for 2020, a festive film made during the pandemic in the garden of former blue peter presenter peter duncanever made—for—cinema, covid—friendly, socially distanced pa nto, jack and the beanstalk is co—directed and produced by duncan, who rounded up his showbiz mates for the gig. this is truly a pandemic panto. there is a lockdown song, with jokes about loo roll, and there are gags about trump. and then there's the giant ogre who's eating humans. it's a very strange thing to watch at home alone, but it's got all you'd expect from a family panto, including terrible puns, boo—worthy baddies and a pantomime dame, played by, yes, peter duncan. jack and the beanstalk is at everyman cinemas from saturday, december 5, and it's also available to stream at home now. thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith. mark kermode will be back next week. meantime, stay safe. chilly evening out there and it staying pretty cold over the next few days. not quite cold enough for any substantial snow. the temperatures are below the average for the time of year. the snow we've had in the last day or tw