but now it's time for ian hislop in conversation with amol rajan. hello. ian. come in. you come up with a private eye cover like those? well, this was when theresa may, do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. um, she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think "how can we pay tribute to mrs may?" so i thought, "perhaps a blank page will be good" and so we have the theresa may memorial issue — her legacy in full. and a little thing at the bottom, saying, "er, thank you". which, again, seems quite cruel, but was quite funny at the time. do you ever keep tabs on how each of those sell? yeah. yeah, that was a seller. i'm afraid that was popular! and nigel farage? nigel farage. this is great. he's always good. partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo op eating a fruit cake. i mean, he does thejoke for us. and you sometimes jump on anniversaries too. yes. essentially, the joke is essentially, thejoke is boris saying he has been caught out, she

now on bbc news, private eye's editor, ian hislop — joins the bbc‘s media editor, amol rajan — to lookn, thank you so much. how do you come up with a private eye cover like those? well, this was when theresa may, who — do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. um, she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think "how can we pay tribute to mrs may?" so i thought "perha ps a blank page will be good" and so we have the theresa may memorial issue — her legacy in full. and a little thing at the bottom, saying "er, thank you". which, again, seems quite cruel, but was quite funny at the time. do you know how each of those — do you ever keep tabs on how each of those sell? yeah. yeah, that was a seller. i'm afraid that was popular! and nigel farage? nigel farage. this is great. he's always good. partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo op eating a fruit cake. i mean, it is fantastic. i mean, he does thejoke for us. borisjohnson's private life hss frequently furnish

and in half an hour, our media editor, amol rajan, sits down with the editor of private eye, ian hislop take a look back at 2019. good morning. merry christmas. the queen will lead members of the royal family for the annual festive church service at sandringham this morning. yesterday, the duke of edinburgh rejoined his family after spending four nights in hospital. prince george and princess charlotte will attend the service for the first time. prince andrew, who stepped back from royal duties last month, has attended an early morning service with prince charles. charlotte gallagher reports. the brothers walked side by side into the charge for the 9am service. charlotte gallagher reports. prince philip arrives back at sandringham by helicopter after spending four nights in a central london hospital. he walked out unaided and without a stick. a huge relief for his family that he's home to spend christmas day with them. this hasn't been the smoothest year for the royals, something the queen appears to acknowledge in her christmas message, describing 2019 as "quite bumpy". later today, th

ian hislop, thank you very much indeed.not festive if you want snow but there will be a break from the rain. that is courtesy of this ridge of high pressure time for christmas day. there is still some showers around this evening. it has been a wet day for some but the showers are slowly fading. there will still be some around overnight. but for many the skies are clearing and it is turning colder overnight. already well below freezing in parts of highland scotland but most of us close to freezing with some ground frost. that takes us onto christmas day. a chilly start but a fine day, mostly sunny as well. in the north of scotla nd mostly sunny as well. in the north of scotland are still the chance of some showers but these will fade. high cloud pulling in towards south—west england, wales and northern ireland. but for most it is blue skies for christmas, feeling colder especially across england and wales compared with today. and after dark we do expect some fog to develop which looks to be most problematic through northern,

now on bbc news, our media editor amol rajan sits down with the editor of private eye, ian hislop, toake a look back at 2019. hello. you are everywhere. thank you for having us in, thank you so much. how do you come up with a cover like those? this was when theresa may, do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think — how can we pay tribute to theresa may? so i thought perhaps a blank page will be good, and so we have the theresa may memorial issue, her legacy in full. uh, thank you. which again seems quite cruel, but was quite funny. do you know how each of those sell? yeah, that was a seller. i'm afraid that was popular. and nigel farage? this is great, he's always good. partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo op eating a fruit cake. i mean, it is fantastic. he does the joke for us. borisjohnson‘s private life has frequently furnished you with cover ideas and this one you have here. this was sort of essentiall

ian hislop, thank you very much indeed. the christmas week is looking fairly mixed. of rain in the run—up to christmas day, and then on christmas day looks like it will be largely dry, quite chilly, but a lot of sunshine around. no pressure today, bringing further showers. this feature moving up further showers. this feature moving up from the south—west will bring outbreaks of rain to england and wales as we had to tonight. most of the showers for the rest of this afternoon will tend to be confined to one scotland and northern england, the odd heavy one mixed in there. generally light ones although it will be breezy across parts of scotland. further south, widespread sunshine, top temperatures io—iid. single figures in the north. the showers continue in the north overnight, this area of rain pushes across england and wales. a heavy burst as it continues to push eastwards, dry two perhaps one or two showers following as we head into christmas eve morning. this is how it is looking for a christmas eve, low—pressure to the north—east of the country. these weather front

ian hislop, thank you very much indeed.he forecast you but not for everybody. just like today, the cloud is thick across the west of scotland. it is windy and the air has travelled all subtropics which is why it is mild across scotland and northern ireland but we have the rain. tonight, to the sight of that, the skies will clear in the midlands and the north of england which will have a bearing on the type of temperatures we will have in the morning. maybe two or three degrees in the cold spots, but with the cloud lingers it will be closer to six or seven celsius. tomorrow there will be cloud across scotla nd tomorrow there will be cloud across scotland and northern ireland with rain going into glasgow and possibly edinburgh and belfast. to the south we have sunshine. he is new year's eve, the last day of the year. we have to go climb tier across the midlands, we could have light rain and drizzle on the south—west of the country but the daytime for most of northern england it will be sunnier. it iss northern england it will

at a quarter to eight, private eyes editor ian hislop joins the bbc‘s media editor to look back ona thetor to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons, and satire. good evening. three and a half years after the uk voted to leave the eu, mps have resoundingly voted in favour of the government cosmic brexit bill. it paves the way for borisjohnson to deliver his promise that the uk will leave the eu at the end of next month. well, the per minister won the vote easily by 358 votes to 234. six labour mps rebelled and voted with the government. now, the withdrawal agreement, now approved in principle by mps, says that the uk will leave the eu on the 31st of january and allows a transition period until the end of 2020. during which time, we will still abide by eu rules. it also says that we will pay the eu a divorce bill of around £33 billion, and it sets out a plan for dealing with the northern irish border with what amounts to a customs border down the i receive. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, has more. we're leaving. we're through the looking glass. everything l

ian hislop, thank you very much indeed.nger. a whole second longer on monday. how about the weather? a mixture of sunshine and showers, but most of the time the weather will be dry and bright. that is because we will be between weather systems on monday. one low pressure and its weather front clearing to the east, then we get this big gap before the next low arrives afterwards. let's concentrate on the early hours of monday first, so clear spells in the south. it won't be particularly cold, showers affecting northern ireland in western scotland. the only real frost will be in north—east scotland. milder in the south. on monday, there is a low pressure approaching us, but it won't reach us until late monday night, so the bulk of monday itself is looking fine across most of the uk, not absolutely everywhere, because we are expecting showers in the north—west of the country. to the north—west of the country. to the south, across wales and england, it will be mostly dry. and also in the north and east of scotland, some sunshine

ian hislop, thank you very much indeed. hello there.ay, but with it being cold, there could be a little bit of early frost, which might make you feel a little bit festive for a while. the reason for the cold weather with the sunshine as well as this ridge of high pressure for christmas day, which will be short—lived because it will be replaced during boxing day with this area of low pressure to bring us a spell of wet and windy weather. it will push the christmas day cold air away from our shores and be replaced by the orange and yellow indicating very mild conditions particular to end the week and head on into the weekend. as we start christmas day very early on there will be one or two showers early on but these will fade as a high—pressure moves in. it will settle down with clearing skies. it will turn quite cold. temperatures close to freezing in many places with a touch of frost in places, may bea with a touch of frost in places, may be a bit of mist and fog as well. christmas day is looking cold but dry, bright, plenty of sunshine

and in half an hour, our media editor, amol rajan, sits down with the editor of private eye, ian hislop

and, later this hour, private eye's editor, ian hislop, joins the bbc‘s amol rajan to look back on ating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the duke of edinburgh has returned to sandringham in time for christmas, after leaving hospital in london. prince phillip, who's 98, spent four nights in the king edward vii hospital on the advice of his doctor. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is at sandringham, where there is relief that the duke is back home. yes, a real relief here that the duke of edinburgh is back with his family to spend christmas on the sandringham estate. not just from the royal family, but also people who work on the estate, who say they see that him quite a lot, he walks around the estate, they check to him and he feels like part of the family. they are pleased he is back to spend christmas with his family. we will next see the royals tomorrow morning as they go to church, as they do on christmas morning, we don't know if prince philip will be there. firstly, he has just been discharged and secondly because he did

and, later this hour, private eye's editor, ian hislop, joins the bbc‘s amol rajan to look back on a

and also, in 45 minutes, private eye's editor, ian hislop, joins the bbc‘s media editor amol rajan tok back on a year of front covers, cartoons and satire. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the chief executive of the us aircraft manufacturer boeing has been sacked less than a week after the company said it would temporarily halt production of its troubled 737 max airliner. boeing has struggled to recover after 346 people died in two crashes involving the 737. our business correspondent theo leggett has the story. two devastating accidents and 346 people died. the first plane crashed into the sea off indonesia late last year. then, in march, an identical aircraft went down in these fields in ethiopia minutes after take—off. since then, boeing's newest and fastest—selling aircraft, the 737 max, has been grounded worldwide. blame‘s been placed on a piece of flight control software, known as mcas, that activated at the wrong time and forced both planes into a catastrophic dive. boeing's failures and mr muilenberg's leadership have been angrily condemned in the us congress. those pilot

now on breakfast, private eye's editor, ian hislop, joins the bbc‘s media editor, amol rajan, to looksatire. hello. you are everywhere. thank you for having us in, thank you so much. how do you come up with a cover like those? this was when theresa may, do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think how can we pay tribute to theresa may? so i thought perhaps a blank page will be good, and so we have the theresa may memorial issue, her legacy in full. uh, thank you. which again seems quite cruel, but was quite funny. do you know how each of those sell? yeah, that was a seller. i'm afraid that was popular. and nigel farage? this is great, he's always good. partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo opt eating a fruit cake. i mean, it is fantastic. he does the joke for us. and you sometimes jump and you sometimesjump on anniversaries. this is when boris became prime minister. which many people equate with an event as