good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson. our headlines today: it's the traditional boxing day sales. could big discounts give shops a boost after a sluggish run—up to christmas? i'm live on oxford street. another store has just opened. a seasonal message of solidarity — the foreign secretary orders a review into how britain can help persecuted christians around the world. they were a festive favourite for generations — now two missing morecambe and wise shows will get theirfirst tv airing. we meet the man who discovered them in an old cinema in africa. no christmas mood, in the liverpool team. managerjurgen klopp says the premier league leaders can't be distracted by festive spirit as they try to stop newcastle, playing the role of the grinch. good morning. a fairly cloudy, mulvey, misty and damp start to the day. for many it will be cloudy with

rain. in the north—west of scotland there is some sunshine. good morning. it's the 26th december. our top story. a belated merry christmas from me. it's thought 18 million people will hit the shops today, with some analysts predicting bigger—than—usual discounts in the boxing day sales. retailers will be looking to make up for weak trading in the lead—up to christmas. our reporter, andy moore, is oxford street in london. good morning, andy. good morning, roger. we have had a lot of hype around black friday before christmas but for the shops, boxing day is still the big day. twice as much money is spent today as opposed to black friday, according to research. at this store there were queueing before six o'clock. there were hundreds of people pouring in. some

of them had started queueing about two o'clock in the morning. over the next few days about four in ten of us next few days about four in ten of us will be shopping either add the stories or online. about 70% of us will do the shopping from our computer. but the people we spoke to this morning said they really like to touch and see the product before they get their purchase. basically i don't like to shop online. it is about the sizes. it is better to go and look at the sizes. you need to make sure what you are getting is right. you can get anything but you can't microtel. —— you can't really tell. anything but you can't microtel. -- you can't really tell. try them oi'i -- you can't really tell. try them on and see how it looks. lam one on and see how it looks. i am one of the people that shops online, totally. my wife just can't stand computers. this is where she

wants to come. that is why i am here and that is why i got up this morning. some interesting research from ba rclayca rd says that some interesting research from barclaycard says that men spend more money than women in these cells. they spend about £188 on average, women. the shops didn't have a good run—up to christmas. there are some signs there was a last—minute surge just on christmas eve. the stores are just on christmas eve. the stores a re really just on christmas eve. the stores are really hoping that they will have a good boxing day sales period to give them some sort of cheer to end the year. certainly plenty of people up and about bright and airy. thank you. andy moore in oxford street. —— early. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has ordered a review looking at the way britain could help persecuted christians around the world. mr hunt said the uk could, and must, do more to help the estimated 215 million christians who faced discrimination or violence last year. there are people in very poor countries, themselves very poor,

who can suffer terribly for no other reason than their faith, and when that faith is christianity, that is not a reason to do nothing. we need to do something, just as we would if they were muslim or buddhist and being persecuted for the same reason. israel has attacked a weapons site near the syrian capital, damascus. three soldiers were injured in the incident. israel also confirmed it later activated its air defence systems to bring down a syrian missile. japan has confirmed that it's to resume commercial whale hunting next year, and is withdrawing from the international whaling commission. a government spokesman said the practice would begin again injuly, but would be restricted to the country's territorial waters and exclusive economic zone. the withdrawal means japan willjoin iceland and norway in openly defying the international ban on commercial whale hunting. a man's died after being hit by a police car in liverpool on christmas night.

the victim — who has yet to be identified — was knocked down on scotland road shortly before seven o'clock. the merseyside force has reported the incident to the police watchdog, the iopc. the government says there's been an upsurge in the number of migrants being brought across the channel in small boats by criminal gangs. a0 were picked up the authorities yesterday. they were given medical treatment before being interviewed by immigration officials. the home office says it's increasing patrols. most of us will have spent christmas day surrounded by family and friends and loved ones, but premier league footballer trent alexander—arnold chose to spend his with strangers. the 20—year—old liverpool star volunteered for a local charity, buying presents and dinner for families who have fallen on hard times. our north of enlgnad correspondent, judith moritz, went to meet him. between morning training and evening match prep, trent alexander—arnold could have been forgiven for spending yesterday afternoon at home, but instead, he chose to bring christmas to a roomful of children

who wouldn't otherwise have had much to celebrate. applause. hello. the liverpool defender bought them all sacks of presents. he takes his role as a charity ambassador very seriously, understanding that though he's just 20, he's already a role model. i probably am and the kids are probably looking up to me and i think that, yeah, once you understand that you're a role model, these sorts of things are something that you want to do more often, because people might want to follow in your footsteps and seeing me do these type of things, hopefully they'll do it in the future, and that's something that can only benefit the whole city. though there were a few everton fans in the room, the children were thrilled with their scouse santa. it felt amazing to actually meet a football player, and to get a present off a football player, just — i can't describe it, but it just feels amazing. sometimes i like talking

about everton, sometimes i like talking about liverpool. i just... you didn't mind meeting a liverpool player though? yeah, i'm — i'm completely fine with it. the player also paid forfamilies to eat christmas dinner. the whole thing co—ordinated by a charity called an hour for others, which encourages people to volunteer for the local community. he's no different to anyone else, he'sjust a normal lad. it's a genuine thing, it's from his heart. he understands the importance of sticking together in hard times because he's lived in hard times himself, and he just wants to give back to his city. after injury, trent alexander—arnold is back to full fitness as liverpool face newcastle today. he didn't get much of a christmas break, but says putting a smile on young faces was more important. judith moritz, bbc news, liverpool. merry christmas. michael beer. trent alexander—arnold

final is one of the players playing in the premier league today. ariana grande and take that are among some of the stars who are celebrating a record—breaking year in the uk charts. ariana grande's ‘thank u, next‘ achieved the most streams in a week ever — 111.9 million times over seven days. data released by the official charts company revealed the artists who enjoyed the most success in 2018. veteran boyband take that had the fastest selling album of the year, with their reimagined greatest hits collection, odyssey. good morning if you havejustjoined us. good morning if you havejustjoined us. you're watching breakfast. it is nine minutes past eight. time for a look at the newspapers. paul horrocks, former newspaper editor, is here to tell us what's caught their eye.

morning. merry christmas. merry christmas to you. we'll speak to paul in a minute. here's a look at the front pages. the duchesses of cambridge and sussex feature on many boxing day front pages, with the daily mirror declaring that the royals enjoyed a "happy sis—mas" despite rumours of a fallout. it is the police service which comes in for scrutiny on the front page of the guardian. it reports freedom of information requests revealing that almost a50 people have claimed they were sexually harassed by male officers in the past six years. that figure, it points out, only 28 of the 43 forces in england and wales have responded. the times reports that more than a billion plastic bags for life are handed out annually by supermarkets, "undermining their claims to be reducing waste by cutting down on single—use bags". the paper carries a picture of prince charles at sandringham

with the duke and duchesses of cambridge and sussex. the daily telegraph, reports that public health england has drawn up plans to see calorie limits imposed on thousands of foods sold in supermarkets and restaurants, to help tackle obesity. easier said than done at this time of the year. lots of people will have had a good hearty meal yesterday. paul, you are talking about the plastic bag story. one of the stories of the year. blue planet and all the rest of it. the war and plastic has continued since then. the front of the times. i have got the inside of the daily mail. supermarkets are selling customers billions of these 10p bags for life, reusable plastic bags, which actually contain twice as much

plastic as the single use 5p once. because they are so cheap, atjust £10, people are buying them in the supermarkets and discarded them. it defeats the whole object. environmental campaigners are saying, let's raise the price of reusable bags. arguably makes it worse. yes. just one supermarket in the 12 months to the end ofjune distributed 430 million bags for life. that defeats the whole object of trying to cut down on plastic. life. that defeats the whole object of trying to cut down on plasticm will be interesting to see what the government does. inside the daily mail. it's the first time the word brexit has been mentioned this morning! a lot of people groaning. potentially it is the upside of brexit. everybody thinks about holidays at this time of year. big holidays at this time of year. big holiday companies push their trips.

holiday firms are so desperate, actually, they are slashing the cost of packages because people are worried about the effect of a no—deal brexit. despite the government saying that travel plans will not be disrupted, it looks like bookings are well down. one big holiday company has issued a profit warning. the good news for customers is that outside of the holiday period, the usual caveat, you can get amazing deals like trips to the canaries, in majorca etc, £442 one—way on a flight. you can go to the us from £329 return. fine as long as you are not travelling in the school holidays. correct. as usual. obesity is back again. this isa usual. obesity is back again. this is a novel scheme. simon stevens, the nhs boss, has talked about how obesity is a public health

emergency. it may come to pass that gps can actually prescribe people to go and attend football health clinics paid for by the nhs. it is called football fans in training. we all know that the great chant of, who ate all the pies? at football matches. people who are now overweight can join clubs matches. people who are now overweight canjoin clubs in matches. people who are now overweight can join clubs in the english football league trust thanks to the nhs and go through their fitness regime. basically playing football? yes. learn some of the skills but also some of the training regimes that professional footballers used to maintain fitness and keep their weight down. you don't see many overweight footballers these days. i have read this ina footballers these days. i have read this in a couple of papers today. i haven't got one. but i know lots of people have. alexa. it didn't work

yesterday. the digital voice assistant used by thousands of people, and they must have been hundreds of homes that had these for christmas presents, crashed because so christmas presents, crashed because so many went online at the same time that the minute they were plugged m, that the minute they were plugged in, alexa basically said, sorry, i can't respond. people would have had to cut the turkey —— cook the turkey better looking in a recipe book. one story said the kids were crying because the turkey was ruined after alexa forgot to turn the oven off. it is interesting. we don't have one. lots of people worry about them listening. i don't know if there is any validity. there have been a number of stories about how this device is permanently on and data is recorded. i don't know how it can be used. kids are obsessed by the digital world. do we need somebody to turn on the radio or tv for us? i

don't think so. lots of people go for a boxing day walk after being stuck in the house yesterday. this isa stuck in the house yesterday. this is a piece talking about the best christmas day walks. sorry, boxing day walks. papers like to preplan stuff. it looks like this has been preplanned as a story. as boxing day walks goal, and we all do them, ordnance survey was asked the longest distance you could walk in a straight line in britain without any kind of a road. the ordnance survey came up with the long distance track, 44 miles, came goranson at all, it'll take you three days. it is for experts only. —— became gordons. spectacular scenery. is for experts only. —— became gordons. spectacularscenery. but don't try it unless you know what you are doing. it could be a walk around the local park for everybody

else. thank you, paul. nice to see you. paul horrocks. good morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. millions of people head to the boxing day sales, as the high street tries to make up for a quiet run up to christmas. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says the uk could, and must, do more to help persecuted christians around the world. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. maybe you are one of those people heading out for a walk. i notice that carol has sent out a detailed forecast region by region today. it is fantastic. ido is fantastic. i do that most days, actually. if you tune into the twitter account you tune into the twitter account you will see that. this morning it isa you will see that. this morning it is a fairly cloudy start. it is misty, it is murky and there is some drizzle. that will give way to a

drier day with some rain. the rain will be predominantly across the north and the west of the country. we do have a weather front. i pressure is still firmly in charge of the weather. you can tell from the isobars, very widely spaced apart, not much wind to move along —— things along. the weather is stag na nt —— things along. the weather is stagnant for the next few days. this morning it is cloudy and drizzly. chisnall in northern ireland, parts of south wales, around somerset, the home counties as well. the rain on and off in northern and western scotland. we will see some sunshine in the north of scotland and part of the central lowlands, north—east england, north east wales and southern counties. look at these temperatures. not bad at all for this stage in december. 11th and 12 is widely. through this evening and overnight it will still be fairly cloudy. we also have this week weather front slowly slipping southwards. in doing so it will

weaken, the rain increasingly turning patchy. also breaks in the cloud. patchy mist and fog. under clear skies in southern england as well as patchy fog we could also see some frost. first thing tomorrow, thatis some frost. first thing tomorrow, that is how we start the day. the fog will lift. we will see some sunshine. quite a bit of cloud. the week weather front continues to weaken. tomorrow there will be more sunshine around than today across many areas. they will still be large areas of cloud and it will be a little bit cooler across southern areas. that's because we've got clear skies by night. that means we are likely to see dense fog patches forming across southern areas. at the same time from thursday to friday we have another weather front coming into the west and that will introduce some rain. first thing on friday we have got some dense fog patches. some of it will be slow to lift. some of us will see some

frost. the weather front continues to bring cloud. it brightens up behind in scotland, northern ireland and northern england. brightness as well in west wales. temperatures between nine, ten and 11. on saturday we start with rain in the north that will clear into the north sea. then it will be drier from north that will clear into the north sea. then it will be drierfrom most on saturday. a largely dry day on sunday. still a fair bit of cloud around with some brighter breaks. and still it is quite mild for the end of december. not too bad. missed out on a white christmas. thank you, carol. retailers will be hoping the boxing day sales will make up for a pretty poor run—up to christmas. it's been a tough year for the high street, and today councils are being invited to bid for a share of £675 million designed to regenerate town centres. communities and local government ministerjake berry joins us now from oxfordshire. good morning. thank you very talking

to us. happy christmas. happy christmas. jake, it is a lot of money. this is not new money. the chancellor announced this in october? no, what we are announcing todayis october? no, what we are announcing today is the prospectus calling on local authorities to go out there, tea m local authorities to go out there, team up with local business and community groups and come up with those innovative ideas about ensuring that the high street has a future, one in which it can thrive. this has come about as a result of some work by sirjohn timpson of the timson group. what ideas as he suggested? that's correct. i was delighted that sirjohn timpson, one of britain's most experienced retailers, agreed to assist the government with our high street policy. among the things he suggested putting childcare at the

centre of high street, moving gp surgeries onto high street and putting in civic centres. his best idea, the one i really love, is the idea, the one i really love, is the idea that we have a perfect day every single day on the high street, a day when even the traffic wardens smile when they give you a ticket. one of the thoughts i have heard is that councils could give free parking. is that something you are advocating? parking is to be determined locally by local authorities. my own experience, however, is that free parking does make a huge difference to the high street. councillors on local authorities, i would say to them, look, look at your local out—of—town shopping centre. see that their car park will be full today and look at your own park will be full today and look at yourown high park will be full today and look at your own high street. if you charge for parking, there may be a real disparity. this is the point of

pushed back because councils will say that you have slashed the central government grant and they need to make up as much money as they can wherever they can and parking is one of the means of doing that. to some extent the government has caused this problem? parking charges can only be used for maintaining parking services and local transport schemes. it is a ring—fenced budget that local authorities can't use, legally. they can't cross subsidise other services. you have taken it away from them. this is what today is about. they are great ideas all across country about how we can ensure the future of our high streets. i completely accept the points you make, but you can't make the change without comment cash. £675 million is a significant investment that we are making available to local authorities to be those agents of change in

partnership with local business to drive forward the high street. they come up with the ideas and we come up come up with the ideas and we come up with the money. that money has to be spent in a particular way, they have to use it for the high street, not something else? no. we are looking for ideas that drive the heart of the high street, including productivity. i am really optimistic about the future of the high street. if we had been talking about 100 yea rs if we had been talking about 100 years ago you would have been questioning the very severely about the sort of downfall of the local tallow merchant. that shows that high street have always changed. but we haven't changed. 80% of sales ta ke we haven't changed. 80% of sales take place face—to—face in a shop because we are naturally social creatures. a third of the uk's population visiting the sales today, including me, slightly later, we'll be going there partly as a social opportunity to meet with people and shop together. we wish you a safe trip to the

cells. thank you. jake berry. chances are you or someone in your family unwrapped a new bottle of perfume, aftershave or makeup yesterday morning. the beauty and personal care market in the uk is booming. it's grown by nearly a fifth over the past five years, and is worth more than £13 billion. it's thought to be largely down to online celebrities, known as influencers. radio 4's consumer reporter samantha fenwick has been finding out more. i do like to add a lot of highlighter. highlighter that is going to blind you, basically. that is what i like to go for. mitchell is a social media influencer. originally he was a make—up artist, but his dramatic look quickly got him attention, and now he has more than 800,000 followers on instagram. i think if you're going to slap it on at any time of year, christmas is the time to do it. as his followers have grown, so has his appeal to cosmetic brands. he gets sent loads of make—up and the companies hope he will use

it in some of his online films. hi guys, so it is mitchell from the instagram page... the more followers you get, the more doors open, and to me, thatjust gives me more incentive and more motivation to keep building a brand and keep on growing my social media. give me thatj lo glow. social media has taken a little guy like me and made him huge and all around the world kind of known, it is a really crazy feeling. there is a huge uplift in sales when a key influencer talks about our products and brands, we can see that product sell out within hours of the post. customers will come in, they will be showing us instagram stories or posts that they have seen for that product, so it is amazing how quick the uptake is. this is very different to five years ago, isn't it? the beauty industry was one of the first industries to lapse onto influencers.

it was in the press, it was all around print media, and now everyone is investing in influencers online and in building those relationships. the thing with social media influencers is that they become your friend. you might watch them for hours online doing make—up tutorials. the problem is you don't always know when they are being impartial, and research for radio 4 suggests 82% of shoppers aren't clear about when a social media influencer has been paid to promote products. before youtube, i didn't realise how to do my make—up and stuff. i thought this was really helpful, watching a make—up tutorial. i find it useful when they suggest products, you canjust go out and buy them. do you ever think about whether they are being paid to promote those products? i have not actually thought about that. i know some of them are being paid. when we look at it, we think oh, it's nice. we never really think about the background of it, we think it is nice and we would like to get it, yeah. this issue of trust is a matter of concern

to the uk's advertising watchdog. this is all about trust and being upfront and clear. one of our key advertising rules is that none of us should have to play detective when we are working out whether what we are seeing is advertising. we are doing a lot of work in this area. mitchell says he works hard to build up trust and not mislead his followers. and now, final look, guys. but if you are unsure, then look out for the hash tag #ad at the bottom of posts. how do you feel? i feel amazing, i love it. samantha fenwick, bbc news. interesting issue. you can hear more on that story on radio 4's you and yours at 12.15 today. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: a real christmas superhero. "wander woman" phoebe smith willjoin us fresh from a 100 mile trek along hadrian's wall to raise money for homeless people.

stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning. this is breakfast with rogerjohnson. a summary of this morning's main news. it is thought that 18 million people will hit the shops today, with some analysts predicting bigger than usual discounts in the boxing day sales. retailers will be looking to make up for weak trading in the lead at christmas. research says men will be the biggest spenders. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has ordered a review looking at how britain can help persecuted christians around the world. he said the uk could and must do more to help the estimated 215 million christians who face discrimination or violence. there are people in very poor countries themselves very poor, and can suffer terribly from no other reason than their faith. terribly from no other reason than theirfaith. when

terribly from no other reason than their faith. when that faith is christianity, that is not a reason to do nothing. we need to do something just as we would if they we re something just as we would if they were muslim, buddhist. israel has attacked a weapons site near the syrian capital, damascus. three soldiers were injured in the incident. israel also confirmed it later activated its air—defence systems to bring down a syrian missile. japan has confirmed that it's to resume commercial whale hunting next year and is withdrawing from the international whaling commission. a government spokesman said the practice would begin again injuly but would be restricted to the country's territorial waters and exclusive economic zone. the withdrawal means japan willjoin iceland and norway in openly defying the international ban on commercial whale hunting. a man's died after being hit by a police car in liverpool on christmas night. the victim — who has yet to be identified — was knocked down on scotland road shortly before seven o'clock. the merseyside force has reported the incident to the police watchdog, the iopc. an eight—year—old guatemalan boy has died after being detained

by united states border agents. he was taken to hospital hours beforehand, diagnosed with a cold and discharged. it's the second instance this month of a migrant child dying after being detained in the us. the cause of death is not yet known. the government says there's been an upsurge in the number of migrants being brought across the channel in small boats by criminal gangs. 40 were picked up the authorities yesterday. they were given medical treatment before being interviewed by immigration officials. the home office says it's increasing patrols. a special christmas gift has been delivered to flamingo land resort in north yorkshire. this baby giraffe was born during the run—up to the festive period at the park's zoo in malton. the new arrival, which is a member of the endangered rothschild's giraffe sub—species, is already up and about. there are only a few hundred rothchild's remaining in the wild. those are the main stories this morning. it's the busiest day

of the footballing calendar, and league leaders liverpool are hoping to protect their lead at the top of the premier league. this is a day when a lot of people who do not often go to a match gets to go to the football, i remember staying with my uncle to go and see crewe, and these memories you have... it turned you into a leeds fan! you go in your hats, take your flask, your mince pies, continued the festive spirit. but there is no festive spirit at liverpool, jurgen klopp is not in a christmas mood, the fans can be, but the footballers can't afford to be distracted. probably the busiest day in terms of crowd in the football league calendar. liverpool are hoping to protect their advantage at the top of the premier league. jurgen klopp's men are four points clear of manchester city in second, and the liverpool boss has urged his team's fans not to be scared of the journey ahead

in the second half of the season. the two most recent times liverpool have been top at christmas, they haven't gone on to win the league, but klopp says there's no room for fear. if you want to have guarantees, go for a another sport. if you want to be sure that it will be something really special, but you don't want to see the way to that day, make it a holiday. i don't where you will find that that it's not broadcast, but find a little country somewhere. if you want to enjoy the ride, to try everything you can, to be as successful as possible, welcome. let's go for it. that's all we can do, nothing else. i hope that has come to your fears, liverpool fans. inspirational, isn't it, jurgen klopp? it will be some homecoming for ole gunnar solskaer, as he manages manchester united

at old trafford for the first time since becoming the interim boss. he's already, it seems, had some kind of impact, with united winning 5—1 away at cardiff. and now he's hoping his players can show more attacking swagger against struggling huddersfield. i'm pleased with all of them, i have to say, every single one of them. but of course it's a threat, when you've got the likes of martial and jesse lingard down either side, you've got rashford up top, with paul supporting them, it's exhilarating to watch, and as long as they keep that standard up, we'll pick up points. elsewhere today, bottom side fulham play wolves in the early kick—off. manchester city are at leicester and will be looking to bounce back from that shock home defeat to crystal palace. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s first home game as manchester united boss will be against struggling huddersfield. celtic will be aiming to stay top of the scottish premiership, when they travel to aberdeen later. brendan rodgers's side are currently one point clear at the top, but a win for the dons would take them level on points. if celtic fail to win, second—placed rangers could leapfrog them with victory over hibernian at ibrox. bottom side dundee will be looking for a big three points when they meet livingston. rarely has a horse been

more suitably named than waiting patiently. the seven—year—old is making his comeback at boxing day's big race, the king george vi chase at kempton. he's not raced since he beat cue card at ascot in february. but he's now got his chance to finally compete again. brian hughes will be on board, trying to guide him to victory over the horse's first attempt at the three—mile distance. the big favourites, though, will be former winners thistlecrack and might bite, and the cheltenham gold cup hero, native river. the race gets under wayjust after three o'clock. australia's cricketers are playing india in the third test. they've just finished the first day in melbourne. frustrating old day, though. the tourists won the toss and decided to bat first. australia only took two wickets, both thanks to pat cummins. mayank agarwal and cheteshwar pujara both made half centuries to take india's total to 215—2 at the close.

the series is tied at 1—1. now, the 2020 olympics will have some new sports. climbing, skateboarding and karate arejust some that will be appearing in tokyo. and there are also new events trying to get into the next winter olympics. how about this? volleyball — but not as you will have seen it before. this is the snow volleyball european tour, which was in moscow. it was presented at pyeongchang earlier this year. most of the rules are the same as classic volleyball but in the snow. there are three players in a team instead of two, and a special snow volleyball is used, which is heavier than the usual one. and, finally, there'll be plenty of you who may have over indulged yesterday, but have a look at this. this is american ultra runner camille herron, who has set a new track record at the desert solstice invitational in arizona, despite drinking beer and eating tacos for part of the race! she ran around a 400—metre track for 24 hours and beat her nearer competitior, a man who could only

manage five miles fewer. maybe that is the secret to marathon success. i would find it pretty track here after one beer! unlike those who do what we were talking about, the blues the booziest race. but the booziest run is the marathon of medoc which has 23 stops for wine! probably a few people that the marathon medoc yesterday without even leaving house! thank you very much, have a great boxing day, a busy day of sport. we will empathise and relate to this next story, this is part of our childhood growing up. for years, morecambe and wise were a much—loved part of our festive viewing, but some of their shows haven't been seen since they were first aired in the 1960s. it's thought they were lost forever,

but two recently unearthed episodes return to our screens tonight, after being hidden in a derelict cinema in sierra leone for decades. let's take a look. applause good evening. good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the show. we have some very interesting guest stars for you tonight. we've got ronnie carroll and... you've got hairs on your nose, did you know that? what's this, a new gimmick or something? no, it's not a new gimmick at all. you're at it again, aren't you? it's a living. it's toy time, folks. toy time, folks. what is it? it's obvious what it is. what? instant camera! instant camera? i've just said that. instant camera! do you mean like instant potatoes and instant coffee? pardon? well, you get some camera powder and you put it in a cup, and you pour boiling water on it and you get a real camera,

instant camera — is that what you mean? how do they do that? that's clever. doesn't it come out, though, the same shape as the cup? i don't know. or whatever receptacle you happen to put it into? there we go, that brings back a few memories, doesn't it? lots more of that tonight on bbc two. we're joined now by the man behind the tapes, tv archaeologist philip morris. nice to see you, thank you for coming in. abbey christmas! by same to you. gosh, this is a treasure trove of stuff you have found over the years, tai us the story. i have been on the lookout for morecambe and wise for many years. i found an episode in nigeria in 2011, it was badly damaged, which i was heartbroken about, because their first series for the bbc, their first series for the bbc, their first colour series was totally missing, soi

first colour series was totally missing, so i had that on my radar, and if! missing, so i had that on my radar, and if i want to find something, i really get a seven year itch for it, i need to find it. so... i have gone through the list, you have found all sorts of things, old episodes of doctor who, old episodes of morecambe and wise and lots more besides, often in africa. yes. nigeria, sierra leone — why africa? they were all british colonies in the 1960s, independence had just been given to some of them, so these things, from the former bbc enterprises were sold all over the world, they went global, really, and it is myjob to track whatever it is still out there down, which i really enjoy doing. i think i have got the bestjob going. enjoy doing. i think i have got the best job going. you have got a great job! so you decided to find a couple of morecambe and wise, how would you end up in a derelict cinema in sierra leone? this was by chance, actually, because i've visited sierra leone in 2011, 2012, to visit

their television station. sadly, sierra leone in 2011, 2012, to visit theirtelevision station. sadly, it had been destroyed in the civil war, andi had been destroyed in the civil war, and i thought, well, that is it. i got to know a hotelier there really well, i spent a few extra days there, we had a couple of bottles of beer, and he said to me, you will have to come back. earlier this year he said, when are you coming back? i was busy in the middle east at the time, he said, well, did you ever visit the cinema? i said, why would i visit the cinema? they used to borrow programmes from the television station. i said, really? well, find out some more information, come back to me, i would be really interested. about a week later, he said, the cinema has been closed for many years, but there could be something there. so i got my visa, got on the plane, got my hat on, headed out, and lo and behold, in his old building, as i was going through some old film cans, two episodes of morecambe and wise series one. it was a punch the air moment, for me, i am a huge

morecambe and wise fan, the greatest double act this country has ever produced, and to find that first series was just produced, and to find that first series wasjust magical, produced, and to find that first series was just magical, magical. let's have a look at some of the other stuff from tonight. oh, my leg has gone! don't panic, everyone, it cannot be very far. applause i think i've broken my leg. yes, i have broken it. you will have to manage without me. yes, i have broken it. you will have to manage without melj yes, i have broken it. you will have to manage without me. i am sure we will be able to it. it is ageless humour. fabulous! avoids having said that, some of the stuff that was politically acceptable is now politically acceptable is now politically incorrect in the modern day i have read that, and i have watched the scene in question, and you have got to watch it and see it in the context of its show. it isn't politically incorrect, i

don't think that is fair, please watch it, make a judgment, i don't think it is, it is funny. so what are you looking for now?|j think it is, it is funny. so what are you looking for now? i don't know, hancock! the list is endless. you know, the search goes on. hopefully there will be some nice surprises in the new year.|j hopefully there will be some nice surprises in the new year. i am not asking you to give away trade secrets, but where does 29 day queue, have you got trips planned? many places to visit. -- where does 2019 take you ? many places to visit. -- where does 2019 take you? if you are a fan morecambe and wise, you are in for a treat, tune into bbc two tonight, because these are a treat, fantastic. brilliant. thanks ever so much. as you mentioned, it is on bbc two tonight, i don't know the time. i think it is 7:50pm tonight on bbc two. important to send people in the

right direction at the right time, because it really is a treat. and the numbers of people that used to watch that, 20 million or more, we would all sit down to watch it. we did, yeah, it was fantastic. thank you for coming in, philip morris, he has the best job you for coming in, philip morris, he has the bestjob in the world, he says. someone else was quite fond of their job, says. someone else was quite fond of theirjob, you must be, you are up on boxing day, you were up on christmas day, how is the weather looking? over the next few days it will be fairly benign, high pressure still in charge, a lot of cloud at times, some drizzle, some murky conditions, but equally some sunshine, and today all of that is certainly the case, and you can throw in mild to boot. some rain in the forecast as well, because we do have a weather front draped across the north and west of scotla nd draped across the north and west of scotland producing some rain. it will do on and off through the course of the day, hardly a breath

of wind, not much of a breeze, so nothing is really moving anywhere. this is the band of cloud and rain across the north and west, a cloudy start, some of it thick enough for some drizzle, we have got it across somerset, dorset, hampshire at the moment. through the day, you could almost see drizzle anywhere, the cloud will be thick enough at times. but equally sunny breaks coming in across north—east scotland, the central lowlands, northeast wales, north—east england, later across southern england as well. temperatures easily 10—12, so mild for the end of december. through this evening and overnight, we still have our weather front ensconced across the north—west, but it will start to slip slowly southwards, and in doing so it will tend to weaken. there will be some holes in the cloud, there will also be patchy mist and fog forming, and a touch of frost across sheltered parts of southern england. so tomorrow morning we wake up with some sunshine in the south, mist and fog

again slowly lifting. quite a bit of cloud to start the day, the weather front still producing some patchy rain here and there, but tending to fizzle through the day. for most, more sunshine tomorrow than we are expecting today, but not with the temperatures in the south—east lower than today. as we move further north, still pretty healthy for the end of december. now, thursday and friday we still have high pressure dominating our weather, fog forming overnight across the south, some a bit dense and quite slow to clear. at the same time, and other weather front coming in from the west, and thatis front coming in from the west, and that is going to introduce some rain. but as it does so, and as it moves slowly southeastwards in the direction of the north sea, it will weaken, and we won't have much more than a band of cloud around. but don't forget fog in the south. behind it, scotland, northern england, northern ireland, west wales, temperatures wipe the again between nine and 11. now, first

thing on saturday morning we start off in the north with some rain that will quickly cleared away. cloudier but with brighter breaks, same on sunday, a fair bit of cloud, but we will see brighter breaks, it should stay dry and mild. so nota will see brighter breaks, it should stay dry and mild. so not a lot going on with the weather roger, over the next two days, and certainly no snow in the forecast. so does that mean you can now have a day off this christmas?! no, but! day off this christmas?! no, but i am in for christmas, but thatis no, but i am in for christmas, but that is a jolly good idea! just look out your window! a group of endangered brown bears who were living in a small cage injapan were rehomed in doncaster over the summer. they'd never seen soil or grass before and had a pretty extraordinary journey, traveling over 5000 miles to yorkshire wildlife park. so the park wanted to make sure this christmas they got a proper treat. fiona lamdin has more. this is what life looks like now

for riku and kai, two brown bears living in yorkshire. acres to explore and lakes to swim in. butjust four months ago, it was a very different story. they were two of four brown bears living in a japanese museum, in cages so small they could only take a few steps, and this had been their home for almost 20 years. but relocating them across the world was quite some mission. the eldest bear is sedated by vets, and despite prods from his next—door neighbour, he remained asleep. huge sheets of ice, fans and watermelon kept the bears cool in 43 degree heat. two flights later, they arrived in the uk. i met them on their first day in yorkshire.

they had never seen grass before, taken a bath, or eaten anything other than rice. so how are the bears finding this slightly chilly weather? well, luckily for us, japan had a very similar winter climate so... it is four months on, and i'm going back to see how they're adapting to their new life. they will venture out, but only if there's food at the end of it. and at the end, they're very happy to sleep the day away. they have been separate their whole lives. they have still been able to see and smell each other, but they have never made physical contact. and i don't think they can quite believe it themselves — my goodness, i can touch you. they have taught themselves how to swim out here, which is amazing. they have never had access to water. so this is our fruit chiller. and one of the biggest changes is their diet. the bears will now eat almost anything. they have each put on six stone. bears like eggs, do they? bears like eggs. they're omnivorous, so they'll

eat anything, pretty much. sweet potato? they will have one of those each. they prefer it steamed — they've got a bit precious. cauliflower? never tried the cauliflower, if you want to try it with a cauliflower. the real trick is next door. so this is our meat prep room. and when they first came here, had they ever eaten fish before? never seen fish in their lives. and when we offered whole foods, like meat and fish, they generallyjust kicked it around the floor. they didn't really know what to do with it. if you have ever wondered what to give a brown bear for christmas, apparently this is it. christmas dinner, complete with all the trimmings, packed and ready for delivery. so this is a very different

christmas they are having from last year, and it is devoured in a matter of minutes. for these bears, now settled into their home, the new year promises to be their happiest yet. two very happy bears, by the looks of it! to celebrate the 12 days of christmas, maths teacher and author bobby seagull has come up with a dozen puzzles for breakfast. you will probably remember that he put some of the team through their gcse earlier this year. we'll be posting a puzzle a day on our facebook page, and here's today's teaser. two turtle doves have a race. that is the wrong one. the one i was

going to read out was about turtle doves. oh, no, has it gone. shalli tell you? we will get it back for you. the turtle dove one was too easy, our director got it before i had finished reading it out! iam sure i am sure some of you will have got it straightaway! tim, our director, is shedding the answer to me. —— shouting. head to the bbc breakfast facebook page to see that again if you missed it and find out if you got it right. while most of us were tucking into our turkey and watching festive films yesterday, adventurer phoebe smith was completing what she calls her toughest challenge yet. she decided to walk 100 miles nonstop coast to coast along hadrian's wall.

phoebe was dressed as wander woman to raise money for young homeless people, and she kept a video diary during herjourney. let's take a look. so here i am at the official start of the hadrian's wall path, i am now 84 miles away from my end point at bowness on sands. it's the night of the second day, and i'm infields following the path, which is virtually impossible, because it's just the light of my head torch. well, it was a rough night last night, night two. i'm on the wall, as you can see. i had to stop and rest, i had an upset stomach. and ijust couldn't keep going. cawfields quarry, looking unseasonably beautiful, and the sun has lifted my energy and spirits. it's christmas day morning, and i've been up since about six. really cold last night in my bivvy.

every footstep now of this last 26 miles is agony. look, i'm shaking, i'm here! welcome to the end of hadrian's wall. we did it! you had your costume on underneath all the wet weather gear! but you have made it, you've finished yesterday, thank you for coming in. this is all i had to wear, i'm afraid! luckily you add a nice wet weather code on as well. why did you do it?! i lost my mum a few years ago, and christmas has never been the same, and ijust thought, is there something i can do to get people talking and thinking about making christmas good for someone else, especially young homeless

people, given that i am an adventurer who likes to wild camp by choice, and i do it and raise money to help those who do not have a choice. you have done wild camping before, you spoke to us last year when you were wild camping on the three pea ks? when you were wild camping on the three peaks? i did a live link from ben nevis, and i was raising money for centerpoint, the homeless charity, trying to raise £5,000, and i raised about 8000, but this year it took off even more, i think i am currently on about 11,500 with gift aid, which is utterly overwhelming. tell people, it is a just giving set —— page. is it right that you are not allowed to wild camp on hadrian's wall? that is right, i started in sunderland at one of the centerpoint‘s offices, the national

trail is 84, i thought i would make it 100 miles and that their plans and end at bonus on solway. i took a bivvy bag, and ijust kind of rested when i got tired, you know, and hedges, in ditches, where a bright red, and it was utterly exhausting. how long did it take? four days i was walking for, just under a marathon a day? 100 hours awake, on the go? it was purposely chosen, i wa nt to the go? it was purposely chosen, i want to do 100 miles, because last year 100,000 young people as their local council for help, so year 100,000 young people as their local councilfor help, so i year 100,000 young people as their local council for help, so i thought every mile could represent 1000 young people that, you know, would be ending of it that way, kind of shopping. it is shocking, and the numbers of people, you know, sleeping rough, has risen hugely. just tell us about what charities like centerpoint do, how do they help? the reason i chose the centerpoint is because they notjust

housing young people, they help young people who are 16—25, they tried to stop them becoming long—term homeless adults, they teach them life skills, they also give them education, show them how to cook, how to manage a budget, all these things they may not have had in care, they have often been a victim of violence or sexual abuse, and they needed to get out of that, so this is not a choice for them, and it is a way to stop it happening and it is a way to stop it happening and stop that cycle of homelessness. we have talked a lot today about people spending time with loved ones at christmas, but it is not like that for many people. yeah, walking along, seeing people's houses, seeing the christmas lights, smelling the christmas dinner, it is bad for me, imagine what it is like for them. phoebe, thank you for coming in, no bags under your eyes! have a lovely boxing day, louise is here from six tomorrow morning,

goodbye from all of us. this is bbc news. the headlines: japan confirms it will restart commercial whale hunting injuly — defying an international ban. the traditional boxing day sales get underway, with bigger discounts than normal expected as shops try to make up for weak trading in the lead up to christmas i'm live in oxford street as the boxing day sales get under way. £5 billion is expected to be spent today in store and online. the foreign secretary orders a review into the plight of persecuted christians around the world. there are people in very poor countries themselves very poor who can suffer terribly for no other reason than their faith. when that

faith is christianity,