Chapter 34: 2015 Is Over!

Hey Guys,

I thought I'd give you my 'script'/'notes' for this weeks video, a round up of 2015, which you can see here:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

So 2015 is over, and now all the ‘happy new year’ stuff has died down it is time for my New-yearly roundup of the year

First, the biggest NEWS stories of the year.

Of course it wouldn’t be a round up if I didn’t mention the dreadful attacks in Paris and the rest of the world from last January or the more recent ones in the past months.

But there was a lot more to this year’s news than those unfortunate events, for instance NASA found running water on Mars, this may not sound amazing to some people, but for lots of people this was a breakthrough in science.

The country was split over the 2015 general election which ultimately ended with David Cameron continuing as Prime Minister with the Tory’s, it seemed the country decided on who best knew their way around a pig (I’m talking about Ed’s Bacon Sandwich, Seriously). Miliband resigned and was replaced by who my nan would call ‘that scruffy bloke’ Jeremy Corbyn who we also discovered has a passion for man hole covers.

Greece ran into debt and Hurricane Patricia struck, The UK also Decided to name their storms, but it’s not quite the same, eh Barney.

A new Princess was born this year with the name Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. But that could nowhere near balance out the celebrity Deaths of the year, Although he lived long and prospered, Leonard Nimoy was Beamed up, The legendary Sir Terry Pratchett reached his final page, We could no longer Stand by Ben E. King. We also lost the beloved Anne Kirkbride, famous of course for her portrayal of Diedre Barlow in Corrie, and Christopher Lee, famous of course of his portrayal of every horror character ever.

The loss of a true national treasure shook the country when our Cilla Black left our screens. Novellist Jackie Collins and Rugby player Jonah Lomu were also amongst those to part with us this year as well as Shirley Stelfox, better known as Edna from Emmerdale and this is only a small fraction of the deaths this year.

Another huge talking point this year was MUSIC

One Direction were real headliners in the music world this year, their surprise loss to Royal Blood at the Brits, The loss of Zayn Malik and the temporary hiatus left millions in tears. And of course we didn’t do great at Eurovision again, but what music was huge this year in the UK Charts?

Mark Ronson was massively under-appreciated when Uptown Funk was big under Bruno Mars. OMI arrived from nowhere with Cheerleader and Hozier’s Take Me to Church also makes the Top 10 songs of the year, followed by Love me like you do and See You Again by Ellie Goulding and Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth Respectively. Major Lazer Ft Mo & Dj Snake brought us Lean on and James Bay brought us Hold Back The River, Rounding of the list were King, Sugar and once again, Thinking Out Loud, by Years & Years, Maroon 5 and Ed Sheeran respectively.

New TV once again came in bucket loads,

The BBC brought us Esio Trot, I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse, The big painting challenge, Poldark, Ordinary Lies, Peter Kay’s Car Share, The Naked Choir, The Great Pottery Throwdown, Doctor Foster & Josh to name but a few.

ITV was also keen to debut new programmes such as Mel & Sue, Bear Grylls: Mission Survive, Ninja Warrior UK, Newzoids, Jekyll & Hyde and a true spectacle in The Sound of Music Live!

Channel 4 was not to be out done, Bringing a threesome that brought light on Same sex relationships, Cucumber, Banana and Tofu, They cashed in on the Election with Ballot Monkeys, UKIP: The First 100 Days and Coalition. Tattoo Fixers proved to be a huge success and Educating Cardiff and Very British problems reflected UK life once more.

The most watched TV this year was by far The Great British Bake Off with 5 separate episodes taking up the top 5 most viewed shows of the year, The Final of BGT made it to spot 6 before Bake Off took the final 4 spots in the top 10. A huge year for Eastenders celebrating 30 years and finally revealing the killer of Lucy Beale to be her younger Bobby Beale.

Katie Price won the winter series of Celebrity Big brother, Jules & Matisse won BGT, James Hill from the Apprentice won the Summer series of Celebrity Big Brother, Chloe Wilburn won the normal Big Brother, Louisa Johnson won X Factor, Jay McGuiness from the wanted won Strictly & Vicky Pattinson from geordie shore became the winner of I’m A Celeb.

FILM

It seemed that it was the classics in film that made a comeback this year, With Jurassic World, Furious 7, The Avengers, Star Wars, James Bond & Mission Impossible all making it onto the Top 10 highest grossing films of the year.

1.      Jurassic World
2.      Furious 7
3.      Avengers: Age of Ultron
4.      Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5.      Minions
6.      Inside Out
7.      Spectre
8.      Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
9.      The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
10.      The Martian

And that is 2015 in summary:

Thank you for Reading my blog this year and I hope you have an awesome new year.

Until Next Time,

Stay Happy,

Look Back,

And Goodbye.

Mitch xx