RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2020

The RHS Cheslea Flower show 2020 is another event that has been called off due to to Covid 19 pandemic.

Normaly for a week in May, Adrian Chenery and John Renoyld would work long hours to cover the show across BBC Local Radio on up to eight stations at once. 



From Jersey to Manchester, the presenters flock to the capital to do a show amid the splind gardens built in the grounds of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. 

Not this year, however, as the show was called of with talk the virus reaching a peak about the same time the show was due.

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National League play offs 2020

Wembley Awaits

Football, like the rest of the world, is affected by the Covid 19 pandemic. 

All League and National league fixtures are off until the pandemic is over.

The National league has suspend  competitions indefinitely meaining it is very unlikly to go ahead with this match.






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Mersey River Fesital 2020

The 2020 Mersey River Fesital is another event that has been called off due to the Covid 19 pandemic.

Planning was in the early stages with the fesival also holding Liverpools VE Day 75 celebrations.

However all large events of this kind have been called off so our visit to Liverpool is off too.

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Tour de Yorkshire 2020

The 2020 Tour de Yorkshire is yet another major event that have been called off due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.

Plans were well on the way and the BBC Bus knew of 3 of the 4 venues that we were going to broadcast from.

However due to the spread of the virus the entire event will not take place in 2020.

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London Marathon 2020

The 2020 London Marathon has become another victim of the Covid 19 Pandemic.  This event, however, has already rearranged and set a new date for the race.

If the pandemic is over the London Marathon will take on Sunday October the 4th.

The event was postponed before BBC London had finalised plans so I can’t tell you what the plan was for the BBC Bus and Radio London however in past years we have been based on the isle of dogs with a presenter and a few reports and we have anchored the show from there.

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FA Cup Semi Finals 2020

This years FA Cup has fallen victim to the Covid 19 pandemic with all FA Cup games stopping before the 1/4 final stage.

When football gets underway again and if they try to finish all games then for teams from the 1/4 finals will play a rearranged semi final at some date in the future.

The teams into the 1/4 finals at the moment are:

Leicester City v Chelsea
Newcastle Utd v Manchester City
Sheffeild Utd v Arsenal
Norwich v Manchester Utd.

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Coventry 1/2 Marathon 2020 - BBC CWR

This years Coventry 1/2 Marathon is another event that has been cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic.   BBC CWR where due to broadcast from the event that has full BBC backing as they did in the 2019 event.

Coventry is looking forward to being U.K. City of Culture 2021 and postponing of any event in the run up to 2021 is a big disappointment to the city.   With the advice coming from health experts to cancel large events however the 1/2 marathon was always going to be called off.

This is what we got up to last year.

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St Patrick's Day Birmingham 2020 - BBC WM

This years St Patrick's Day Parade in Birmingham became the first event to be called off due to the corona virus pandemic.

The Parade normaly sees up to 100 000 people lining Digbeth High Steet for one of the world largest events of its type.  However after the New York and Dublin parades where called off it left the team in Birmingham with no option.   Saftey first.

The plan was to have Adrian Goldberg at the bus broadcast the event as it happend. 

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EFL Cup Final 2020

It is a staple of the BBC Bus.  The first visit to Wembley of the year and for the 3rd year in a row Manchester City are into the final.  This time they are up agents Premiership Aston Villa.

Football doesn’t stop in the capital and for the two hours in the run up to the match BBC WM will be live in at Tottenham’s ground for Tottenham v Wolves.  But they will broadcast from our new location on the Market Place next to Olympic Way for the two hours before that match. 

A true fan’s favourite BBC WM give out a limited edition hat in Villa’s colours and chatted to 100s of fans all wanting to see the glory days return to Villa Park.

BBC Radio Manchester had too much on that day and didn’t have time for a build up show from outside the ground.

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James Hazel's Christmas Tour 2019

James Hazel's Chrismas Tour 2019

For the 3rd year in a row the BBC Bus, James Hazel and BBC Radio Suffolk has taken Santa on a tour of Suffolk.

Without Issac Chenery for the first year, Vic Tucks comes in the producer and was helpet along by Lois Worrow.

As in other years, its five days and five venues, at each venue we broadcast the James Hazel show on BBC Radio Suffok but also have a VIP joining us. None other than Santa himself.



We started on the 16th of December in Bury St Edmonds before heading on to Beccles, (17th) ,
Hadleigh, (18th), Haslesworth, (19th) and Stowmarket (20th).

Heres a video from each day out on the road plus one other video of an interview in Halesworth.

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BBC Radio Meresyside Toy Appeal 2019

The BBC Radio Meresyside Toy Appeal is an annual event aimed at rasing toys for children on christmas day who would otherwise not have antything to open. 

The toys themslefs are collected by the local Lions cub, (local to whichever part of Liverpool we are in),  so the toys are staying within the area where we collect them.

We often find that the people of Meresyside are very kind and keep giving.  So we keep collecting for them.

This is where we have been 

Saturday, November 30 
Widnes Market,

Tuesday, December 3
New Mersey Shopping Park

Wednesday, December 4
Tesco Extra store, St. Oswalds St, Liverpool

Thursday, December 5
Smyths Toys,  Ravenhead Retail Park, Saint Helens

Friday, December 6
Sainsburys   Birkenhead,                                                   

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BBC Radio Manchester in Middleton

BBC Radio Manchester spent a week away from the studios to broadcast from the town center of Middleton.

Just before the general election of 2019 one of the main topics that they talked about was politics.

On Monday Mike Sweeney came out to do his show from the town center however he was replaced due to not feeling well.

Tuesday and Thursday saw Becky Want come out with Phil Trow doing his drive show on Wednesday.

Mike was feeling better by Friday and came out to finish off the week with his mid morning show.

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Stockton Fireworks 2019

Every year BBC Tees host the  Stockton Fireworks in Stockton on Tees on the banks of the River Tees.

One of the biggest firework displays in the country, viewed by 30,000 plus in the immediate area and over 50,000 along the banks of the River Tees from Thornaby to Middlesbrough'. 

In 2019 the BBC Bus joined BBC Tees. There was no broadcasting but we were there simply to meet the listeners. 




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Leicester's Diwali 2019

The city of Leicester has one of the highest Asia comunitys in the U.K. Because of that Leicester has the biggest Diwali celibrations in England,

Over 35,000 people of all faiths attend the switch on of the lights on the Golden Mile. The festivities are loudest along Belgrave Road, in the heart of the city's Asian community, where the two main events take place each year, and that is where the BBC Bus was this year. 

Having been moved from the Cossington Recreation Ground after very wet weather over the past week, BBC Radio Leicester was based at the BBC Bus on Belgrave Road and Law Street.


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UCI World Championships, Harrogate 2019

The UCI World Championships are the Road World cycling championships and as such atract teams and suporters from across the world. 

In September 2019 the championship where held in Yorkshire, focused around the town of Harrogate.

Based in the fan zone on the Harrogate Stay, BBC Radio York and BBC Look North (Leeds) both came along each day to broadcast.



It was all going very well until midweek.  Thats when the rains came in. A lot of Yorkshire was under water and the fan zone itself was tuned into a swamp.  The fan zone closed however the racing carried on and so should the briadcasting, from a closed fan zone.


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BBC Stoke in Stafford

BBC Stoke in Stafford

BBC Radio Stoke love to get out and about and talk to listeners where ever they find them.

Starting on Tuesday the 3rd of September 2019 Bbc Stoke based themselves in the market place of Stafford outside the Guildhall.

BBC Stoke in Stafford

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Paula White and Denholm Siegertsz both came out the office and head to Stafford to spend mid-morning finding out what made the people there tick.

But it was until Friday when Perry Spiller came down the A34 and brought his full show from the market place. A fun-filled 3 hours ending with Top-Of–The-Pots in the last half hour.

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Countyfilelive Castle Howard 2019

For the first time BBC Countyfile Live had too venues in 2019.   The northen venue was in the grounds of Castle Howard in North Yorkshire.

BBC Radio York, BBC Radio Humberside, BBC Radio Leeds and BBC Radio Sheffeild all came to Castle Howard to broadcast from the event.

It was at this southen event that had been held at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire since the start of the event, would move to Windsor Great Park in Berkshire for 2020.


The 2020 event at Catstle Howard has been canciled due to finance isuess (Not Covid 19),


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RHS Tatton Fower Show 2019

The RHS garden shows are a staple of the BBC Bus and have been for years.

In the North West we broadcast from RHS Tatton Park flower show each  year.

With a memorial garden dedicated to the memory of the late BBC North West weather presenter, Diane Oxberry who died suddenly on the 10th of January 2019.   

Due to that garden the BBC Bus didn't just turn up for the broadcast but stayed open to interact with the RHS members and visiters.   Glen Hunt was added to the Bus staff to help with that. 

Mutil briadcast from BBC Radio Lancashire and BBC Radio Manchester where added to broadcast ftom BBC Radio Stoke, BBC Radio Meresyside and BBC Radio Cumbria.  

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Lakefest 2017

Children's Entertainment at Lakefest 

Lakefest is the UK's fastest growing music festival.  In its new location at Eastnor Castle in Ledbury for the second year, lakefest is attracting more and more revellers, with headliners Imelda May, Feeder and the Charlatans among the acts performing.

Around 8,000 tickets have sold for the festival at Eastnor Deer Park, which is in its sixth year.
 

BBC  Hereford and Worcester had its own stage run by Introducing presenter, Andrew Marsden.  The stage showcased new and unsigned bands from across  Herefordshire and Worcestershire, hosting three days of live music. 

Here is a program of when some of the bands that were recorded will be aired.

PERFORMER	Broadcast	Quote: Andrew Marston, BBC Music Introducing
Riscas	9 September	“One of the most exciting bands in the Midlands right now who steal the show with their live performances.”
Institutes	16 September	“Powerful and exciting tracks delivered with a class-A stage performance.”
Vacation	23 September	“Stunning electronica from one of Herefordshire’s most prolific producers.”
Devon Mayson	30 September	“Beautiful songs from an artist who’s been our BBC Introducing Track of the Week on so many occasions.”
Nuns Of The Tundra	7 October	“A powerhouse of rock who blew the tent poles off our BBC Introducing tent at

 

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BBC Hereford and Worcester 
Lakefest

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BBC Humberside - Capital of Culture 2017

BBC Humberside's bus at burton constable hall

2017 is a big year for Hull and everyone involved in the City.

For the whole year, the city is the UK City of Culture.

BBC Humberside wanted to refelt this right but not forget about the rest of the editorial area. (East Riding of Yorkshire, North and North-East Lincolnshire)

To that end, the former BBC Somerset bus has been reconditioned and sent north.


From January to December 2017 the new BBC Humberside bus with travel around the region.

They will be broadcasting the Phil White show (12 noon to 2.30pm) each day, Monday to Friday.
From Bridlington to Cleethorpes, Grimsby to Goole, the bus will broadcast across the patch not only making sure that the events of the City of Cutler are covered but also the areas outside the city don't feel like the BBC is missing them out.

I was drafted in to drive the bus, as the two members of BBC staff hadn't passed their driving test and also to help set up the broadcast side of the bus.


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