This started in Covid when Big Ben lost its Dong.

I don’t have digital, but I heard the complaints.

(Have found footage of another one of Englands lost traditions ~ new Years Eve was one of our important events)

Mariah Carey appeared as if by magic on social media ans saved the day.

This is a back up for you if it hasn’t got any better yet?

Just scroll down to big ben when it bonged and cameras worked and set it ready to go at 12 with your drink of choice, then Mariah Carey.

Then set off the Black Cat Firework display

(You will need to plan this a bit as there is a ridiculous amount of choice ~ depends what you are in the mood for.)

And Party till dawn!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!

Playlist

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Films & Music

Recently divorced ad exec Joe (50, midlife meltdown) begrudgingly gives hippie hitchhiker Ginger (20s, with opinions on coffee-induced wrinkles) a ride, sparking a journey where her free-spirited chaos collides with his grumpy romanticism—until his troublemaking pal Charlie and a bombshell secret force them to confront their generational baggage.

To rent or purchase off You Tube.

In early-1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein (Robert De Niro) gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he’s a great success in the job, but problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), his ex-hustler wife Ginger (Sharon Stone), and her con-artist ex Lester Diamond (James Woods) put Sam in ever-increasing danger.

New For this year

Can’t help wonder if this is inspired by Ghost story.

Really Good film.

A rich casino boss comes to the rescue of a beautiful woman, after she is found in the desert with no memory of how she got there.

A middle aged banker picks up two young free minded women on his way to a banker’s convention and falls head over heels for one of them. Watch full movies for free. Wherever you are. We have content in every genre, from action, horror, thriller to reality shows.

Makeup Saturday/Film Makeup/what’s good for the Goose

Sharp and satirical, Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) stars George Segal and Jane Fonda in a biting comedy about suburban life gone wrong. When an upper-middle-class couple suddenly faces financial ruin, they turn to armed robbery to maintain their lifestyle—leading to hilarious and chaotic results. With its blend of slapstick antics and social commentary, the film skewers consumer culture and class struggles of the 1970s. A witty and irreverent comedy, it remains a clever snapshot of its era.

This one is just 30 minutes.

Pop your Champagne/Asti Martini ~ set this little combo up & celebrate the New Year!!!

Just to jog your memory that we did used to make a big deal out of New Years Eve in England and it was an important part of our yearly calendar.

This contains clear footage of a countdown to New Year and Big Ben donging.

Celerating New Year Eve like it is 2007 and covid never happened.

You could watch the fireworks or Mariah Carey singing Auld Langsyne this year!!!

Think we will watch Big Ben dong then Mariah Carey then black cat fireworks.

Happy 2026!!!!

LOAD UP READY FOR MIDNIGHT ~ then play

JUST IN CASE BIG BEN DOESN’T BONG AGAIN.
This is a tradition in our household now anyway.
Mariah turned up like an angel during covid and saved our New Years Eve!!!

Load up ready for after Mariah

You might need to log into vimeo.
Watch from the warmth of your living room sipping bubbly or babycham as we enter the New Year!!!
Happy New Year from Weekend TV!!!!

Watched this on New Years Eve with a bottle of Asti. can’t recommend this pairing enough. Made our New Years Eve. You could do it for the 70’s party at the end of January, (especially if you are celebrating the end of detoxing), or for when you want to celebrate.
It is a new grape so might be a new big thing hopefully. We got it from Tesco ~ hopefully it will be everywhere soon.

To rent or purchase off You Tube.

Fontaine (Dame Joan Collins) is the London wife of Benjamin (Walter Gotell), a wealthy Arab businessman. She spends his money on her nightclub, ‘The Hobo’, and partying. She hires a handsome manager, Tony (Oliver Tobias), to run her club, but it is understood that his job security is dependent on him satisfying her nymphomaniacal demands.