Tony Hadley, former member of 1980s pop band Spandau Ballet, and Ford resident, is hosting a new BBC radio show starting this weekend. Tony will be on BBC Three Counties Radio each Sunday morning between 9am and 11am beginning on Sunday February 10. He will be playing popular music from across the decades and sharing a few memories along the way.You can listen to the show on BBC Three Counties across Aylesbury Vale on 94.7FM, on DAB radio or online at www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties where you can also catch up if you are not able to tune in live. Cottesloe School enjoy success at rotary club's technology tournament in Aylesbury … [Read more...] about This much is true! Ford resident Tony Hadley to host new BBC radio show
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Hartlepool singer Michael Rice speaks of excitement on BBC Breakfast ahead of Eurovison Song Contest bid
Hartlepool singer Michael Rice has spoken of his excitement as he prepares to bid to become the UK's entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The 21-year-old, who won the BBC singing competition All Together Now last year, was on the corporation's Breakfast show this morning speaking about his involvement in Eurovision: You Decide. Michael will be one of six performers seeking the public’s votes on the programme, which goes out live on BBC Two at 7.30pm.The winner representing the UK’s Eurovision entry in Israel in May.Michael and fellow contestant Holly Tandy will sing Bigger Than Us.Anisa and Kerrie-Anne will sing Sweet Lies and Freaks will be sung by girl group Maid and solo artist Jordan Clarke. It is now 22 years since the UK won the Eurovision Song Contest when Katrina and the Waves triumphed with Love Shine A Light. Michael, a former McDonald’s worker and busker first came to TV audiences’ attention four years ago, when he was just 16 and entered … [Read more...] about Hartlepool singer Michael Rice speaks of excitement on BBC Breakfast ahead of Eurovison Song Contest bid
Bill Carmichael: Don’t penalise the over-75s over free TV licence when it is the BBC that needs to reform
0 Have your say IF you are an older person and enjoy having a free TV licence, you might feel secure that you won’t have to pay the planned increase when the yearly fee rises to £154.50 on April 1. But don’t be too sure – the BBC is after your pension money and says the free licences for the over-75s may be scrapped after the taxpayer subsidy that pays for them at present comes to an end in 2020. Last November the Corporation launched a consultation on the free TV licences that comes to an end next week on February 12.The suggested options range from scrapping free licences all together, to offering a 50 per cent discount instead, limiting the free licences to the over-80s or introducing means testing so only the poor get a free licence.This, to put it mildly, is a bit of a cheek. The BBC agreed to take on the cost of free TV licences in a deal with the then Chancellor George Osborne in 2015 in return for inflation matching rises … [Read more...] about Bill Carmichael: Don’t penalise the over-75s over free TV licence when it is the BBC that needs to reform
BBC The One Show: Young Dundee family take part in pregnancy experiment
News / Dundee by James Simpson February 8, 2019, 6:07 am Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter A young Dundee family featured on a popular BBC television show this week. The Chalmers family, from Maryfield, appeared on The One Show. Chris and his wife Mala were filmed for a feature about foetal movement during pregnancy, along with little Nico, who was at the time still in the womb. One Show presenter Sarah Mack visited Dundee University with the pair last year to learn more about work being conducted by psychology student Viola Marx. Viola’s study investigated the interaction between the foetus and its responses to physical touch on a pregnant woman’s stomach. The interactions between Chris, Mala and presenter Sarah were measured and produced a number of different responses from the then-unborn Nico. Chris, Mala and eight-month-old Nico’s appearance on the show was beamed into millions of homes as they revealed some of the findings … [Read more...] about BBC The One Show: Young Dundee family take part in pregnancy experiment
Deaf actress learns to sign in Glaswegian for hit BBC comedy Two Doors Down
Deaf actress Sophie Stone had to learn to sign like a Glaswegian for her role in hit BBC comedy Two Doors Down. She plays Louise, an old friend of Joy McAvoy’s character Michelle, and appears in Monday’s episode – which is the last in the series. Sophie admitted she wanted to get the right regional dialect sign language for the show. Sophie, 38, who’s originally from London, said British Sign Language – BSL – has dialect influence, slang and phrases of its own from region to region, just like an accent. There were experts on set and a friend even gave her some Glaswegian insults he’d picked up from deaf clubs as a teenager. But Sophie said she was careful to make sure the words she used worked for her Louise. In the show, now on its fourth series, her character has a run in with Michelle’s nightmare neighbour Cathy. But when the cameras stopped rolling, she said Doon Mackichan – who plays Cathy –was quick to apologise for … [Read more...] about Deaf actress learns to sign in Glaswegian for hit BBC comedy Two Doors Down