The phone has always played an important part on the show – we have a phone in competition every week and of course we ask for requests by phone too. 

The last couple of weeks though, the phones seem to go crazy both on The ASound of Sunday and on HRB in general.  Nearly 30 reauests were phoned in over a period of two days – and that just makes it worth while knowing that we have listeners who are tuning in and taking part in the show.

So please call HRB during any Music on Demand show.  We like phone calls and we like getting requests via phone calls.

Pick up your bedside phone and press the HOSPITAL RADIO button on the screen – and it's free.

See you on Sunday!

Our special show that told the story of BBC Saturday morning TV has been nominated for two awards at the National Hospital Radio Awards 2017.

The nominations were announced on New Year's Day and It Started With Swap Shop appears on the shortlist of the Best Station Promotion category and the Best Speech Package category.

The awards, organised by the Hospital Broadcasting Association, will be presented at a gala awards ceremony in Bolton in March. 

In the meantime, there wiill be another chance to hear the show on HRB in a few weeks time.

We have lots of special shows coming up over the Christmas holiday period.  Here's your guide to what you can hear and when.

BIG CHRISTMAS SHOW 11 DECEMBER 12-6pm

Our annual 6 hour Christams extravaganza includes interviews witht eh local pantos, plus Bob Lowe and Dame Esther Rantzen, requests for Basingfield Court and plenty of crakcer pulling and instant requests around the wards.

LAST SHOW BEFORE CHRISTMAS 18 DECEMBER 1.30 – 4pm

Our last show of the year will include the Tadley Band recorded live plus all the regular features.

THE LEE VALLEY VELOPARK THURSDAY 22 DECEMBER 6pm

As part of our 1000th show back in March, we went for a behind the secenes tour of this popular venue, scene of so many Team GB medals in 2012.

SAINSBURY'S WINNERS SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DAY 11am

Every week we give away a Sainsbury's goody bag courtesy of Sainsbury's at Liphook.  On Christmas Day, we have a compilation of some of those prizes being delivered to the winners.

THE SOUND OF SUNDAY GOES TO GUERNSEY BOXING DAY 10.30am

Back in May 2016, the whole show came from the Channel Island of Guernsey.  This is another chance to hear what we got up to and find out a bit more about this fantstic location.

THE 1000TH SOUND OF SUNDAY FROM QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK 29 DECEMBER 6pm

Originally broadcast live from the home of London 2012, this show visits all the main venues of the park trying to prove that the park is still very much open to the public to spend time in and enjoy.

IT STARTED WITH SWAP SHOP 30 DECEMBER 4.20pm

Another chance to hear our special documentary marking 40 years since Saturday morning TV changed forever when Multi Coloutred Swap Shop went on the air for the first time.

FIRST SHOW OF 2017 1 JANUARY 1.30 – 4pm

A live show for New Year's Day including the nominations for the National Hospital Radio Awards 2017.

THE FROYLE FETE 2016 2 JANUARY 6.30pm

Another chance to hear our coverage of this popular local village fete including live music and the Brain Teaser competition.

It's that time of the year again – the time when The Sound of Sunday puts together its biggest show of the year.

The "Big Christmas Show" as it is called has been running in one form or another since 1996 although it was 1997 when we believe the Christmas Cracker Dash was first part of the show.  It has definitely been there every Christmas since 2001 and is now the traditional start of the HRB Christmas schedules.

The first local panto guest was Keith Chegwin in 1998, and our connection to The Anvil in Basingstoke continues to this day with at least one member of the Sleeping Beauty cast joining us on the show this year.

Back in 1997, the crackers were taken round by just one person (then HRB presenter Katheryn Evans).  This year we have a team of 5 and it is the centrepiece of what will be a five and a half hour show.  This year for the first time, we have requests for the residents of Basingfield Court Care Home in Old Basing during the final hour of the show.

Something else that has been part opf the show for many years is the competition where a member of staff can win a family ticket to see the Anvil's Christmas panto – and that will be no different this year.

The number of special guests in each show has increased enourmously over the years and the show has taken on an identity of its own over the last few years.  The 2013 show was 6 hours of the most intsense live radio I have ever done but it was also some of the most fun radio I've ever done because it involved so many factors that all came together at the right time and in the right way.  We never know quite how many crackers we're going to pull because that depends on the number of people in hospital.  One year I'm sure it will be very quiet!

So at 12pm on 11 December, with special guests, competitions and loads of crackers, we will once again present the ASound of Sunday Big Christmas Show, for the 19th time, and officially launch the Christmas schedule on HRB.

Never say never!  The intention with the series of shows about Saturday morning Tv that is on air all this week on HRB was always that they would bring the sequence of guests to do with Saturday morning Tv to an end.  We've being doing it for 10 years so it seemed the logical time to move on – maybe until the 50th aniversary!

There was still one thing to clear uyp though – the winners of the Saturday Morning TV SuperQuiz which has been running with all our guests for the last 10 years. We played out all those who took part in one of our specials last Saturday morning including Trev Neal getting his prize at the Leicester Square Theatre earlier int he year.  Andi Peters has been sent his mug and certificate, which leaves Mike Read to get his – which will be this Sunday, sort of.

Mike will join us on the phone to talk about his new TV show Tin Pan Alley.  We'll also officially declare him one of the 3 winners of the quiz and he will be choosing this weekend's Sainsbury's winner.

The Sound of Sunday live from 1.30 this Sunday on HRB.

Exactly 40 years ago Saturday morning TV changed forever when Multi Coloured Swap Shop went on the air for the first time.  It, and the shows that followed it over the following 30+ years shaped many aspects of TV and influenced many who went on to work in TV and radio.

This Sunday, The Sound of Sunday will be marking the anniversary with a special programme featuring clips from the programmes and those who have taken part including Maggie Philbin, Keith Chegwin, Trev and Simon, Ortis Deley, Mitch Johnson, Basil Brish, Mark Rhodes and Andi Peters.  

Join us for a trip down memory lane with plenty of nostalgia and memories in a Sound of Sunday special, Sunday at 3pm.

The programme will be part of a week of special editions of The Sound of Sunday starting on Friday 5.25 and continuing on Saturday morning as the stars of Saturday morning TV take part in the Sound of Sunday Saturday Morning TV SuperQuiz.

Saturday Morning Tv Soundtrack Friday 30 September 5.25pm

Saturday Morning Tv SuperQuiz Saturday 1 October 11am

Best of the Saturday Morning Guests Monday 3 October – Wednesday 5 October 5pm

Memory Makers Saturday Morning TV Years Friday 7 October 5.25pm

For the last 10 years, the stars of Saturday morning TV have been taking part on The Sound of Sunday Saturday Morning Tv SuperQuiz, with Live and Kicking's Andi Peters the final person to take part last weekend. 

Those who have taken part include Maggie Philbin, Trev and Simon, Keith Chegwin, Mike Read, Noel Edmonds and Basil Brush.  3 people got every single question correct and were therefore presented with a certificate and HRB mug.

Presenter Neil Ogden caught up with Trev Neal at the Leicester Square Theatre in London to give him his certificate.

You can hear everyone taking part in a special compilation show this Saturday morning at 11am.

10 years ago, we started something that I never thought would continue this long.  In October 2006, Saturday morning TV was celebrating 30 years since the first show Swap Shop went on the air.  IN 1 October that year, we did a special 3 hour show telling the story of Swap Shop and all the shows since.  Saturday morning presenters Magie Philbin, Trev and Simon and Mitch Johnson joined me on the show and it was one of those shows which started as a small idea and grew to something much bigger.

Later that year, the BBC produced a show called It Started with Swap Shop, which was the most watched show on BBC2 that Christmas and in the last 10 years, I have had the pleasure to talk to many more presenters who were part of so many people's lives since 1976 on Saturday mornings.

The thing that I have found is that our listeners really are still interested in Saturday morning TV and remembering those shows, and those who were part of them LOVE talking about it!  Trev Neal and Simon Hickson produced the most enthusiastic reaction to any of the guests we've ever had on the show.

All those who have appeared on the show have taken part in the Saturday morning Tv SuperQuiz, testing their knowledge of their era of Saturday morning TV, and through all the special guests, we have a wealth of material that has now been put into one final Saturday morning Tv project.

First everyone taking part in the quiz makes up one show.  We've given prizes and certificates to the winner and it was great to finally get to meet Trev and Simon a few weeks ago in order to give Trev his certificate and HRB mug.

I've also compiled the interviews and clips from the shows into one special 90 minute show which will go out on 2 October – the anniversary itself.

Finally, some of the interviews will be repeated in full in 3 more Best of the Guests shows.  We've also put together two music based shows.

It's been a personal pleasure talking to so many of the people I grew up watching over the last few years and this seemed to be a great way to bring this particular theme to an end.  So it all starts this Sunday when Andi Peters will join me as my special guest and tries his hand at the quiz. 

For everyone who remembers all of these shows, these are 8 shows you won't want to miss!

TV presenter Andi Peters will be the special guest on The Sound of Sunday this weekend to continue the show's celebration of 40 years since the first Saturday morning Tv show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop started.

Andi presented in the CBBC Broom Cupboard alongside Ed The Duck from 1989 until 1993 before moving to present Saturday morning show Live and Kicking in 1993.  Since then his TV career has taken him infront of and behind the camera and he can currently be found on Good Morning Britain on ITV.

Andi ewill be remembering his time on at the BBC and he will be the last person to participate in the Sound of Sunday Saturday Morning Tv SuperQuiz to find out how much he knows about Saturday morning TV.  Find out how he does and if he can beat Trev Neal and Mike Read who currently share first place with 100% on Sunday afternoon.

Andi Peters on The Sound of Sunday, this Sunday from 1.30pm.

On 2 October, there wil be a Sound of Sunday special profiling Saturday morning TV with clips from the shows and special guests who have appeared on The Sound of Sunday over the last 10 years including Maggie Philbin, Mike Read, Keith Chegwin, Trev and Simon and Mark Rhodes.

Olympic Team GB Gold medal winning diver Chris Mears was the special guest on HRB this weekend and at the same time, picked the winning number in this weekend's Sainsbury's prize draw.

Chris chatted about diving, his Rio experience and his possible future career as a DJ/music producer. 

This weekend's Sainsbury's winner was Derek on Cardiology who received his prize of a Sainsbury's goody bag later in the afternoon.