On Tuesday 31st January, award-winning podcasters Helen and Olly (Answer Me This) will be recording a radio pilot for a comedy quiz at the Phoenix Cavendish Square, and we need YOU to be in the Live Studio Audience. We will be joined by some of our favourite raconteurs, Ian Collins, Tom Parry and Bridget Christie, … Continue reading
This Christmas Day at 7pm, 5 live will be broadcasting a two-hour programme about the year in radio. Continue reading
We’re delighted to announce that Trevor Dann’s Company have been commissioned to produce a 2-hour radio programme for BBC Radio 5 live on Christmas day that will look back at the highlights of 2011 across our industry. Our esteemed hosts will be Radio 4 Woman’s Hour presenter Jane Garvey and Key 103 breakfast host Mike … Continue reading
Reposted from guardian.co.uk The Band Behind Bars (Radio 2) was an unexpectedly cheerful listen. It wasn’t just the story, told by Craig Charles, of how music can be used within prisons as part of the rehabilitation process. Or the fact that Billy Bragg appeared, talking passionately about his charity, which gets guitars into prisons so … Continue reading
During September 2011, TDC’s Heather Davies spent a month following a project at the Mount Prison Hemel Hempstead to rehabilitate offenders through music. Continue reading
Reposted from the BBC Radio Blog Walking into a prison for the first time is a nerve-wracking and intimidating experience. As each heavy door slams behind you, the sense of claustrophobia increases – even in open spaces there’s netting overhead, and the barbed wire is clear to see. In September 2011, I experienced that moment … Continue reading
Jeremy Vine and Dermot O’Leary present the best Radio 2 documentaries on a special day for the network. Continue reading
We have been genuinely delighted with the feedback from the first episode of Sounds. Continue reading
Our page went live on the BBC Radio 2 site yesterday! You can find the series home here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0103r3t and each episode will sit under that. Very exciting. We’re also going to be writing an unofficial blog of the series here: http://sottc.wordpress.com/ – which will include links and YouTube videos and all-sorts.