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

 

Also see..

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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10 Years of No Supper Casino in Blackpool

Mike Steves talking about investment in the seaside town.

It was going to the making of the town.  The once busy seaside town of Blackpool was looking forward to the high life once again. 

Blackpool's popularity came in the Victoria era and has suffered a slow and steady downturn in the latter half of last Century.



But the problems were all going to be solved on turn on a card.   Blackpool was to become "The Las Vagas of the North" or so we were told.

The town council put all its eggs in one basket and bid to host the Uk's first  Super Casino.

There really wasn't a plan B for Blackpool.  It was this or nothing for the town.

Then on the 30th of January 2007 came the news that seemed to put the final nail in the coffin of Blackpool, Manchester was to host the Super Casino, not the seaside town.
The news was hard to take for the Fylde Coast.

How would Blackpool survive this?  

10 year to the day that the news broke, BBC Radio Lancashire spent the whole day on the Prom looking at what has happened since the decision.

A super casino never did come to the Fylde but the town has been on something of a journey.  To stand on the seafront now and look back over the 10 years you would see 1000's of pounds of investment.

Blackpool's Comedy Carpet

The investment that saw a new look Prom, new trams and new tram stops.  The money brought in new investors like Merlin who own the Town as well as other attractions in the town.

It also made new attractions like the Comedy Carpet where BBC Radio Lancashire spent the day.

All in all the fact that Blackpool didn't get the super Casino could have been the making of the town.   We will never know but Plan B, the plan that we didn't have, has worked for Blackpool.  Manchester never did get a Super Casino either.



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Greenbelt 2016

National League Play-off 2016

Another day, another visit to Wembley.

This time it's to see who can came that 92nd and last place in the football league. 

The game on Sunday the 15th of May kicked off at 4pm between Forest Green Rovers of Gloucester and Grimsby Town of North East Lincolnshire.

As you can imagine both BBC Local radio stations (BBC Gloucestershire and BBC Humberside) had full live coverage to see if they could get another league side on there patch. 

We had all the build up from Olympic way.

As for the match itself.  Well Grimsby won that three goals to nil, going up via the play offs at the 3rd time of asking.

Well done Grimsby Town FC.

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Tour de Yorkshire 2016

The Tour de Yorkshire 2016

After the sussess of the Grand Depart of 2014, when the Tour de France started in Yorkshire, orgenisers of the tour made it an annual thing.   It can't be part of the full Tour de France each year so a new race was set up.    

THE TOUR DE YORKSHIRE.

Now into its second year the Tour de Yorkshire takes place across the whole of Yorkshire and even into Middlesbro' this year.

The three day event is coved in full by BBC Local Radio and as you would expect the BBC Bus is there to lend a helping hand to what is a logistical nightmear for the stations.

On Friady the 29th of April the Tour started in the historic market town of Beverly in the East Riding.  The Bus was in the the village of Market Weighton to watch the tour leave the East Riding.  

On Day two (Saturday the 30th of April) we got in to West Yorkshire to the start line that was in Otley.  There we watched not only the start of the mens race but the start of the very first womans race with 27 year old Lizzie Armitstead starting the race in her home town.   Armitstead was a member of the gold medal winning team pursuit squad at the 2009 Track World Championships, her second appearance at a senior world championship event.

On the last day we headed back east again to scarborough to the finishing line by the beach.  Were we saw Danish Thomas Voecker beat Ireland's and team sky's Nicolas Roche by just six seconds over the whole three days.  



Links..

BBC Humberside
BBC Leeds
BBC York


Tour de Yorkshire 

Aslo on the blog.

WW1 At home. 
York 10k
Play offs 2015
Humberside at 40

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BBC Manchester @ Christmas

BBC Radio Manchester went out and about again at the start of Christmas to take in the Christmas cheer at the markets across Greater Manchester.

Two weeks at five different markets both weeks looked the same as far as venues go..


Monday - Ashton Under Lyne
Tuesday - Bolton
Wednesday - Bury
Thursday - Wigan
Friday - Altringtham



With each venue getting its own outside broadcast.

Mike Sweeney in Bury

Monday - Becky Want (Week 1)
Tuesday - Phil and Ali (Week 2)
Wednesday - Mike Sweeney (Week 2)
Thursday - Mike Sweeney (Week 1)
Friday - Becky Want (Week 2)

There was two aims of the outside tour. 

1. To promote BBC Radio Manchester in the outlining towns of the Greater Manchester.

2. To  broadcast from areas that BBC Radio Manchester from areas that don't get a lot of coverage on air.

To that end BBC Manchester spent a lot of time taking photos of listeners for the Facebook page. They can be found in the Christmas markets album.

Also See  
BBC Radio Manchester 
BBC News from Manchester
BBC Manchester on Facebook
BBC Manchester on Twitter

Also on my blog
BBC Manchester at the Christmas Markets 2013
BBC Manchester's Love Where You Live Tour 2014
BBC Manchester at the FA Cup Final

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