Boxing Day at Matts

Boxing day 2012 was a first for me. We, (Margaret, Jessica and Joel) went round to Matts for the first time.

Nice place, Matt have a few members of his and Charlotte's family around for nibbles.

I did learn a few things....

1. Jessica and Joel don't like dogs

And

2. Matt can cook. Ok he isn't a hot chef but his chilly was very good,

- Adrian Chenery

Christmas 2011

Christmas day is always one for the families. So it was dinner at home after church, play with Hannah, Sam and Ethan before a trip across the M65 to see grandma and granddad.



Jessica and Joel had loads of fun with their gifts from all the family and friends but just had to have a go on Grandad's new drum kit.

The Royal Wedding 2011

April the 29th 2011. Not only was it Margaret's birthday but also the day of the Royal Wedding at Westminster Abbey.

H.R.H Prince William of Wales, K.G. married Miss Catherine Middleton.

It was an early start for my and John Reynolds as we headed into Hyde park for the party. The service was due to start at 11am however we were in the park by 4.30am.

Hyde park was where 3 large screens got put up so that 1000's of people could view the whole service and party. And Party they did. Over 100, 000 of them in Hyde Park alone.

It is estimated that over 2 billion people worldwide watched the wedding on TV. You never know 2 billion people could of seen the bus in the park.

BBC 3 Counties Radio and BBC London both came out to the bus to do a full show from Hyde Park as well as a stream for GNS to all stations and voxes being sent to all 40 stations. BBC Five Live also came along and used or bus too.

It was a manic day which ended with Gareth Roberts doing GNS 2 ways sat on the roof of the bus with people still partying around.

It was a great atmosphere and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
The bus really came into it's own here as John broadcast 4 live streams of audio at once and each could be crossed with any of the others if needed.

Also see.. More at adrianchenery.co.uk

BBC Humberside at 40

As BBC Radio Humberside turns 40 years old, Andy Comfort was told to get on is bike.

200 miles late he and two other members of staff had rasied over £10000 for the BBC's Candle Appeal.
Covering 40 miles a day the team tried to cover most af the region over the 5 days that they were out. Setting off in Grimsby on Monday morning and endding up in Hull on the Friday night.

People came from far and wide to donate and keep the team going. Well done to Andy and everyone that give to the appeal which is raseing money for a local childrens hospise in Grimsby.

An added extra to the bus was a memeber of digital switchover helpscheme staff on hand to help the swichover.


Also see..  BBC Humberside

Also on my blog... Turn Back Time

More at adrianchenery.co.uk

WMs all Loved up!

It's Valentines day and the BBC bus is in the Black Country. Well Bilston Market.

With WM's Jo Malin all loved up and broadcasting live from the bus we had a busy morning.

We were also joined with some first click tutors for the day.

Tomorrow it's the digital switchover in Tewkesbury on the high street.

Also See, WM at The Skills Show

More at adrianchenery.co.uk

Turn Back Time

What was the high street like before the days of Primark or Boots? The BBC 1 program Turn Back Time aims to find out. Over 100 years of high street history starting of with the Butcher, Baker and the Candlestick maker.

As the TV program revamped one high street in Somerset each week, BBC Video Nation picked 6 locations and found local storytellers and film makers to tell the history of their own high street.

The high streets range from, Stapleton Road in Bristol, which has the name of the most dangerous street in Britain, to the high street in Penzance. We also went to Eccles, Whitechaple, Beverley and Leicester.

More at
BBC Bristol
BBC Cornwall
BBC Manchester
BBC Humberside
BBC London
BBC Leicester

Also on my Blog... BBC Manchester's Love Where You Live Tour 2014
                               BBC Manchesters Austerity Christmas
                               BBC Humberside at 40

Also See.. adrianchenery.co.uk

A Cumbrian Tour

The BBC Bus visited Cumbria for the first 

time in September 2010 on a two week 

long station promotion taking in two large 

Cumbrian events.

The tour started on Tuesday the 2nd of 

September in Carlisle city center where the mid-morning program 

came from the bus.

It was a day off before we hit the oad again taking in Kendel Mintfest on Saturday the 4th of Sepember.

Anorther day off before there was two days in a row. On Monday the 6th of September we hit Whitehaven, outside the Beacon where Fern came out to broadcast his afternoon show live from the harbour. Then it was a 125 mile drive to Tuesdays venue , outside Forum 28 in Barrow town center

It was an earlt start on Thursday morning as the breakfast show came live from the 

bus at the Westmoreland show 2010.

Also see.. BBC Cumbria 

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Big Chill

Once agian the BBC Bus  made its way to Eastnor for the 2010 Big Chill music festival. 

The Big Chill 2010 was great. MIA, Massive Attack, John Shutleworth and Lilly Allan.

Headlining this year was Lily Allen whose dad Keith came along to watch.

After just announcing that she was pregnant this was Lily’s last gig before she had some time off. 

At the Bus Criag Charles came along to broadcast his Funk and Soul show for BBC 6 Music and Andrew Marsden did the same for BBC H&W.

With the Big Chill Radio next to the bus some big names like Norman Jay came along to have a look. 

Working for BBC H&W, the Blast Reporter Danni Hunt not only made some reports for the introducing show but was also in the right place at  the right time to get photos of a breaking news story. This copy made the BBC News online front page.

All great but what I enjoyed most was the BBC 6 Music Set by Craig Charles. Live via the BBC Bus from the Big Chill Radio Studios. Not only a great show and many people dancing but he is a nice guy with it. Don't you just hate it???

Strange how many people turned up when he was around.

Hopefully we can do the same next year.

York 10k

Sor Geoff Hurst at the BBC Bus.

During the redevelopment of BBC Radio York they go given a BBC Bus so that they still had staff on their patch.

This means that I don't often get into York or North Yorkshire however I have filled in once when Mick (Radio Yorks driver) wanted a day off.

The Main event was a 10k run when we broadcast live from York race course. We even met THE world cup hat-trick hero himself.... SIR GEOFF HURST.

Before the Radio York had that bus and I had the Humberside bus I did 3 weeks for Radio York. One in Harrogate, one in Scarborough and one in York itself.


Also see.. BBC York 

More at adrianchenery.co.uk

Elections 2010

What would you do if you were Prime Minister?

On May the 6th 2010 Britain went to the polls to have there say in what the make-up of the new parliament would be. After 13 years of a Labour government there was a real feeling that the end of the road could be on the cards for Gordon Brown and his party.

It wasn't helped with bad performances at the new live TV debates and also Brown calling a voter a, “bigoted woman”.

However no one party won the election and the UK was left with a Tory/Lib collision.

For the weeks leading up to the election The BBC Bus was out in Dorset, Sunderland, Liverpool, Swindon and Luton.

We were asking people, “What would you do if you where Prime Minister?” And just like the outcome of the elections themselves, what we got where a lot of differing views. Click here to see some of the videos that we shot on the bus.

Also see.. BBC Tyne and Wear
                 BBC Dorset
                 BBC Meresyside
                 BBC Wiltshire
                 BBC Beds, Herts and Bucks

View...  How the Dorchester Youth would vote.

The Election Tour

BBC Dorset's Sue Paz talks about the elections.

Also from my blog  BBC Meresyside's Toy Appeal 2013
                                 Liverpool v Cardiff at Wembley

More at adrianchenery.co.uk

Day in.

Well the snow has beaten us today. We can't get out the farm. So it's a day in today.

Still got a lot done Joel for example hit another mile stone. For the first time he sat in a high chair at the table.

He looked so proud to be joining Jessica, Mummy and Me at the table.