Lancashire Week

Wednesday the 27th of November is Lancashire day.  So BBC Radio Lancashire went big.

Lancashire Week

BBC Radio Lancashire are taking up the challenge.

Lancashire Red Rose

Over the five days Radio Lancashire did ten OBs from ten different locations.

In the Morning Brett Davidson came onto the Bus each day to co-host his show with Sally Naden who was elsewhere in the Radio Car.

Afternoon Presenter John (Gilly) Gillmore came on to the bus each afternoon at the second location to present his afternoon show.

Normally the morning show would hand over to the afternoon one at 12 noon however I needed time to get from one venue to the next.  So a guest presenter came in each day to present between 12 noon and 1pm.

The Venue where

Monday

AM – CONCOURSE SHOPPING CENTRE, SKELMERSDALE
PM - ORMSKIRK

Tuesday 

AM – LEYLAND
PM - PRESTON FLAG MARKET

Wednesday

AM – FORTON SERVICES, M6, NORTHBOUND
PM – DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER

Thursday

AM – ACCRINGTON MARKET
PM - COLNE MARKET PLACE

Friday 

AM – FREEPORT SHOPPING VILLAGE FLEETWOOD
PM - BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK

On the Bus we have two tapestries with lots of patchwork from the towns all over the county.  The "Peoples Patchwork" was made by WI or Kit groups across the county and lots of people came on to see.

A red rose was given out to every lady that came along, and a few men, as a symbol of Lancashire.

Also see BBC Lancashire

        See a 360 photo of the bus on the flag market in Preston.

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The 50th Anniversary of Dr Who Day.

Davros, King of the Darleks

When you think of Dr Who Kent may not be the first place that comes to mind.  With most episodes being shot in London or Cardiff BBC South East Today's claim that Kent was "The Home Of Dr Who" needed a little bit of explanation.

The claim is all based on the fact that the original script writer was from Hurne Bay and one of the Doctors lives there.

A long shot?  

Maybe.

But with the 50th anniversary being marked across the world BBC South East and BBC Radio Kent got on board with a Dr Who show, Kent Style.

500 Tickets were given out to viewers and the full house where joined by VIPs of the shows past including the very first director Waris Hussein and the actor who played Susan in the first episode Carole Ann Ford.  

Along with a few Moving Darleks and Cybermen the audience sat down to watch the first ever episode (An Unearthly Child) of Dr Who some 50 years after it was first aired but this time on a big screen.

Just 24 hours latter the BBC aired its own vision of Dr Who aimed at marking the historic footnote in Science fiction.  On BBC One HD "The Day Of The Doctor" was aired across the UK as well as over 90 differant territories around the world.  The aim of the show was to right the wrong in the Doctors past. 

Over 10.6 Million people tuned in to BBC One to watch the drama with many more going to 3D cinema screenings of the event or watching around the world.   Beating Strictly Come Dancing into 2nd on the night with 10.2 Million views and ITVs X Factor into 3rd with just over 8 Million viewers.      

It just shows that even a 50 year old Doctor can still pull in the crowds around the world.

Also see a video and report of the VIPs at the event on a Q&A 
              BBC Kent 

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WM's Skills Show 2013

The Skills show at the NEC in Birmingham got underway on Thursday the 14th of November 2013.

For the first two days 1000s of school and Collage students came in to develop ideas of their futures or make contact with protental employers/further education providers.

BBC WM was on had to offer advice to getting into the Media.  Why anyone would want that is a question that needs to be asks.

On the first first day we had a few famous people in. Lib Dem leader Nick Clergg dropped in to answer listeners questions.  He did that from the BBC Bus.

The Childern liked using the Bus,  the green screen was very popular for the full 3 days.

Video 

See Skills Minister Mathew Hancock MP read the weather on the BBC Bus.

See TV Dragon Theo Paphitis read the weather on the BBC Bus.

Also see..  

Also from my Blog...WMs All loved up!

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