How is Brexit Britain affecting your life? Six people’s personal views on what’s happening to the UK, recorded as they go about their normal lives.
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Although Tim can just remember Radio Caroline's arrival in 1964 it was the later album format that had the biggest influence on his music taste. In 1989 he was able to give practical help to the station after hearing about the Dutch raid, and felt he could offer his services a Production Engineer who had access to much surplus equipment. He is still supplying the ship with goods and services today! His first on-air experience was for Pirate BBC Essex on the LV 18 as a co-presenter. It was he ...
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BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair, in association with English Heritage, returns to Audley End House and Gardens in Saffron Walden, Essex from Friday 30 August - Sunday 1 September, with exciting new highlights. Whether you’re a complete gardening beginner, an experienced expert or are just looking for a great day out in beautiful surroundings, there really is something for everyone.
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The eclectic magazine radio show, originally broadcast on Colne Radio. in North East Essex, UK and across the world by internet. Whatever comes out of Box 39 is unique, with gorgeous music, features, chat and banter – and where we all inhabit our community - locally, nationally and across our Earth.
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People telling their stories 'Excellent podcasts' - Gerard Edwards, CEO, 'Podcast Radio' 'A wonderfully made podcast' - Rob Jelly, Presenter, BBC Essex 'Love it! Great little vignettes of communities of normal people doing good things!' - Tom Fair, Student Radio Association winner, 'Best Podcast', 2020 'Expertly produced' (Kingdom Build) 'Great podcast' (Street Pastors) 'Podcast is excellent...love the format which works really well.' (Harlow foodbank) 'Another excellent podcast' (Parents an ...
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The dumbest genre in entertainment, or the one that tells us the most about ourselves? Since its conception, reality TV has divided its viewers. Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV is a 10-part audio documentary written and presented by journalists Pandora Sykes and Sirin Kale. They've been fans of reality TV since they first watched Big Brother as pre-teens and they've spent a fair amount of time defending reality TV when people are snobby about it, or dismiss its importance in our wid ...
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Follow head gardeners Saul Walker and Lucy Chamberlain as they reveal exactly what it’s like to be professional horticulturists leading busy teams on large, private estates. Lucy and Saul have a decade of Head Gardening experience and it soon became clear to them both that life as a Head Gardener can be incredibly diverse, occasionally challenging and hugely rewarding and so they regularly discuss horticultural topics close to their hearts and give you an insight into their lives as gardener ...
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Jerry Wright (Sitting In) - 19th September 2024
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Ep. 236 - For the past few weeks Lucy and Saul have been all round the UK visiting gardens, trialling vegetables and enjoying UK horticulture at it's finest, so here are some of the highlights.
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With Summer behind us and the touch of Autumn on the horizon, it's time to say a fond and lengthy farewell to the 2024 garden season. But that's not to say there is still a tremendous amount of gardening to be done. Lucy will be revelling in her Fruit and Veg as Autumn is the crescendo of harvest time, and Saul will be willing an Indian Summer so h…
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Adam Frost - BBC Gardeners' World Autumn Fair 2024 Show Preview
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See Adam Frost at BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair on Friday 20th AugustBy Immediate Live
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Pippa Probert - BBC Gardeners' World Autumn Fair 2024 Preview
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Ep. 235 - As summer slides into Autumn, Lucy and Saul can be found at BBC Gardeners World Autumn Fair at the beautiful Audley End leading tours of the Walled Garden with the English Heritage team, here ...
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The Summer season has come full circle again, that time of year where everyone enjoys being outside, especially in their gardens on a long, sunny day. Gardeners are still in full flow - planting out new beds, mowing their lawns and cajoling their vegetable gardens into burgeoning yields. It's a great time to be alive in horticulture as the show sea…
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Tim Charles - 5th September 2024. Tim and his unique blend of sounds he calls, Magic Carpet Ride, with Eclectic mix of known and some not heard much tracks
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Ep. 234 - It's Lucy's birthday! Very self-indulgently, she celebrates her milestone with a solo episode that describes 50 jobs that you can complete in your garden right NOW. Resting on your laurels in ...
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The Summer season has come full circle again, that time of year where everyone enjoys being outside, especially in their gardens on a long, sunny day. Gardeners are still in full flow - planting out new beds, mowing their lawns and cajoling their vegetable gardens into burgeoning yields. It's a great time to be alive in horticulture as the show sea…
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Tim Charles - 22nd August 2024. Tim and his unique blend of sounds he calls, Magic Carpet Ride, with Eclectic mix of known and some not heard much tracks
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Ep. 233 - It's time for the great East/West divide! While Saul is wrapped up in his Devonshire dungarees and long sleeves, Lucy is sweltering in Essex in anything but - as the UK conforms to its traditional ...
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The Summer season has come full circle again, that time of year where everyone enjoys being outside, especially in their gardens on a long, sunny day. Gardeners are still in full flow - planting out new beds, mowing their lawns and cajoling their vegetable gardens into burgeoning yields. It's a great time to be alive in horticulture as the show sea…
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Ep. 232 - Is August the least favourite month for gardening, controversial but Lucy and Saul have a chat about it, plus trimming your dangling beans and how to break into some Garden writing.
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The Summer season has come full circle again, that time of year where everyone enjoys being outside, especially in their gardens on a long, sunny day. Gardeners are still in full flow - planting out new beds, mowing their lawns and cajoling their vegetable gardens into burgeoning yields. It's a great time to be alive in horticulture as the show sea…
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Ep. 231 - It's been hot! The professional gardening duo discuss how best to tackle watering in these high temperatures, and with school summer holidays in full swing we also showcase some family-friendly ...
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The Summer season has come full circle again, that time of year where everyone enjoys being outside, especially in their gardens on a long, sunny day. Gardeners are still in full flow - planting out new beds, mowing their lawns and cajoling their vegetable gardens into burgeoning yields. It's a great time to be alive in horticulture as the show sea…
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Kim O'Brien - BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair 2024 Preview
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A background in Medical Sciences and Mathematics may seem an unlikely starting point for a garden designer, but Kim‘s extensive knowledge of these subjects has proven invaluable when drawing inspiration for her design work. Kim creatively translates sequences, patterns, and natural geometry to the drawing board, enabling her to build schemes that s…
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Sara Ward - BBC Gardeners' Autumn Fair 2024 Show Preview
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Sara Ward has transformed her Victorian terraced house in London into an urban smallholding, ‘Hen Corner’, complete with chickens, honeybees, fruit trees and overflowing veg patches. Last year they harvested £4,000 worth of food from their back garden. Her recent book ‘Living the Good Life in the City’ shares some of the ways she and her family hav…
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Saul Walker - BBC Gardeners' Autumn Fair 2024 Show Preview
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Saul Walker fell in love with horticulture through his Grandparents passion for visiting historic houses and gardens, and after a brief spell as an Archaeologist, he went to train and work as a Gardener for the National Trust at Antony House in Cornwall. After many years there he was accepted to study on the prestigious 3-year Kew Diploma of Botani…
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Adam Kirtland - Tales From The Potting Bench Autumn 2024 Preview
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The host of the chart topping podcast, Tales From The Potting Bench – Adam is a gardener, writer and public speaker not to mention an expert when it comes to all things DIY in the garden. When it comes to gardening, Adam tries to make and mend as much as he can, recycling thrown away items into unique garden projects and eye catching designs. Over …
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Marcus Bean - BBC Gardeners' Autumn Fair 2024 Show Preview
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Marcus Bean is a chef, author, and presenter, who learned to cook by taking charge of the kitchen in his Shropshire pub. He got straight in the kitchen and taught himself to cook and then went on to win Iron chef UK on channel 4. Since then, Marcus has become a regular chef on ITV’s “This Morning”, wrote a cookery book all about Chicken, releases i…
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Tamsin Westhorpe - Plant Expert & Experienced horticultural journalist - Autumn 2024 Preview
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Kevin Smith - Editor, Gardeners World Magazine - Autumn Preview 2024
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Louise Ellis - Head Gardener at Audley End House and Gardens - Autumn 2024 Preview
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Following a career change from social care in her mid 30’s, Louise studied horticulture at Brooksby Melton College in Leicestershire and gain practical paid experience at the same time by working for a local garden centre, a specialist plant nursery and a large scale bedding grower. Having successfully gained a place as a Historic and Botanic Garde…
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Emma Crawforth - Horticultural Editor of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine - Autumn 2024 Preview
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Emma Crawforth is the Horticultural Editor of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and responsible for shaping gardening content that’s horticulturally correct. Kew trained, she’s worked for the brand for over 10 years creating inspirational, problem-solving and thought-provoking features. At home she grows fruit, veg and flowers while tending her ornamen…
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David Hurrion - BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair 2024 Preview
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David Hurrion has spent more than 20 years writing for and editing the nation’s crop of garden magazines, and is now Associate Editor for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine. David has also appeared both as a regular contributor and an horticultural commentator on a wide range of national and local radio programmes, as well as on television. David’s know…
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Ep. 230 - The weather may dampen a few spirits, but gardening continues as Lucy visits RHS Wisley to trial some Tomatoes, Saul's first Ginger has flowered and listeners share some of their self-employed ...
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Ep. 229 - Summer is here! The weather is warming, and growth is abundant. Garlic, broad beans and Florence fennel get discussed, plus Saul and Lucy are concerned by the apparent lack of birds and bees
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Bonus Episode #20 - Saul and Lucy are joined in conversation by Scottish self-employed gardener Susan Stephen - who won our 200th anniversary quiz - and found the career of gardening to be both healing ...
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From time to time Lucy and Saul decided they wanted to record conversations with other Head Gardeners, Curators, Garden Owners and fellow horticulturists across the UK, these will be published as Bonus Episodes alongside their usual format of chatting about their gardening lives. We hope you enjoy. For the Bonus Episode #20 we are joined by Scottis…
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Ep. 228 - Join Saul in his back garden where the tasks are never ending - so he spends a day looking after his collection of Jungle plants, focusing on how he feeds and setting up the start of his potential ...
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Ep. 227 - Returning to our gardens after BBCGWL, it's a wall of heat and humidity, but that doesn't stop Lucy and Saul with questions from listeners on Agretti and (weirdly) Waterproof coats, failing Sweet ...
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The Summer season has come full circle again, that time of year where everyone enjoys being outside, especially in their gardens on a long, sunny day. Gardener's are still in full flow - planting out new beds, mowing their lawns and cajoling their vegetable gardens into burgeoning yields. It's a great time to be alive in horticulture as the show se…
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BBC GWLive 2024 Bonus Episode: Saul and Lucy are at the BBC Gardeners World Live show at the NEC for another year as the Plant Experts, giving tours of the Floral Marquee, answering garden queries and ...
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Saul and Lucy are at BBC Gardener's World Live 2024 as the Plant Experts. The show spans the 13th-16th June and is a sprawling show of the finest gardens and plants to grace mid-June (as well as the BBC Good Food Show). As well as early morning tours for the very keenest of gardens, the pair have been on their usual Advice Desk answering the broade…
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Adam Kirtland -Tales From The Potting Bench
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Find Glynn Purnell at BBC Gardeners’ World Live on all four days (13-16 June) at the Chef’s Table Show Garden. Often called the ‘Yummy Brummie’, Glynn Purnell started cooking professionally at the age of 14. After securing a work experience placement in a hotel kitchen, he spent the next two years catching the No 966 bus to the Metropole Hotel at t…
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Jason Williams - The Cloud GardenerBy Immediate Live
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www.yulialisle.comBy Immediate Live
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Nicki Chapman - Hosting the Theatre at this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Live
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Nicki Chapman is back hosting the Theatre at this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Live. Taking place from Thursday 13th – Sunday 16th June 2024 at the NEC Birmingham, Nicki will be leading a range of ‘in-conversation’ talks with some of the UK’s top gardening experts.By Immediate Live
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Bob Sweet - BBC Gardeners' World Live Horticultural Director
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Tamsin Westhorpe - Plant Expert & experienced horticultural journalist
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Tamsin Westhorpe is an experienced horticultural journalist and author, RHS Chelsea Flower Show Judge, podcaster and lecturer. After editing a national magazine for many years Tamsin is now curator and gardener at Stockton Bury Gardens in Herefordshire. Having started her horticultural career at the age of 17, spending time as a parks gardener and …
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Jacob Mercer - Urban Garden Landscaper - Gold Award
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Introducing the new UrbanGardening space which will broaden the event’s appeal to new and diverse audiences. Supporting nextgeneration gardening talent is an important part of all our events and we can’t wait to see what the young build teams have in store for us with their Urban Showcase Gardens. The International Orchid Show is a wonderful additi…
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Dan Hartley & Tisserand Elohim - Platinum Award - Eco Oasis Garden
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David Cheshire - David Cheshire Nurseries - Bonsai & Niwaki
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Rachel Bosshardt - Good Food Show Event Director
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Saul Walker - Tours around plant highlights in the Floral Marqueee
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Plant Expert Tours Experience a unique tour of the plants in the Floral Marquee. Lucy Chamberlain and Saul Walker lead tours around their plant highlights, from new launches to trusted favourites, you’ll explore a host of must-haves for your garden. Saul Walker fell in love with horticulture through his Grandparents passion for visiting historic ho…
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Pippa Probert - The Viewers Garden Designer - Showcase Garden Platinum Award Winner
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This garden is a reflection of the average plot. A space that has to work practically, financially and often as a quick fix. Designer, Pip, has been working with some of the Gardeners’ World Viewers to incorporate their ideas showcased on the BBC2 programme, including ideas for the greenhouse, potting shed, fluff hangers, hedgehog ramps and even a …
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Ellen Mary - Plant Based Living / People Plants Wellbeing
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Ellen Mary is a horticultural broadcaster and wellbeing advocate speaking at shows and organisations around the world about the ways in which gardening and the natural world can benefit wellbeing. Having loved plants since she was a child in her family kitchen garden she has produced and presented gardening content on TV, authored two books ‘The Jo…
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Manoj Malde is an award-winning garden designer, writer and public speaker. Although raised in the UK, he attributes much of his love of colour to his ethnic background and Indian ancestry. As a graduate of the Master’s programme in fashion design at the Royal College of Art, Manoj’s career has taken him to Italy, Germany, New York, Hong Kong and I…
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Faye Geeson - Garden Designer - Platinum Award Winner
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Bonsall Field Barns Faye Geeson Garden designed in collaboration with Derby College and Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust, highlighting the Bonsall Field Barn Restoration Project. Features a restored field barn within a setting inspired by the Peak District village of Bonsall. This includes dry stone walling, typical of the area, a limestone path…
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