Where have the last two years gone? Neil and Dan reunite as they attempt to quantify the many things that have kept them away from their microphones, whilst also focusing on some of the bigger issues of today (virulent or otherwise).

As well as the many subjects of births, deaths, marriages and bubbles, we attempt to put a positive spin on COVID, discuss the ever-evolving impact of Black Lives Matter on historical media, and there's a rundown of the mixed bag which is the current UK box office for 2020.

Films and TV shows mentioned:

• Contagion
• Deep Blue Sea 
• Brexit: The Uncivil War
• Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng Chiang
• Frozen 2
• Space Force
• Hunters (Amazon Prime)
• Star Trek: Discovery S1
• Serpico
• Trolls World Tour
• The Hunt
• 7500
• The Walk (not Man on Wire!)
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Inception
• The Platform
• High Rise
• Uncut Gems
• Punch Drunk Love
• The Wedding Singer
• Good Time
• The Invisible Man
• The Handmaid's Tale S1
• Hollow Man
• Emma.
• Jojo Rabbit
• Thor Ragnaraok
• Avengers: Endgame
• The Mandalorian S1
• What We Do In The Shadows S1
• Birds of Prey
• Parasite
• Get Out
• The Gentlemen
• Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
• King Arthur
• Aladdin
• Paddington 2
• Dolittle
• Bad Boys For Life
• Lethal Weapon 4
• Transformers: The Last Knight
• 6 Underground
• Sonic The Hedgehog
• Pokemon: Detective Pikachu
• 1917
• Rope
• Dunkirk
• No Time To Die
• Black Widow
• Tenet
• Dune
• Arrival
• Blade Runner 2049
• Dune (1984 version)
• Hamilton

Other references:

• Testers' Island Discs - Episode 25
• MoneySupermarket
• Scott Logic
• Dan's fundraising page for Macmillan Cancer Research
• Postman events (including Twitch streams)
• Twitch: Automation in Testing Online
• Clifton Suspension Bridge
• BBC News: UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model
• Quality Remarks podcast Episode 12 - Ethics Panel
• BBC News: Liverpool fans flock to Anfield to celebrate Premier League title
• BBC News: Beach littering
• Black Lives Matter
• BBC News: George Floyd death
• BBC News: Edward Colston statue torn down
• BBC News: John Cleese speaks out about Fawlty Towers removal
• BBC News: 30 Rock: Tina Fey apologises as blackface episodes are withdrawn
• BBC News: Little Britain pulled from iPlayer and Netflix
• Meetup: Ministry of Testing Manchester
• Meetup: Ministry of Testing Buckinghamshire
• TestBash Home 2020
• Upcoming TestBashes
• Kiuwan: Busting the Security Myths in DevOps
• The Motrix: Transcendental Learning from the Space Time Continuum
• Agile Testing Days
• BBC News: The Hunt release cancelled
• Star Trek: The Next Conversation

We'll be back again by the weekend, with our timely take on the sci-fi classic INDEPENDENCE DAY!

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Intro music: Pearl and Dean Theme
Outro music: Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease