countryside Christmas
       11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer 
(Repeat)
      12.15pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)
       1.00pm  BBC News
       1.30pm  Regional News, Weather
       1.45pm  Penguins : Meet the Family 
(Repeat)
       2.45pm  Revolting Rhymes (Repeat)
       3.15pm  Film : Cinderella (2015)
       4.50pm  Wallace and Gromit : A Grand Day Out
                      
(Repeat)
        5.15pm  Superman & Lois
       6.00pm  BBC News, Weather
       6.20pm  Regional News
       6.30pm  The Weakest Link Christmas Special
        7.15pm  The Wall Versus EastEnders
       8.05pm  EastEnders
       8.30pm  Ghosts Christmas Special
       9.00pm  Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Cook-Off

      10.00pm  Not Going Out Christmas Special
      10.40pm  BBC News
       11.10pm  Regional News, Weather
      11.20pm  Gavin & Stacey
      12.20am  Film : Late Night (2019)
        1.55am  Weather for the Week Ahead
       2.00am  BBC News


   
    Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 2021

      BBC One
     
       6.00am  Breakfast
        9.15am  CBeebies presents :
                      The Night Before Christmas 
(Repeat)
       9.50am  The Farmer’s Llamas
                       
(Repeat)
      10.20am  Room on the Broom (Repeat)
       10.45am  The Gruffalo (Repeat)
        11.15am  The Gruffalo’s Child 
        11.40am  Film : Brave (2012)
          1.05pm  BBC News
          1.20pm  Regional News, Weather
          1.30pm  Film : Frozen (2013)
         3.00pm  Film : Abominable (2019)  Premiere
         4.30pm  Film : Dolittle (2020) 
Premiere
         6.00pm  Shaun the Sheep :
                        The Flight Before Christmas
         6.30pm  BBC News
         6.55pm  Regional News, Weather
         7.00pm  The Repair Shop at Christmas 
         8.00pm  EastEnders
         8.30pm  Top Gear : Driving Home for Christmas
         9.30pm  I Can See Your Voice
       10.30pm  The Vicar of Dibley :
                        The Christmas Lunch Incident 
(Repeat)
        11.15pm  BBC News, Weather
       11.45pm  Midnight Mass from St Chad’s Cathedral
        1.00am  Film : Lost at Christmas (2020) Premiere
        2.35am  The NFL Show 
        3.10am  Weather for the Week Ahead
        3.15am  BBC News

      Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 2021

      BBC One

       6.00am  Breakfast
       9.05am  Zog  
(Repeat)
       9.35am  Zog and the Flying Doctors (Repeat)
     10.00am  Christmas Day Service from
                      Coventry Cathedral 
     11.00am   Stick Man 
(Repeat)
      11.25am   Shaun the Sheep : 
                      The Flight Before Christmas 
(Repeat)
     12.00pm  Top of the Pops Christmas 
       1.00pm  BBC News, Weather
        1.10pm  Film : The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
                       
Premiere
       2.30pm  Superworm
       3.00pm  The Queen
        3.10pm  Film : Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
                       
Premiere
        5.10pm  Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
       6.25pm  Michael McIntyre’s Christmas Wheel
        7.25pm  Blankety Blank Christmas Special

       8.00pm  Call the Midwife Christmas Special
       9.35pm  EastEnders
     10.20pm  Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special
​     10.50pm  The Vicar of Dibley :
                      The Handsome Stranger 
(Repeat)
      11.50pm  BBC News, Weather
      12.00am  On Christmas Night
      12.05am  Film : Last Christmas (2019)
        1.45am  Would I Lie to You? At Christmas 
(Repeat)
        2.15am  I Can See Your Voice 
​                      
(Repeat)
        3.15am  Weather for the Week Ahead
        3.20am  BBC News


     
​      Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 2021

      BBC One
     
  
6:00am  Breakfast
   9:15am  The Snail and the Whale 
(Repeat)
  9:45am  The Highway Rat (Repeat)
 10:10am  Film : Shaun the Sheep: The Movie (2015)
  11:30am  Film : Trolls (2016)
  12:55pm  BBC News
   1:05pm  Regional News, Weather
    1:15pm  Songs of Praise :
                 Daniel O’Donnell’s Faith Journey
  1:50pm  Revolting Rhymes Part One 
(Repeat)
  2:20pm  Film : Beauty and the Beast (2017)
  4:20pm  Film : Paddington (2014)
  5:50pm  Around the World in 80 Days 
Episode 1
  6:40pm  Around the World in 80 Days Episode 2
  7:30pm  Death in Paradise Christmas Special
  9:00pm  A Very British Scandal
 10:00pm  EastEnders
 10:25pm  BBC News, Weather
 10:40pm  Match of the Day
  12:15am  Film : The Accountant (2016)
   2:15am  Weather for the Week Ahead
  2:20am  BBC News

       
  Bank Holiday Monday 27th December 2021

      BBC One

 
  6:00am  Breakfast 
    7:45am  Match of the Day 
(Repeat)
   9:20am  Film : Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
  10:45am  Film : The Boss Baby 
(Repeat)
   12:15pm  Bargain Hunt
    1:00pm  BBC News 
    1:20pm  Regional News, Weather
    1:30pm  Film : Finding Dory (2016)
   3:00pm  Film : Horrible Histories : The Movie
                   Rotten Romans (2019) Premiere
   4:30pm  Countryfile
   5:30pm  BBC News 
   5:45pm  Regional News, Weather
   5:55pm  Film : Paddington 2 (2017)
   7:30pm  EastEnders
  8:00pm  MasterChef: The Professionals
                  Rematch 2021
  9:00pm  A Very British Scandal
10:00pm  BBC News
 10:25pm  Regional News, Weather
 10:35pm  The Vicar of Dibley
                  The Vicar in White 
(Repeat)
  11:30pm  Not Going Out Christmas Special (Repeat)
  12:15am  Film : When Harry Met Sally (1989)
   1:45am  Weather for the Week Ahead
   1:50am  BBC News



      Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 2021

      BBC One

​    6:00am  Breakfast
      9:15am  Film : Planes (2013)
   10:40am  Film : Cars 3 (2017)
    12:15pm  Bargain Hunt Christmas Special 
(Repeat)
     1:00pm  BBC News
      1:15pm  Regional News, Weather
      1:25pm  Superworm 
(Repeat)
      1:55pm  Film : Wallace and Gromit in
                    The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
     3:10pm  Monsters vs Aliens :
                    Night of the Living Carrots  
(Repeat)
     3:25pm  Film : The BFG (Repeat)
     5:15pm  Pointless Celebrities (Repeat)
    6:00pm  BBC News
    6:20pm  Regional News, Weather
    6:30pm  The Weakest Link
     7:15pm  Worzel Gummidge : Twitchers
    8:10pm  EastEnders
   9:00pm  A Very British Scandal
 10:00pm  BBC News
  10:25pm  Regional News, Weather
  10:35pm  Match of the Day
  12:00am  Top Gear : Driving Home for Christmas
                   
(Repeat)
    1:05am  The Great British Celebrity Sewing Bee
                  Christmas Special 
(Repeat)
   2:05am  Weather for the Week Ahead
   2:10am  BBC News


      Wednesday 29th December 2021

      BBC One


  6:00am  Breakfast
  9:05am  Film : Monsters University (2013)
10:40am  Film : Big Hero 6 (2014)
12:15pm  Bargain Hunt Music Special 
(Repeat)
  1:00pm  BBC News
  1:30pm  Regional News, Weather
  1:40pm  Film : Inside Out (2015)
  3:10pm  Kung Fu Panda Holiday 
(Repeat)
  3:30pm  Film : A Dog’s Journey (2019) Premiere
  5:15pm  Pointless Celebrities (Repeat)
  6:00pm  BBC News
  6:20pm  Regional News, Weather
  6:30pm  The Weakest Link
   7:15pm  Worzel Gummidge : Calliope Jane
  8:10pm  The Repair Shop 
(Revised Repeat)
  9:00pm  Film : A Star Is Born (2018) Premiere
  11:10pm  BBC News
  11:35pm  Regional News, Weather
  11:45pm  Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special 
(Repeat)
 12:20am  Blankety Blank Christmas Special (Repeat)
  12:55am  Citizen Khan (Repeat)
    1:25am  Superman and Lois (Repeat)
   2:05am  Weather for the Week Ahead
   2:10am  BBC News


     
​      Thursday 30th December 2021

      BBC One

  
 6:00am  Breakfast
   9:05am  Film : Home (2015)
 10:30am  Dragons: Legend of the
                  Boneknapper Dragon 
(Repeat)
 10:45am  Film : Missing Link (2019)
  12:15pm  Bargain Hunt Entertainment Special 
(Repeat)
   1:00pm  BBC News
   1:30pm  Regional News, Weather
   1:45pm  Film : Zootropolis (2016)
   3:25pm  The Madagascar Penguins in
                   A Christmas Caper 
(Repeat)
   3:35pm  Film : The Jungle Book (2016)
   5:15pm  Pointless Celebrities 
(Repeat)
   6:00pm  BBC News
   6:15pm  Regional News, Weather
   6:25pm  The Weakest Link
   7:10pm  My Family 
(Repeat)
   7:40pm  EastEnders
   8:00pm  Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
   9:00pm  The Great British Celebrity Sewing Bee
                  New Year Special
 10:00pm  BBC News
 10:25pm  Regional News, Weather
 10:35pm  Film : Ready Player One (2018) 
Premiere
 12:45am  Not Going Out : Resolutions (Repeat)
   1:30am  Weather for the Week Ahead
   1:35am  BBC News


      New Year’s Eve Friday 31st December 2021

      BBC One

  6:00am  Breakfast
   9:10am  Film : Captain Underpants :
                  the First Epic Movie (2017)
 10:30am  Dragons : Gift of the Night Fury 
(Repeat)
 10:55am  Film : The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
 12:15pm  Bargain Hunt
   1:00pm  BBC News
   1:30pm  Regional News, Weather
   1:40pm  Meerkat : A Dynasties Special
                  
(Repeat)
   2:40pm  Film : Coco (2017)
    4:15pm  Top of the Pops New Year Special 
    5:15pm  Superman and Lois
   6:00pm  BBC News
    6:15pm  Regional News, Weather
   6:25pm  The Weakest Link
    7:10pm  EastEnders
   8:00pm  Question of Sport
   8:30pm  MasterChef : Champion of Champions
   9:30pm  Have I Got 2021 News for You
 10:00pm  BBC News, Weather
 10:20pm  The Graham Norton Show
                  New Year’s Eve Show
  11:25pm  The Big New Years & Years Eve Party
                  with Kylie and Pet Shop Boys
 12:00am  Happy New Year Live!
  12:10am  The Big New Years & Years Eve Party
                  with Kylie and Pet Shop Boys
 12:40am  Film : I Give It a Year (2013)
   2:10am  Weather for the Week Ahead
   2:15am  BBC News

   BBC Scotland  (as above except)

  
  10:20pm  Hogmanay 2021 – Preview
    10:30pm  Scot Squad Hogmanay Special
    11:00pm  Queen of the New Year
    11:30pm  Hogmanay 2021
    12:30am  The Graham Norton Show
       1:35am  Film : I Give It a Year (2013)
      3:05am  Weather for the Week Ahead
      3:10am  BBC News


     New Year’s Day Saturday 1st January 2022

      BBC One

      6.00am  Breakfast
     10.00am  Saturday Kitchen 
     11.30am  Nigellissima 
(Repeat)
    12.00pm  Football Focus
    12.30pm  Football Focus – Euro 2020 Review
      1.00pm  BBC News, Weather
       1.15pm  The Archbishop of Canterbury’s
                     New Year Message
      1.20pm  Attenborough and the
                     Mammoth Graveyard 
(Repeat)
      2.20pm  Film : The Sound of Music (1965)
       5.10pm  BBC News
       5.20pm  Regional News, Weather
       5.30pm  The Hit List
        6.15pm  The Weakest Link
        7.00pm  Doctor Who : Eve of the Daleks
        8.00pm  Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
        9.00pm  The Tourist
      10.00pm  Mrs Brown’s Boys
      10.30pm  BBC News, Weather
      10.45pm  Match of the Day
       11.45pm  The NFL Show
       12.15am  Film : Man Up (2015)
        1.40am  Weather for the Week Ahead
        1.45am  BBC News

      Sunday 2nd January 2022

​      BBC One

        6.00am  Breakfast
        8.30am  Match of the Day 
(Repeat)
        9.30am  Film : How to Train Your Dragon :
                       Homecoming (2019)
        9.55am  Film : Paddington (2014)
       11.20am  Film : Paddington 2 (2017)
        1.00pm  BBC News
         1.10pm  Weather for the Week Ahead
         1.15pm  Songs of Praise
        1.50pm  Escape to the Country 
(Repeat)
        2.20pm  Film : Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves
                       (1991)
        4.55pm  BBC News
        5.10pm  Regional News, Weather
        5.20pm  Countryfile
        6.20pm  Around the World in 80 Days
         7.10pm  Around the World in 80 Days
       8.00pm  Call the Midwife
       9.00pm  The Tourist
      10.00pm  BBC News
      10.20pm  Regional News, Weather
      10.30pm  Match of the Day 2
       11.50pm  Film : A Star is Born (2018)
       2.00am  Weather for the Week Ahead
        2.05am  BBC News

      Bank Holiday Monday 3rd January 2022

      BBC One

        6.00am  Breakfast
​        9.00am  Film : The Railway Children (1970)
       10.45am  The Moment of Proof
        11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer 
(Repeat)
       12.15pm  Bargain Hunt
        1.00pm  BBC News
        1.15pm  Regional News, Weather
        1.25pm  Father Brown
        2.15pm  The Repair Shop 
(Repeat)
        3.00pm  I Escaped to the Country
        3.45pm  The Farmer’s Country Showdown
        4.30pm  Antiques Road Trip
         5.15pm  Pointless
        6.00pm  BBC News
        6.20pm  Regional News, Weather
        6.30pm  Attenborough’s Wonder of Song
         7.30pm  Still Open All Hours 
(Repeat)
        8.00pm  EastEnders
        8.30pm  My Family 
(Repeat)
        9.00pm  Four Lives
      10.00pm  BBC News
       10.25pm  Regional News, Weather
       10.35pm  Have I Got a Bit More 2021 News for You
                        
(Repeat)
       11.20pm  Question of Sport (Repeat)
       11.50am  The Graham Norton Show (Repeat)
       12.55am  Weather for the Week Ahead
        1.00am  BBC News
      Saturday 18th December 2021

      BBC Two

     6.25am  Our Wild Adventures 
(Repeat)
      7.25am  Blue Peter : Our Big Christmas Cracker!
​                    
(Repeat)                          
      7.55pm  Film : A Christmas Story (1983)
      9.25am  Film : King of Kings (1961)
    12.00pm  Nigella’s Christmas Table 
(Repeat)
      1.00pm  Mary Berry’s Country House
                     at Christmas  
(Repeat)
     2.00pm  Film : Great Expectations (1946) (b&w)
     3.55pm  Charles Dickens and the
                     Invention of Christmas 
(Repeat)
     4.55pm  Flog It! (Repeat)
     5.30pm  Chris & Michael
                    Under the Christmas Sky 
(Repeat)
     6.30pm  Film : Whisky Galore! (2016) 
     8.05pm  The Snow Wolf : A Winter’s Tale 
(Repeat)
     9.05pm  Madonna at the BBC
   10.05pm  Film : Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
    11.45pm  Film : Madonna : Truth or Dare (1991)
      1.35am  Impeachment :
​                    American Crime Story 
(Repeat)

     
 
























   

​         BBC Two Wales (as above except)
         
         4.55pm  The Man Who Took on a Mansion
                        
(Repeat)
         5:40pm  Coast (Repeat)
         6:00pm  Tudur’s TV Flashback (Repeat)
         6:30pm  Chris and Michaela :
                         Under the Christmas Sky 
(Repeat)
          7:30pm  Film : Whisky Galore (2016) (until 9:05pm)

        BBC Two Northern Ireland (as above except)

         
  5:30pm  Between the Covers  (Repeat)
           6:00pm  The Wild Gardener (Repeat)
           6:30pm  Walking With… Jim Moir (Repeat)
            7:00pm  Gardeners’ World (Repeat)
                            (until 8.05pm)











​   Sunday 19th December 2021

      BBC Two

     6.05am  Gardeners’ World 
(Repeat)
     7.05pm  Countryfile (Repeat)
     8.00am  Landward (Repeat)
     8.30am  TV Film : Falling in Love at Christmas (2021)
    10.00am  Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 

    10.30am  Nadiya’s Fast Flavours (Repeat)
    12.00pm  Match of the Day Live : Women’s Football
                     Chelsea v West Ham United
      2.20pm  Live Equestrian 
      5.00pm  Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat 
(Repeat)
      6.00pm  Last Woman on Earth with Sara Pascoe
                      
(Repeat)
       7.00pm  Film : The Guernsey Literary and
                      Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
       9.00pm  Beauty and the Beast  :
                       A Pantomime for Comic Relief
      10.00pm  The Ranganation Christmas Special
      10.45pm  Two Doors Down  Christmas Special 
                       
(Repeat)
        11.15pm  Inside No 9 : The Devil of Christmas
                       
(Repeat)
        11.45pm  Film : The Invisible Woman (2013)
         1.30am  Question Time 
(Repeat)
         2.30am  Holby City (Repeat)
     

   
      Monday 20th December 2021

      BBC Two

      6.15am  Mary Berry – Love to Cook 
(Repeat)
      6.45am  Between the Covers (Repeat)
       7.15am  Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (Repeat)  
      8.15am  A Very Country Christmas 
(Repeat)
      9.15am  TV Film : Heart of the Holidays (2020)
    10.45am  Snow Wolf Family and Me 
(Repeat)
     11.15am  Nadiya’s Party Feasts (Repeat)
     12.15pm  Inside the Factory Christmas 2016
                     
(Repeat)
       1.15pm  Great Alaskan Railroads Journeys (Repeat)
      1.45pm  Film : Carousel (1956)
     3.50pm  Film : South Pacific (1958)
      6.15pm  Porridge : The Desperate Hours  
(Repeat)  
      7.00pm  Dad’s Army : Turkey Dinner 
(Repeat) 
      7.30pm   Mastermind
      8.00pm  Only Connect
      8.30pm  Christmas University Challenge
      9.00pm  QI Christmas Special : Season’s Greetings
      9.30pm  Two Doors Down Christmas Special
    10.00pm  We Wish you a Mandy Christmas
    10.20pm  Motherland Christmas Special 
(Repeat)
    10.50pm  Cinderella : A Comic Relief Pantomime
                      for Christmas 
(Repeat)
     11.50pm  Merry Christmas Baby : with Gregory
                     Porter and Friends 
(Repeat)
    12.50am   Film : My Week with Marilyn (2011)
      2.25am   Countryfile  
(Repeat)
      3.20am   What We Do in the Shadows (Repeat)

      Tuesday 21st December 2021

      BBC Two

     6.10am   MasterChef : The Professionals 
(Repeat)
      7.10am  Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (Repeat)
      8.10am  Lifeline (Repeat)
      8.20am  A Very Country Christmas (Repeat)
      9.20am  TV Film : Dancing Through Christmas
                     (2021)
    10.50am  Snow Wolf Family and Me 
(Repeat)
     11.20am  Nigellissima :
                     an Italian Inspired Christmas 
(Repeat)
     12.20pm  Inside the Factory Christmas 2017
                     
(Repeat)
       1.20pm  Great Alaskan Railway Journeys (Repeat)
       1.50pm  Film : Doctor Zhivago (1965)
       5.00pm  Remarkable Places to Eat 
(Repeat)
       6.00pm  The Good Life : Silly But It’s Fun (Repeat)
       6.30pm   Mortimer and Whitehouse : Gone Fishing 
                       
(Repeat)
        7.30pm  Dad’s Army : Battle of the Giants! (Repeat)
        8.30pm  Christmas University Challenge
        9.00pm  A Taste of Christmas with Andi Oliver
       10.00pm  Impeachment : American Crime Story
                        
(Repeat)
        11.10pm  What We Do in the Shadows 
        11.35pm  What We Do in the Shadows 
        12.00am  What We Do in the Shadows 
        12.30am  NFL This Week
         1.20am   Mary Berry’s Festive Feasts 
(Repeat)
         2.20am  Bridget Riley – Painting the Line (Repeat)
         3.20am  Dolly : The Sheep that
                        Changed the World 
(Repeat)


     Wednesday 22nd December 2021

      BBC Two

       6.15am   Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle
                      
(Repeat)
        7.20am  Winter : Earth’s Seasonal Secrets  (Repeat)
        8.20am  A Very Country Christmas (Repeat)
        9.30am  TV Film : Christmas a la Carte (2021)
      10.50am  Snow Wolf Family and Me 
(Repeat)
       11.20am  Rick Stein’s Cornish Christmas (Repeat)
       11.50am  Rick Stein’s Cornish Christmas (Repeat)
      12.20pm  Inside the Christmas Factory 2019
                       
(Repeat)
        1.25pm  Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys (Repeat)
        1.55pm  Film : Kiss Me Kate (1953)
       3.40pm  Film : Guys and Dolls (1955)
       6.05pm  Dad’s Army :
                      For the Love of Three Oranges 
(Repeat)
       6.40pm  Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em :
                      Jessica’s First Christmas 
(Repeat)
       7.30pm  Christmas University Challenge
       8.00pm  The Hairy Bikers Go North for Christmas
       9.00pm  Inside the Christmas Factory
     10.00pm  Live at the Apollo Christmas Special 
​      10.45pm  Secrets of the Apollo 
(Repeat)
       11.45pm  Film : Great Expectations (2012)
         1.45am  Villages by the Sea 
(Repeat)
         2.15am  Surgeons : At the Edge of Life (Repeat)
         3.15am  MasterChef  :  The Professionals (Repeat)
         4.15am  MasterChef  :  The Professionals (Repeat)

     Thursday 23rd December 2021

      BBC Two

         6.15am  Gardeners’ World 
(Repeat)
         7.15am  The Polar Bear Family and Me (Repeat) 
         8.15am  Heaven Made (Repeat)
         9.15am  TV Film : A Christmas to Savour (2021)
       10.45am  Snow Wolf Family and Me 
(Repeat)
        11.15am  Mary Berry’s Festive Feasts (Repeat)
        12.15pm  The Hairy Bikers Christmas Special
                        
(Repeat)
        12.30pm  Inside the Christmas Factory (Repeat)
          1.30pm  Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys (Repeat)
         2.00pm  Film : The Battle of River Plate (1956)
          3.55pm  Film : The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
          6.05pm  Upstart Crow : A Christmas Crow
                         
(Repeat)
          6.45pm  Blackadder’s Christmas Carol
                         
(Repeat)
          7.30pm  Christmas University Challenge
          8.00pm  Blackburn Sings Christmas with
                          Gareth Malone

          9.00pm  Film : Last Christmas (2019) Premiere
         10.35pm  Top of the Pops 1984 : Big Hits  
          11.35pm   Elton John Christmas Concert :
                           Old Grey Whistle Test
(Repeat)  
          12.40am  Elton John Live in Hyde Park 
(Repeat)
            1.40am  The Kinks Christmas Concert (Repeat)
            2.40am  Amazing Hotels : Life Beyond the Lobby
                          
(Repeat)
            3.40am  Strictly Come Dancing :The Final
                           
(Repeat)
            





​     Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 2021

      BBC Two
     
      6.20am  Walking with . . . Jim Moir 
(Repeat)
      6.50am  Nadiya’s Fast Flavours (Repeat)
       7.20am  The Polar Bear Family and Me (Repeat)
      8.20am  Heaven Made (Repeat)
      9.20am  TV Film : Fixing Up Christmas (2021)
     10.45am  A Taste of Christmas with Andi Oliver
                     
(Repeat)
      11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer
                      
(Repeat)
      12.15pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)
        1.05pm  Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys (Repeat)
        1.35pm  Film : To Catch a Thief (1955)
       3.20pm  Film : North by Northwest (1959)
        5.35pm  Dad’s Army : My Brother and I 
(Repeat)
         6.15pm  Carols from King’s
        7.30pm   Christmas University Challenge
        8.00pm  Gardeners’ World
        9.00pm  Vienna Blood
       10.30pm  A Ghost Story for Christmas :
                        The Mezzotint  
       11.00pm  Film : Amazing Grace (2018)
       12.30am  Carole King and Friends at Christmas
                        
(Repeat)1.30am  The Carpenters at the BBC (Repeat)  
​         2.05am  The Hairy Bikers Go North for Christmas
                        
(Repeat)  
         3.05am  Inside the Christmas Factory (Repeat)  



​ 
    Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 2021

      BBC Two

      6.10am  The Polar Bear Family & Me 
       7.10am  Film : Tinker Bell and the
​                     Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)
      8.20am  Malory Towers 
(Repeat)
      8.45am  Carols from King’s (Repeat)
    10.00am  Gangsta Granny (Repeat)
      11.10am  Film : Casablanca (1942)
     12.50pm  Film : Meet Me in St Louis (1944)
      2.40pm  
Marvellous Musicals : Talking Pictures  
                      
(Repeat)
       3.10pm  The Two Ronnies Christmas Sketchbook
                       
(Repeat)
       3.40pm  The Two Ronnies : The Studio Recordings 
                       
(Repeat)
        4.10pm  Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
        5.10pm  The Queen 
(Repeat)
        5.20pm  Film : The Adventures of Robin Hood
                       (1938)
        7.00pm  The Morecambe and Wise
                       Christmas Show 1971 
(Repeat)
         7.45pm  The Morecambe and Wise Show 1970 :
                       The Lost Tape 
(Repeat)
        8.35pm  A Musical Family Christmas
                       with the Kanneh-Masons
        9.35pm  Film : Pavarotti (2019) Premiere
       11.30pm  Pavarotti in Hyde Park 
(Repeat)
         1.05am  Beauty and the Beast –
                       A Pantomime for Comic Relief 
(Repeat)
         2.05am  Impeachment: American Crime Story
                        
(Repeat)
          3:15am  What We Do in the Shadows (Repeat)
         3:40am  What We Do in the Shadows (Repeat)
         4:05am  What We Do in the Shadows (Repeat)

     Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 2021

      BBC Two

   
6:45am  Film :  Mary Poppins Returns (2019)
   8:45am  Gardeners’ World 
(Repeat)
   9:45am  Countryfile at Christmas (Repeat)
 10:40am  Saturday Kitchen Best Bites
 12:10pm  The Great Food Guys Hogmanay Special
                  
(Repeat)
 12:40pm  Film : Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
   2:20pm  Film : Some Like It Hot (1959)
   4:20pm  Final Score
   5:20pm  The Two Ronnies : Christmas Night
                  with the Two Ronnies 1987 
(Repeat)
   6:10pm  The Perfect Morecambe & Wise
                  Christmas Special 
(Repeat)
   6:40pm  Anything Goes : The Musical
   9:00pm  Mortimer & Whitehouse :
                   Gone Christmas Fishing 
 10:00pm  Adele : The BBC Sessions
 11:00pm  Tina Live! 
(Repeat)
   1:10am  Film : Mr Holmes (2015)
   2:50am  Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
                  
(Repeat)


     Bank Holiday Monday 27th December 2021

      BBC Two

  
6:15am  Mary Berry – Love to Cook (Repeat)
  6:45am  Between the Covers (Repeat)
  7:15am  North America : Our Wild Adventures (Repeat)
  8:15am  Cheetah Family & Me (Repeat)
  9:15am  Talking Pictures : Musicals (Repeat)
10:05am  Film : A Star Is Born (1954)
12:55pm  Doris Day – Virgin Territory 
(Repeat)
  1:55pm  Film : Calamity Jane (1953)
  3:35pm  West Side Stories – The Making of a Classic
                 
(Repeat)
  4:35pm  Film : West Side Story (1961)
  7:00pm  The Hairy Bikers Go North Christmas
                  
(Repeat)
  8:00pm  Only Connect Christmas Special
  8:30pm  Christmas University Challenge
  9:00pm  Film : Blade Runner 2049  (2017) 

  11:30pm  Film : Highlander (1986)
    1:25am  Film : Last Christmas (2019)
   3:00am  Countryfile at Christmas 
(Repeat)

      
      

   
​ 



    Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 2021

      BBC Two

 
     6:45am  MasterChef : The Professionals (Repeat)
      7:45am  The Frozen North : Our Wild Adventures
                     
(Repeat)
      8:45am  Cheetah Family & Me (Repeat)
      9:45am  Film : Suspicion (1941)
     11:25am  Film : Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
      1:20pm  Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond
​                     the Lobby Christmas Special  
(Repeat)
      2:20pm  Talking Pictures : Agatha Christie (Repeat)
      2:50pm  Film : Evil under the Sun (1982)
      4:45pm  Death on the Nile (1978)
      7:00pm  Inside the Factory 
(Repeat)
      8:00pm  Only Connect Special
      8:30pm  Christmas University Challenge
      9:00pm  Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
    10:00pm  Mock the Week  End of Year Special
    10:35pm  Joanna and Jennifer : Absolutely Champers 
                     
(Repeat)
     11:35pm  Absolutely Fabulous : Cold Turkey (Repeat)
     12:15am  NFL This Week
      1:05am  Mortimer & Whitehouse :
​                     Gone Christmas Fishing  
(Repeat)
       2:05am  Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle 
                      
(Repeat)
     

​      

​     
​     Wednesday 29th December 2021

      BBC Two

     
6:40am  See Hear
      7:10am  Villages by the Sea 
(Repeat)
      7:40am  Waterhole : Africa’s Animal Oasis (Repeat)
      8:40am  Bringing Up Baby (Repeat)
    10:20am  Film : The Nun’s Story (1959)
    12:50pm  The Best Dishes Ever 
(Repeat)
      1:20pm  Amazing Hotels : Life Beyond the Lobby
                     
(Repeat)
      2:20pm  Talking Pictures : Sean Connery (Repeat)
      3:10pm  Film : The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
      4:55pm  Film : Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
      7:00pm  Wild Tales from the Village 
(Repeat)
      8:00pm  Only Connect Special
      8:30pm  Christmas University Challenge
      9:00pm  Inside the Factory XL : Diggers
    10:00pm  Frankie Boyle’s New 2021 World Order 
     10:45pm  Frankie Boyle’s New World Order Unseen
      11:20pm  Lady Gaga at the BBC
      12:20am  Mock the Week
                      End of Year Special 
(Repeat)
      12:55am  Film :  Absolutely Fabulous :
                      The Movie (2016)
       2:20am  See Hear 
(Repeat)
       2:50am  Surgeons: At the Edge of Life (Repeat)
      3:50am  MasterChef: The Professionals (Repeat)

      Thursday 30th December 2021

      BBC Two

 
     6:45am  Gardeners’ World (Repeat)
      7:45am  Waterhole: Africa’s Animal Oasis (Repeat)
      8:45am  Talking Pictures : War Films (Repeat)
      9:35am  Film : Dunkirk (1958)
     11:45am  Film : Reach for the Sky (1956)
     2:00pm  Talking Pictures : Anthony Hopkins
                     
(Repeat)
      2:45pm  Film : Shadowlands (1993)
      4:50pm  Film : The Remains of the Day (1993)
      7:00pm  Mortimer & Whitehouse :
                      Gone Christmas Fishing  
(Repeat)
      8:00pm  Only Connect Special
      8:30pm  Christmas University Challenge
      9:00pm  Film : Judy (2019)  
Premiere
    10:50pm  Being Bridget Jones (Repeat)
     11:50pm  Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure (Repeat)
      1:20am   Film : Alan Partridge : Alpha Papa (2013)
     2:45am   Nadiya’s Fast Flavours 
(Repeat)
     3:15am   Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby 
                    
(Repeat)
      4:15am  MasterChef: The Professionals (Repeat)

 





     New Year’s Eve Friday 31st December 2021

      BBC Two


    6:20am  Sort Your Life Out (Repeat)
     7:20am  Waterhole : Africa’s Animal Oasis (Repeat)
     8:25am  Talking Pictures : Sophia Loren (Repeat)
     8:55am  Film : El Cid (1961)
    11:50am  Talking Pictures : Judi Dench 
(Repeat)
   12:30pm  Film : Jane Eyre (Repeat)
    2:20pm  Film : Tea with Mussolini (1999)
     4:15pm  Nothing Like a Dame 
(Repeat)
     5:35pm  Musicals : The Greatest Show (Repeat)
     6:55pm  Film : Dad’s Army (1971)
     8:30pm  Christmas University Challenge
    9:00pm  Film : The Aftermath (2019) Premiere
   10:40pm  Live at the Apollo Christmas Special 
                     
(Repeat)
   11:25pm  Jools’ Annual Hootenanny
    1:25am   Legends of Glastonbury
                    
(Repeat)


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  New Year’s Day Saturday 1st January 2022

      BBC Two

​      6.25am  The Dengineers 
(Repeat)
      6.55am  All Over the Place (Repeat)
      7.25am  Blue Peter (Repeat)
      7.55am  Film : Strange Magic (2015)
      9.25am  Malory Towers 
(Repeat)
      9.50am  Malory Towers (Repeat)
    10.15am  New Year’s Day Concert : Live from
                    Vienna 2022
    12.40pm  Film : She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
      2.25pm  Wild West : America’s Great Frontier
      3.25pm  Inside the Factory 
(Repeat)
      4.25pm  The Archbishop of Canterbury’s
                     New Year Message
     4.30pm  Final Score
      5.15pm  Flog It!
     6.00pm  Film : Porridge (1979)
      7.30pm  My Hero : Hugh Dennis on Ronnie Barker
                     
(Repeat)
      8.30pm  The Perfect Morecambe and Wise (Repeat)
      9.00pm  This is Joan Collins
     10.30pm  Film : Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
      11.00pm  My Generation 
(Repeat)
      12.20am  TOTP2 : The 60s (Repeat)
     12.50am  Film : A Town Like Alice (1956)
   

​   Sunday 2nd January 2022

      BBC Two

      6.30am  A-Z of TV Gardening 
(Repeat)
        7.15am  Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein
                      
(Repeat)
        7.45am  Gardeners’ World (Repeat)
        8.45am  Countryfile (Repeat)
        9.40am  Beechgrove
       10.10am  Saturday Kitchen Best Bites
       11.40am  Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking 
(Repeat)
       12.10pm  Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
                       
(Repeat)
         1.15pm  Talking Pictures : Michael Caine (Repeat)
        2.05pm  Film : The Ipcress File (1965)
        3.50pm  Film : The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
        6.00pm  Earth’s Tropical Islands : Madagascar
                        
(Repeat)
        7.00pm  Antiques Roadshow (Repeat)
        8.00pm  Ski Sunday
        9.00pm  Mary Queen of Scots (2018) 
      10.55pm  Frankie Boyle’s New World Order 
      11.40pm  Paddy and Christine McGuinness :
                      Our Family and Autism 
(Repeat)
      12.40am  Doctor Who : Eve of the Daleks
      
      
 


      Bank Holiday Monday 3rd January 2022

      BBC Two

      6.35am  Bargain Hunt 
(Repeat)
      7.20am  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)
      8.05am  Inside the Factory : Diggers (Repeat)
      9.05am  The Wonder of Animals (Repeat)
      9.35am  Film : Odette (1950)
     11.30am  Film : The Wooden Horse (1950)
       1.10pm  Talking Pictures : War Stories 
(Repeat)
       1.55pm  Film : The Train (1964)
      4.05pm  Film : Operation Crossbow (1965)
      6.00pm  Richard Osman’s House of Games 
(Repeat)
      6.30pm  Rick Stein’s Cornwall (Repeat)
      7.00pm  Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start (Repeat)
      7.30pm  Mastermind
     8.00pm  Only Connect
     8.30pm  University Challenge
     9.00pm  Inside Dubai : Playground of the Rich
   10.00pm  Film : The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
    11.30pm  Frankie Boyle’s New World Order 
(Repeat)
    12.05am  Countryfile (Repeat)
     1.00am  Zara McDermott : Uncovering Rape Culture
                    
(Repeat)
     2.00am  Take a Hike (Repeat)

  



Michael Willis, co-CEO at Marmalade Game Studio, said: “Watching TV over Christmas as a family is one of the highlights of the festive season, but with so many repeats being aired, it can be easy to become bored. Playing board games can be a great way to tackle this and bring families together.
“We have recently introduced a new Bubble feature, which more than a million families have signed up to, helping people stay in touch by video chat, allowing gamers to add friends and family to group chats, start games from these, and video chat whilst playing.”

Marmalade Game Studio research** in November before the Omicron variant sparked renewed fears about the spread of COVID-19 found nearly six out of 10 adults (57%) expect to be playing a board game during the Christmas season this year with Monopoly or Scrabble the most likely to be played.


Average spending on a new board game will be around £22 ($37.88 CAD), the study found, with 828,000 people expecting to spend £50 ($86.08 CAD) or more on board games for the festive period.
Digital gaming has surged in popularity and over the period of the lockdowns Marmalade Game Studio estimates downloads have increased 144% in total compared with the previous 18 months.

Marmalade Game Studio is the UK’s leading digital board game publisher, and it recently secured a £22.5 million ($38.74 million CAD) investment from private equity firm LDC to support recruitment and the development of new games, has seen revenues more than double in the last three years.
Marmalade Game Studio, which has offices in London and Lisbon, has managed to boost staff numbers from 28 to 65 while its range of games which includes Monopoly and Cluedo has expanded from 3 to 10 titles with more planned.

UK PM Johnson: You May Need Vaccination Proof To Enter Pubs

51%

Only days after it was announced that 51% of British adults have received at least one doses of their COVID vaccine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that people may need to present a vaccination certificate in order to go to the pub. One month ago, Johnson had said that this would not be the case.

One Year Later

When the UK first entered lockdown one year ago, Johnson recognized he was “taking away the ancient, inalienable right of free-born people of the United Kingdom to go to the pub” but now he is suggesting limits on how many of them will be given back that right.

British political analyst and commentator Jonathan Sacerdoti says the UK’s vaccination program has been impressive, beating the rest of Europe by far. “This has been for three main reasons,” he explains. “Firstly, the UK implemented skillful procurement of vaccines, which enabled the country to ensure a plentiful if varying supply level of the newly developed vaccines. Having finally broken free of the European Union after years of Brexit back-and-forth, the UK was able to make its own decisions just in time, and signed early and favorable contracts with vaccine manufacturers.”

AstraZeneca

“Secondly, the UK also invested in developing its own vaccine, the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. This has offered a far cheaper alternative to the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine which the UK is also using, and is far easier to transport. It does not require the deep refrigeration that some other vaccines do, and it can therefore also be administered in pharmacists and smaller medical practices, or even in old age homes, rather than only in mass vaccination centers. Despite some concerns over possible blood clots as a side effect, the vaccine is widely accepted to be safe and effective. It has enabled the UK to make progress with vaccinating its population quickly, and promises to help vaccinate poorer countries around the world.”

Extended Dosage Gap

“Thirdly, the UK made the controversial decision to extend the gap between the two vaccine doses each person needs, from 21 days to 12 weeks. This was not backed up but he vaccine makers’ research, but was based on wider knowledge of immunology and how other vaccines have been developed. At the time it was seen as highly controversial and even risky. But ongoing testing for antibodies has shown a continued, strong immune response even with the prolonged gap. This single decision has enabled the country to effectively provide a high level of protection to double the number of people in the same time. As long as vaccine supply and availability continue uninterrupted, the second doses will be given within 12 weeks and the population will continue to benefit both individually and as a whole.”

EU Lags

Meanwhile, the European Union is lagging far behind in its rate of vaccination, causing a rift between the bloc and its recent ex-member state the UK. Threats of banning or controlling exports of vaccines manufactured in the EU to countries which are far ahead in their programs has caused a diplomatic war of words. The UK determined to have its commercial contracts fulfilled regardless of the EU’s weak performance in acquiring and administering vaccines. The EU is desperate to claw back more vaccines for use in its own countries, despite slow progress in administering them.

Jonathan Sacerdoti is a British broadcaster and social commentator, widely featured on British and international television and media. He provides commentary for a wide range of TV stations including regular appearances on the BBC (including on their international show Dateline London) and the UK’s Sky News. He also appears on Channel 4 News, Al Jazeera English, NDTV in India, France 24, i24News Cheddar News and others. He has been published by the Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, the New Statesman and Jewish Chronicle. He is also a well-known campaigner on racism issues. 

My Magical Mystery Tour of Abbey Road Studio In London

Have you ever experienced something surreal?

I had reason to visit and work at Abbey Road Studio in London, and it still seems surreal!! My colleague Jayson Tomlin, Gary Katz (producer of Steely Dan), and myself were there to do testing and evaluation of some new technologies we’ve been working on for broadcast and consumer applications.

We spent a full day working in one of the mix-down studios, along with members of the BBC, Scotland Yard, Abbey Road, David Perreau, Felix Konrad, and some of Gary’s record producer ‘buddies”…Hugh Padgham (Genesis, Rush, Phil Collins, Police, Sting, XTC), and Elliott Randall (studio guitarist for Steely Dan).

Frank with Hugh Padgham (left) and Gary Katz (right)
Frank with Hugh Padgham (left) and Gary Katz (right)

Our connection with Gary has enabled us to connect with key members of the music production world, which in turn has enabled us to further evolve technologies for broadcast, and soon the consumer markets. Our work at Abbey Road was another step along this process, and it raised the bar for us, on what is expected of our products.

Frank on the steps of Abbey Road Studios
Frank on the steps of Abbey Road Studios

Being able to set foot into the building and studio where the Beatles recorded and produced all of their material was breathtaking. I’ll never forget, as we were wrapping up the events for the day, the studio engineer, whom we were working with, said “hey guys come with me, two is now open!” In my mind I’m thinking “this is where all the ‘magic’ happened.” So, off we went, and sure enough we walk into studio #2, and it’s still pretty much the same as if John, Paul, George, and Ringo were there the day before.  Getting chills—again—as I write this!!

Jayson Tomlin and others take in Studio #2
Jayson Tomlin and others take in Studio #2

Probably the most gratifying moment that day was towards the end. Hugh Padgham had been listening to some tech I’d developed, and told me how he’d done work with the late George Martin. His comment was how he had a good sense about how George produced the Beatles, and could we apply my ‘gizmo’ to their music.

Abbey Road Cafeteria
Abbey Road Cafeteria

So…in the building they recorded the album Abbey Road, we added some treatment to the song “Golden Slumbers.” Together, all of us were in awe to hear the Beatles music, with some treatment from our efforts, done at Abbey Road!

Tape deck used in the recording of Sgt. Pepper's
Tape deck used in the recording of Sgt. Pepper’s

There’s a skylight in the ceiling of the studio we were working in. While listening, I looked upward through the skylight, and thought, “if Mr. Martin, Mr. Lennon, and Mr. Harrison are listening, my hope is you won’t feel I let you down.” I felt a tear trickle down upon having this thought. Quite possibly one of the coolest occurrences in this boy’s life!!

Frank between pianos used for the Beatles' “Get Back” and John Lennon's “Imagine”
Frank between pianos used for the Beatles’ “Get Back” and John Lennon’s “Imagine”

Modestly, it was reassuring when each of our well-known music industry guests gave us the “thumbs up’ for our efforts. Further indication of how our little organization keeps growing and raising the bar! In closing, my sincere thanks to Jayson Tomlin, Gary Katz, Hugh Padgham, Andrew Scheps, and Elliott Randall for your feedback and friendship!!

Recording mixer used to record Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon
Recording mixer used to record Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon

For the Silo, Frank Foti.

The Biggest March On Climate Change Ever

Way back in 2014, our community decided on a crazy goal – the largest mobilization on climate change in history. So on September 23rd, we blew past our wildest expectations, with a climate march *6 times* the size of anything before it!!! This was 80 city blocks of New York:

World March For Climate 2014 Avaaz

And this was London, Berlin, Bogota, Paris, Delhi, and Melbourne…

World March For Climate 2014

Over 675,000 of us marched around the world. It was a beautiful expression of our love for all that climate change threatens, and our hope that we can save this world and build a society powered by 100% safe, clean energy. Together, we made history, but it’s just the beginning. The crucial Paris climate summit is 15 months from now — that’s where we need a global deal. By March next year, countries have pledged to make their national commitments — so our movement will divide to focus on these national targets. But every few months until Paris we’ll come together globally again and again, bigger and bigger, to beat a drum for change, for 100% clean energy, that our leaders can only follow. The movement we’ve been waiting for has begun.

With gratitude, Ricken, Emma, Alice, Iain, Nataliya, Patri, Oliver, Diego, Rewan and the whole Avaaz team

PS – We worked with thousands of organisations to make this day happen and particularly love our friends at 350. But our community deserves to celebrate the step we’ve taken. The Avaaz team and community played a central role in almost all the marches and events held. The Guardian called it “an organising triumph” for Avaaz and the BBC said “the marches brought more people on to the streets than ever before, thanks to the organisational power of the social media site Avaaz.” We fielded hundreds of organisers and thousands of volunteers, and donations from our community provided millions in funding to the effort. The challenges of our time call us to be better, and together we’ve done that, growing and changing into a new and more effective kind of movement, a movement that is now both online, and offline. Huge gratitude to everyone who made it happen.

Avaaz.org is a 38-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people shape global decision-making. (“Avaaz” means “voice” or “song” in many languages.) Avaaz members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 18 countries on 6 continents and operates in 17 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz’s biggest campaigns here, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Alten’s Book VOSTOK Warned President Obama Against UFO Investigation?

Vostok By Steve Alten Rebel Press February 17, 2015 ISBN-10: 1681020009 ISBN-13: 978-1681020006
Vostok
By Steve Alten
Rebel Press
February 17, 2015
ISBN-10: 1681020009
ISBN-13: 978-1681020006

What is it about the idea of UFOs that makes people nervous? While there have been many documented incidents over the years (with no other logical explanation), the government still won’t discuss it – and even pilots rarely report sightings for fear of losing their job. Steve Alten, New York Times bestselling author, isn’t afraid to talk about it. In fact, he weaves classified information on UFOs throughout his latest riveting book, Vostok.

In 2015, Obama Advisor John Podesta revealed that his biggest regret since leaving office was “keeping the UFO issue a secret.”  Now, a shocking book by NY Times bestselling author Steve Alten, has blown the lid off those secrets. The author’s source – Steven M. Greer, M.D., the world’s foremost authority on Extraterrestrial Intelligence (ETI) and the same person who provided the extensive briefing to John Podesta on UFOs shortly after President Obama took office in 2009.

Dr. Greer, an emergency room physician who left his medical career to dedicate his life to disclosing the truth about UFOs, also briefed James Woolsey, President Clinton’s first CIA director, along with the heads of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Head of Intelligence Joint Staff, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and a select number of Congressmen.

Best-selling author Steve Alten incorporated over thirty hours of private interviews with Dr. Greer into the storyline of Vostok (Rebel Press). Fans of thrillers will be drawn into the story – Vostok is a very real 15 million-year-old sub-glacial lake located beneath two-and-a-half miles of ice in East Antarctica. Incredibly, there is also a magnetic anomaly inside the lake that has baffled experts as to what it could be. Three scientists are selected to venture into this underwater realm in a submersible. What they discover will keep readers frantically turning pages…  

 
But Vostok is much more. The thriller exposes a secret transnational Cabal which draws an estimated $80 billion Black Ops budget from US taxpayers with no congressional oversight. Made up of bankers, oil oligarchs, and members of the military industrial complex, the Cabal has used its influence to improperly seize over 5,100 US patents, many for new energy devices that would replace fossil fuels. As a result, clean free energy systems that would literally transform the planet (and the dominant U.S. macro-economy) have been black-shelved, their inventors threatened… and worse.
 
According to the author and his source, “presidents Clinton and Obama were both ‘warned off’ pursuing their UFO investigations; Clinton when CIA Director William Colby was murdered after he decided to cross the powers-that-be, and Obama on his trip to Norway to accept his Nobel Peace Prize when a Scaler weapon blast (an ET technology reverse-engineered decades ago) caused the Oslo night sky to light up with a blue spiral.” Vostok names names, along with the locations of super secret military bases where ARVs (Alien Reproduction Vehicles) are harbored and may one day be used in the ultimate false flag event.
 
Yes, truth is stranger…and far scarier…than fiction.
 

 

Supplemental- BBC’s The Lost World of Lake Vostok

Purchase VOSTOK E-book from Amazon

Fast Track To The Future With Virtual Reality

Occulus Rift Xray ImageThe implications of what Virtual Reality can achieve are vast, and it is predicted that VR will seep into every area of our lives in the very near future. VR is not just a concept that excites the entertainment business, but has a very real presence in some of the world’s most essential industries. However, many people remain skeptical about the impact virtual reality will actually have and suggest that it is only an attractive concept for gamers. Although it is true that VR is a fantastic way to improve online gaming, it has already been used in the medical and manufacturing industries, proving that virtual reality is not just a tool for play. Others fear VR could replace physical social interaction and they are therefore reluctant to consider the many benefits it actually presents. By taking a selection of real-life situations in which virtual reality is already used, we can assess its impact and perhaps decide whether it is to be embraced or discarded.

Surgery

It may not surprise you to know that the health sector is one of the biggest users and advocates of virtual reality. VR is of exceptional benefit in surgical training, improving student skills whilst minimizing risk to potential patients. This type of training can improve confidence and allow students to explore surgical procedures and options that would otherwise be inaccessible to them during the initial stages of their training. Virtual reality is already used by surgical staff, trainee nurses, dentists, and in numerous other health settings, world wide, allowing students to quickly gain skills without putting themselves or other individuals at risk.

Therapy

The authentic nature of VR allows therapists to assist patients with certain phobias. VR promotes controlled environments which can quickly be changed or eradicated during a course of therapy. For example, a person suffering from arachnophobia would perhaps find it more helpful and less daunting to experience holding a spider via VR rather than in a real life situation, and of course, a virtual reality headset can be turned off immediately should the situation require it. Other phobias and aversions could be tackled through the use of VR, including water aversion, acrophobia (fear of extreme heights) or aviophobia (fear of flying).

Occulus Rift Hot Babe VR PornEntertainment

For some people, the online world is their only connection to society and if virtual reality gaming can help them continue to connect, then this can only be perceived as a positive thing. There is no denying that virtual reality is an amazingly entertaining concept and, when done well, is an excellent way to experience online gaming. Being fully immersed in a game is a highly attractive idea: whether it be one that takes you to a battlefield, or a game that allows you to feel as if you are actually being dealt cards at a plush casino in Vegas. Currently, gamers can connect with people from all over the world, or play slots in the comfort of their own home by visiting a site such as  www.luckynuggetcasino.com yet imagine the thrill of full immersion through the power of virtual reality.

Transport and Training

Again, we touch upon the benefits virtual reality provides to many aspects of training and, in this particular situation, to the world of transport. For years the aviation industry has been using simulations to help train pilots and virtual reality is a welcome advance in such training. VR flight training presents minimal risk to both the pilot and passengers whilst allowing pilots to experience the difficulties that may arise whilst being in control of the aircraft. The most spectacular example of virtual reality based vehicle training is perhaps that used by NASA to train its astronauts. The training includes various simulations including that of an astronaut having to perform repairs during zero-gravity conditions, as well as a simulated detachment from the shuttle with the astronaut having to use a powered backpack to return. NASA has even managed to use VR in space, keeping astronauts up to date with training whilst on a mission and it has been suggested that VR will be used to entertain astronauts in space in the future. Just imagine, you could soon be sharing your virtual poker table with the astronauts of tomorrow!

Supplemental- Gamers are talking about the Oculus Rift and the Playstation VR but the HTC Vive looks pretty sweet too!

A Musical Journey for Robots and their masters~ CLICK ME
A Musical Journey for Robots and their masters~ CLICK ME

Mediterranean And Andaman Seas Became Floating Coffin Graveyards

Deadly Migration RoutesThe most persecuted peoples on our earth were taking to ‘floating coffins’ to flee violence and seek sanctuary for their families. But instead of responding with humanity, our governments closed their doors, letting them starve and drown at sea.

Burma is driving the Rohingya out, and thousands of families were drifting helplessly at sea, forced to drink their own urine because Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia had turned them away. Syrians and Africans risked drowning every week off the coast of Southern Europe, braving the terrifying crossing as their last hope to escape torture, hunger, and traffickers.

We are facing the biggest refugees crisis since World War II, but so far governments have let them die in a climate of rising xenophobia. Now it has reached a crisis, and our community has a unique chance to jam the culture of fear with a wave of compassion.  If we each chip in a small amount now, we’ll help fund rescue operations at sea; build an Avaaz refugee team to assist those missions and resettlement, and create effective lobby cells to get leaders to open up borders; and launch ads to counter the racism.

Together we can help rescue refugees, and rescue our shared humanity.

Pledge to urgently launch the Avaaz refugee campaign — Avaaz will only process your donations if we raise enough to start saving lives: YES, I’LL PLEDGE $5, enough for a meal pack for a rescued child

As of  May 2015, The UK government had only allowed in 143 Syrians out of the 4 million refugees! In response, over 1,000 Avaazers joined forces to challenge this disgraceful policy by offering to help refugees resettle, and calling on  local councils to give homes to 50 Syrian refugees each. 4 councils had agreed and with our pressure, we hope many more will too.

But this isn’t just a UK and Syria problem. It is a crisis of humanity when our planet’s most vulnerable are treated as criminals and left to die. Here’s a five point plan of the most critical actions Avaaz could take if we raise enough together:

  1. Support organizations that are bravely rescuing the refugees at sea.
  2. Launch Flotillas for Humanity with more private boats to assist rescue operations.
  3. Build an Avaaz refugee team to lobby governments, the EU and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to push for effective search and rescue operations, and increased numbers of refugee places.
  4. Support local groups in Europe and South East Asia to provide assistance to refugees arriving in reception centres, and into communities.
  5. Run hard hitting billboards and newspaper ads to counter the culture of xenophobia.

30 thousand refugees could drown in the Mediterranean this year. These families are fleeing terror and misery, and their choice to board a boat may be the only choice they have. Let’s join forces to stop these tragedies at sea.

Mass Grave At Sea Image1

Supplemental:  Myanmar Muslim migrants abandoned at sea have been ‘drinking their own urine’ to survive  (The Independent UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/myanmar-muslim-migrants-abandoned-at-sea-drinking-their-own-urine-to-survive-after-thailand-refuses-boat-entry-10249854.html

Syria Refugee Regional Response (UNHCR)
http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php

Mediterranean migrants: Details emerge of deadly capsize (BBC)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32399433

Lost at sea, unwanted: The plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya ‘boat people’ (CNN)
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/19/asia/rohingya-refugee-ships-explainer/

Stranded Rohingya migrants say: ‘We’re dying on board’ (Al Jazeera)
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/stranded-rohingya-migrants-dying-board-150517130244345.html