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Last day of term (40 years after it started).
So.
Once more, with feeling…
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Child 2 is proper poorly and asked me to read some Harry Potter. 2 chapters of Chamber of Secrets went down a treat. Did the accents and everything. More tonight.
Child 2 is 28.
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And my BBC pass was cancelled before I left the building. So the security doors wouldn’t work. Had to be helped out.
#notquitethegoldwatch
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Very happy to accept an MBE tonight. I’m as surprised as you are.
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So farewell Steve Wright in the Afternoon. Shows of a staggeringly high standard, day after a day, year after year, from a brilliant operator and one of the hardest workers I’ve met.
Loved the show Steve.
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I have, rather wonderfully, spent Father’s Day becoming a grandfather. Or (as they say in Denmark) bedstefar (you don’t pronounce the ‘d’). Welcome Oscar. May you be a blessing.
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An ex-Radio 2 host writes...
So thank you all for all the wonderful comments here. Quite moved by it all. I’ve done a daily national BBC show for 31 years solid so this might take a while to adjust to...anyway the new radio show will be announced in January. It will be startling.
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So this happened. Prince William did the pinning. A class act! We talked about Radio 1 and how he loved Faithless/Insomnia and Spiller/Groovejet. I suggested that’s he was clearly a bit of a clubber…
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One of the greats. Awful news.
Steve Wright: Radio 2 presenter dies aged 69
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Some news. I am very excited to announce that on March 15 I shall be returning to Drivetime, across the UK on Greatest Hits Radio. It’s a show I love and it feels as though we have unfinished business! Matt Williams will be on sport of course (who else).
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Like this photo of Steve in The Times. Note the racks of cartridges behind him. No one used carts like Steve.
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I’m standing next to Madonna. And I’m wearing a cardigan.
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Very saddened today to hear about the death of Janice Long. Followed her to R1, R2 and GHR. She maintained her extraordinary enthusiasm for the music she played on every show she presented. RIP.
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A brief PS to yesterday’s fun and games. Thank you for all the comments here, I’m quite overwhelmed. It’s been wonderful to hear from so many listeners, colleagues and friends. I’ve read them all (I think) and really appreciated every one. Planning a quieter day today.
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So one more All Request Friday from me. Always was the best show to do and the pre-Christmas edition the most festive it is possible to be.
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And here we go!!!
We’ve been keeping a big secret … We are delighted to announce that legendary broadcaster
@RealKenBruce
will be joining the Greatest Hits Radio family in April.
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So. A few things to say. Very sadly, I have decided to move on from Radio 2. Sad to leave the show, sad to leave Jo, sad to leave Wogan House (I thought I’d be dragged out aged 120). But circumstances change...
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Due to a demo outside the BBC, I’ve been told I can’t actually leave Wogan House. Ironically.
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Very sad news indeed. One of the best. Loved his shows.
Terry Hall of The Specials dies aged 63
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So the secret is out and I said it might be somewhat startling (wait, what?) Scala Radio is the rather fabulous and sparkly new classical music station for the UK. Launch date is March 4th and my show will be 10am-1pm.
@ScalaRadio
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What awful news. A lovely man, always funny and a radio natural.
Paul O’Grady, TV presenter and comedian, dies aged 67
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Remarkable strength from the Rev. Very moving.
"Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot quench love, and neither floods drown it."
@RevRichardColes
returned to the Breakfast Show with some touching words for
#ValentinesDay
. 🧡
@zoetheball
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@bbcsounds
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Bravo!
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He had a stage presence which filled our tiny 5Live studio. He had grace, humour and a fierce intelligence. His last answer on Scorsese was a soliloquy.
#chadwickbosemanRIP
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It is a wonderful thing that the English, just for a few weeks maybe, are represented by Gareth Southgate and his England team.
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And this ladies and gentlemen are the wonderful women and men responsible for Radio 2’s most successful Drivetime show ever. Take a bow y’all.
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Well what with one thing and another, it’s been quite a year. Thanks for messages of support and in the words of
@smithandburrows
let’s hope the next beats the last. Happy 2019 y’all!
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Good morning. In case you’ve been waiting. And in case you need it. Confessions will be back on your radio in March on
@ScalaRadio
and here’s the email confessions
@scalaradio
.co.uk
Getting closer!
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Elsewhere, whole new radio stations are being planned. With you soon (ish).
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Delighted to announce that I’ll be starting my own book club soon. I’ve been keen to keep my association with new authors and wonderful books so the
@BooksOfTheYear
podcast will kick off shortly. I hope you love it. More info shortly!
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What a great loss. A sensational actor.
Tom Wilkinson: The Full Monty actor dies at 75
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Blimey
I'm a committed Radio 3 listener, but when Simon Mayo
starts at the new classical music station Scala I'll be tuning in. How could my employers, the BBC, have let him slip from their grasp?
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Saw the Pogues at Rock City in Nottingham 1985. Mentioned them the following morning on the show I was doing on Radio Nottingham . They heard it, turned up in reception and invited themselves on. Loved them from then.
Thank you Shane.
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400+ radio stations in UK and only 2 of them are classical. Time for a change! Our whole approach to this will be different. Scala will be an entertainment station. Guests, features, (confessions seems a good idea to me) and some of that all-request magic too.
@ScalaRadio
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There really isn’t an ironic way of passing this on really. So here it is in all its glory…
Congratulations to
@simonmayo
for being crowned commercial radio's Number 1 drivetime show, reaching a record 2.3m listeners (+62% YoY) 👑📈🎙️
#RAJAR
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Some of the abuse she has had here has been appalling. Support for a show is one thing, assaulting the dignity of a warm-hearted and loyal friend is another.
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Today. No new announcement.
Monday. No new announcement.
Tuesday. Still no announcement.
Wednesday...well now.
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Last show with the wonderful
@jowhiley
today. Live tunes from Smith and Burrows. ‘The years go by so past, let’s hope the next beats the last.’
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Fanfare…
Introducing Ken Bruce MBE. ⚡️
We're so proud of
@RealKenBruce
and his contribution to broadcasting, charity and autism awareness - and couldn't be any happier to have him as part of our Greatest Hits Radio family.
Learn more here:
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So you can find
@ScalaRadio
on your DAB Radio (might have to do that autotune if it doesn’t find it first time). Or download the app. Or go online. Or shout at your smart speaker. Or I can come round it it’s easier...
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So much joy and sadness here. But watch it all.
It’s 5mins long but it’s worth every second to see the reaction of people when Chadwick Boseman surprises Black Panther fans.
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One other thing. Maybe it needs to be said, maybe not but so there is no room for argument I’ll be clear. I’ve loved working with the exceptional Jo Whiley and when the show was ‘reconfigured ‘ she was my first and only choice.
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James Taylor to the Hyde Park crowd. ‘There’s another America out there, bigger than the one represented by that man.. One that has soul. Forgive us.’
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Thanks for all the greetings today. You are very kind. Here’s to old age.
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I’ll continue with the (flagship) film show on 5Live with Mark Kermode and, beyond that, other radio adventures beckon! But for now it’s just the sadness of leaving. Radio 2 has been a wonderful place for me-my happiest radio I think. Our listeners are really quite extraordinary.
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Appreciated all the messages today, it was great to get back on air and get show one done. Now for the tricky follow up. Onwards...
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This is awesome
Starlings swirling through the morning skies of
#Spain
#RIN
#Navigation
#wildlife
#nature
#murmuration
#starlings
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Read this by Allan Little on his friend George Alagiah. A wonderful tribute.
Empathy was George’s great strength, he radiated it
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On the BBC news site for the right reasons this time.
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I’ve spent the last 2 years writing and talking about Dartmoor Prison, the setting for Mad Blood Stirring (set in 1815). Well this morning, I’m there-inside these walls. Same talk but this time it’s to the present day prisoners. Exited and nervous in equal measure.
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A witterchristmas with you at 10pm. It’s better than Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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Quite the first caller
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Fabulous
The inimitable
@stephenfry
tells the
@hayfestival
about a hilarious moment while recording the audiobook for
#HarryPotter
and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
#HayFestival2019
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Sometime soon, I need to stop watching CNN. Maybe Tuesday.
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Always the right tone, always the right phrase, always a radio genius. RIP Sir Terry.
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@piersmorgan
@IainDale
And on
#InternationalWomenDay
time to remember the TV presenter who thought it was ok to attack the ‘rabid feminists’ on the ‘vacuous’ women’s march in London.
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After 21 years (and as many drummers) the Flagship Film Show
@wittertainment
will make its final 5Live voyage on April 1st.
But like Tap, we’ll be back …
Stay tuned.
Long live Wittertainment.
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So farewell then blue tick.
It has gone up in smoke
Just like your rocket
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So by all means discuss what’s happening here, but let’s keep some civility. Thank you. Here endeth the lesson. And (one very final thing), as anyone who has worked here will attest, the producers and APs are a class apart. Brilliant production teams make our jobs a joy.
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I think you’re all fabulous. Happy and healthy new year one and all.
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He will will missed terribly
Buxton born Tim Brooke-Taylor, the comedian and actor, has died this morning from COVID-19.
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It’s that first-out-the-door-gets-the-spiderweb-in-the-face time of year.
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Only very occasionally were you mesmerised by a Top of the Pops performance. Sinéad was one of those. A unique voice (and the fiercest handshake).
Sinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” has died. She was 56.
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Thanks y’all! Great to back on All Request Friday. Loved it all.
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New show update. Thanks for the overwhelming response to news of the return of Drivetime on
@greatesthitsuk
. It really has been quite overwhelming.
@Mattm_Williams
and I are chomping at the bit. More to follow.
For your diary then. 4pm March 15th.
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I’ve retweeted this before but having watched it again, if anyone has signed off with greater style and generosity I’d be very surprised.
Here it is, the final
@scott_mills
link on Radio 1 😢
For one last time, Scott…
#LoveYouBye
❤️
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This sleep thing doesn’t really work when you’ve got a new radio station to launch
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So, this 👇
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Oh hello
BBC Radio 2 loses 1m listeners as Ken Bruce helps Greatest Hits Radio grow
#rajar
#ukradio
#listeningfigures
#radionews
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Very sad news. A trailblazer!
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Happy to report that the Boss is still the Boss. And more so than ever.
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An amazing performer. Just watching his show was breathtaking. Even when carts and cart machines were extinct, he would not let them go. A fabulous creative whirlwind of a presenter.
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Child 1 ‘have you got anything planned for father’s day?’
Me ‘not sure it works like that.’
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Need to get on the daily show routine soon. Idle hands reach for Crunchies and Smarties. And crisps. Always crisps.
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Such terrible news. What a star he was. Chadwick’s interview was one of my favourites.
Chadwick Boseman interviewed by Simon Mayo - YouTube
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Hey best wishes to Johnnie, always one of the greatest. Good luck with the upgrade!
I’ve a bit of news about Johnnie
@piratejw
. It seems his heart needs a bit of an upgrade. The bad news is he’ll be off The Rock Show & SOT70’s for 6 weeks ☹️. The good news - he’ll be even better when he returns with all that extra oxygen pumping round his body! 😁😁
@BBCRadio2
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