the people of London and asking them about

their new year's eve plans what they're

doing

why they like New Year's and why it's so

important to people and whether they

have any new year's resolutions

alright I'm here with anthony and what's

this guy's name

I'll let him tell you. Oh, nope, shy. Ah he's shy.

ok maybe later yeah, he mugged me off

I know. Rude, English

So the first question for new year

how are you celebrating it for this

year i am actually going abroad

I'm going to Austria to have a look at

what they do over there

yeah, go to Austria but then I think

we're taking a trip to Italy as well so

i'm gonna get a really nice cultural

awareness yeah exactly a bit of an awareness but

normally in England I'd go to

my parents sort of chill out with my parents

Okay, eat way too much food

yeah drink too much and then fall asleep

watching Jools Holland so the alcohol

consumption is it quite high for

you and your parents or just you? Umm same for

everyone really the house yeah yeah is

special like whenever works so hard you

know across the year and then Christmas

and he is the time to really let loose

A: and drink as much as you want. C: Let loose or let it all go

Let it all go, exactly.

and then have an argument probably yeah so er

it ends like that often doesn't it, yeah!

I'm here with my new friends Sky

and Alicia with friends right? Okay thanks

i want to ask your question about new

years, umm do you guys have any new

year's resolutions this year to be more

positive i would say yeah. To be more positive? Yeah

and stressed less

and yeah that's probably it. I'd like to do all the things that I

didn't do this year. Okay and what things didn't

you do this year that you'd like to do

just putting things aside just getting

just be more productive. Are you the kind of guy that

puts things off a bit

yeah yeah, yeah a lot. Same as me

actually that's kind of my resolution

like sincerely I think I put shit off too much in

my life

yeah and what do you think could reduce

stress this year? Umm I dunno just like seeing the

bigger picture umm and I guess

like planning ahead more I don't umm yeah, I dunno.

Nice, it's quite a personal question really!

Do you think New Year's Eve is

overrated?

I do yeah yeah I do I mean I haven't had

a lot of variety in my new year's eve

experience but I mean even like we've

been living in London and wanting to go

see the fireworks and things like that

that would be like the idea of it is

amazing

yeah and when you get me like there's

hundreds and hundreds of thousands of

people millions of people here and they just can't get

home cos the tubes down you know is that kindof thing, yeah, but umm

and you're you're trapped like sardines

I know it's not what you need but i think

yeah i mean i think it is kind of

overrated again I think it depends on

who you spend it with really.

very true, it's all about the company

absolutely absolutely

yeah so who you spend it with and just

don't get too drunk. That is, that would be my

advice anyway. i like it.

Err, Louise

do you have any new year's resolutions err

for this year? i do have a new year's

resolution if I don't complete my last

one will be to do the splits

I'm about an inch away so hopefully can

you explain to our foreign learners what

the split are?

Cameraman Charlie - "Or better yet, show us?"

not on this floor without

warming up that would be dangerous but

it's splitting one leg forward and one leg

back

it's a gymnastics move yeah that's the

one. Are you into gymnastics? Umm I'm a trampoline coach.

if that counts

a little, I'm not very good I can only do a

little bit but dancer mostly

Nice, and err last year you said you have

accomplished your new year's resolution

what was it? Err well that was it, to do the splits.

Oh, so I've only got a week or so

to try and get that last bit

Just that one inch

and if you don't manage, if you do manage to do that

next year do you have any other resolutions?

Ooh errmm probably to do split leaps in the air

better next

so that's jumping in the air with your

legs split

Can you remember your worst

New Year's Eve experience?

Ahh, yes I can i was at a drama school and

had a massive argument with my other

half at the time and then all of our

friends around it just wasn't pretty

yea, no one had a good time. it just kind of ruined the evening

I think I'm not... maybe

I was drunk, dunno but no I remember that one

being, was it me that had an argument?

I don't know. I dunno if it was me or not

Well someone ruined it. Someone had an argument and it ruined it.

but err it was all very

dramatic we we're at drama school and drinking

too much...I keep talking about alcohol.

that's bad isn't it.

just keep talking about alcohol... the Brits are alcoholics.

I know, it's yea..Would you say we are

compared to other nations? Not the Irish

maybe not. No not the Irish. I'd say

yeah I mean on average i think we like a

drink more than anyone else

yeah yeah but I think it's like a steady

flow of drink we don't always get

hammered all the time

err well saying that...just contradicting myself at

the weekend it's fine it's fine

yeah yeah compared to dry countries we're

probably a little bit more?

Probably. I don't know, yeah, your right yeah

Last year what were your resolutions

and did you accomplish them?

I can't remember

I think they're basically the same but

yeah probably not

I probably accomplished them for about the first week

and that's probably about it.

I didn't have any

I never have any. If you hadn't have asked me I

wouldn't have even thought of it, you know?

Try and improve every year but

That's cool

I'm glad I asked, maybe I'll make a difference

Any new year's resolutions?

That's a good one

Err I'm gunna work harder definitely gunna work harder

a lot more editing yeah a lot more editing

a lot more everything bits and

bobs just yea kind of really

concentrate this year and make 2017

really successful because i did that

last, well I kind of thought, ooh 2016's gunna be my

year to really go for it okay and

nothing happened umm but that's probably due

to my over... I was kind of

overestimating myself maybe. Pipe dreams are good

Yeah exactly i know i've learned from it yeah

i can move up but umm

yeah I really wanna work hard and I think for everyone

2017, err 2016's not been a great year

just with like all the stuff that's been going

on in the media and the amount of people

that passed away. Famous people that passed away

I don't know why but that hit a lot of people

quite hard for some reason umm and obviously war isn't great.

As well, that's not great but yeah 2017

work harder, concentrate more