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Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Steph McGovern.

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The Queen pays tribute to the people

of London and Manchester,

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after this year's terror attacks.

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In her Christmas Day message,

she will say the cities' powerful

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identities had shone

through in the face

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of appalling attacks.

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I'm at her Sandringham

estate, in Norfolk,

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where she will attend church this

morning with the rest of the royal

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family, including Prince Harry

and his new fiancee,

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Meghan Markle.

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Good morning, it is

Monday 25 December.

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Merry Christmas.

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Also ahead: The Pope urges the world

not to ignore the plight of migrants

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forced to leave their countries

because of violence.

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Christmas isn't all about presents

and turkey dinners.

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Over a million people

will be working today.

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We will catch up with some of them.

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I have no idea what I am singing.

Louise is worried.

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Six Breakfast presenters

and a 1,000-strong audience -

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what could possibly go wrong?!

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Find out how we got on in our

big singing challenge.

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And Phil Avery has the weather.

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Steph, very good morning to you.

Merry Christmas. I feel as though I

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am in the way here. Here is your

headline, if you haven't got any

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power here in Stevenage this

morning, I think I have found a

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reason. I will have all the detail

on the Christmas whether in 15

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minutes. -- weather.

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Good morning.

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First, our main story: The Queen

will pay tribute to the cities

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of Manchester and London

in her Christmas Day broadcast,

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for the way in which they dealt

with this year's terrorist attacks.

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She is at her estate at Sandringham

with other members of the royal

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family, including Prince Harry

and his fiancee, Meghan Markle.

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Our royal correspondent

Nicholas Witchell reports.

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The Queen recorded this year's

broadcast a few days ago

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at Buckingham Palace.

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Its main theme is the importance

of home, a place she describes

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as a source of warmth and love.

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Looking back over the events

of 2017, she praises the cities

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of London and Manchester.

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The Queen visited victims

of the bombing at Manchester Arena,

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in which 22 people died

as they left a concert.

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In her broadcast, she will talk

about the powerful identities

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of Manchester and London,

which she says had shone

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through in the face

of appalling attacks.

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On the table beside her

in the broadcast, alongside pictures

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of Prince George and Princess

Charlotte, are two photographs

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of her and her husband,

one of which was taken

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on their wedding day in 1947.

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This year, they have

celebrated their 70th wedding

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anniversary,

and the Duke of Edinburgh retired

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from his separate programme

of public engagements.

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In the broadcast, the Queen

will praise her husband

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for his support and, as she puts it,

for his unique sense of humour.

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The world's most experienced...

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LAUGHTER.

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The Queen was absent from last

year's Christmas Day church service

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at Sandringham, due to a heavy cold.

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But there is expected to be a full

turnout of the family

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at church this morning,

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and among the group attending church

will be Prince Harry

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and his fiancee, Meghan Markle,

who are both spending Christmas

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on the Sandringham estate.

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It will be the first time

someone who is yet to marry

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into the royal family will have

joined their Christmas celebrations,

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her presence a reminder of one

of the events to which the family

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can look forward in 2018.

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Our reporter Daniela Relph

is outside St Mary Magdalene's

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church, on the Sandringham estate,

where the royal family

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will make their traditional trip

for the Christmas Day service.

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Good morning to you. Merry

Christmas. It is going to be a busy

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one for the Royal Family. A lot of

eyes on Prince Harry and Meghan

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Markle.

That is the difference, that

we are going to see Meghan Markle

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here. The traditional Christmas Day

service at St Mary Magdalene's

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church on the Sandringham estate is

at 11 a.m.. I think all eyes will be

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on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

We are expecting them to walk with

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the other members of the Royal

Family just before 11am from the

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main house at Sandringham up to the

church. It is unusual that Meghan

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Markle has been invited to spend

Christmas with the Royal Family,

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because traditionally, if you go

back, if you were a royal girlfriend

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or boyfriend you didn't tend to get

invited. It was only once you were

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married that you are invited to

spend Christmas here at Sandringham.

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If you look back at the Duchess of

Cambridge when she was just Kate

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Middleton, she didn't get invited to

Sandringham. She spent Christmas

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with the Middleton family. I think

the issue with Meghan Markle is that

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she is American. She has moved to

the UK to be with her fiance Ahab of

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her wedding next year, she doesn't

have any family here, and clearly

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Prince Harry has asked the Queen for

an exception this year and to get

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her invited. For the first time we

will see her in the presence of the

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wider royal family. All eyes will be

on her and there are already people

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queueing at the gate to make sure

that they get a prime position.

And

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you will be talking to them a bit

later on for us.

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And the Queen's Christmas Day

broadcast will be on BBC One

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at 3:00pm this afternoon.

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Pope Francis has urged the world not

to ignore the plight of millions

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of migrants driven from their land,

during Christmas Eve Mass.

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The Pontiff compared

them to Mary and Joseph,

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recounting how they had to travel

from Nazareth to Bethlehem,

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but found no place to stay.

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He said many migrants

were being forced to flee

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from leaders who see no problem

in shedding innocent blood.

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Meanwhile, services have taken place

across the UK and further afield.

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Our religious editor

Martin Bashir reports.

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At Westminster Cathedral, Cardinal

Vincent Nichols, leader of the Roman

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Catholic Church in England and

Wales, framed his Christmas message

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as a statement of concern for the

way we tend to communicate with each

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other. He said we often prefer

conflict to dialogue, hostility

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instead of a willingness to listen.

It is a manifestation of a radical

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individualism. And, while the

individual is hugely important, we

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have to know that we are also built

to belong to each other. We are

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built to have a relationships, and

to work and find our best through

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relationships.

He went on to say

that, as we gaze into a nativity

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scene at Christmas, we find one who

can free us from the choking effects

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of disagreement and strife. Christ

himself. And, at the very beginning

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of the Christmas narrative, here in

Bethlehem, in a land defined by

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walls of separation, a renewed call

for reconciliation. Here in Manger

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Square, a midnight service has been

held that the Church of them as

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nativity, where the Archbishop of

Jerusalem said that, while Jesus was

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born in a town under Roman

occupation, he was identified as the

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Prince of peace.

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Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales

has ordered to move the country's

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embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

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In a Facebook post, Mr Morales said

the decision was taken after he had

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spoken with Israel's PM,

Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Last week, Guatemala was one of only

nine nations to vote against a UN

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resolution urging America

to reverse its recognition

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of Jerusalem as the

capital of Israel.

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Donald Trump threatened to cut aid

to nations that voted

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against the US.

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The US is an important

aid donor to Guatemala,

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an impoverished Central

American country.

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On Sunday, Mr Morales said he had

instructed the Guatemalan

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authorities to start the necessary

respective co-ordination before

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moving the country's embassy

from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

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Surrey Police are trying to identify

a man who was found unconscious

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in a ditch yesterday afternoon.

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They have released pictures

of the man's clothing in an attempt

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to track down his family.

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The man, who is thought to be

in his 20s, is in a serious

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condition in hospital.

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Around 150 skiers have been rescued

from a broken-down ski lift

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in the French Alps,

after being trapped on it

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for several hours on Christmas Eve.

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Helicopters were used to rescue

the people from their individual

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gondolas, which were around 82

feet above the snow,

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and rope was used to help the skiers

get back down the slopes.

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The cause of the fault isn't known.

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You wouldn't want to be trapped up

there, would you?

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If you are relaxing at home,

perhaps opening presents this

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morning, spare a thought for this

team who are still hard at work.

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Santa and his reindeer spent

the night travelling the globe

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to deliver presents

to children across the world.

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To make sure their journey

went without a hitch,

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air traffic controllers

from the North American Aerospace

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defence Command, or Norad for short,

have been tracking the flight path

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of his sleigh.

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As you can see, he has already

delivered billions of presents.

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He is currently flying over Canada.

Of course, we wish him well.

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Fantastic to see where Santa is

exactly, isn't it? For a lot of us,

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Christmas Day is one of the best of

the year, the excitement, the food,

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the presence, the food and the

memories. We have been asking people

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about the times they remember best.

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My favourite childhood memory of

Christmas was I got a snooker table

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went I was eight or nine, we bought

my Grandad a waistcoat, so everybody

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that played snooker that they had to

have a waistcoat on to be like a

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proper snooker player.

My childhood

memories of Christmas has got to be

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how much snow we used to have. We

don't have as much snowfall any

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more, but I remember it being knee

deep, being assessed with pulling

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icicles off and things. But also

being out for about five hours at a

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time in it and not bothering. So I

think I would say snow, heavy

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snowfall.

When I was a child, and we

are going back many years to the

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1970s, I remember the fake Christmas

trees. We have one that we could

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look at the ceiling and see all the

reflections of the tree on the

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ceiling. I still have baubles today

from then, I have baubles from

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nearly 100 years ago now.

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I don't really remember.

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She has a very bad

memory, like a goldfish.

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We would stand by the window and had

some pink pigs on a Christmas tree,

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and these used to fascinate me, and

that is a memory I always have. With

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the fire blazing and steamy windows,

and these little pink pigs on a

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Christmas tree. I know it sounds

silly, but they are memories I have

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got from being little.

I had a big

doll with an orange dress, and she

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was nearly as big as me.

I was born

on Christmas Day, and one of my

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memories was blowing out candles on

the Christmas tree, but they were

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proper candles, and they were only

put up just for that, and then they

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were taken away.

Were used to have

to go to bed at a certain time, and

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we would hear this little bell and

we would get told it was Tinkerbell.

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If you didn't go to sleep within

half an hour, Tinkerbell with this

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little bell, you would never get

your presence. I can remember as a

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child being so excited because Santa

was coming.

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Some brilliant memories there. If

you have any you want to share with

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get in touch. I am sure Phil has a

few. You outside your house this

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get in touch. I am sure Phil has a

few. You outside your house this

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morning? Merry Christmas.

Merry

Christmas. In fact, I will give

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credit where it is due. This is the

garden from Stevenage, and it is a

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long way from this weather front

which will short-circuit anybody's

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electrics, I am afraid. We have

already had about 100 millimetres of

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rain. In one particular prime spot

in Cumbria, and we are not quite

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done yet. It is a fairly slow-moving

affair. What an awful -- what it

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also is is a heavy affair. Ahead of

it is another mild, grey sort of

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day. The sun still does exist, and

we will get to that shortly. But

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there is in an awful lot of wintry

weather to be had here. This which

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I'm showing you hear is snow on the

high ground, in the southern up

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lines of Scotland, eventually the

Cumbrians cells. -- up lines. It

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will be well and through Christmas

Day before we push that through the

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British Isles. Some of the gusts

along the Channel coast, 60,

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possibly a bit more than that. Once

that is a way it begins to open the

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door too much colder weather for

Boxing Day. A big sporting day, and

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I am showing ice here but groundsmen

and spectators, and all the rest of

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it, don't worry about it too much

because I think what ice falls will

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be away pretty quickly and the sun

comes out. We can talk about the

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sunshine for a while. There will be

wintry showers getting into the

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northern half of Scotland and

eventually some cloud, wind and rain

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back into the south-western quarter.

Some of that rank in its own right

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really very heavy. For the sporting

fixtures late in the day, you will

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need an awful lot of layers because

it will be pretty tricky weather.

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They gradually works its way across

the southern half of the British

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Isles. All the cold air which is

slowing down these isobars from the

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North Down across all parts as we

get on in the Wednesday, we have the

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classic mix. A lot of moisture,

colder, and this is the point at

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which we may find a little bit of

snowfall beginning to get into the

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Midlands, and on through the day

that might creep into central,

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southern England. This could be down

over the Chilterns, that sort of

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neck of the woods. Any of the high

ground in the south could be seeing

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a little bit more in the way of

wintry weather. But in the short

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term it is more of the same. It is

the dull, cloudy sort of stuff. It

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has been dry for a number of days.

As I say, as that weather front

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comes by tonight, you will hear it

rattling on the windows, and the

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wind is really quite gusty as well.

Quite a bit going on over the next

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few days, big sporting fixtures,

Boxing Day, on towards the new year.

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If you want the detail in the longer

term than I can give you at the

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term than I can give you at the

moment, it is on the BBC weather

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website.

Thank you very much, and I

know you will be with us throughout

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the morning.

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Your Christmas

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involve much beyond getting off the

couch, but many people are working.

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We are going to be talking to lots

of them throughout the programme.

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But, first of all let's head

to Nepal, where we can speak

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to Lauren Dine and Jason Lund,

who are volunteering

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with the International

Citizen Service.

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They are also joined

by Samad Siddiqui,

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who is a volunteer from Nepal.

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What have you been up to?

The

volunteers have arrived, we have

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been playing Christmas songs,

getting into the Christmas spirit.

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And tell us a bit about what you do

out there. Lauren, you do really

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important work, there is a lot of

serious work going on in the

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background, isn't there?

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I am the team leader, I am not

actually out in the school is

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working. We have lots of volunteers.

They are split into four separate

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communities.

One community, ...

Basically we have been working with

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school involvement, so they can give

more opportunity to young girls who

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suffer from discrimination. We want

to try and increase the

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participation and retention of

children who are dropping out of

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school from an early age, that

includes organising health, that

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covers sanitation are...

We are

focusing on education and health,

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equipping them with skills, and when

we are focusing on risk of

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disasters. Along with that, what we

do, we create an environment where

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parents and the community and school

environment, where students can

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make... You want to say anything to

your family, they are probably

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watching back home here in the UK. I

just want to say hello to my little

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brothers and my sister and my mum

and my nieces and nephews, and I

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miss them very much. Merry Christmas

to all my family, and I am just

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missing them lots.

It feels really

good to be doing something that is

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helping other people.

Fantastic, ...

Merry Christmas from Nepal to

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everyone in the UK.

Thank you very

much, have a cracking Christmas,

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enjoy whatever you are doing today,

it is lovely to talk to you.

Thank

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you, goodbye!

They are very cheery.

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As part of our BBC Sing series

we were set a challenge.

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Could we pull off a live performance

at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall,

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singing in front of more

than a thousand people,

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with only eight hours

to learn our lines?

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How did we get on?

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Let's have a look.

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If you have a earmuffs I suggest you

put them on at this point.

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DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS.

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Six breakfast television presenters.

At Manchester's Bridgewater Hall.

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Their challenge, to learn a

Christmas classic.

Chestnuts

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roasting on an open fire.

APPLAUSE

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Christmas classic.

Chestnuts

roasting on an open fire.

APPLAUSE.

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... And sync to a full house of more

than 1000 people.

That a lot of

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people fear that could be

potentially bleeding by the end of

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this.

Presenters will perform with

the gospel choir, Manchester

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inspirational voices. But will they

end the words?

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# Lots of toys and... (LAUGHS)

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end the words?

# Lots of toys and... (LAUGHS).

Will

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they remember the tune? I literally

don't even know how it should be.

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The challenge is on.

I am shaking.

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# Chestnuts roasting on an open

fire...

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# The Bridgewater Hall is sold out.

In the audience, to give much-needed

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support, Sean and Louisa 's husband.

They had never saying before,

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individually or as a quiet, and they

have landed in one day.

Wow. Hardly

0:20:430:20:47

they have learned the words and I'm

sure they will do well.

I'm a big

0:20:470:20:52

fan of Dan, so I am looking forward

to singing his performance.

Good

0:20:520:20:57

luck, do well, breathe before you do

it and just have a good time.

0:20:570:21:06

Presenters will need all the help

they can get. They have had just a

0:21:060:21:10

couple of hours to learn, rehearse

and perfect the song.

I have no what

0:21:100:21:18

it -- Thai had no idea what I am

singing.

Louise is worried.

The

0:21:180:21:23

words keep going out of my brain, it

is two lines, it is ridiculous and

0:21:230:21:28

embarrassing.

There you go!

APPLAUSE

. Guiding our presenters, the

0:21:280:21:35

remarkably patient leader of

Manchester inspirational voices,

0:21:350:21:40

Wayne Ellington.

You do bring a real

sense of joy into what you are

0:21:400:21:47

doing.

He has this great way of

making you feel like you are Diana

0:21:470:21:51

Ross.

# And every mother 's child is going

0:21:510:21:54

to start...

When you clearly are

not, when you are a dying cats.

He

0:21:540:22:00

is an amazingly optimistic man.

Because he sees talent where we are

0:22:000:22:07

not seeing talent.

# Merry Christmas... Merry

0:22:070:22:13

Christmas...

# (LAUGHS)

0:22:130:22:16

Christmas...

# (LAUGHS).

Wayne has been an

0:22:160:22:20

absolute wizard. A magician.

# Every mother 's child is going to

0:22:200:22:27

spy...

#.

Take Wayne out of the equation,

0:22:270:22:34

where all in trouble.

# Joy to the world...

0:22:340:22:43

#. The concert as started, Wayne and

his choir bringing joy to the world.

0:22:430:22:50

Meanwhile, backstage...

Apparently

my trousers are gone.

0:22:500:22:58

# And every mother 's child is going

to spy...

0:22:580:23:03

# This is the suit and he has put my

trousers on and walked out. It

0:23:030:23:08

sounds awful, doesn't it.

# They know that centre is on his

0:23:080:23:12

way...

#.

Charlie, do you want to borrow my

0:23:120:23:17

address?

# Lots of toys and goodies on his

0:23:170:23:21

sleigh...

#.

My trousers, do you randomly pick

0:23:210:23:26

up other people 's trousers?

That's

enough, we need to get ready,

0:23:260:23:31

goodbye.

With just minutes to go,

Wayne gathers the presenters for a

0:23:310:23:39

final pep talk.

Should anything go

out of place, any notes or anything

0:23:390:23:44

like that, you just have to tighten

up, keep your eyes on me. I'm hoping

0:23:440:23:49

that they are going to feel

comfortable and just be OK. I just

0:23:490:23:53

hope!

BBC seem! -- Singh.

We will

see what happens. Why did we agree

0:23:530:24:12

to this?

0:24:120:24:16

It gives me great pleasure to

announce our special guest, the BBC

0:24:160:24:20

presenters, Naga Muchetty, Mike

Bushell, Louise Minchin...

APPLAUSE

0:24:200:24:31

presenters, Naga Muchetty, Mike

Bushell, Louise Minchin...

APPLAUSE.

0:24:310:24:41

And Charlie Sayt!

0:24:410:24:45

Hold onto your hats everyone. We go.

0:24:540:24:59

# Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

0:24:590:25:03

# Jack Frost nipping at your nose

0:25:030:25:10

# Yuletide carols

being sung by a choir

0:25:100:25:12

# And folks dressed up like Eskimos

0:25:120:25:25

# Everybody knows a turkey

and some mistletoe

0:25:250:25:30

# Help to make the season bright

0:25:300:25:36

# Tiny tots with

their eyes all aglow

0:25:360:25:40

# Will find it hard to sleep tonight

0:25:400:25:52

# They know that Santa's on his way

0:25:520:25:58

# He's loaded lots of toys

and goodies on his sleigh

0:25:580:26:03

# And every mother's

child is gonna spy

0:26:030:26:10

# To see if reindeer

really know how to fly

0:26:100:26:17

APPLAUSE

0:26:170:26:17

APPLAUSE.

0:26:170:26:24

# And so I'm offering

this simple phrase

0:26:240:26:28

# To kids from one to 92

0:26:280:26:32

# Although it's been said many

times, many ways

0:26:320:26:42

# Merry Christmas to you.

0:26:420:26:46

# They know that Santa's on his way

0:26:460:26:52

# He's bringing lots of toys

and goodies on his sleigh

0:26:520:26:56

# And every mother's

child is gonna spy

0:26:560:27:02

# To see if reindeer

really know how to fly

0:27:020:27:10

# And so I'm offering

this simple phrase

0:27:100:27:16

# To kids from one to 92

0:27:160:27:22

# Although it's been said many

times, many ways

0:27:220:27:29

# Merry Christmas to you.

0:27:290:27:38

# Merry Christmas

0:27:380:27:40

# Merry Christmas

0:27:400:27:43

# Merry Christmas

0:27:430:27:48

# Merry Christmas

0:27:480:27:51

# Merry Christmas

0:27:510:27:56

# To you.#

0:27:560:28:03

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

0:28:030:28:09

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE).

Didn't she

do well! Sheedy Brilliant, I am so

0:28:090:28:21

proud.

Absolutely fantastic. Get you

right here.

APPLAUSE

0:28:210:28:29

proud.

Absolutely fantastic. Get you

right here.

APPLAUSE.

Thank you!

0:28:290:28:36

They were brilliant, they were up

for a laugh, that's the main thing,

0:28:360:28:39

that's what you do at Christmas.

They were so brave to do it! They

0:28:390:28:45

really went for it. I really thought

they did brilliantly.

Got away with

0:28:450:28:53

it! Got away with it!

They were so

kind to us!

I'm going to give the

0:28:530:29:03

audience ten out of ten.

0:29:030:29:09

# Merry Christmas to you.#

0:29:090:29:19

Is it safe to come out yet? I am

bright red from mass. We have some

0:29:190:29:25

guests here as well. -- bright red

from Bass. What did you think?

0:29:250:29:30

Fantastic.

You have to say that,

don't you.

I thought you were very

0:29:300:29:37

brave.

You got everyone to sing

along, engaging with the audience,

0:29:370:29:42

that is what it is all about.

If

anyone has tuned in in the middle of

0:29:420:29:47

Bass, I apologise. Merry Christmas,

thank you. You are here to talk

0:29:470:29:53

about, the pressures of Christmas,

we will talk a lot about all of the

0:29:530:29:58

great elements, but also for some

people, it can be lonely for a

0:29:580:30:02

start.

0:30:020:30:07

It can, some people are alone, and

nobody needs to have a miserable

0:30:070:30:14

Christmas. There are things everyone

can do to boost their spirits and

0:30:140:30:18

engage in a Christmas spirit.

What

are your top tips for making

0:30:180:30:21

Christmas as best it can be?

Take a

moment out for something spiritual,

0:30:210:30:27

whatever that means the U. Take a

moment to remember life and what has

0:30:270:30:31

been good about this year, remember

the hope, maybe say a prayer if that

0:30:310:30:35

is your tradition, gather with those

you love, whether that means

0:30:350:30:39

engaging on social media, that means

gathering around a table with

0:30:390:30:42

friends and family, get out of the

community if you can, and Overall

0:30:420:30:46

walk, go to church, whatever makes

your life enhanced. But do something

0:30:460:30:51

that engages with something bigger

than the pressures that can be so

0:30:510:30:54

did today.

0:30:540:30:54

What are your top tips for

Christmas?

If you are on your own it

0:31:020:31:07

is easy to think you are totally

alone. If you are mobile and able,

0:31:070:31:12

go and do something for somebody

else and with somebody else. There

0:31:120:31:15

are plenty of places now where

people are giving out food or

0:31:150:31:18

singing in an old people's homes,

and there is always stuff you can

0:31:180:31:22

do. Even if it is just knocking on

your neighbour's door and sharing a

0:31:220:31:27

mince pie, you can do it.

We also

will talk about how to deal with it

0:31:270:31:32

if you have a house full of family.

And you will be with us throughout

0:31:320:31:36

the morning to talk about all that.

If you have any questions, if you

0:31:360:31:40

want to ask our advice, I am not

sure I can help you guys probably

0:31:400:31:44

can, on tips to survive the day,

whether it be the organisation, how

0:31:440:31:48

to deal with the family, the

etiquette, then do get in touch with

0:31:480:31:51

us. We will be back in an hour to

talk about all of that. I will see

0:31:510:31:57

you very shortly again.

0:31:570:31:59

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Steph McGovern.

0:32:020:32:04

Good morning.

0:32:040:32:06

Here is a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News:

0:32:060:32:10

The Queen will pay tribute

to the cities of Manchester

0:32:100:32:13

and London, in her Christmas Day

broadcast, for the way

0:32:130:32:15

in which they dealt with this

year's terrorist attacks.

0:32:150:32:18

Her message was recorded

at Buckingham Palace.

0:32:180:32:20

She is now at her estate

at Sandringham, in Norfolk,

0:32:200:32:22

with other members of the royal

family, including Prince Harry

0:32:220:32:25

and his fiancee, Meghan Markle.

0:32:250:32:29

Pope Francis has urged the world not

to ignore the plight of millions

0:32:290:32:33

of migrants driven from their land,

during Christmas Eve Mass.

0:32:330:32:36

The Pontiff compared

them to Mary and Joseph,

0:32:360:32:38

recounting the Biblical story of how

they had to travel from Nazareth

0:32:380:32:41

to Bethlehem, but found

no place to stay.

0:32:410:32:43

He said many migrants

were being forced to flee

0:32:430:32:46

from leaders who see no problem

in shedding innocent blood.

0:32:460:33:07

At the church of the Nativity, the

service took place amid increased

0:33:070:33:11

security, following President

Trump's decision to recognise

0:33:110:33:18

Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

0:33:180:33:22

Guatemala will move its embassy

in Israel to Jerusalem,

0:33:220:33:24

echoing a move by the

United States of America.

0:33:240:33:27

It was one of only nine nations

to vote against a UN resolution

0:33:270:33:30

urging America to

reverse its decision.

0:33:300:33:32

President Donald Trump threatened

to cut aid to nations that

0:33:320:33:35

voted against America.

0:33:350:33:35

The US is an important

aid donor to Guatemala,

0:33:350:33:38

an impoverished Central

American country.

0:33:380:33:41

Around 150 skiers have been rescued

from a broken-down ski lift

0:33:410:33:44

in the French Alps,

after being trapped on it

0:33:440:33:46

for several hours on Christmas Eve.

0:33:460:33:48

Helicopters were used to rescue

the people from their individual

0:33:480:33:51

gondolas, which were around 82

feet above the snow,

0:33:510:33:53

and rope was used to help the skiers

get back down the slopes.

0:33:530:33:57

The cause of the fault isn't known.

0:33:570:34:06

Sir Bruce Forsyth, Sir Roger Moore,

Glenn Campbell and John Noakes -

0:34:060:34:09

just a few of those

who left us this year.

0:34:090:34:12

Let's now celebrate their lives,

and others, in Review 2017:

0:34:120:34:15

We Remember.

0:34:150:34:22

# Deep down in Louisiana

cross to New Orleans.

0:34:310:34:33

# Where back up in the woods

among the evergreens.

0:34:330:34:36

# There stood a log cabin

made of earth and wood.

0:34:360:34:39

# Where lived a country boy named

Johnny B Goode.#

0:34:390:34:41

# Oh,

Maybelline...#.

0:34:410:34:45

Half of the young people go

to school so that's why I wrote

0:34:450:34:48

about school, I wrote

about cars and most of all -

0:34:480:34:52

the people, if not now,

they'll soon be in love.

0:34:520:34:56

# It's a jumping little record

I want my jockey to play.

0:34:560:35:02

# Roll over Beethoven,

I got to hear it again today #.

0:35:020:35:06

And you, monsieur,

are the famous Simon Templar.

0:35:060:35:08

But what about Brother Vincent?

0:35:080:35:12

Supposing he notices something

he thinks Clinton should know about.

0:35:120:35:15

Mr...?

0:35:150:35:20

Bond.

0:35:200:35:23

James Bond.

0:35:230:35:25

Is there time before we leave

for lesson number three?

0:35:250:35:28

Absolutely.

0:35:280:35:37

There's no sense in

going off half-cocked.

0:35:370:35:40

Stir in some crushed ice,

shake, strain and pour.

0:35:400:35:42

Top it off with one olive.

0:35:420:35:46

Two.

0:35:460:35:48

Did you say something?

0:35:480:35:49

I said two.

0:35:490:35:50

You were perfect up

until the olives.

0:35:500:35:52

Two olives.

0:35:520:35:53

That way you see they can gently

bounce up against each other.

0:35:530:35:57

I'm afraid the spectacle of two

olives gently bouncing up

0:35:570:36:00

against each other is

a pleasure I shall forego.

0:36:000:36:03

Oh, you don't want

to bust up a pair.

0:36:030:36:05

We played it tongue in cheek,

as I play most heroes.

0:36:050:36:08

I really don't see myself as a hero,

although I play them.

0:36:080:36:12

So I'd play it as if

it is all a joke.

0:36:120:36:22

A house with a door.

0:36:220:36:24

One, two, three, four.

0:36:240:36:28

Great big curtain rings,

they must have come out

0:36:280:36:30

of a giant's house.

0:36:300:36:32

I know what we can do with these.

0:36:320:36:34

I will be an owl.

0:36:340:36:36

Hee-haw!

0:36:360:36:39

Our aim, we were told,

was to play one to one

0:36:390:36:42

through the camera.

0:36:420:36:44

# Up and down with your brush.

0:36:440:36:51

And it works, that is why

people remember it -

0:36:510:36:54

because it was as if we were

talking only to them.

0:36:540:36:57

It's Windy Miller.

0:36:570:36:57

Hello, Windy.

0:36:570:37:02

Peel, Pugh, Barney McGrew,

Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb.

0:37:020:37:04

Mr John Noakes!

0:37:040:37:09

I'm sure this does me good.

0:37:090:37:17

Oh, get off my foot.

0:37:170:37:21

Well, our animals are going to be

happy, they will be going away

0:37:210:37:25

on holiday too, they're

going to spend it in the country.

0:37:250:37:29

But Lulu won't be there.

0:37:290:37:34

At this level, the plinth

on which Nelson stands

0:37:340:37:37

overhangs the column.

0:37:370:37:40

I found myself literally

hanging from the ladder

0:37:400:37:43

with nothing beneath me.

0:37:430:37:45

Once I had reached the top

of the column the worst part began,

0:37:450:37:49

I had to go down again,

in a bosun's chair.

0:37:490:37:51

Are you coming down to join me?

0:37:510:37:53

Yes, I'm coming down.

0:37:530:37:54

Do you feel all right?

0:37:540:37:56

Yes, I feel good.

0:37:560:38:00

No Shep, don't bite him.

0:38:000:38:02

He's a nice fella.

0:38:020:38:06

Get down Shep, keep still, boy.

0:38:060:38:07

Do as you're told.

0:38:070:38:08

come here.

0:38:080:38:11

Get down, Shep, behave yourself

or I'll cuff you around the ear.

0:38:110:38:14

# John could never be alone,

no matter where he went.

0:38:140:38:18

# Because Shep would have a sniff

around and soon pick up the scent.

0:38:180:38:26

By Jove, I've just jumped out

of this aeroplane and 50,000 feet

0:38:260:38:29

and get down Shep!

0:38:290:38:30

I'm upside down!

0:38:300:38:32

Hello, welcome to a special

Bank Holiday edition

0:38:320:38:40

of Cheggers Plays Pop.

0:38:400:38:45

How long did it take

you to record the album.

0:38:450:38:48

Between two and three years.

0:38:480:38:49

That's a long time.

0:38:490:38:53

Do you have any ideas of

what you would like to swap it for?

0:38:530:38:57

I'm back again.

0:38:570:38:59

14 years at the BBC.

0:38:590:39:00

Swapshop, Cheggers

Plays Pop, all sorts.

0:39:000:39:11

I happened to miss a bus one

Christmas evening and went

0:39:110:39:14

into a London store and saw this toy

bear on the counter,

0:39:140:39:17

nobody had bought it,

it was the only one left,

0:39:170:39:20

I took it home to my wife,

we lived near Paddington

0:39:200:39:23

so we decided to call it Paddington.

0:39:230:39:25

One day I was sitting with a blank

sheet of paper and a typewriter

0:39:250:39:29

and started to write a story

about it and I became a book.

0:39:290:39:32

Mr and Mrs Brown first met

Paddington on a railway station

0:39:320:39:35

which is how he came to have such

an unusual name for a bear.

0:39:350:39:39

Based on my father, very polite man,

always wore a hat and Paddington has

0:39:390:39:43

a lot of him in him.

0:39:430:39:45

Good afternoon, he said,

can I help you?

0:39:450:39:49

There's Parsley.

0:39:490:39:53

Sometimes Mr Onion lets him

ring the school bell.

0:39:530:39:56

Hello, Parsley!

0:39:560:39:59

# London, a lovely city.

0:39:590:40:07

# You can go to France or America.

0:40:070:40:11

# India, Asia, Australia

0:40:110:40:12

# You're

gonna come back to London city.

0:40:120:40:16

# London is the place for me.

0:40:160:40:22

# London is the place for me.

0:40:220:40:24

# London is the place for me.

0:40:240:40:42

I think there was a sort

of reticence and nervousness

0:40:450:40:47

that the women might

take over altogether.

0:40:470:40:49

We might not present an acceptable

face of cricket and I actually cried

0:40:490:40:53

as I walked out onto the pitch.

0:40:530:40:57

It was the most incredible feeling.

0:40:570:40:59

Rachel Flynt, what a good piece

of fielding but not good running

0:40:590:41:02

between the wickets, though.

0:41:020:41:08

Advantage Miss Graf.

0:41:080:41:13

Overcome with the emotion of it all.

0:41:130:41:17

She just told me "Jana,

you will do it, I believe one day

0:41:170:41:21

you will do it."

0:41:210:41:27

She's done it!

0:41:270:41:36

After our last programme,

the editor of Final Score came

0:41:440:41:47

with a box and when he opened it

and pulled out this trophy,

0:41:470:41:50

I thought that's absolutely made my

day because that is something that

0:41:500:41:54

I have always thought,

having watched the sports

0:41:540:41:58

personality of the year,

I would love to have something

0:41:580:42:01

like that as a souvenir

of my career.

0:42:010:42:07

GRANDSTAND THEME.

0:42:070:42:40

BATMAN THEME.

0:43:050:43:11

It was a two-piece but it was itchy

and someone had to zip up the back.

0:43:110:43:15

I had to fumble for a long time

to get out of the suit.

0:43:150:43:19

If I wanted to go to the bathroom,

somebody had to be there.

0:43:190:43:36

What now!

0:43:360:43:40

Our parents were slaughtered

with the others.

0:43:440:43:50

That is why, that is

why we tried to kill.

0:43:500:43:52

That is why, that is why!

0:43:520:43:55

We need a team.

0:43:550:43:56

Paul, you'll assess material damage.

0:43:560:43:57

Helena, medical.

0:43:570:43:58

Victor, scientific.

0:43:580:43:59

Lori, security.

0:43:590:44:00

and put Eagle 1 on the pad for me.

0:44:000:44:03

Sandra, cable communication

system wide open.

0:44:030:44:04

Any response, relay

it through to us.

0:44:040:44:06

Conor, you take over.

0:44:060:44:12

English girls abroad with appealing

shoulders and flowery dresses.

0:44:330:44:35

Like wallpaper on the march.

0:44:350:44:40

That's all right too, not bad.

0:44:400:44:44

Not bad, nice face, nice figure.

0:44:440:44:46

Good teeth too.

0:44:460:44:47

What's the matter with you.

0:44:470:44:51

You two, where are you taking them

tonight, Smithfield market?

0:44:510:44:55

Are you happy, I mean

really really happy happy?

0:44:550:44:58

Fantastically happy.

0:44:580:45:02

I am.

0:45:020:45:05

I know it's silly but sometimes it

worries me, I'm so happy.

0:45:050:45:09

I keep expecting something

to come along and spoil it.

0:45:090:45:13

Daft thing, what could

possibly do that.

0:45:130:45:23

It happens sometimes in an actor's

life, if you are very very lucky

0:45:230:45:26

that something special turns up.

0:45:260:45:33

Ready steady go.

0:45:330:45:35

And one I read Last Of The Summer

Wine I thought, this is it.

0:45:350:45:43

Yes, this is it, this is it,

you can see Tollgate church.

0:45:430:45:47

I'm sorry, Gromit, the fact is I am

just crackers about cheeses.

0:45:470:46:03

# Although I cry.

0:46:030:46:10

# Ain't that a shame?

0:46:100:46:14

# I found my thrill.

0:46:140:46:21

# On Blueberry Hill.

0:46:210:46:23

#On Blueberry Hill,

when I found you.

0:46:230:46:42

New Guinea, New Jersey,

New York, New Zealand,

0:46:490:46:51

where do you want to go, Chuck?

0:46:510:46:54

New Brighton.

0:46:540:46:58

I therefore proclaim

that they are husband and wife.

0:46:580:47:08

Well go on, kiss me.

0:47:080:47:09

Look what I've got!

0:47:090:47:15

Hey, I've got a match for my dog,

we saw it in this antiques shop

0:47:150:47:19

window on Nightingale Street.

0:47:190:47:20

Where are you going, Jack.

0:47:200:47:26

To see a man about a thing.

0:47:260:47:28

I wouldn't have done

that it was an emergency.

0:47:280:47:31

I've bought my own flaming dog.

0:47:310:47:32

Calm down Vera love.

0:47:320:47:33

48 quid.

0:47:330:47:34

That miserable so-and-so

only gave me 25.

0:47:340:47:38

I've never loved anybody else.

0:47:380:47:39

Come on, say you've never

loved anybody else.

0:47:390:47:41

I've never loved anybody else,

shall I go and get your slippers?

0:47:410:47:44

Please.

0:47:440:48:10

I wish that at that time I had been

older, so that I would have been

0:48:290:48:34

able to have answered

or spoke up for myself.

0:48:340:48:39

You move like a racehorse.

0:48:390:48:41

You walk like a Derby winner.

0:48:410:48:46

You must let me help you.

0:48:460:48:47

Introduce you to some friends

of mine, some photographers,

0:48:470:48:50

film people, television people.

0:48:500:48:52

I could do wonders

with you, little baby.

0:48:520:48:55

I am homosexual, irretrievably.

0:48:550:49:02

Why did you come here

looking as you do?

0:49:020:49:06

Well...

0:49:060:49:09

Many people said don't do that,

you'll never work again

0:49:090:49:11

and I said it is not

about homosexuality,

0:49:110:49:13

it is about the tenderness

of the individual as opposed

0:49:130:49:16

to the cruelty of the crowd.

0:49:160:49:18

We did so well, but...

0:49:180:49:23

A beautiful woman.

0:49:230:49:26

You are my future selves?

0:49:260:49:28

Yes.

0:49:280:49:29

Am I having a midlife crisis?

0:49:290:49:33

Why are you pointing

screwdrivers like that?

0:49:330:49:34

They're scientific instruments,

not water pistols.

0:49:340:49:39

Welcome aboard, delighted

you could join us.

0:49:410:49:43

Captain Strike at your service.

0:49:430:49:47

How do you do, I'm the Doctor,

and this is Tegan.

0:49:470:49:51

DOCTOR WHO THEME PLAYS

0:49:510:50:02

# But where do you go to,

my lovely

0:50:140:50:19

# When you're alone

in your bed

0:50:190:50:28

I want to look inside your head,

Yes, I do

0:50:280:50:32

# Your name,

it is heard in high places

0:50:320:50:37

# You know the Aga Khan

0:50:370:50:41

# And he sent

you a racehorse for Christmas

0:50:410:50:44

# And you keep it just for fun

0:50:440:50:54

# For a laugh, hah, hah,

hah

0:50:540:50:56

# And they say that if you get

married

0:50:560:50:58

# It'll be to a millionaire

0:50:580:51:00

# But they don't realise

0:51:000:51:02

where you came from

0:51:020:51:03

# And I wonder

if they really cared...#.

0:51:030:51:06

# You're a lady

0:51:060:51:08

# I'm a man

0:51:080:51:09

# You're

supposed to understand #

0:51:090:51:15

# We are family

0:51:150:51:18

# I've got

all my sisters with me

0:51:180:51:22

# We are family

0:51:220:51:28

# Get up everybody and sing #.

0:51:280:51:31

# My blood runs cold

0:51:310:51:33

# My memory has

just been sold

0:51:330:51:35

# My angel

is a centrefold

0:51:350:51:38

# Angel

is a centrefold #.

0:51:380:51:42

# You don't come around here no more

0:51:460:51:51

# Whatever you're looking for

0:51:510:51:56

# I'm free, I'm free falling #.

0:51:560:52:05

# You can sit around and wait

for the phone to ring

0:52:050:52:10

# Waiting for someone

to tell you everything

0:52:100:52:13

# At the end of the line #.

0:52:130:52:16

I hold you responsible

for what Biggins James,

0:52:180:52:25

it is this rag bag of fugitives

from the debtors prison

0:52:250:52:28

that

should concern us.

0:52:280:52:29

I remember a day when we did

alarming sequence through the night

0:52:290:52:33

I remember a day when we did

a lambing sequence through the night

0:52:330:52:37

in the ice cold of winter,

deep snow, endless frost.

0:52:370:52:39

We few, we happy few!

0:52:390:52:42

We band of brothers.

0:52:420:52:46

But the removal of those grievances

ought to precede the disarmament

0:52:460:52:50

of the victims.

0:52:500:53:03

MUSIC: Reelin' In The

Years by Steely Dan.

0:53:030:53:10

For such backbenchers,

it's the curse of coalition

0:53:290:53:31

politics, but the government

is putting it down to the reality

0:53:310:53:34

of an ageing and needful population.

0:53:340:53:37

We've been shown that register

and it suggests that far

0:53:370:53:41

from lessening, the threat

is greater now than at any time

0:53:410:53:44

for the last ten years.

0:53:440:53:48

The flood of allegations

about Jimmy Savile's behaviour

0:53:480:53:50

is now engulfing many

of the institutions

0:53:500:53:52

he was involved with.

0:53:520:53:54

I think the decision

to drop our story was a breach

0:53:540:53:57

of our duty to the women who trusted

us to reveal that Jimmy Savile

0:53:570:54:01

was a paedophile.

0:54:010:54:08

# Some walk by night

0:54:080:54:09

# Some fly by day

0:54:090:54:14

# Nothing could change you

0:54:140:54:18

# Said I'm sure of the way #.

0:54:180:54:23

# There is the sun and moon

0:54:230:54:34

# Facing their own sweet tune

0:54:340:54:36

# Watch them when dawn

is due

0:54:360:54:41

# Sharing one space

0:54:410:54:42

# We'll walk by night,

babe

0:54:420:54:47

# We'll fly by day

0:54:470:54:50

# Moonlighting strangers

0:54:500:54:56

# Who just met on the way...#.

0:54:560:55:02

Now in the movie industry,

of course, hype is good news

0:55:020:55:05

if the film lives up to it,

very bad news of it doesn't.

0:55:050:55:08

A morally uplifting parable

about faith and redemption and how

0:55:080:55:11

naive innocence can be mistaken

for wisdom begins to unfold.

0:55:110:55:14

Now it's OK, now you can

let the tears flow.

0:55:140:55:17

I probably shed a couple myself

as per the very last time I bow

0:55:170:55:21

myself out to the accompaniment

of Billy Taylor and the best theme

0:55:210:55:24

tune on television.

0:55:240:55:26

FILM PROGRAMME THEME PLAYS.

0:55:260:55:38

And more next week.

0:55:380:55:39

Goodnight.

0:55:390:55:43

"Jessica" by the Allman Brothers.

0:55:430:55:57

Hot favourite after wins in 1958

and '59, John Surtees, number three.

0:56:030:56:10

On his way to win his sixth TT

and his third successive senior TT.

0:56:100:56:20

I don't set out with definite

ambitions, I just try and do my best

0:56:200:56:24

whatever I do.

0:56:240:56:26

In his Ferrari, John Surtees,

number seven, going like a bomb,

0:56:260:56:29

leading the ten cars,

is still in the race.

0:56:290:56:36

# I think I love you,

so what am I so afraid of?#

0:56:360:56:42

When 20, 30, 40,

50,000 people screaming

0:56:420:56:45

at the top of their lungs,

0:56:450:56:46

"I love you," it's so overwhelming!

0:56:460:56:55

# I'm just a daydreamer #

0:56:550:57:02

# Walking in the rain...#

0:57:020:57:03

You just didn't expect

to meet him personally.

0:57:030:57:05

Hi there.

0:57:050:57:07

SCREAMING

0:57:070:57:07

To be honest with you,

I've been touring for about three,

0:57:070:57:10

3.5 years, and I am really tired.

0:57:100:57:15

# I feel like I've never

known a time before...

0:57:150:57:27

# Just knowing that your door

is always open

0:57:270:57:30

# And your path

is free to walk...

0:57:300:57:32

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,

I am Glenn Campbell.

0:57:320:57:36

I don't remember not having a guitar

or a musical instrument in my hand,

0:57:360:57:39

and my dad bought a guitar

for $5.95, you know.

0:57:390:57:43

# I love you...

0:57:430:57:46

I found out real quick

that it was lighter than pulling

0:57:460:57:49

a cotton sack or ploughing.

0:57:490:57:54

# I'm going to be where the lights

are shining on me

0:57:540:57:58

# Like a rhinestone cowboy

0:57:580:58:02

# Riding out on a horse

in a star-spangled rodeo...

0:58:020:58:07

# I am a lineman for the county

0:58:070:58:13

# And I drive the main road

0:58:130:58:21

I am a lineman for

the county and what...

0:58:210:58:23

Drive...

0:58:230:58:24

# Drive the main roads.

0:58:240:58:29

Yeah, looking in the sun

for another overload.

0:58:290:58:32

I hear you wire, I hear

you ringing through the wire...

0:58:320:58:35

Oh, boy.

0:58:350:58:36

That is just a - what a great song.

0:58:360:58:40

# And the Wichita lineman

is still on the line...

0:58:400:58:50

MUSIC: "Wichita Lineman"

by Glen Campbell.

0:58:500:59:13

# When I look at you

0:59:130:59:15

# My heart goes

shooby doo

0:59:150:59:16

# Lizzie, nosy, I get whizzy,

0:59:160:59:18

what am I going to do?

0:59:180:59:21

You have 55 seconds to beat

the clock...starting from now.

0:59:210:59:30

# Life is the name of the game

0:59:300:59:32

# And I want to play

0:59:320:59:34

the game with you...#

0:59:340:59:35

Nice to see you, to see you...

0:59:350:59:37

Nice!

0:59:370:59:37

Have a twirl, darling.

0:59:370:59:41

A gallon of Scotch.

A cuddly toy.

0:59:410:59:44

Didn't he do well,

didn't she do well!

0:59:440:59:50

Tony Blair insists that weapons

of mass destruction will eventually

0:59:500:59:55

be found in Iraq.

0:59:550:59:56

Well, it would be nice to see

them, to see them...

0:59:560:59:59

Nice!

0:59:591:00:01

ANNOUNCER: Live from London,

this is Strictly Come Dancing.

1:00:011:00:06

Please welcome your hosts...

Bruce Forsyth!

1:00:061:00:15

# In other words, please be true

1:00:181:00:26

# In other words...

1:00:261:00:31

# In other words...

1:00:311:00:36

# In other words, I love

you

1:00:361:00:39

# Fly me to the Moon.#

1:00:391:00:41

APPLAUSE.

1:00:411:00:44

Thank you.

1:00:441:00:56

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Steph McGovern.

1:00:581:01:00

The Queen pays tribute to the people

of London and Manchester after this

1:01:001:01:03

year's terror attacks.

1:01:031:01:04

In her Christmas Day message,

she will say the cities' powerful

1:01:041:01:07

identities had shone

through in the face

1:01:071:01:09

of appalling attacks.

1:01:091:01:12

I'm at the Queen's Sandringham

estate, in Norfolk,

1:01:121:01:15

where she will attend

church this morning with the rest

1:01:151:01:17

of the royal family,

including Prince Harry

1:01:171:01:19

and his new fiancee,

Meghan Markle.

1:01:191:01:34

Good morning, merry Christmas.

1:01:341:01:35

It is Monday 25 December.

1:01:351:01:47

Also ahead: The Pope urges the world

not to ignore the plight of migrants

1:01:471:01:50

forced to leave their countries

because of violence.

1:01:501:01:53

Christmas isn't all about presents

and turkey dinners.

1:01:531:01:55

Over a million people

will be working today.

1:01:551:01:57

We will catch up with some of them.

1:01:571:01:59

I have no idea what I'm singing.

1:01:591:02:01

Louise is worried.

1:02:011:02:07

And six Breakfast presenters

and a 1,000-strong audience -

1:02:071:02:09

what could possibly go wrong?!

1:02:091:02:11

Find out how we got on in our

big singing challenge.

1:02:111:02:14

And Phil Avery has the weather.

1:02:141:02:18

Steph, very good morning to you.

1:02:181:02:27

Here things are looking up, you have

not just one but two very red-faced

1:02:271:02:32

men wishing you a Merry Christmas. I

will have all the details in a few

1:02:321:02:37

minutes.

1:02:371:02:38

Good morning.

1:02:381:02:39

First, our main story: The Queen

will pay tribute to the cities

1:02:391:02:42

of Manchester and London

in her Christmas Day broadcast,

1:02:421:02:45

for the way in which they dealt

with this year's terrorist attacks.

1:02:451:02:48

She is at her estate at Sandringham

with other members of the royal

1:02:481:02:51

family, including Prince Harry

and his fiancee, Meghan Markle.

1:02:511:02:54

Our royal correspondent

Nicholas Witchell reports.

1:02:541:03:00

The Queen recorded this year's

broadcast a few days ago

1:03:001:03:03

at Buckingham Palace.

1:03:031:03:05

Its main theme is the importance

of home, a place she describes

1:03:051:03:08

as a source of warmth and love.

1:03:081:03:10

Looking back over the events

of 2017, she praises the cities

1:03:101:03:13

of London and Manchester.

1:03:131:03:17

The Queen visited victims

of the bombing at Manchester Arena,

1:03:171:03:19

in which 22 people died

as they left a concert.

1:03:191:03:22

In her broadcast, she will talk

about the powerful identities

1:03:221:03:25

of Manchester and London,

which she says had shone

1:03:251:03:27

through in the face

of appalling attacks.

1:03:271:03:34

On the table beside her

in the broadcast, alongside pictures

1:03:341:03:37

of Prince George and Princess

Charlotte, are two photographs

1:03:371:03:39

of her and her husband,

one of which was taken

1:03:391:03:42

on their wedding day in 1947.

1:03:421:03:44

This year, they have

celebrated their 70th wedding

1:03:441:03:46

anniversary, and the Duke

of Edinburgh retired

1:03:461:03:48

from his separate programme

of public engagements.

1:03:481:03:50

In the broadcast, the Queen

will praise her husband

1:03:501:03:52

for his support and, as she puts it,

for his unique sense of humour.

1:03:521:04:01

The world's most

experienced plucker.

1:04:011:04:02

LAUGHTER.

1:04:021:04:02

The Queen was absent from last

year's Christmas Day church service

1:04:021:04:05

at Sandringham, due to a heavy cold.

1:04:051:04:07

But there is expected to be a full

turnout of the family at church this

1:04:071:04:11

morning, and among the group

attending church will be

1:04:111:04:14

Prince Harry and his fiancee,

Meghan Markle, who are both spending

1:04:141:04:17

Christmas on the Sandringham estate.

1:04:171:04:20

It will be the first time someone

who is yet to marry into the royal

1:04:201:04:24

family will have joined

their Christmas celebrations,

1:04:241:04:26

her presence a reminder of one

of the events to which the family

1:04:261:04:30

can look forward in 2018.

1:04:301:04:31

And the Queen's Christmas Day

broadcast will be on BBC One

1:04:311:04:34

at 3:00pm this afternoon.

1:04:341:04:37

Pope Francis has urged the world not

to ignore the plight of millions

1:04:371:04:41

of migrants driven from their land,

during Christmas Eve Mass.

1:04:411:04:43

The Pontiff compared

them to Mary and Joseph,

1:04:431:04:45

recounting how they had to travel

from Nazareth to Bethlehem,

1:04:451:04:48

but found no place to stay.

1:04:481:04:50

He said many migrants

were being forced to flee

1:04:501:04:52

from leaders who see no problem

in shedding innocent blood.

1:04:521:04:55

Meanwhile, services have taken place

across the UK and further afield.

1:04:551:04:58

Our religious editor

Martin Bashir reports.

1:04:581:05:12

At Westminster Cathedral,

Cardinal Vincent Nichols,

1:05:121:05:15

leader of the Roman Catholic Church

in England and Wales,

1:05:151:05:20

framed his Christmas message

as a statement of concern

1:05:201:05:22

for the way we tend

to communicate with each other.

1:05:221:05:26

He said we often prefer

conflict to dialogue,

1:05:261:05:29

hostility instead of

a willingness to listen.

1:05:291:05:34

It's a manifestation

of a radical individualism.

1:05:341:05:39

And, while the individual

is hugely important,

1:05:391:05:43

we have to know that we are also

built to belong to each other.

1:05:431:05:48

We're built to have relationships,

and to work and find our

1:05:481:05:51

best through relationships.

1:05:511:05:54

He went on to say that,

as we gaze into a nativity scene

1:05:541:05:58

at Christmas, we find one who can

free us from the choking effects

1:05:581:06:02

of disagreement and strife -

Christ himself.

1:06:021:06:07

And at the very beginning

of the Christmas narrative,

1:06:071:06:10

here in Bethlehem, in a land defined

by walls of separation,

1:06:101:06:13

a renewed call for reconciliation.

1:06:131:06:22

Here in Manger Square,

a midnight service has been held

1:06:221:06:24

at the Church of the Nativity,

where the Archbishop of Jerusalem

1:06:241:06:28

said that, while Jesus was born

in a town under Roman occupation,

1:06:281:06:31

he was identified as

the Prince of Peace.

1:06:311:06:43

Guatemala has said it

will follow America's lead,

1:06:431:06:45

moving its embassy in

Israel to Jerusalem too.

1:06:451:06:47

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales

said he made the decision

1:06:471:06:50

after speaking to Israel's PM,

Benjamin Netanyahu.

1:06:501:06:51

Donald Trump had threatened to cut

aid to nations that voted

1:06:511:06:54

against the US in a recent

UN vote on the issue.

1:06:541:07:01

A British woman being held

in an Egyptian prison for drug

1:07:011:07:04

smuggling offences will appear

in court later today.

1:07:041:07:07

Laura Plummer was arrested

in October, when she was found

1:07:071:07:09

with 290 tramadol

tablets in her suitcase.

1:07:091:07:11

The painkiller is legal

in the UK, but not in Egypt.

1:07:111:07:14

Her family has maintained she wasn't

aware the drug was illegal.

1:07:141:07:17

If found guilty, she faces up

to 25 years in prison.

1:07:171:07:26

Surrey Police are trying to identify

a man who was found unconscious

1:07:261:07:29

in a ditch yesterday afternoon.

1:07:291:07:31

They have released pictures

of the man's clothing in an attempt

1:07:311:07:34

to track down his family.

1:07:341:07:35

The man, who is thought to be

in his 20s, is in a serious

1:07:351:07:39

condition in hospital.

1:07:391:07:52

Almost 200,000 people are currently

serving as part of the UK Armed

1:07:521:07:55

Forces, and for many on deployment,

it means Christmas away from loved

1:07:551:07:59

ones. Yesterday BBC visited one

military base in Iraq as troops

1:07:591:08:03

prepared to spend the day far, far

from home.

1:08:031:08:08

I am not going to pretend that it is

not difficult to be in Iraq over

1:08:081:08:12

Christmas.

Of all the families are

part of Christmas, these are amongst

1:08:121:08:17

the furthest away for the longest

amount of time.

This is my first

1:08:171:08:21

Christmas away from home in the

army, and to be honest, I am here

1:08:211:08:24

with the lads, I am here with the

guys, I am here with my friends. It

1:08:241:08:29

is not with the family but it is

quite good. As you can see it as a

1:08:291:08:33

good atmosphere, it is good fun.

After 21 years' service, you get

1:08:331:08:37

used to being away from home. It

gets harder when you have a wife and

1:08:371:08:41

child away from home. You won't get

to see her open presence on

1:08:411:08:45

Christmas Day.

Some improvisation

helps give a feel of Christmas in

1:08:451:08:48

the desert, but of course, not

everything can be replicated.

They

1:08:481:08:53

have done quite well, doing it with

old tyres, et cetera.

What do I miss

1:08:531:08:57

most? A good Christmas dinner, I

think, will be the one. You know,

1:08:571:09:02

mum's cooking.

It is a reminder that

British troops are still serving in

1:09:021:09:10

Iraq, rebuilding the country and

others around the world, work that

1:09:101:09:13

doesn't stop for Christmas.

1:09:131:09:23

Around 150 skiers have been rescued

from a broken-down ski lift

1:09:231:09:25

in the French Alps,

after being trapped on it

1:09:251:09:28

for several hours on Christmas Eve.

1:09:281:09:30

Helicopters were used to rescue

the people from their individual

1:09:301:09:32

gondolas, which were around 82

feet above the snow,

1:09:321:09:35

and rope was used to help the skiers

get back down the slopes.

1:09:351:09:38

The cause of the fault isn't known.

1:09:381:09:54

It might be deepest winter at home,

but England's cricketers will step

1:09:541:09:57

out into the summer sunshine

in Australia later today

1:09:571:10:00

for the first session

of the next Ashes Test.

1:10:001:10:02

They have already lost the series,

but organisers expect a sell-out

1:10:021:10:05

at the Melbourne Cricket Ground,

as they try to rescue some pride.

1:10:051:10:08

Play begins in Australia

at 11:30pm UK time.

1:10:081:10:17

If you are relaxing at home,

perhaps opening presents this

1:10:171:10:19

morning, spare a thought for this

team, who are still hard at work.

1:10:191:10:23

Santa and his reindeer spent

the night travelling the globe

1:10:231:10:26

to deliver presents

to children across the world.

1:10:261:10:28

To make sure their journey

went without a hitch,

1:10:281:10:30

air traffic controllers from the US

have been tracking the flight path

1:10:301:10:34

of his sleigh.

1:10:341:10:40

As you can see, he has already

delivered billions of presents.

1:10:401:10:49

He is currently heading for Salt

Lake City in Utah, I am reliably

1:10:491:10:55

told by a couple of elves in the

studio this morning. If you want to

1:10:551:11:01

track Santa, that is a great way to

see where he is. The air traffic

1:11:011:11:06

control team put that together for

us.

1:11:061:11:08

Later this morning, the royal family

will make the short walk

1:11:081:11:12

to St Mary Magdalene's church,

on the Sandringham estate.

1:11:121:11:14

Our royal correspondent

Daniela Relph is there.

1:11:141:11:21

Good morning to you, and already

lots of people who are hoping to

1:11:211:11:25

catch a glimpse of them.

Yes, good

morning. Merry Christmas. If you

1:11:251:11:30

want to get a prime position to see

the Royal Family as they come to

1:11:301:11:34

church ahead of the Christmas

service at 11am this morning, you

1:11:341:11:37

have to get here early. The key was

already building to the gates of the

1:11:371:11:42

church, with lots of people wanting

to see the Royal Family, but lots of

1:11:421:11:46

people also wanting to get a glimpse

of Meghan Markle this morning. A

1:11:461:11:50

fair share of Americans, perhaps

more than usual in the crowd. I am

1:11:501:11:54

joined by a few of them hoping to

see Meghan first of all, these girls

1:11:541:11:59

are from Mississippi and Nebraska.

Tell me, why are you here so early

1:11:591:12:04

on Christmas morning?

I am looking

forward to all of the royals, Meghan

1:12:041:12:09

, also her fiance, very

good-looking, so I am excited for

1:12:091:12:13

that.

And she is an American, does

that make you feel a bit more

1:12:131:12:18

connect to the British royals?

Yes,

I really excited to see what happens

1:12:181:12:23

without marrying into the family.

And pretty committed to come out so

1:12:231:12:27

early on Christmas Day.

Yes, we are

about to leave so this is my last

1:12:271:12:32

chance to see the royals in person.

Really looking forward to it.

What

1:12:321:12:36

about having an American in the

midst of the Royal Family?

It is

1:12:361:12:42

definitely intriguing, exciting. We

have never had that before, so it is

1:12:421:12:46

exciting.

Also a bit of a family

occasion this morning. Not everyone

1:12:461:12:51

is opening their presents. We have

Joseph and Lauren with their kids.

1:12:511:12:56

Summer is ten and Josh is nine. And

Blake is asleep in her dad's arms.

1:12:561:13:06

You have brought the whole family

out early on Christmas Day. Why have

1:13:061:13:11

you come here?

We wanted to start a

tradition, we thought it was a good

1:13:111:13:17

chance for the kids to see the Royal

Family.

And as an American here,

1:13:171:13:22

knowing there will be an American

marrying into the heart of the

1:13:221:13:25

British Royal family?

It is pretty

neat.

Looking after his daughter

1:13:251:13:36

there. Who are you hoping to see?

Probably Kate and William, and the

1:13:361:13:42

kids, Queen Elizabeth of course, and

Meghan Markle and Harry.

Is there

1:13:421:13:47

are a lot of excitement back home

about an American joining the

1:13:471:13:50

British royals?

I think so, I think

it is a unique opportunity.

Do you

1:13:501:13:57

wish you were home opening your

presence, or are you happy to be

1:13:571:14:02

here?

I am happy to be here.

Something quite special. And what

1:14:021:14:07

about you, Josh?

I am feeling a

little bit tired.

It will be

1:14:071:14:14

something you remember in years to

come, I promise. I hope you all get

1:14:141:14:18

a good position. You should do, so

early on this morning. And everyone

1:14:181:14:22

here of course gathering to see the

Royal Family. We should see the

1:14:221:14:26

Queen driven to the church just

before 11am, but ahead of her we are

1:14:261:14:31

expecting to see most members of the

Royal Family walking up to the main

1:14:311:14:36

house of Sandringham, up to St Mary

Magdalene, and accompanied by Meghan

1:14:361:14:46

Markle, which is a protocol.

Normally partners of the Royal

1:14:461:14:49

Family don't get to come to

Sandringham until they are married

1:14:491:14:52

but an exception has been made for

Meghan Markle, largely because her

1:14:521:14:56

immediate family are in the United

States and she has moved to the UK I

1:14:561:15:00

had of her wedding in May next year.

Prince Harry asked Queen whether she

1:15:001:15:04

can come and she will be with the

Royal Family today. A break of

1:15:041:15:08

protocol but it will be the first

time we see Meghan Markle as part of

1:15:081:15:12

the wider Royal family. Expecting to

get our first glimpse at around

1:15:121:15:16

10:45am this morning.

1:15:161:15:20

Everyone looks pretty

1:15:201:15:24

wrapped up. Let's find out what is

happening across the rest of the

1:15:281:15:30

country.

1:15:301:15:32

We are relying on our Weather

Watchers as ever. If you happen to

1:15:321:15:37

know a little boy by the name of

David Hudson, he was off doing his

1:15:371:15:42

Christmas shopping yesterday at a

garden centre in Leeds, and if you

1:15:421:15:46

happen to be at the moment, David,

there is the picture you sent to my

1:15:461:15:50

colleagues at BBC Leeds, and are not

sort it if it was sent that

1:15:501:15:54

delivered it to me, -- not sure.

What a present. It didn't cost

1:15:541:16:00

apparent anything. With the licence

fee in its own right. It is not

1:16:001:16:06

particular seasonal at the moment,

because we are yet again picking up

1:16:061:16:10

on this mild southerly and

south-westerly wind, plenty of

1:16:101:16:15

on this mild southerly and

south-westerly wind, plenty of it at

1:16:151:16:16

the moment, some of the gusts over

30 miles an hour on the south Coast,

1:16:161:16:20

and once again -- once this weather

band begins its journey across

1:16:201:16:24

England and Wales, during the course

of the evening, you will know all

1:16:241:16:28

about it, really quite punchy for a

time and the wind picking up, it

1:16:281:16:33

could be 60 miles an hour on the

south coast at times. The rain

1:16:331:16:37

already there across parts of

Scotland and the far north-west of

1:16:371:16:43

England, once the rain moves further

south it will open the door to

1:16:431:16:47

something cooler, forget about

double-figure temperatures, already

1:16:471:16:50

I am told it is already three

degrees also will, which is why when

1:16:501:16:56

the moisture moves further east and

the cold air floods down, we will

1:16:561:16:59

see a bit of a conversion, mostly

over the higher ground of northern

1:16:591:17:04

Britain, of some of that rain into

snow, and we are heading for a

1:17:041:17:08

chilly night. If you are on the move

first thing Boxing Day, there will

1:17:081:17:12

be some ice around but some of our

sporting fixtures, it is a big

1:17:121:17:16

hunting day as well in some areas,

don't worry because once the sun

1:17:161:17:19

comes through, the frost on the ice

will dissipate and there will be

1:17:191:17:24

further snow showers because Boxing

Day is a different beast, hello 3-8

1:17:241:17:31

degrees, and more cloud, wind and

rain gathering down into the

1:17:311:17:35

south-western quarter to finish off

your sporting Boxing Day. Maybe your

1:17:351:17:38

shopping. Nipping into top flank, we

have that cold air, and you can fill

1:17:381:17:54

it in from here, because going into

Wednesday, we will push the area of

1:17:541:17:59

cloud in wind and rain into the

East, and look at this, no longer

1:17:591:18:02

the high ground of Scotland but

Easterby Pennines, down to the

1:18:021:18:06

higher ground of Wilts, the

children's perhaps later in the day,

1:18:061:18:10

we could see a little bit of slushy

snow just beginning to pile up.

1:18:101:18:14

Hardly Christmas fare I know. There

is a lot going on and it will be

1:18:141:18:19

chilly as we go up towards the new

year period, you can get all of it

1:18:191:18:23

on our website. You and I are

working, Phil, what will you do for

1:18:231:18:28

your Christmas lunch? I have got the

plans, it has become a Christmas

1:18:281:18:32

ritual, but those of you with a bit

of May memory, may remember that I

1:18:321:18:37

have been here for about the last

four or five Christmases, and at

1:18:371:18:41

about 1130, 12pm, my family will be

rocking up to enjoy the festive

1:18:411:18:46

treat that is the BBC canteen, Mr

cheapskate really pushing the boat

1:18:461:18:50

out and the family will be tucking

in to whatever they want. They all

1:18:501:18:56

come into the BBC canteen? Of

course, who wouldn't! I never knew

1:18:561:19:01

that. Last year, I sat there looking

at my children who are now ten and

1:19:011:19:07

eight and I looked at them and my

son was tucking into two sausage

1:19:071:19:11

rolls and a pilot tomato sauce and I

think my daughter at a jacket

1:19:111:19:14

potato. I will rename you the

Grinch, I think! See you later on.

1:19:141:19:26

Lots of people are working.

1:19:261:19:28

If you'll be spending today tucking

into a turkey dinner and watching

1:19:281:19:31

Christmas films, you

certainly won't be alone.

1:19:311:19:33

But some people will be doing some

pretty incredible things,

1:19:331:19:35

like attempting to sail

the hardest race in the world!

1:19:351:19:40

Let's speak to Jules Salter.

1:19:401:19:42

He joins us live from Melbourne,

and is the team navigator

1:19:421:19:45

for Team AkzoNobel.

1:19:451:19:51

There is a bit of a delay on the

line, Merry Christmas to you and

1:19:511:19:55

also tell us where you are and how

it is going?

1:19:551:20:03

also tell us where you are and how

it is going?

Happy Christmas to

1:20:031:20:09

everyone in the UK we are currently

about 450 miles south of Melbourne,

1:20:091:20:17

it is late afternoon he now on

Christmas Day, grey skies, the winds

1:20:171:20:21

have dropped off a bit but the sea

temperature is starting to warm up a

1:20:211:20:26

bit, which is making things a bit

warmer on board.

And tell us that it

1:20:261:20:34

about how you will be celebrating

Christmas, is there any room for a

1:20:341:20:38

Christmas dinner on board?

1:20:381:20:44

Well, we try to save weight on the

boat, so all our food is pretty much

1:20:501:20:55

freeze-dried food, there is a fair

bit of chocolate on board, so I

1:20:551:21:00

think everyone has had a bitter

chocolate, and I will probably have

1:21:001:21:03

some kind of chicken curry,

freeze-dried, as my Christmas dinner

1:21:031:21:08

which should be OK. Really we are

trying to get the boat into

1:21:081:21:12

Melbourne to train finish this lake

as best we can. A little bit of

1:21:121:21:16

tinsel has ended up on the boat, but

that is pretty much... It is not too

1:21:161:21:24

bad to spend your day at work out on

the ocean.

It sounds brilliant,

1:21:241:21:28

thank you very much for joining us,

I can see someone in the background

1:21:281:21:33

without was on his head. Have a

wonderful Christmas! -- with

1:21:331:21:39

antlers. What a way to spend your

Christmas, Christmas Day for some

1:21:391:21:46

can be a day of joy and celebration.

1:21:461:21:50

For others it can be anxiety

and even loneliness.

1:21:501:21:52

To help us survive the day,

we've got the Breakfast version

1:21:521:21:55

of the three wise men.

1:21:551:21:57

Corinne Sweet is a psychologist,

Sally Hitchiner is an Anglican Vicar

1:21:571:22:01

and Grant Harrold, a former royal

butler and etiquette expert.

1:22:011:22:07

We have it all going on this

morning. Think you for joining us.

1:22:071:22:11

Sally, let me start with you. One of

the tough things are Christmas can

1:22:111:22:15

be loneliness, and we have quite a

few messages from people about that.

1:22:151:22:19

It is important to acknowledge that

not everyone has perfect family.

1:22:191:22:25

Some people their family business

goes over seven days, and for some

1:22:251:22:29

they are spending Christmas alone.

You can get out of the house, gopher

1:22:291:22:35

walk, go to a church, there will

always be a service on and it is a

1:22:351:22:39

great time to do something in your

community, like go to church and get

1:22:391:22:46

out and do something spiritual,

whatever it means that you, to bring

1:22:461:22:51

light into darkness and to have a

moment of something that is bigger

1:22:511:22:54

than the pressures that we all feel

at Christmas.

We have had an e-mail

1:22:541:22:59

in from a viewer that said they are

spending Christmas alone so they

1:22:591:23:03

have decided to make Julian Reister

and go out and help homeless people.

1:23:031:23:07

That's nice, isn't it. That is a

brilliant thing to do,

1:23:071:23:11

psychologically, the minute you

reach out to somebody else you feel

1:23:111:23:14

better, and I think a lot of

mistakes that people make is waiting

1:23:141:23:18

to something to happen to them,

passively. Anything you do, smile at

1:23:181:23:22

a neighbour, there may be other

neighbours in your area that are

1:23:221:23:26

alone today, just go to a local shop

and say hello, just something we

1:23:261:23:32

make some contact, one phone call to

one person, even an e-mail to one

1:23:321:23:36

person. Just some contact will

change the biochemistry in your

1:23:361:23:41

brain and make you feel better.

So

many, Christmas is a time when you

1:23:411:23:45

remember loved ones who are no

longer with us, and it is important

1:23:451:23:49

to have space for that, to bring at

the photos and have space to be sat

1:23:491:23:53

on Christmas Day. There is not a

love opportunity to do that, there

1:23:531:23:57

is all this pressure to have the

best day of the year. But we have

1:23:571:24:01

two allow space for the full range

of emotions and however we are

1:24:011:24:06

feeling, and to talk to people, to

go online, talk to Samaritans who

1:24:061:24:09

are always available.

That's a great

point, they are their 24/7, you can

1:24:091:24:15

phone them any time, there is no

shame in picking up the phone and

1:24:151:24:19

talking to Samaritans. The other

thing is, today is a day of mixed

1:24:191:24:23

feelings, because there is so much

pressure on it being perfect, we

1:24:231:24:27

have great expectations of the

perfect day, there is nothing worse

1:24:271:24:31

than that actually, and if you have

ups and downs, or you are recently

1:24:311:24:36

divorced or separated, you have lost

somebody you love, you are not

1:24:361:24:39

feeling very well, the real, just

give yourself space, go outside, go

1:24:391:24:44

to bed a moment to give yourself a

bit of breathing space.

Really good

1:24:441:24:49

advice. At the other end of this is

the pressure when you have a house

1:24:491:24:53

full of people, and Helen as you

keep things calm, -- how on earth.

1:24:531:25:01

How do you feel about that?

It is

that feeling, when you have people

1:25:011:25:06

in your home, it is about the right

things, the things they like, the

1:25:061:25:15

food they enjoy, the party games

they want to do, don't force us upon

1:25:151:25:19

them. You have to be a bit relaxed

if they don't want to do that thing

1:25:191:25:23

that you want to do, if they don't

want to watch the Queen 's speech,

1:25:231:25:27

that's fine. As a guest you have to

be considerate of the host and

1:25:271:25:31

assist them and help them and make

sure you are a good guess.

What

1:25:311:25:35

about when to leave, you are like,

are they actually going to leave?

1:25:351:25:40

You don't want to overstate your

welcome, you have people coming for

1:25:401:25:44

lunch and they are there three days

later. You want to have a timeframe

1:25:441:25:48

as to when to go. As a guest, so you

are invited to lunch, safer a few

1:25:481:25:53

hours, have lunch, have a copy,

maybe some chocolate at the end, --

1:25:531:25:59

Coffey. But you don't want to be

there in the evening, unless the

1:25:591:26:05

host offers that. It is not polite

to be sitting there and enjoying the

1:26:051:26:09

host hospitality when the other

things they need to be doing.

It is

1:26:091:26:12

often a time when families come

together, and sometimes that is the

1:26:121:26:16

only time the families come together

is at Christmas, so there are

1:26:161:26:20

probably lots of things that aren't

set at Christmas because people,

1:26:201:26:23

like Sally was saying, you want the

pressure of having the perfect day.

1:26:231:26:27

It can be an explosive cocktail

because we have such a range of

1:26:271:26:31

family now, we might have exes,

stepchildren, sort of complicated

1:26:311:26:35

relationships. If we are all in a

little colder and at Christmas, it

1:26:351:26:41

can be very explosive. It is very

difficult for us as British people

1:26:411:26:46

to say no or to define ourselves and

to have boundaries. If you do have

1:26:461:26:52

people around, you can say, you are

welcome from six to eight, and be

1:26:521:26:56

clear about your boundaries. When we

go beyond our boundaries is when we

1:26:561:27:00

have too much, we have too much wine

or sherry and that we might have too

1:27:001:27:05

much of each other. Try and keep it

limited, and if you have that

1:27:051:27:09

difficult relative -- difficult

relative who is hanging around at

1:27:091:27:12

the end of the table, try and limit

them, treat them politely but have

1:27:121:27:17

your boundaries.

Getting out of the

house, going for a family Christmas

1:27:171:27:21

walk can clear the air, reduce the

pressure, give people a chance to do

1:27:211:27:26

more than one thing, rather than

just sit around chatting or playing

1:27:261:27:29

a board game, one of my top tips is

jigsaw puzzles, getting out of

1:27:291:27:34

jigsaw puzzle. Introverts find it

incredibly difficult at Christmas.

1:27:341:27:40

Because actually you are having to

sit around chatting, which is the

1:27:401:27:43

worst thing in the world.

If you are

the host, if you are feeling under

1:27:431:27:48

pressure to talk to a lot of people,

women in particular are not looking

1:27:481:27:52

forward to this, it is going to be

too much, you have to take yourself

1:27:521:27:57

out, just to have a breather, go

into the garden to five minutes,

1:27:571:28:00

look at your plants, just look at

the sky, talk to a pet, anything. A

1:28:001:28:06

pet goldfish is a great one to

listen. But just get it off your

1:28:061:28:10

chest, to whatever is around you,

talk to the Christmas tree, and just

1:28:101:28:15

say, I have had enough...

I often

talk to my Christmas tree!

I think

1:28:151:28:22

Christmas is this mix of three

different festivals, we have the

1:28:221:28:26

pagan Yuletide festival which is

about light and darkness, we have

1:28:261:28:31

the Victorian family focused,

children focused Christmas which is

1:28:311:28:34

about having a perfect wonderful

feast, and then there is a sort of

1:28:341:28:38

religious element as well, about

helping the poor and God coming down

1:28:381:28:41

to be with us, and the solidarity of

God with everyday people. I find it

1:28:411:28:47

really helpful to jump between those

three different aspect, and having

1:28:471:28:51

space when the family pressures get

too much, to jump into something

1:28:511:28:55

more spiritual, and when the

spiritual stuff is too much, to have

1:28:551:28:59

some fun and enjoy the magic of

children and Santa Claus and watch

1:28:591:29:02

TV, I don't have children myself am,

and there are some wonderful things

1:29:021:29:11

on television this year.

And have a

bit of space, just some quiet. If

1:29:111:29:16

you are a person is to get away from

everyone, have five minutes on your

1:29:161:29:20

own, even in the loo is a great

moment, to just say, and already, I

1:29:201:29:25

just need some space.

Grant, a

little bit later, I want to ask you

1:29:251:29:30

about some things not to do, and you

are going to bring your dogs into

1:29:301:29:35

the studio!

The three dogs are with

me, one is only six-month-old, it is

1:29:351:29:43

her first Christmas, she is very

confused about all the celebrations.

1:29:431:29:47

Over, I just heard her!

I will be

bringing them on later. There are

1:29:471:29:54

probably lots of questions that

people have about pets at Christmas.

1:29:541:29:58

Thank you very much, if you do have

any questions you in touch with us,

1:29:581:30:02

we know there are lots of you out

there who might have questions to

1:30:021:30:06

ask of these guys. Also lots of

people working as well, not just us,

1:30:061:30:10

lots of people in all kinds of

important jobs out there, so send us

1:30:101:30:13

your pictures, with us know what you

are doing, you can e-mail us. She

1:30:131:30:18

your thoughts with us on Facebook

page as well, you can tweet us,

1:30:181:30:24

about any up-to-date's stories, you

can use the hashtag as well. And of

1:30:241:30:30

course you can get all the latest

information on the programme from

1:30:301:30:33

there as well. Stay with us,

headlines coming up shortly.

1:30:331:30:38

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Steph McGovern.

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Good morning.

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Here is a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News:

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The Queen will pay tribute

to the cities of Manchester

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and London, in her Christmas Day

broadcast, for the way

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in which they dealt with this

year's terrorist attacks.

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Her message was recorded

at Buckingham Palace.

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She is now at her estate

at Sandringham, in Norfolk,

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with other members of the royal

family including Prince Harry

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and his fiancee, Meghan Markle.

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Pope Francis has used his

Christmas Eve Mass to urge the world

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not to ignore the plight

of millions of migrants.

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The Pontiff compared

them to Mary and Joseph,

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recounting the Biblical story of how

they had to travel from Nazareth

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to Bethlehem, but found

no place to stay.

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He said many migrants

were being forced to flee

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from leaders who see no problem

in shedding innocent blood.

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At the Church of the Nativity,

in Bethlehem, midnight Mass took

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place against a backdrop

of heightened security.

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Fewer pilgrims than usual

are in the city because of increased

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tensions between Palestinians

and Israelis, following

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President Trump's decision

to recognise Jerusalem

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as the capital of Israel.

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Guatemala has said it

will follow America's lead,

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moving its embassy in

Israel to Jerusalem too.

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Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales

said he made the decision

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after speaking to Israel's PM,

Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Donald Trump had threatened to cut

aid to nations that voted

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against the US in a recent

UN vote on the issue.

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A British woman being held

in an Egyptian prison for drug

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smuggling offences will appear

in court later today.

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Laura Plummer was arrested

in October when she was found

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with 290 tramadol

tablets in her suitcase.

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The painkiller is legal

in the UK, but not in Egypt.

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Her family has maintained she wasn't

aware the drug was illegal.

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If found guilty, she faces up

to 25 years in prison.

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Surrey Police are trying to identify

a man who was found unconscious

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in a ditch yesterday afternoon.

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They have released pictures

of the man's clothing in an attempt

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to track down his family.

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The man, who is thought to be

in his 20s, is in a serious

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condition in hospital.

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Around 150 skiers have been rescued

from a broken-down ski lift

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in the French Alps,

after being trapped on it

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for several hours on Christmas Eve.

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Helicopters were used to rescue

the people from their individual

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gondolas, which were around 82

feet above the snow,

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and rope was used to help the skiers

get back down the slopes.

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The cause of the fault isn't known.

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When you think of Christmas

traditions, radishes might not be

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the first thing you think of, unless

you live in the Mexican region of

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Oaxaca. Every Christmas thousands of

people come together to carve a

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nativity scene out of radishes. The

customers now in its 120th year, and

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started when vegetable vendor is

adorned their stalls with carvings

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to show off their wares. They are

quite impressive, actually. I didn't

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realise you could do that much with

a radish. Look at the hair on that.

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And you can't beat a carrot Tash.

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It might be deepest winter at home,

but England's cricketers will step

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out into the summer sunshine

in Australia later today

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for the first session

of the next Ashes Test.

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They have already lost the series,

but organisers expect a sell-out

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at the Melbourne Cricket Ground,

as they try to rescue some pride.

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Patrick Gearey reports.

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The Ashes gone, and still they come.

There is a reason England's fans are

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called the Barmy Army. When they are

not watching cricket they are

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playing it, and they have called up

Mr Root to their team, not the

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England captain, but his brother

really, a professional himself who

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has had to wash his country lose the

urn alongside everyone else.

He is

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frustrated, but I think it is the

sort of thing he will enjoy taking

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on, a tough challenge like this.

Challenge is an understatement.

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Comment and criticism comes with

cricket in Australia. Rude has had

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to watch the Ashes go, and he his

captaincy be described as soft and

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childlike by Ricky Ponting -- Root.

He doesn't spend much time in our

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dressing room. I don't think you

should try and be something you are

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not.

Now he keep takes his team into

a Test like no other. It is a

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national occasion, not just a

sporting one. Australian values of

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history and competition mean there

will be no going easy on England.

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This is the home to the most raucous

supporters in cricket and they will

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be reminding whichever poor English

fielder who has the misfortune of

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being posted there them exactly what

the score is in the series, and

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exactly how bad it could get. Words

can't hurt England, but runs do.

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Steve Smith provides them and the

Aussie captain will play despite

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injuring his hand in training. Ashes

series can numb as well is a

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conflict pain.

It has been a good

summer so far. Obviously won back

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the urn, which was the objective at

the start of the series, and we have

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now got an opportunity to keep

winning. That has been the message

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to the boys. Don't worry about 5-0

at this stage, they have to win this

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one first.

Even on Christmas

morning, even with the series

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decided, they come to watch practice

in Melbourne. Or the 90,000 will be

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here on Boxing Day to pick over the

Ashes leftovers. -- more than

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90,000.

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As part of our BBC Sing series,

we presenters were set a challenge.

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Could we pull off a live performance

at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall,

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singing in front of more than 1,000

people, with only eight hours

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to learn our lines?

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How did we get on?

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Let's have a look.

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I feel like I should put out a

warning, if you are somebody who

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struggles with terrible noise, this

is not a film to listen to.

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DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS.

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Six Breakfast television

presenters...

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..at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall.

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Their challenge, to learn

a Christmas classic.

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Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

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APPLAUSE.

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And sing to a full house

of more than 1000 people.

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That's a lot of people whose ears

could be potentially bleeding

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by the end of this.

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Presenters will perform

with the gospel choir,

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Manchester Inspirational Voices.

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But will they remember the words?

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# Lots of toys and...

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(LAUGHS).

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Will they remember the tune?

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I literally don't even

know how it should be.

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The challenge is on.

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I am shaking.

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# Chestnuts roasting on an open

fire...#

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The Bridgewater Hall

is sold out.

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In the audience, to give

much-needed support,

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Sean, and Louisa 's husband.

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They have never sang before,

individually or as a choir,

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and they have learned it in one day.

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Wow.

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Hopefully they have learned

the words and I'm sure

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they will do well.

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I'm a big fan of Dan,

so I am looking forward

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to seeing his performance.

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Good luck, do well, breathe before

you do it and just have a good time.

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Presenters will need

all the help they can get.

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They have had just a couple

of hours to learn, rehearse

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and perfect the song.

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I have no idea what I am singing.

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Louise is worried.

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The words keep going out

of my brain, it is two lines,

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it is ridiculous and embarrassing.

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There you go!

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APPLAUSE.

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Guiding our presenters,

the remarkably patient leader

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of Manchester inspirational

voices, Wayne Ellington.

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You do bring a real sense of joy

into what you are doing.

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He has this great way of making

you feel like you are Diana Ross...

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# And every mother 's child

is going to start...

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..When you clearly are not,

when you are a dying cat.

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He is an amazingly optimistic man.

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Because he sees talent

where we are not seeing talent.

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# Merry Christmas...

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Merry Christmas...#.

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LAUGHS.

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Wayne has been an absolute wizard.

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A magician.

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# Every mother 's child

is going to spy...

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Take Wayne out of the equation,

where all in trouble.

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# Joy to the world...#.

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The concert has started,

Wayne and his choir bringing joy

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to the world.

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Meanwhile, backstage...

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Apparently my trousers are gone.

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# And every mother 's child

is going to spy...#.

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This is the suit and he has

put my trousers on and walked out.

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It sounds awful, doesn't it.

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# They know that

Santa's on his way...#.

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Charlie, do you want

to borrow my dress?

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# Lots of toys and goodies

on his sleigh...#.

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My trousers, do you randomly pick up

other people's trousers?

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That's enough, we need

to get ready, goodbye.

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With just minutes to go,

Wayne gathers the presenters

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for a final pep talk.

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Should anything go out of place,

any notes or anything like that,

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you just have to tighten up,

keep your eyes on me.

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I'm hoping that they are going

to feel comfortable and just be OK.

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I just hope!

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BBC Sing!

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We will see what happens.

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Why did we agree to this?

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It gives me great pleasure

to announce our special guests,

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the BBC presenters, Naga Muchetty,

Mike Bushell, Louise

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Minchin...

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APPLAUSE.

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And Charlie Sayt!

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Hold onto your hats everyone.

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Here we go.

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# Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

# Jack Frost nipping at your nose

#

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Yuletide carols being sung

by a choir # And folks dressed up

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like Eskimos

# Everybody knows

a turkey and some mistletoe #

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Help to make the season bright

#

Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow

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# Will find it hard to sleep tonight

# They know that Santa's on his way

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# Tiny tots with

their eyes all aglow

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# Will find it hard to sleep tonight

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# They know that Santa's on his way

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# He's bringing lots of toys

and goodies on his sleigh

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# And every mother's child is gonna

spy

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# To see if reindeer really know

how to fly

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APPLAUSE.

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# And so I'm offering this simple

phrase

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# To kids from one to 92

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# Although it's been

said many times,

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many ways

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# Merry Christmas to you.#

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# They know that Santa's on his way

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# He's bringing lots of toys

and goodies on his sleigh

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# And every mother's child is gonna

spy

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# To see if reindeer really know

how to fly

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# And so I'm offering this simple

phrase

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# To kids from one to 92

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# Although it's been said

many times, many ways

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# Merry Christmas to you.#

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(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE).

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Didn't she do well!

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She did brilliant, I am so proud.

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Absolutely fantastic.

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Uplifting, gets you right here.

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APPLAUSE.

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They were brilliant,

they were up for a laugh,

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that's the main thing,

that's what you do at Christmas.

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They were so brave to do it!

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They really went for it.

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I really thought

they did brilliantly.

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Got away with it!

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Got away with it!

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They were so kind to us!

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I'm going to give the

audience ten out of ten.

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that song ever again. Sorry if

anyone was offended by that.

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Terrible singing but it is fair to

say, not everyone did like our

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singing, one viewer sent in this

picture of her two dogs, who heard

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our rehearsals who ran behind their

beds to hide. Think if that, I agree

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with you. -- thank you for that.

Philip I am sure you have a

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wonderful singing voice but could

not be there.

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I used to think I did a good duet

with George Michael when I was

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driving in the country, and we were

pretty good together, to an audience

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of zero. Give us a line before you

go?

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I couldn't possibly.

Moving swiftly on, you are very

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brave to do it, as the woman said.

Christmassy, isn't it? Not really if

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you look at the window. The Weather

Watcher pictures are coming in, and

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that is one of the finest pylons in

the spirit of Christmas are have

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ever seen, probably supplying the

house in Stevenage. If you are

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travelling this

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house in Stevenage. If you are

travelling this morning, the weather

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will not getting your way, that is

the real bonus of what we have had

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over the past few days. Sunshine is

in short supply. We are getting this

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mild southerly and south-westerly

wind across the greater part of

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England and Wales. That sunshine is

in short supply, if you are new this

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frontal system, that is a lot of

cloud in wind and rain, which will

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eventually sweep across many parts

of England and Wales, and you will

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know when that has arrived. They had

a bit if you are on the move, it is

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mild and is where we have been for

the past few days. Write me that

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weather front, a lot of rain,

especially over higher ground in the

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northern parts of England and

Scotland and Ireland. North of it,

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it's not double figures. Four, five,

six degrees for all parts of the

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British Isles. As we get towards

Boxing Day, that weather front is

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coming through, you will know when

that one has gone through. Behind

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it, much cooler air, turning showers

wintry, especially on the high

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ground, if you are looking for a

white Christmas, this is not quite

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the one for you. There will be a

device first thing, a chilly start,

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but if you are thinking about Boxing

Day sporting fixtures, that is a

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decent day, it will not stop you

getting anywhere though there will

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be some wintry showers into higher

ground in the north of Scotland,

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some showers elsewhere, a much

brighter day but much fresher as

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well, 3- eight Celsius, rather than

the 10- 12 that many are enjoying

1:50:311:50:37

today. Then a lot more cloud, wind

and rain moving across the southern

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half of Britain, and then on its

northern flank, cold air coming in

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from the north, following these

isobars all the way through the

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northern parts of Norway right down

towards this massive piece of

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moisture, it is going to convert

some of that rain to snow. The peaks

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and the Pennines coming down towards

the high ground of Wiltshire and

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eventually to the Chilterns and it

is 3-6. If you have a hat, scarf and

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gloves were Christmas, you will need

it by Wednesday. Thank you Phil, I

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still can't get over the fact that

you take your family to the BBC

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canteen to Christmas dinner. It is a

family tradition of this time of

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year, and it is one of the cheaper

options. Our very own Scrooge, thank

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you.

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If you'll be spending today relaxing

and watching Christmas films,

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I'm sure there are lots of people

who are.

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But spare a thought

for all those people out

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there who are having to work.

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Let's speak to one of them now -

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We can speak to Nick McLeod.

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He's also working today.

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But somewhere very different -

at the Gannet Offshore oil rig

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in the North Sea.

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How are things going out there?

Good

morning, things are steady, the

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weather is quite nice, we have a

supply boat alongside, and all the

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crew are in the festive spirit, you

can see some behind me.

I have been

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out to that rigged before with you

guys and you have quite the canteen,

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so I am expecting you will have a

good dinner at least?

We do indeed.

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This is a time of year when the

catering crew have their busiest day

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and really put on a great spread us,

we have lots of prawns and salmon to

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start with and Turkey and venison,

so everyone is looking forward to

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it.

Tell us a bit about what your

job involves, it is about supplying

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oil, but day-to-day, what are you

all doing?

So on-board at the moment

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we have 71 people, and the platform

produces oil and gas, about 35,000

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barrels a day that we produce, and

we continue to produce that today.

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We have the catering team to

maintenance and operations team, and

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the vast majority will continue to

work through the day, although we

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will have some time off this

afternoon to relax a and enjoy

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Christmas a little bit.

What about

being away from your family, I know

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quite a few guys who are out on the

rigs and it can be quite tough at

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this time of year.

It sure is, it is

an opportunity to say thank you to

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everyone at home who supports the

guys out here, it can be tough being

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away, technology helps now, so

things like Skype on Facebook take

1:53:321:53:35

it easier to see the kids unwrapping

presents, but it is part of the job,

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most guys I used to it and the vast

majority get into the spirit adhere,

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and look forward to having Christmas

when they go home before they come

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out.

Has centre managed to -- has

Santa Claus managed to land his way

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on the helipad?

The night it did say

there was some strange noises on the

1:53:551:54:00

helipad, and we have received a big

parcel of gifts, so everyone on

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board, the welfare committee wrote a

letter to Santa Claus about a month

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ago, so later this evening after we

have eaten there will be some

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giftgiving for all the team out

here.

Next, thank you for talking to

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us and Merry Christmas to you and

all of your fellow workers at on the

1:54:181:54:22

rig

1:54:221:54:25

all of your fellow workers at on the

rig. Now we will go to Mark Pilgrim

1:54:251:54:30

who was also working today at the

elephant enclosure in Chester zoo.

1:54:301:54:34

Very Christmas to you, how are

things there?

Things are good this

1:54:341:54:40

morning, the staff are starting to

arrive, to do the usual tasks of

1:54:401:54:44

looking after the animals.

Is

Christmas Day different for you guys

1:54:441:54:48

or is it still the same type of

stuff?

It is a bit special,

1:54:481:54:52

Christmas is always a

1:54:521:54:53

stuff?

It is a bit special,

Christmas is always a bit special,

1:54:531:54:54

there is no business in the zoo

today, so it means that we

1:54:541:54:57

there is no business in the zoo

today, so it means that we can get

1:54:571:54:58

the jobs done have a little more

easily, and it always feels a little

1:54:581:55:02

bit special on Christmas morning to

come in and it is the same for the

1:55:021:55:07

animals, it is routine as normal for

them, to spend a day with their

1:55:071:55:11

families, but for us it is a little

bit friend, with no public here.

We

1:55:111:55:15

are looking at some pictures now of

the elephants there, can you tell us

1:55:151:55:19

who you have behind you as well?

It

is quite hard over my shoulder, I

1:55:191:55:29

suspect Mya is one of the elephants

behind me, the calves have been out

1:55:291:55:33

this morning, we have three calves,

they have been moving around trying

1:55:331:55:44

to muscle in on the he feed as well.

Do they get any special Christmas

1:55:441:55:50

treats?

Not particularly, I think

that Christmas is really a time, a

1:55:501:55:56

family time, and one of the

important things about family --

1:55:561:56:01

about elephants is that they are

family-oriented. They spend every

1:56:011:56:04

single day with their families, so

in our herd for example we have the

1:56:041:56:09

grandmother, her two daughters are

here, and her three grandchildren,

1:56:091:56:14

so actually it is a real family day

for the elephants at Chester zoo.

1:56:141:56:18

Thank you so much, Mark, I imagine

your arm is pretty tired from

1:56:181:56:23

holding up the phone, have a

wonderful Christmas and say Merry

1:56:231:56:27

Christmas to everyone who is working

with you today.

Thank you, and Merry

1:56:271:56:32

Christmas to everybody from us here

at Chester zoo.

Wonderful. We are

1:56:321:56:38

now going to talk strictly come

dancing.

1:56:381:56:41

Joe McFadden might have been crowned

this year's Strictly Come Dancing

1:56:411:56:44

champion, but today it's the turn

of former contestants

1:56:441:56:47

to waltz their way onto the dance

floor for the Strictly Christmas

1:56:471:56:50

special.

1:56:501:56:50

Tim Muffett caught up

with the dancers and celebrities

1:56:501:56:52

in rehearsals.

1:56:521:56:57

They have got me doing to Viennese

waltz, which is lovely.

It

1:57:011:57:05

They have got me doing to Viennese

waltz, which is lovely.

It is nice

1:57:051:57:06

that she finally has a decent

partner...

That was about 45

1:57:061:57:10

seconds!

A bit of a royal theme this

year, you have been to Buckingham

1:57:101:57:16

Palace, and had a photo with the

Duchess of Cornwall.

You had a dance

1:57:161:57:21

with her!

I did, she is a very close

friend of Craig, shows she says.

1:57:211:57:28

Everyone says strictly changes your

life, have you been dancing since

1:57:281:57:31

then?

It does... This is now my

life.

1:57:311:57:38

We are just watching it back now to

see if there are any tiny

1:57:421:57:46

improvements we could make,...

Compared to Brian Conley, Howard

1:57:461:57:53

does he rate?

They are two different

styles of dancers, so it would be

1:57:531:57:58

unfair of me to compare. I love you

Brian, I love you, and. -- I love

1:57:581:58:03

you Colin.

What are you doing here?

We are doing a jive, it is a jive

1:58:031:58:16

for Colin, for me it is just running

around.

Before I used to just listen

1:58:161:58:22

to music, now I know that you do a

foxtrot to this, oh you do a jive to

1:58:221:58:28

this.

Do you do that at dinner

parties?

I kind of keep it in.

What

1:58:281:58:33

is it like being back on the

dancefloor?

Right now feels OK, when

1:58:331:58:38

you hear the announcer, "Kimberley

dancing the jive...", I will be

1:58:381:58:44

like...

What requests do you get for

the Christmas special?

We have

1:58:441:58:48

practised reindeer ears, this is a

chine -- shiny reindeer tummy...

1:58:481:58:54

This is of a Lou Irving, what is

this?

Gold.

Jeremy Vine's golden

1:58:541:59:00

shoes? They are absolutely huge.

It

has a special coating. Wipe down...

1:59:001:59:11

After Christmas dinner!

I have to

descend from the ceiling on some

1:59:111:59:18

sort of start and when I did

Strictly I was never allowed to fly.

1:59:181:59:22

They made gold shoes and there may

be no one else who can wear size 12

1:59:221:59:28

shoes in gold.

1:59:281:59:35

MUSIC.

1:59:351:59:40

# Oh, I wish it could be Christmas

every day... When the bells are...

1:59:401:59:45

(LAUGHS)

1:59:451:59:45

every day... When the bells are...

(LAUGHS).

How different is the

1:59:451:59:50

atmosphere on a Christmas special

compared to the highly competitive

1:59:501:59:53

live shows, does it feel different?

We get Christmas lunch and there is

1:59:531:59:57

a cheese and biscuit party as well,

which we never had.

Cheese is not

1:59:572:00:02

good for the voice, though, is it?

RU competitive with each other?

Not

2:00:022:00:07

really.

Are they competitive with

each other?

(LAUGHS)

2:00:072:00:13

really.

Are they competitive with

each other?

(LAUGHS).

APPLAUSE

2:00:132:00:17

really.

Are they competitive with

each other?

(LAUGHS).

APPLAUSE.

2:00:172:00:20

That looks good, doesn't it?! Stay

with us, headlines coming up.

2:00:232:00:30

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Steph McGovern.

2:00:572:00:58

The Queen pays tribute to the people

of London and Manchester after this

2:00:582:01:01

year's terror attacks.

2:01:012:01:03

In her Christmas Day message,

2:01:032:01:05

she'll say the cities' "powerful

identities" had "shone

2:01:052:01:06

through in the face

of appalling attacks".

2:01:062:01:16

And I'm on the Queen's Sandringham

estate in Norfolk, where the Royal

2:01:172:01:21

Family have gathered to celebrate

Christmas. And this year, that

2:01:212:01:25

includes Prince Harry's fiance,

Meghan Markle.

2:01:252:01:28

Good morning.

2:01:362:01:36

Merry Christmas!

2:01:362:01:38

It's Monday the 25th of December.

2:01:382:01:39

Also ahead...

2:01:392:01:41

The Pope urges the world not

to ignore the plight of migrants

2:01:412:01:44

forced to leave their countries

because of violence.

2:01:442:01:48

Christmas isn't all about presents

and turkey dinners.

2:01:482:01:50

Over 1 million people

will be working today.

2:01:502:01:53

We'll catch up with some of them.

2:01:532:02:01

I have no idea what I'm singing!

Louise is worried.

She wasn't the

2:02:012:02:08

only one!

2:02:082:02:11

Six Breakfast presenters

and 1,000-strong audience.

2:02:112:02:12

What could possibly go wrong?!

2:02:122:02:13

Find out how we got on in our big

singing challenge.

2:02:132:02:16

He's the ultimate Christmas jumper.

2:02:162:02:18

Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards has

come out of retirement.

2:02:182:02:22

He'll be right here

on the sofa to tell us why.

2:02:222:02:26

And Phil Avery has the weather.

2:02:262:02:33

Merry Christmas, Stronger!

Merry

Christmas to you, Steph! This Santa

2:02:332:02:39

was spotted in the Leeds yesterday.

I'll be back in a few minutes to

2:02:392:02:45

tell you if what appears through

your window today will look equally

2:02:452:02:49

as festive. See you in a bit.

2:02:492:02:51

Good morning.

2:02:512:02:52

First, our main story.

2:02:522:02:53

The Queen will pay tribute

to the cities of Manchester

2:02:532:02:56

and London in her Christmas Day

broadcast for the way

2:02:562:02:58

in which they dealt with this

year's terrorist attacks.

2:02:582:03:00

She's at her estate

at Sandringham with other members

2:03:002:03:02

of the Royal Family -

including Prince Harry

2:03:022:03:04

and his fiancee, Meghan Markle.

2:03:042:03:05

Our Royal Correspondent,

Nicholas Witchell, reports.

2:03:052:03:12

The Queen recorded this year's

broadcast a few days ago at

2:03:122:03:16

Buckingham Palace. Its main theme is

the importance of home, a place she

2:03:162:03:20

describes as a source of warmth and

love. Looking back over the events

2:03:202:03:26

of 2017, she praises the disease of

London and Manchester. The Queen

2:03:262:03:29

visited the victims of the bombing

at the Manchester Arena in which 22

2:03:292:03:34

people died as they left a concert.

She will talk about the powerful

2:03:342:03:38

identities of Manchester and London,

which, she says, had shone through

2:03:382:03:42

in the face of appalling attacks. On

the table beside her in the

2:03:422:03:47

broadcast, alongside pictures of

Prince George and Princess

2:03:472:03:50

Charlotte, or two photographs of her

and her husband, one of which was

2:03:502:03:53

taken on their wedding day in 1947.

This year, they have celebrated

2:03:532:03:59

their seventh year wedding

anniversary, and the Duke of

2:03:592:04:01

Edinburgh retired from his separate

programme of engagements -- verse

2:04:012:04:06

70th wedding anniversary. The Queen

will praise her husband for his

2:04:062:04:10

support, and, as she puts it, for

his unique sense of humour. The

2:04:102:04:15

Queen was absent from last year's

risking the state church service at

2:04:152:04:19

Sandringham due to a heavy cold. But

there is expected to be a full

2:04:192:04:23

turnout of the family at church this

morning. Among the group attending

2:04:232:04:27

church will be Prince Harry and his

fiancee, Meghan Markle, who are both

2:04:272:04:32

spending Christmas on the

Sandringham estate. It will be the

2:04:322:04:35

first time someone who is yet to

marry into the Royal Family will

2:04:352:04:41

have joined their Christmas

celebrations. Her presence a

2:04:412:04:43

reminder of one of the event to

which the family, forward to in

2:04:432:04:46

2018.

2:04:462:04:51

The Royal Family will make their

traditional trip to church. Good

2:04:512:04:56

morning and Merry Christmas. You

were talking earlier to some of the

2:04:562:04:59

well-wishers. Quite a few Americans.

Yes, that's right, Merry Christmas,

2:04:592:05:05

Steph. There has been a crowd

gathering here since about 5am in

2:05:052:05:09

order to make sure they are in

position to get a good advantage

2:05:092:05:12

point for once the Royal Family

begin that walk up to church at

2:05:122:05:17

about 10:45am. A fair number of

Americans hoping to get a glimpse of

2:05:172:05:21

Meghan Markle. There are couple of

RAF bases nearby, so a large number

2:05:212:05:27

of Americans based on them have come

here today in the hope of seeing

2:05:272:05:31

another American, Meghan Markle. She

will be here, as we know, alongside

2:05:312:05:35

Prince Harry at the church service

this morning. That is a break with

2:05:352:05:39

royal protocol, because generally,

if you haven't married yet, you are

2:05:392:05:42

not normally invited by the Queen

to, and spent Christmas here. If you

2:05:422:05:46

are in there girlfriend or boyfriend

-- if you are a mere girlfriend or

2:05:462:05:53

boyfriend, you do not normally get

an invitation. But this year, an

2:05:532:05:58

exception has been made for Meghan

Markle, because she is an American,

2:05:582:06:02

her immediate family are in

California, and she will be here as

2:06:022:06:06

part of the wider Royal Family just

before 11am this morning so quite a

2:06:062:06:10

busy day for them.

2:06:102:06:11

And the Queen's Christmas Day

broadcast will be on BBC One

2:06:112:06:14

at 3pm this afternoon.

2:06:142:06:16

Pope Francis has urged the world not

to ignore the plight

2:06:162:06:19

of millions of migrants "driven

from their land",

2:06:192:06:22

during Christmas Eve Mass.

2:06:222:06:25

The pontiff compared

them to Mary and Joseph,

2:06:252:06:27

recounting how they had to travel

from Nazareth to Bethlehem

2:06:272:06:30

but found no place to stay.

2:06:302:06:33

He said many migrants

were being forced to flee

2:06:332:06:37

from leaders who "see no problem

in shedding innocent blood".

2:06:372:06:40

Meanwhile, services have taken place

across the UK and further afield.

2:06:402:06:43

Our Religious Editor,

Martin Bashir, reports.

2:06:432:06:48

At Westminster Cathedral,

Cardinal Vincent Nicholls,

2:06:522:06:55

leader the Roman Catholic Church

in England and Wales,

2:06:552:07:00

framed his Christmas message

as a statement of concern

2:07:002:07:02

for the way we tend

to communicate with each other.

2:07:022:07:06

He said we often prefer conflict

to dialogue, hostility instead

2:07:062:07:08

of a willingness to listen.

2:07:082:07:14

It's a manifestation of a kind

of radical individualism,

2:07:142:07:18

and while the individual is hugely

important, we have to know

2:07:182:07:23

that we are also built

to belong to each other.

2:07:232:07:28

We are built to have relationships

and to work and find our best

2:07:282:07:31

through relationships.

2:07:312:07:36

He went on to say that as we gaze

into a Nativity scene at Christmas,

2:07:362:07:40

we find one who can free us

from the choking effects

2:07:402:07:42

of disagreement and strife.

2:07:422:07:44

Christ himself.

2:07:442:07:48

And at the very beginning

of the Christmas narrative

2:07:482:07:51

here in Bethlehem, in a land defined

by walls of separation,

2:07:512:07:55

a renewed call for reconciliation.

2:07:552:08:03

Here in Manger Square,

a midnight service has been held

2:08:032:08:08

at the Church of the Nativity,

where the Archbishop of Jerusalem

2:08:082:08:10

said that while Jesus was born

in a town under Roman occupation,

2:08:102:08:13

he was identified as

the Prince of Peace.

2:08:132:08:18

Martin Bashir, BBC

News, in Bethlehem.

2:08:182:08:21

Guatemala has said it

will follow America's lead,

2:08:212:08:23

moving its embassy in Israel

to Jerusalem too.

2:08:232:08:25

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales

said he made the decision after

2:08:252:08:30

Guatemala has said it

will follow America's lead,

2:08:302:08:32

moving its embassy in Israel

to Jerusalem too.

2:08:322:08:34

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales

said he made the decision after

2:08:342:08:36

speaking to Israel's Prime Minister,

Benjamin Netanyahu.

2:08:362:08:38

Donald Trump had threatened to cut

aid to nations that voted

2:08:382:08:41

against the US in a recent UN vote

on the issue.

2:08:412:08:44

A British woman being held

in an Egyptian prison for drug

2:08:442:08:46

smuggling offences will appear

in court later today.

2:08:462:08:48

Laura Plummer was arrested

in October when she was found

2:08:482:08:50

with 290 tramadol

tablets in her suitcase.

2:08:502:08:53

The painkiller is legal

in the UK, but not in Egypt.

2:08:532:08:57

Her family has maintained she wasn't

aware the drug was illegal.

2:08:572:09:00

If found guilty, she faces up

to 25 years in prison.

2:09:002:09:06

Surrey Police are trying to identify

a man who was found unconscious

2:09:062:09:11

in a ditch yesterday afternoon.

2:09:112:09:12

They've released pictures

of the man's clothing in an attempt

2:09:122:09:15

to track down his family.

2:09:152:09:16

The man, who is thought to be

in his 20s, is in a serious

2:09:162:09:19

condition in hospital.

2:09:192:09:22

Around 150 skiers have been rescued

from a broken down ski

2:09:222:09:24

lift in the French Alps

after being trapped on it

2:09:242:09:27

for several hours on Christmas Eve.

2:09:272:09:30

Helicopters were used

2:09:302:09:32

to rescue the people

from their individual gondalas,

2:09:322:09:35

which were around 82

feet above the snow,

2:09:352:09:40

and rope was used to help the skiers

get back down the slopes.

2:09:402:09:43

The cause of the fault isn't known.

2:09:432:09:49

That would be a scary trip down that

slope, wouldn't it?!

2:09:492:09:54

If you're relaxing at home, perhaps

opening presents this morning,

2:09:542:09:58

spare a thought for this team

who are still hard at work.

2:09:582:10:02

Santa and his reindeer spent

the night travelling the globe

2:10:022:10:05

to deliver presents to children

across the world.

2:10:052:10:11

Hopefully we are going to be able to

show you the journey that he is

2:10:112:10:15

making with the reindeer at the

moment.

2:10:152:10:18

Air traffic controllers from the US

have been tracking the flight

2:10:182:10:20

path of his sleigh.

2:10:202:10:21

I've been told he has already

delivered 6.5 billion presence

2:10:212:10:26

around the world. There we go, you

can see him there, he is headed

2:10:262:10:33

towards New Mexico, I believe.

Headed for Arizona. There we are,

2:10:332:10:40

I've got else talking in my ear

telling

2:10:402:10:42

I've got else talking in my ear

telling me exactly where he is at

2:10:422:10:43

the moment. His delivery is going

well, 6.5 billion presents for

2:10:432:10:52

children all over the world.

Hopefully you will have yours this

2:10:522:10:55

morning if you are waking up here

and

2:10:552:10:57

morning if you are waking up here

and unwrapping them. It's always the

2:10:572:11:00

best bit, unwrapping the presents in

the morning. We will keep you

2:11:002:11:07

updated on how Santa is doing.

2:11:072:11:11

It's usually one of the busiest

places in the country on a Monday

2:11:112:11:15

morning, but today Euston Station

will feel very different.

2:11:152:11:17

It's being turned into a homeless

shelter for Christmas Day -

2:11:172:11:20

with staff and volunteers getting

ready to serve a special meal

2:11:202:11:22

to 200 rough sleepers.

2:11:222:11:23

Our reporter Caroline

Davies is there.

2:11:232:11:28

Caroline, I know that station well.

Really amazing to see it being put

2:11:282:11:33

to such good use today.

Well, good

morning, Steph. This is a rather

2:11:332:11:39

empty used in station. As you say,

everything is boarded up behind me,

2:11:392:11:44

because of course it's not a normal

commuter Monday. If it was and you

2:11:442:11:49

saw that departure board, I don't

think you would be best pleased,

2:11:492:11:52

that's not a great start your

working week. But of course, today

2:11:522:11:55

is Christmas Day. Here are the

fantastic banqueting tables that

2:11:552:11:59

those volunteers from Network Rail

has been putting together. The last

2:11:592:12:05

train left at 11:30pm last night,

and ever since then they have been

2:12:052:12:09

working to make this special for

homeless people in this area. It was

2:12:092:12:13

Network Rail's idea. I'm joined by

one of the team. Can you tell me a

2:12:132:12:18

bit about where this idea came from?

This was the idea of Network Rail, a

2:12:182:12:24

great company to work for, they

encourage us to think of better ways

2:12:242:12:28

to do things. We came up with this

idea to encourage -- to do this at

2:12:282:12:34

Christmas.

What will people be

eating today?

The guests will be

2:12:342:12:38

having a great feast. A banquet, I

suppose. We have a smoked salmon

2:12:382:12:43

starter, soup, a main course roast,

and then we have Christmas pudding.

2:12:432:12:47

What a way to finish a meal. We were

busy last night. Santa came and gave

2:12:472:12:52

us the tables, chairs and

decorations, so we were busy setting

2:12:522:12:56

up.

You have also had donations from

45 different groups and companies to

2:12:562:13:01

make this happen. What sort of

things have you been given?

The

2:13:012:13:05

whole team have been blown away by

the donations, the public generosity

2:13:052:13:08

in terms of setting this up. 45

companies have come to us in the

2:13:082:13:13

last two weeks, really, we have had

donations of thermal clothes, hats,

2:13:132:13:17

gloves, jeans, we have got a whole

department store of clothes that we

2:13:172:13:23

will organise later to give out. We

have great food that we've been

2:13:232:13:27

given as. You look I heard that you

had a particularly special thing

2:13:272:13:31

from a local school. A local school

in North London spent the time to

2:13:312:13:40

write 200 individually addressed

cards that we're going to give out

2:13:402:13:42

to each of our guests that will come

along today. The school taking the

2:13:422:13:46

time demonstrates the public emotion

that is happening around this event.

2:13:462:13:50

If anyone is sitting at home

thinking they would like to give

2:13:502:13:55

something, are you all set for

today?

We are all set, all planned,

2:13:552:14:00

we have 32,000 people working across

the Christmas period, so we are

2:14:002:14:04

quite used to planning. It has been

fun to work on this. We are all set

2:14:042:14:09

for today, we've got everything in

place and ready to go.

Christmas Day

2:14:092:14:12

is just one day of the year. What

will Network Rail do for the rest of

2:14:122:14:16

the year to keep the spirit going

to?

We are focusing on today. We

2:14:162:14:21

have 200 guests, we are going to

give them the best day expect a few

2:14:212:14:29

days ago, and I can't wait to give

them that day. We have done this

2:14:292:14:33

with two organisations, Street

Kitchens, a brilliant organisation

2:14:332:14:36

that feed thousands of people every

week. And Saint Mungo is, the

2:14:362:14:40

largest homeless charity in London.

Please help those organisations out.

2:14:402:14:45

All of the volunteers here at

Network Rail will be ready when the

2:14:452:14:50

guests arrive at 11am.

Thank you

very much, and Merry Christmas to

2:14:502:14:56

everyone there from all of us here

at Breakfast. We have had a couple

2:14:562:14:59

of e-mails from people who are

getting involved in things like

2:14:592:15:02

that. Lowry is on her own today but

she has decided to make Chile and

2:15:022:15:07

rice which she is going to take out

later to give to the homeless in her

2:15:072:15:11

town. That's a lovely thing to do.

Keep those messages coming in about

2:15:112:15:15

what you're doing. I know what

Philip is doing, he is taking up

2:15:152:15:19

half of National Grid with that

electricity! You also taking your

2:15:192:15:24

family to the BBC canteen, which I

can't get over!

Spoiling them rotten

2:15:242:15:27

in the true spirit of Christmas!

Christmas is

2:15:272:15:31

in the true spirit of Christmas!

Christmas is manifesting itself in

2:15:312:15:40

many ways. I thought we would do an

unscheduled item about light

2:15:402:15:43

pollution, I think we are going to

have the name and shame on this.

2:15:432:15:46

Yes, Carla's garden in Stevenage. If

you've been blinded recently in the

2:15:462:15:48

Hertfordshire area, you know where

the source of that light is coming

2:15:482:15:50

from! I'm showing you this because

this is a manifestation of the

2:15:502:15:53

modern embodiment of Christmas,

unlike our weather. The risk

2:15:532:15:59

brightness, a lovely dawn captured

across the docks of Hull. But you

2:15:592:16:02

are a long way from not such a

lovely Christmas in this weather

2:16:022:16:09

front, the Western fringes of

England and Wales, southern parts of

2:16:092:16:13

Scotland and Northern Ireland. You

will know about it if you wonder

2:16:132:16:15

that front, it is wet and windy.

Ahead of that -- if you and that

2:16:152:16:22

front. There are wind gusts. The

gusts along the southern coasts, you

2:16:222:16:27

could be looking at 60 mph, that

will be sometime later in the day.

2:16:272:16:31

Make the most of the dry weather.

Until we get close to that weather

2:16:312:16:38

front, Northern Ireland too I'm

afraid, it's one of those. North of

2:16:382:16:41

this, quite relevant for what is to

come, temperatures at three, four, 5

2:16:412:16:46

degrees or so. As we get through the

evening and overnight, we will push

2:16:462:16:50

the weather front with gusty winds

and heavy rain out into the North

2:16:502:16:54

Sea. Not a great evening on the

rigs. We will introduce a colder

2:16:542:17:00

weather, turning showers wintry on

higher ground. Look at this profile,

2:17:002:17:05

one, two, three, 4 degrees. Ice

first up if you are on the move on

2:17:052:17:10

Boxing Day. But for sporting

fixtures, not a big issue. Most will

2:17:102:17:15

go ahead. There will be some

sunshine at last on Boxing Day.

2:17:152:17:19

Clear skies. If you can avoid the

wintry showers, particularly on the

2:17:192:17:24

higher ground, but sometimes at

lower levels in the northern half of

2:17:242:17:27

Scotland. Later on, you lose your

sunshine in the south-west of

2:17:272:17:31

England and Wales as a new area of

low pressure drags its cloud, wind

2:17:312:17:35

and rain across the southern half of

the British Isles through Boxing Day

2:17:352:17:44

evening and overnight. All the

while, we've got clear skies and a

2:17:442:17:47

chilly old night across the northern

half of Britain. And where the two

2:17:472:17:49

meet, coming out of Boxing Day and

into Wednesday, there could well be

2:17:492:17:52

winteriness in the southern half of

the British Isles. Detail on that at

2:17:522:17:57

this distance obviously a wee bit

sketchy. But I would have thought up

2:17:572:18:00

by higher ground in the south,

slushy deposits, but there could be

2:18:002:18:06

rain in the East Midlands and

south-east. In the middle part of

2:18:062:18:10

the week, you will need a hat, scarf

and gloves. Hopefully you got them

2:18:102:18:15

for Christmas, and a few other

things too.

Do you at least where a

2:18:152:18:19

Christmas jumper when you have

2:18:192:18:20

things too.

Do you at least where a

Christmas jumper when you have your

2:18:202:18:20

meal with your family in the

canteen?!

No, I can't abide them!

2:18:202:18:25

I'm a Scorpio, I'm generosity to a

full! But Christmas jumpers, who

2:18:252:18:34

brought that one back?! Bah humbug!

Still, we love you really because

2:18:342:18:40

you deliver it with such a smile!

2:18:402:18:47

We're not going to judge you if you

are spending most of the day on the

2:18:472:18:52

sofa, but there are some people out

there doing very adventurous things

2:18:522:18:54

this Christmas. In a moment we will

be talking to the explorer Ben

2:18:542:19:01

Saunders and his fiancee, pick

Paris. Ben is currently in

2:19:012:19:04

Antarctica. Let's find out why.

2:19:042:19:07

An extraordinary challenge,

for which Ben Saunders spent much

2:19:072:19:09

of 2017 training for.

2:19:092:19:11

The plan is to make a solo,

completely unassisted,

2:19:112:19:14

unsupported crossing

of Antarctica on foot.

2:19:142:19:17

So I'm walking from one

side, to the South Pole

2:19:172:19:22

and carrying on to the opposite

side of Antarctica.

2:19:222:19:24

Motivation for Ben is deeply felt.

2:19:242:19:26

His friend Henry Worsley died last

year attempting the same feat.

2:19:262:19:32

My initial reaction for a few weeks

was that I didn't want anything more

2:19:322:19:35

do with Antarctica ever again.

2:19:352:19:37

It just seemed too tragic.

2:19:372:19:40

I started thinking perhaps the best

way to honour the friendship,

2:19:402:19:42

the inspiration he gave me,

would be to sort of

2:19:422:19:45

finish the job for him.

2:19:452:19:47

Trekking more than 1,000 miles

in a place where temperatures often

2:19:472:19:55

reach -40 degrees Celsius,

challenges don't get any tougher.

2:19:552:19:57

That looks tough, doesn't it?!

Before we speak to Ben, we're going

2:20:052:20:09

to talk to his fiancee, Pip, who is

in the Peak District. Merry

2:20:092:20:14

Christmas, and how's it going?

Merry

Christmas, Steph.

How are you

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feeling? He's been away for a couple

of months, how you feeling today?

2:20:182:20:23

Yes, I've been OK, but today... I

mean, yeah, I'm sad that he's not

2:20:232:20:29

here. But I spoke to him about 20

minutes ago. And he sounded very

2:20:292:20:35

cheerful in his tent. He's got a

long day on skis ahead of him. So,

2:20:352:20:39

yeah, I'm wishing him a very happy

Christmas.

What are you going to be

2:20:392:20:43

doing today? Have you got plans?

Yes, the stockings haven't quite

2:20:432:20:48

been opened. His is still here, he

forgot to tell Father Christmas he

2:20:482:20:53

wasn't at home. After we've heard

him speak with you, we will open the

2:20:532:21:01

stockings, go on a walk, not as long

as his, and just a big family lunch.

2:21:012:21:07

I know you are incredibly proud of

him, and you, what's it been like

2:21:072:21:12

over the last few months? Have you

managed to talk to him very often?

2:21:122:21:16

Yes, I speak to him every evening on

satellite phone, which I think keeps

2:21:162:21:22

both of us going, really. I'm so

proud of him. He's doing really

2:21:222:21:25

well. He's had awful conditions in

Antarctica. So his progress hasn't

2:21:252:21:31

been as quick as he hoped. He's got

a difficult decision to make in the

2:21:312:21:37

next few days as to whether he can

carry on after the poll, but I

2:21:372:21:40

really hope he can, and I know lots

of followers are cheering him on.

2:21:402:21:46

OK, Pip, I know it's a tough day for

you. We're going to speak to Ben

2:21:462:21:50

now. Thank you so much for talking

to us. For a lot of people who

2:21:502:21:54

aren't with their loved ones, it can

be tough today. Then, morning dew,

2:21:542:21:59

Merry Christmas, tell us where you

are exactly -- Ben, morning to you.

2:21:592:22:06

I'm currently in my tent, in my

sleeping bag. I am about 57 miles

2:22:062:22:13

away from the South Pole.

And what

are you going to do today to

2:22:132:22:18

celebrate?

LAUGHTER

2:22:182:22:24

Well, I'm going for a walk! There

will be no Christmas lunch! But I

2:22:242:22:27

did find a little chocolate father

Christmas in my bag from my mum. I'm

2:22:272:22:35

ashamed to say he's being eaten

already. I had one Christmas present

2:22:352:22:39

this morning. I think there might be

one or two more this evening when I

2:22:392:22:42

finish in the tent. It's been a good

day so far.

Ben, for you in the

2:22:422:22:48

middle of that expedition, what's it

been like? We heard a bid from Pip

2:22:482:22:52

there. Clearly she is obviously

gutted that you're not that with

2:22:522:22:55

her. Tell us about the expedition

and why it's important?

Thank you.

2:22:552:23:01

It's been very hard. I came here

during -- knowing it would be a

2:23:012:23:07

tough camping trip. I've been...

Today is a 48. -- is Day 48. I've

2:23:072:23:15

travelled just short of 950

kilometres, 22.5 marathons. It's

2:23:152:23:23

been pretty hard, and the weather

has been unusually bad. There's been

2:23:232:23:27

a lot of low cloud and fog and mist.

Some very poor visibility which

2:23:272:23:33

makes it harder to navigate. It's

been a tough, tough trip. But I'm

2:23:332:23:36

doing it all for a charity called

the In Deva fund. Which supports

2:23:362:23:43

wounded and honourable veterans --

in Deva fund. People can follow

2:23:432:23:50

along online. There will be updates

from my tent every evening. It's

2:23:502:23:53

been tough so far. I'm nearly two

thirds of the way across now.

We

2:23:532:23:58

really appreciate you taking the

time to talk to us. And to your

2:23:582:24:02

fiancee, Pip as well. Have a Merry

Christmas from all of us.

Thank you,

2:24:022:24:08

and you, Merry Christmas.

Ben

Saunders in the middle of his

2:24:082:24:12

expedition. My goodness, people are

up to all sorts today!

2:24:122:24:20

For some people, Christmas Day can

be a time of anxiety and loneliness.

2:24:202:24:27

To help us survive the day,

we've got the Breakfast version

2:24:272:24:30

of the three wise men.

2:24:302:24:31

Good morning, and Merry Christmas.

2:24:312:24:37

Corinne Sweet is a psychologist,

Sally Hitchiner

2:24:372:24:39

is an Anglican vicar,

2:24:392:24:40

and Grant Harrold a former royal

butler and etiquette expert.

2:24:402:24:42

We've had quite a few messages in

from people to tell us what they're

2:24:422:24:45

doing. And there's actually quite a

lot going on in terms of helping

2:24:452:24:49

people out there, isn't there,

Sally? We were hearing about Euston

2:24:492:24:53

station being turned into a centre

where they are going to give dinner

2:24:532:24:56

to homeless people. A lady told us

she is going to be taking out food.

2:24:562:25:00

There is a lot going on.

There is

huge amounts, and it's not too late

2:25:002:25:05

to volunteer if you want to get out

in the local community. Looking

2:25:052:25:15

online for where groups are helping

the homeless or local charities that

2:25:152:25:17

are helping people, Shelter doing

huge amount of work for people at

2:25:172:25:19

this time of year. Logging into a

website like a church near you .com.

2:25:192:25:22

Find out where your local

communities are gathering, where

2:25:222:25:25

there are events happening and being

able to engage with people outside

2:25:252:25:28

of your home and being able to take

responsibility and helping others at

2:25:282:25:33

Christmas. It's been really helpful.

It stops the pressure for you to

2:25:332:25:37

have the perfect family Christmas.

If you are and what on what you

2:25:372:25:41

missing someone and want a chance to

keep busy and get out there and help

2:25:412:25:44

other people is the point. People,

though, they might not want, out of

2:25:442:25:48

the house.

What's your advice for by

both you don't want to leave the

2:25:482:25:54

house?

If you wore on your own and

you are feeling lonely, if you have

2:25:542:25:58

people that you can either phone or

you can tweet or make some sort of

2:25:582:26:04

social media contact with, it makes

it feel better to reach out if you

2:26:042:26:08

are feeling a bit lonely. There is

always the Samaritans that you can

2:26:082:26:12

phone 24 hours a day, they are

always there and they are ways

2:26:122:26:16

listening. If you are living on a

road and you know a few people on

2:26:162:26:20

your road, take a mince pie round.

When we actually make a movement out

2:26:202:26:24

towards somebody else it makes us

feel better. There will be somebody

2:26:242:26:28

to talk to.

Grant, for those people

who've got of people coming crowned

2:26:282:26:33

the house, it's a big day, you know,

you've got all the family pressures,

2:26:332:26:37

you've got all the kind of catering

to do, you must know an awful lot

2:26:372:26:41

about that. What are your top tips?

Christmas is the perfect time to be

2:26:412:26:48

putting others before you. As a

host, you could have people coming

2:26:482:26:51

crowned, you want to put them first,

make sure that you have got their

2:26:512:26:55

favourite food and drinks in. As a

guest, you want to support the host.

2:26:552:26:59

Some people say to me, can I help a

host if they are busy in the kitchen

2:26:592:27:03

or do I keep out the way? You can

judge it. Some hosts don't want you

2:27:032:27:08

involved, they want you to enjoy

yourself. Some hosts are grateful

2:27:082:27:15

for the help, working together and

helping each other. It's important

2:27:152:27:17

to remember that.

What if you've got

a family like a blended family, lots

2:27:172:27:21

of people of different ages, they

all want different things, how do

2:27:212:27:24

you cater for that?

Is difficult,

because you have different

2:27:242:27:28

generations. The older generation

want a quiet day, sitting by the

2:27:282:27:31

fire possibly or having some time

out in the afternoon. The kids don't

2:27:312:27:35

want to do that. You've got to

remember, for example in the

2:27:352:27:40

afternoon, keep chairs empty for the

more senior adults who might want to

2:27:402:27:42

chill. And for the children, plan a

Christmas walk in the afternoon. The

2:27:422:27:49

Queen's speech, some members of the

family might want to watch it and

2:27:492:27:52

some might not. Some might want to

play games in another room. It's

2:27:522:27:57

thinking ahead and planning the day,

having a schedule, something I'm

2:27:572:28:00

good at as a butler is planning out

the day, making sure that everyone

2:28:002:28:05

has something to do and everyone is

enjoying themselves.

Too much

2:28:052:28:10

alcohol can cause chaos.

I would

say, try and have water in between

2:28:102:28:16

your alcohol.

It's Christmas,

though! People want to have a few

2:28:162:28:21

drinks!

Obsolete, but don't let

other people too much. Pace

2:28:212:28:24

yourselves. -- absolutely. Cups of

tea and a bit of time out. What you

2:28:242:28:29

were talking about their about

etiquette, we are so used to having

2:28:292:28:32

phones and iPads and all of our

gadgets around, let's just have a

2:28:322:28:38

Christmas lunch wherewith but put

them away and we actually relate to

2:28:382:28:40

each other, have a little bit of

quiet. Obviously if you are

2:28:402:28:44

contacting people around the world

or friends, do that. But when

2:28:442:28:48

somebody has made a lunch, really

appreciate their cooking. I'd turn

2:28:482:28:52

the phone is off for a bit for the

meal.

And not taking pictures of the

2:28:522:28:57

food as well.

To Instagram it.

Some

people don't want their homes on

2:28:572:29:02

social media, bear that in mind and

remember that.

By thoughtful.

A real

2:29:022:29:08

challenge, I'm wanting to ask Grant,

the etiquette expert, about this,

2:29:082:29:13

how do you cope if someone gives you

a present that you really don't

2:29:132:29:15

like!

You don't say that!

The worst

moment, you are given the Christmas

2:29:152:29:22

jumper or socks and you don't know

what to do. You've got to act. Even

2:29:222:29:26

if it's the worst gift you've ever

seen, you can't show that, you got

2:29:262:29:30

to keep the smile in, you got to

show excitement and do a speech that

2:29:302:29:34

is fit for the Academy Awards. You

are so thrilled, is the best gift

2:29:342:29:39

you've ever had! Make sure that what

you don't do is hand it into a

2:29:392:29:42

charity shop or something were

another member of the family might

2:29:422:29:45

then buy it and the following

Christmas, which has happened to

2:29:452:29:48

they will wear it!

That happen to

you with a gift you gave to someone!

2:29:482:29:54

Somebody else has ended up wearing

it, it not be the same gift but very

2:29:542:29:59

similar.

I have a friend who once

said, tell me if you don't like it.

2:29:592:30:04

I told her that I didn't like it and

she never forgive me!

A lot of

2:30:042:30:10

greys, just cover today, especially

if people have had a few drinks,

2:30:102:30:13

just roll with it. Having is based

that actually does say is, today,

2:30:132:30:17

whatever you are given is a gift.

Any experience of goodness is a

2:30:172:30:22

gift. That is the heart of the

Christmas message, really, you are

2:30:222:30:26

given a gift in Christmas. Actually

be able to celebrate the bits that

2:30:262:30:30

are good and being able to roll over

the bits that are not.

Don't get

2:30:302:30:34

into heavy discussions. Not words

that are going to wind people up.

I

2:30:342:30:41

think we'd better leave things

there. You are going to come back on

2:30:412:30:44

at the end of the show to help us

wish everyone a Merry Christmas,

2:30:442:30:48

with your dogs! I heard them barking

in the background.

I think that's

2:30:482:30:52

the puppy that we can hear, she is

in make up getting ready!

I love the

2:30:522:30:57

thought of that! Guys, we will see

you later. Do stay with us, the

2:30:572:31:00

headlines, got. And I will be joined

by the ski jump legend Eddie the

2:31:002:31:05

Eagle.

2:31:052:31:06

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Steph McGovern.

2:31:312:31:32

Here's a summary of this

morning's main news.

2:31:322:31:38

The Queen will pay tribute

to the cities of Manchester

2:31:382:31:40

and London in her Christmas Day

broadcast, for the way

2:31:402:31:42

in which they dealt with this

year's terrorist attacks.

2:31:422:31:45

Her message was recorded

at Buckingham Palace.

2:31:452:31:46

She's now at her estate

at Sandringham in Norfolk with other

2:31:462:31:50

members of the royal family,

including Prince Harry

2:31:502:31:53

and his fiancee Meghan Markle.

2:31:532:32:00

Pope Francis has used his

Christmas Eve Mass to urge the world

2:32:002:32:03

not to ignore the plight

of millions of migrants.

2:32:032:32:05

The pontiff compared

them to Mary and Joseph,

2:32:052:32:07

recounting the Biblical story of how

they had to travel from

2:32:072:32:09

Nazareth to Bethlehem

but found no place to stay.

2:32:092:32:11

He said many migrants

were being forced to flee

2:32:112:32:14

from leaders who "see no problem

in shedding innocent blood".

2:32:142:32:21

At the Church of the Nativity,

in Bethlehem, midnight mass took

2:32:212:32:23

place against a backdrop

of heightened security.

2:32:232:32:25

Fewer pilgrims than usual

are in the city because of increased

2:32:252:32:28

tensions between Palestinians

and Israelis following

2:32:282:32:29

President Trump's decision

to recognise Jerusalem

2:32:292:32:31

as the capital of Israel.

2:32:312:32:41

Guatemala has said it

will follow America's lead,

2:32:412:32:42

moving its embassy in Israel

to Jerusalem too.

2:32:422:32:48

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales

said he made the decision

2:32:482:32:50

after speaking to Israel's PM

Benjamin Netanyahu.

2:32:502:32:51

Donald Trump had threatened to cut

aid to nations that voted

2:32:512:32:54

against the US in a recent UN vote

on the issue.

2:32:542:33:02

A British woman being held

in an Egyptian prison for drug

2:33:022:33:05

smuggling offences will appear

in court later today.

2:33:052:33:07

Laura Plummer was arrested

in October when she was found

2:33:072:33:09

with 290 tramadol tablets

in her suitcase.

2:33:092:33:11

The painkiller is legal

in the UK, but not in Egypt.

2:33:112:33:14

Her family has maintained she wasn't

aware the drug was illegal.

2:33:142:33:16

If found guilty she faces up

to 25 years in prison.

2:33:162:33:26

Surrey Police are trying to identify

a man who was found unconscious

2:33:272:33:30

in a ditch yesterday afternoon.

2:33:302:33:31

They've released pictures

of the man's clothing in an attempt

2:33:312:33:34

to track down his family.

2:33:342:33:35

The man, who is thought to be

in his 20s, is in a serious

2:33:352:33:38

condition in hospital.

2:33:382:33:44

Around 150 skiers have been rescued

from a broken down ski

2:33:442:33:47

lift in the French Alps,

after being trapped on it

2:33:472:33:49

for several hours on Christmas Eve.

2:33:492:33:51

Helicopters were used

to rescue the people

2:33:512:33:53

from their individual gondalas,

which were around 82

2:33:532:33:55

feet above the snow,

and rope was used to help the skiers

2:33:552:33:57

get back down the slopes.

2:33:572:33:59

The cause of the fault isn't known.

2:33:592:34:08

When you think of Christmas

traditions, radishes might not be

2:34:152:34:21

the first thing that come to mind -

unless you live in the Mexican

2:34:212:34:25

region of Wahaca that is.

2:34:252:34:26

Each year in the run up

to Christmas, thousands of people

2:34:262:34:31

come together to carve a nativity

scene out of radishes.

2:34:312:34:33

The custom is now in its 120th year

and started when vegetable vendors

2:34:332:34:36

adorned their stalls with carvings

to show off their wares.

2:34:362:34:46

It is incredible what you can do

with a radish. Look at that tash! If

2:34:482:34:54

you are wondering what to do with

your radishes, that is an idea for

2:34:542:34:57

you.

2:34:572:34:58

you.

2:34:582:34:59

Those are the main

stories this morning.

2:34:592:35:07

Joe McFadden might have

been crowned this year's

2:35:072:35:09

Strictly Come Dancing champion,

but today it's the turn of former

2:35:092:35:12

contestants to waltz their way

onto the dance floor

2:35:122:35:14

for the Strictly Christmas special.

2:35:142:35:15

It's on BBC One at 6:30pm -

and Breakfast's Tim Muffett

2:35:152:35:18

caught up with the dancers

and celebrities in rehearsals.

2:35:182:35:21

Well, they have me doing a Viennese

waltz with Brendan, which is lovely.

2:35:212:35:24

It's just nice she's finally got

a decent partner to dance with,

2:35:242:35:27

instead of that Anton fella.

2:35:272:35:29

It didn't take long.

2:35:292:35:30

About 45 seconds.

2:35:302:35:32

Merry Christmas, Anton!

2:35:322:35:33

A bit of a royal theme

this year, isn't it.

2:35:332:35:36

You have been to Buckingham Palace,

met the Duchess of Cornwall.

2:35:362:35:39

You had a cheeky cha-cha with her.

2:35:392:35:41

I got a little cheeky cha-cha,

I'm not going to lie.

2:35:412:35:44

I enjoyed it, I think she did too.

2:35:442:35:46

She is a very close friend

of Craig, apparently.

2:35:462:35:48

Is she?

2:35:482:35:49

So he says.

2:35:492:35:50

So he does have a friend!

2:35:502:35:51

Everyone says Strictly

changes your life, have

2:35:512:35:53

you been dancing ever since?

2:35:532:35:54

This is quite normal now,

that's what changed.

2:35:542:35:56

Cue dramatic music.

2:35:562:35:57

This is now my life.

2:35:572:36:05

We are just watching it back now,

to see if there is any tiny

2:36:052:36:09

improvements that we could make.

2:36:092:36:10

Compared to Brian Connolly,

how does Colin rate?

2:36:102:36:13

They are two completely

styles of dancers.

2:36:132:36:17

So that would be really

unfair of me to compare.

2:36:172:36:19

I love you Brian, I love you Colin.

2:36:192:36:26

Is this your own special

routine you're working out

2:36:262:36:28

here, what is this bit?

2:36:282:36:29

This is a bit of a group dance,

we are doing a jive.

2:36:292:36:33

Well, it's a jive for Colin,

to me it's just running round.

2:36:332:36:36

People say Strictly

changes your life, it makes

2:36:362:36:38

people dance all the time.

2:36:382:36:39

Did it have that effect?

2:36:392:36:40

Absolutely.

2:36:402:36:41

Before I used to just listen

to music, now it's like, oh,

2:36:412:36:44

you do a foxtrot to this,

oh, you do a quickstep to this,

2:36:442:36:47

oh, this is a jive.

2:36:472:36:49

Does that make you dull

at dinner parties?

2:36:492:36:51

I kind of keep it in!

2:36:512:36:53

What was it like being back

on this dance floor?

2:36:532:36:56

Right now, it feels OK.

2:36:562:37:00

When I hear the, "Kimberley dancing

the jive", I'm going to be like...

2:37:002:37:05

What are the unusual requests

you get for the Christmas special?

2:37:052:37:11

We have had practice reindeer ears -

they're the same as

2:37:112:37:13

normal reindeer ears.

2:37:132:37:14

This is Pasha's shiny

reindeer tummy.

2:37:142:37:16

I am seeing a mustard yellow velour

thing here, what is it?

2:37:162:37:19

Gold!

2:37:192:37:20

Sorry.

2:37:202:37:21

Sorry.

2:37:212:37:22

Jeremy Vine's golden shoes.

2:37:222:37:23

They are.

2:37:232:37:24

They are huge.

2:37:242:37:25

They are a 12.

2:37:252:37:26

It has a special coating on it.

2:37:262:37:28

The Jeremy Vine coating.

2:37:282:37:30

Wipe down, after your

Christmas dinner.

2:37:302:37:34

That's good.

2:37:342:37:37

I have to descend from the ceiling

on some sort of star,

2:37:372:37:40

because when I did Strictly I was

never allowed to fly.

2:37:402:37:43

Massive shoes.

2:37:432:37:45

They have made gold shoes

and there may be nobody else who can

2:37:452:37:48

wear size 12 gold shoes -

apart from Audley Harrison.

2:37:482:37:57

The Audley Harrison music!

2:37:572:37:58

Yes.

2:37:582:37:59

That's right.

2:37:592:38:00

I forgot.

2:38:002:38:01

You must never say the words

"Audley Harrison".

2:38:012:38:03

# I wish it could be

Christmas every day...

2:38:032:38:05

You know the words!

2:38:052:38:07

You're on in a minute!

2:38:072:38:11

How different is the atmosphere

on a Christmas special,

2:38:112:38:14

compared to the highly competitive

live shows every Saturday?

2:38:142:38:16

Does it feel different?

2:38:162:38:17

We get a Christmas lunch, then

there's a cheese and biscuit party.

2:38:172:38:20

We never have cheese

and biscuit parties.

2:38:202:38:22

Cheese isn't good for

the voice, though, is it?

2:38:222:38:24

Dairy products?

2:38:242:38:25

No.

2:38:252:38:26

Are you competitive with each other?

2:38:262:38:27

Not really.

2:38:272:38:29

Dave Arch over here, are

they competitive with each other?

2:38:292:38:32

LAUGHTER.

2:38:322:38:37

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

2:38:372:38:46

Almost 30 years ago,

Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards won

2:38:462:38:49

legions of fans with his spirit

and sportsmanship at

2:38:492:38:51

the Calgary Winter Olympics.

2:38:512:38:52

But after hanging up his skis,

Eddie is coming out

2:38:522:38:54

of retirement as a special guest

at London's New Year's Day parade.

2:38:542:38:57

He's here with us now.

2:38:572:39:04

How are you?

I am wonderful, thank

you.

You are super busy, tell us

2:39:042:39:10

what has been going on?

Just very

busy off the back of the film, and I

2:39:102:39:17

have been megabusy, travelling all

over the world, doing speaking jobs

2:39:172:39:20

and TV and radio, and the odd

commercial here and there and doing

2:39:202:39:25

lots of skiing, the occasional ski

jump, but it has been fantastic.

I

2:39:252:39:31

want to show everyone the clip of

you at Callegari. That is what you

2:39:312:39:36

were famous for, let us have a look

at it.

2:39:362:39:48

He is safely down. Listen to the

crowd. It is not an enormous jump

2:39:482:39:53

but it is 71. That is a British

report, you have seen it here, he

2:39:532:39:57

has made it as a ski jumper. 71

metres. For Eddie the eagle.

2:39:572:40:05

And the crowd love it. Just nearly

stumbled. He won't get very high

2:40:052:40:11

star marks, he knows that, he has

never eimpressed the judges with his

2:40:112:40:17

style.

How do you feel about that?

It can remember it like it was

2:40:172:40:22

yesterday, it has been 30 year,

Since then, you have been doing lots

2:40:222:40:27

of different things but we haven't

seen you ski jump very often, what

2:40:272:40:31

has been going on?

Because I became

Eddie the eagle, I got kicked out of

2:40:312:40:38

the sport, and I tried to go for the

98 Olympics but thought I had

2:40:382:40:42

qualified but that didn't work, so I

went back to school and just been

2:40:422:40:48

doing Eadie the Eagle work, the last

time I jumped was about 20 years

2:40:482:40:53

ago, apart from one or two about two

years ago before the film was

2:40:532:40:57

released and then as part of the

London New Year's Day parade they

2:40:572:41:01

asked me to do some ski jumping. I

haven't done it for a while.

2:41:012:41:06

Everything has changed but it is

nice to get back on my jumping skis

2:41:062:41:09

to see whether I still have the

courage to do it.

We have got a clip

2:41:092:41:13

of you doing that in Norway in the

last couple of week, let us look at

2:41:132:41:16

that.

2:41:162:41:19

How did that training go? Was it,

did it communally do you?

Kind of,

2:41:422:41:48

because it was very last minute, and

I had one day off in December, and I

2:41:482:41:55

was in Munich and they said with

will flew do you Oslo, there was no

2:41:552:42:00

snow, we were disparately ringing

round and we found this little place

2:42:002:42:04

with a 40 metre ski jump. We went

straight there, about

2:42:042:42:08

three-and-a-half hour drive, and

skis on and did it. So I didn't have

2:42:082:42:12

time to think about it, it had to

just do it. Which is is sometimes

2:42:122:42:16

the best thing to do.

I agree. Why

did you come out of retirement. I

2:42:162:42:21

was asked to be part of the New

Year's Day parade. Didn't know they

2:42:212:42:27

had a parade. They said we would

love you to be guest of honour and a

2:42:272:42:32

month later they said would you do

some ski jumping again? I thought

2:42:322:42:35

why not? I am still fit so we

thought let's do it. We had that one

2:42:352:42:39

day, we managed to get there and do

a bit of jumping. We found some snow

2:42:392:42:43

and now we are getting ready for the

parade on New Year's Day. I am

2:42:432:42:48

loving your enthusiasm. Are you

involved in the winter Olympics

2:42:482:42:52

coming up?

I might be doing some

commentating here and there, but

2:42:522:42:56

nothing is planned at the moment,

but I am in Montana for two weeks

2:42:562:43:02

doing ski related stuff over there

and then I fly back and we will

2:43:022:43:06

hopefully have something sorted. I

want to watch as much as I can of

2:43:062:43:10

the winter Olympics.

What an honour

to have a film made about you. That

2:43:102:43:15

was really cool. Thank you so much

for coming in. Merry Christmas, I

2:43:152:43:20

hope you have a lovely day and good

luck with the parade. Eddie will be

2:43:202:43:25

guest of honour at the New Year's

Day parade.

2:43:252:43:36

Your Christmas might involve barely

moving from the sofa,

2:43:362:43:38

but many of you are also up

to some adventurous things.

2:43:382:43:41

Let's speak to Pheobe Smith,

who's been camping out

2:43:412:43:43

at Ben Nevis all night!

2:43:432:43:47

Goodness Phoebe, Merry Christmas,

how are you?

Merry Christmas, a bit

2:43:472:43:51

cold, I am good though, thanks.

Tell

us why you decided to camp on Ben

2:43:512:43:56

Nevis on Christmas Eve?

It is part

of a challenge I set myself, so I

2:43:562:44:00

have spent the last three nights

camping on Snowden, then Scafell

2:44:002:44:07

Pike and now ending on Ben Nevis, In

my three peaks sleep for Centrepoint

2:44:072:44:14

the homeless charity.

What will you

be doing for the rest of the day?

2:44:142:44:18

Well I have to get down off the

mountain and yaic my tent, it is

2:44:182:44:25

completely frozen.

PROBLEM WITH SOUND

2:44:252:44:29

. Well, Phoebe. It looks beautiful,

there.

Holding my phone there is is

2:44:292:44:36

a guy called Andy who has followed

me. He has come up to say hello.

2:44:362:44:41

Excellent. I am glad you are having

a good time. We will have to leave

2:44:412:44:45

it there. That is Phoebe on Ben

Nevis. What a great thing to do on a

2:44:452:44:50

Christmas Eve into Christmas

morning. Snow there, but let us find

2:44:502:44:53

out what the weather is like.

2:44:532:44:58

That is a scary looking

2:44:582:44:59

That is a scary looking cat. I am

glad you had the happy face of the

2:44:592:45:04

situation in Scotland. There is the

face of a cat who has had enough.

2:45:042:45:07

Here we are, quarter to nine and

that moggy is fed up to the back

2:45:072:45:11

teeth. I don't care what it is going

to get in its presents, socks all

2:45:112:45:15

four of them during the course of

the day. It isn't going to make a

2:45:152:45:19

lot of difference, that cat really

is fed up to the back teeth.

2:45:192:45:22

Because, it was so wet and windy

overnight, in the Nairn area where

2:45:222:45:26

it was up on the shores of the Moray

Firth, it is tied in with this

2:45:262:45:30

weather front. It is one of those

Christmas Day, nothing particularly

2:45:302:45:35

seasonal with regard to white and

reindeer and the rest of it. It is

2:45:352:45:38

going to be wet and windy at the

same time. That weather front

2:45:382:45:41

hanging out towards the western side

of England and Wales for a good part

2:45:412:45:44

of the day. Later op as you will see

it will work eastwards, ahead of it

2:45:442:45:49

it is pretty much what we have had

for the past few day, very lit in

2:45:492:45:54

the way of sunshine, temperatures in

double figure, this is good weather

2:45:542:45:56

for you if you are on the move. And

the wind on the south coast 30mph.

2:45:562:46:02

Near the front, southern parts of

Scotland, Northern Ireland, the far

2:46:022:46:05

north of England not great, it has

to be said. There will be wintriness

2:46:052:46:10

in the high ground. We hind it, 3,

4, 5 degrees. 10, 11, 12. Here comes

2:46:102:46:17

the weather front, further towards

the east. That opens the opportunity

2:46:172:46:20

there, the door for the cold

weather, to gradually slump down and

2:46:202:46:25

across the British Isles to give us

a markedly different day for many on

2:46:252:46:29

Boxing Day. Three or four degrees

overnight. There could be a touch of

2:46:292:46:33

ice round. If you are on the move

first thing. That is not a big

2:46:332:46:37

issue, it's a mixture of sunny

spells and showers. Plenty of

2:46:372:46:40

sunshine for the Midland and eastern

parts of England too. Plenty of

2:46:402:46:44

showers coming into the north of

Scotland and wet and windy fayre

2:46:442:46:49

piling in towards this south-west

quarter of the British Isles where

2:46:492:46:54

it is three to eight or nine degrees

or so. That is important, because

2:46:542:46:58

here we have relatively mild air,

and we a wee bit of Moyes hub, it is

2:46:582:47:04

wet and windy here, cold air on the

north and that is the boundary,

2:47:042:47:07

where we see the two mixing, that

low pressure gradually working

2:47:072:47:12

further east during the course of

Wednesday, there it will be the real

2:47:122:47:15

issue, we will keep a close eye on

the weather. This could mean

2:47:152:47:21

wintriness in the south. More on the

high ground, ahead of it that is a

2:47:212:47:24

lot of rain in East Anglia and

Lincolnshire too on what is going to

2:47:242:47:28

be a pretty chilly

2:47:282:47:29

Lincolnshire too on what is going to

be a pretty chilly day.

2:47:292:47:38

As part of our BBC Sing series

we presenters were set a challenge.

2:47:442:47:47

Could we pull off a live performance

at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall,

2:47:472:47:50

singing in front of more

than a thousand people, with only

2:47:502:47:52

eight hours to learn our lines?

2:47:522:47:54

How did we get on?

2:47:542:47:55

Let's have a look.

2:47:552:48:05

You might find some of this

distressing! Let's have a look.

2:48:052:48:16

Six breakfast television presenters.

At match's Bridgwater hall.

2:48:192:48:29

Their challenge, to learn a

Christmas classic.

Chestnuts

2:48:292:48:33

roasting on an open fire.

And sing to a full house of more

2:48:332:48:41

than 1,000 people.

That is a lot of people's ears that

2:48:412:48:45

could be potentially bleeding by the

end of it.

Presenters will perform

2:48:452:48:52

with the gospel choir Manchester

inspirational voices. Will they

2:48:522:48:54

remember the words?

# Lots of toys and... Will they

2:48:542:49:01

remember the tune?

I literately

don't even know how it should be.

2:49:012:49:07

The challenge is on.

I am sweating.

You will be fine.

2:49:072:49:21

# Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

The Bridgwater hall is sold out. In

2:49:212:49:30

audience to give much-needed support

fellow business presenter Shaun and

2:49:302:49:34

Louise's husband.

I have never sung before

2:49:342:49:38

individually or as a choir. And they

have learned it in one day. Wow.

So

2:49:382:49:44

hopefully they have learned the

words and they are not going to slip

2:49:442:49:47

up. I am sure they will do well.

I

am a big fan of Dan's so I am

2:49:472:49:51

looking forward to seeing his

performance. Yeah.

Good luck, do

2:49:512:49:56

well and breathe before you do it

and just have a good time.

2:49:562:50:03

Presenters will need all the help

they can get.

Zip it.

They have had

2:50:032:50:07

just a couple of hours to learn,

rehearse and... Perfect the song.

I

2:50:072:50:14

have no idea what I am singing.

Louise is worried.

The words keep

2:50:142:50:19

going out of my brain. It is only

two lines. It is ridiculous and

2:50:192:50:24

embarrassing.

There you go!

Guiding

our presenters the remarkably

2:50:242:50:35

patient leader of Manchester

inspirational voices, Wayne

2:50:352:50:36

Ellington.

Really do bring a good

sense of joy into what you're doing.

2:50:362:50:45

He has a great way of making you

feel like you're Diana Ross.

2:50:452:50:52

# Every mother's child...

When

you're clearly not, when you are a

2:50:522:50:57

dying cat.

He is an amazingly

optimistic man.

2:50:572:51:03

Because he sees talent where we are

not seeing talent.

2:51:032:51:11

# Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

LAUGHTER

2:51:112:51:16

So for the ladies.

Wayne has been a

wizard. A magician.

2:51:162:51:24

# Every mother's child is going

to... Take wane out of the equation,

2:51:242:51:30

we are all in trouble.

-- Wayne.

2:51:302:51:37

# Joy to the world

# Sing joy to the world. The concert

2:51:372:51:41

has started. Wayne and his choir

bringing joy to the world.

2:51:412:51:50

Meanwhile, backstage...

Apparently

Mike has taken my trousers.

2:51:502:51:55

# And every mother's child is going

to spy... He has just put my

2:51:552:52:03

trousers on and walked out.

Sound

awful, doesn't it.

It is lovely.

2:52:032:52:09

# And know that Santa's on his way.

Charlie, do you want to borrow my

2:52:092:52:16

dress?

# Lots of toys the and goodies on

2:52:162:52:22

his sleigh.

You randomly pick up

other people's trousers.

That is

2:52:222:52:29

enough, we need to get ready. Bye.

Minutes to go, Wayne gathers the

2:52:292:52:38

presenters for a final pep talk.

Should anything go out of place, any

2:52:382:52:43

notes, and you have to You randomly

pick up other people's trousers.

2:52:432:52:47

That is enough, we need to get

ready. Bye.

2:52:472:52:49

Minutes to go, Wayne gathers the

presenters for a final pep talk.

2:52:492:52:51

Should anything go out of place, any

notes, and you have to tighten up,

2:52:512:52:54

keep your "s on me. -- eyes on me. I

hope they will feel comfortable and

2:52:542:52:57

be OK. I just hope.

BBC Sing.

Goodness me. We will see

2:52:572:53:00

what happens.

I am nervous.

Why did we agree to

2:53:002:53:13

this?

I don't know.

It gives me

great pleasure to announce our

2:53:132:53:20

special guests, the BBC presenters.

Naga, Mike Bushell. Louise Minchin.

2:53:202:53:30

Dan Walker.

Steph McGovern and Charlie State.

2:53:302:53:40

APPLAUSE

You guys all right?

Yes.

2:53:402:53:52

Hold on to your hats everyone. Here

we go.

2:53:522:53:57

# Chest roasting on an open fire

# Jack frost nipping at your nose

2:53:572:54:12

# Yuletide carols being sung by a

choir

2:54:122:54:17

# And folks dressed up like Eskimos

# Every body knows a turkey and some

2:54:172:54:30

mistletoe

# Help to make the season bright

2:54:302:54:38

# Tiny tots with their eyes all

aglow

2:54:382:54:44

# Will find it hard to sleep tonight

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

2:54:442:54:53

# Santa's on his way

# He's bringing lots of toys and

2:54:532:55:02

goodies on his sleigh

# Every mother's child is going to

2:55:022:55:09

spy

# To see a reindeer's really know

2:55:092:55:16

how

2:55:162:55:26

to fly

# Although it's been said many times

2:55:322:55:35

many ways

# Merry Christmas to you

2:55:352:55:45

# They know that Santa's on his way

# He's bringing lots of toys and

2:55:452:55:55

goodies on his sleigh

# And every mother's child is going

2:55:552:56:02

to spy

# To see if reindeers really know

2:56:022:56:10

how to fly

# And so I'm offering this

2:56:102:56:16

similaring phrase

# -- simple

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# Although it's been said many

times, many ways

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# Merry Christmas

# Merry Christmas

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# Merry Christmas

# Merry Christmas

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# Merry Christmas

# Merry Christmas

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# Merry miscrabs to you. #

APPLAUSE

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-- Christmas to you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Didn't she do well? She did

brilliantly. I'm so proud.

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Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. Up

lifting, gets you right here.

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Right. That was so scary.

They were

brilliant. They were up for a laugh.

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That's the main thing ant is it.

That's what you have to do at

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Christmas, it's good.

They were so brave to do it, they

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really wept for it, so, it would be

mean to cringe, I really thought

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they did brilliantly.

We got away

with it.

They were so kind to us! I

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am going to give the audience ten

out of ten.

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# Merry Christmas to you. #

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I am so sorry! I know that was

awful. One of our little Christmas

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dogs on the sofa. Thank you for your

messages you have sent in about our

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singing. Do you went to get off

Simba? Jacqueline saying don't take

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offence, your singing is awful. You

have made me smile. Thank you for

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everyone who has sent in messages.

Enjoying the calm before the calm

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and bustle of the day. The advice

about how to keep calm was great.

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Giving that advice were oh our three

wise men, Eddie and Grant's three

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little dogs who have been keeping us

entertained. A very Merry Christmas

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from all of us here on Breakfast,

have a fabulous day.

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