This is an early cut of the 2026 programme,  so it will be subject to lots of changes

January to December 2026
DATE EVENT
January:  
2nd: Social Lunch    
At the Livermead Cliff Hotel, Torquay
12th: Zoom call - Club Project    
Read through two possible scripts for this year's Club Project(s)
February:  
2nd: Zoom call - New Season    
Social chat - getting together again for the new season - Peter will present the new programme and the annual Challenges
9th: Zoom call - NOT A LIVE MEETING - Q&A Session    
Ask the questions and we'll try to provide answers
16th: Zoom call - One Minute Challenge    
Show films made in response to the annual One Minute Film challenge
23rd: Zoom call - Guest Speaker    
Peter Durnall will present a wildlife film and talk about how it was made
March:  
2nd: Zoom call - Virtual Video Group    
Pip will present the Virtual Video Group TV 2025 and how it was made
9th: Live in Bitton House - First Night    
First Live Meeting of the season - social gathering and watch some films
16th: Zoom call - Guest Speaker - Roger Edwards    
Roger on Roger - professional cameraman Roger Edwards will critique some films made by our member Roger Western. Ooh, scary!
23rd: Zoom call - Making the documentary: "Britain in the 1960s - we were there"    
Eileen and Tony Colburn will present their follow-up to a successful film on the 1950's that they had made in 2022 - watch their interview filming techniques
30th: Zoom call - Animating Titles    
Peter will present this topic and will set a Challenge
April:  
6th: BANK HOLIDAY (Easter Monday)    
No meeting
13th: Live in Bitton House - Commentaries    
Teams can have some fun creating commentaries for otherwise boring videos
20th: Zoom call - Animated Titles    
Watch and discuss videos made in response to Peter's challenge (set on 30th March)
27th: Zoom call - Planning a Film    
Ivan will present this essential topic
May:  
4th: Bank Holiday (May Day)    
No meeting
11th: Live in Bitton House - TBD    
TBD
18th: Zoom call - Film That Tune    
Watch results of this annual Challenge
25th: Bank Holiday (Spring)    
No meeting
June:  
1st: Zoom call - Guest Speaker    
Ken Wilson will show and talk about some of his films
8th: Live meeting in Bitton House    
TBD
15th: Zoom call - What is a Producer?    
Ivan will ask this question and maybe give us some answers
22nd: Zoom call - Documentary Films    
Watch and discuss results of this annual Challenge
29th: Zoom call - Q & A Session    
Ask the questions and get the answers
July:  
6th: Zoom call - Guest Speaker    
Larry Hall will talk about AI and how beginners might get into it
13th: Live meeting at Bitton House    
Pip will lead a practical filming session (Interview Practical) and we'll review our results at a later date
20th: Zoom call - The use of interchangeable lenses    
Alec will present the use of different lenses for different applications
27th: Zoom call - Just a chat    
Relaxed evening - no topic - just a chat.
August:  
3rd: BANK HOLIDAY    
No meeting planned
10th: LIVE meeting - Bitton House    
TBD
17th: Zoom call - Guest Speaker    
TBD
24th: Zoom call - Member's Presentation    
TBD
31st: Bank Holiday (Late Summer)    
No meeting.
September:  
7th: Zoom call - Interview Practical    
Watch and discuss results from Pip's practical filming session on 13th July
14th: Live in Bitton House    
Green Screen exercise, trying to improve on results from a previous attempt a few years ago
21st: Zoom call - Four Minute Films    
Watch and discuss results of this annual Challenge
28th: Zoom call - Golden Oldies    
Watch some films from the Club's archives
October:  
5th: Zoom call - Member's Prsentation    
TBD
12th: LIVE meeting in Bitton House    
TBD
19th: Zoom call - Free Editing Software - - Do we need to pay?    
Eileen and Tony Colburn will ask this question and provide some answers
26th: Zoom call - Holiday films    
Show one of your holiday films - max 10 minutes please
November:  
2nd: Zoom call - Q & A Session    
Questions to be answered
9th: Live in Bitton House    
TBD
16th: Zoom call - Member's Presentation    
TBD
23rd: Zoom call - Film of the Year competition    
Watch the entries and find out the winner
30th: Zoom call - AGM    
Annual General Meeting followed by a Quiz
December:  
No meetings planned during December