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Show 1035 – Sunday 25 September 2016
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!
Special Guest Andi Peters This Weekend
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.
Chris Mears on The Sound of Sunday
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.
Show 1029 – 14 August 2016
Every year at the start of a new season, we make some minor, or sometimes major changes to the shww's running order. Sometimes these changes end up being reversed, but this year, they all seemed to work as planned. Sundays have got much busier in the last 12 months though, with generally more requests in particular. In the whole of last Sunday, we played around 70 requests on HRB which is great, and when you add in the Sainsbury's draw which gets us back on the wards DURING the show, it shows that our listeners are still very much at the heart of what we do on the show and on HRB.
Rarely does a Sunday go by without having to drop something and last weekend it was the start of our Memory Makers series remembering Saturday nmorning TV. It's 40 years since Swap Shop started and we will be marking that anniverary with a special show that will be heard on 2 October. Do tell us your Saturday morning TV memories.
We'll also reflect on the sport this weekend with the return of the Premier League and of course the Rio Olympics.
Sunday 1.30pm
Series 26 Starts here
After just one week off (well actually we have never really been away if you count the two summer specials over the last fortnoght), series 26 of The Sound of Sunday starts this weekend.
Not a huge amount will change. We have moved a couple of things around the running order, refreshed the Sainsbury's Draw theme and added a new competition, but other than that series 26 will sound much the same as series 25.
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One thing that we will be doing over the next couple of months is cokmpleting something that we started 10 years ago. In 2006 we celebrated 30 years of Saturday morning TV and since then we have had numerous people from Saturday morning TV on as spoecial guests. They all took part io the Saturday Morning TV SuperQuiz and on the occasion of the 40th anniversary, we thought it was time to bring that particular feature to an end. The winner has already received their prize. Find out more in the coming weeks as Memory Makers marks 40 years since the start of Swap Shop and in October we bring you a very special show featuring all our guests from the last 10 years along with clips from the shows and plenty more.
The Sound of Sunday Sunday 1.30pm HRB
Back at the Froyle Fete
There are some things it just wouldn't be summer without, and the Froyle Fete is one of those.
This village fete has been running for 70 years in the village of Froyle near Alton. It really is the typical English village fete with side shows, stalls, arena events and the flower show.
I have been going since 2010, but HRB's Paul le Feuvre has been providing the PA for the event for over 25 years. We'll be there again this weekend, recording a summer special that can be heard on Sunday 31 July at 12.30. On the show, as well as featuring the event itself and talking to some of those that are there, there will be live music and we'll give away some HRB mugs in the Brain Teaser competition.
Join us on 31 July to hear all about it!
Show 1020 12 June 2016
It's hard to believe that it's 4 years since all the celebrations of 2012. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee followed by the Olympics and Paralympics with Euro 2012 and other events mixed in as well made it, in the words of the BBC One promo at the time, One Amzing Summer.
I don't think that will ever be beaten. It would take a lot for all those events to just come together again – and I don't think it will ever happen. It could get close though every so often and this year sees the cycle of European Football Championships and Olympics and Paralympics come round again.
It also all coincides with the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations which happen this weekend with the service of thanksgiving, Trooping the Colour and on Sunday street parties all over the UK.
We'll be a a local street party in Odiham this Sunday to join in the celebrations. Memory Makers The European Championship Years returns and in a few weeks time we'll turn our attention to Rio for the build up to the Olympics.
We're live all the way to the end of the current series in July, our longest ever run which will culminate with our summer special from the 70th Froyle Fete.
We won't beat 2012, but I have a feeling that summer 2016 is just getting going into something great.
See you on Sunday.
The Sound of Sunday at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – Again!
It's 3 months since the 1000th show came live from the home of London 2012. We';ve put together a one-hour show with the best bits of that show, which started at the Copper Box Arena and finished at the top of The Orbit, passiing through the Velodrome and the Aquatics Centre along the way.
So for another taste of the show, listen at 1pm on Monday 6 June.
The Sound of Sunday Goes to Guernsey
I can't believe it is nearly a month since a hospital radio event was held at the Peninsula Hotel in Guernsey, but at the start of May, some of the South's hospital radio volunteers gathered for the final regional event to be organised by the Hospital Broadcasting Association.
It was a fantastic weekend and this Sunday you can hear the Sound of Sunday that we recorded there.
We'll explore some of the surrounding area, talk to some of the other hospital radio volunteers that were there as well as Richard Harding from Island FM, the island's commercial radio station and the station with the highest audience share of any UK commercial radio station.
So listen in this Sunday afternoon at 3 to our special show from Guernsey.
Show 1012 – Sunday 1 May 2016
Amazingly enough it's another bank holiday weekend this weekend. We're still waiting for the warmer weather.. Maybe it's not too far away. We can hope!
The most remarkable Premier League season ever could take another twist this weekend – Leicester play on Sunday and if they beat Manchester United, they will be champions. We'll have live reports from the match, which kicks off at five past two.
On 15th May we will of course have the story of the last day of the Premier League season when all 10 final matches kick off at 3pm. Leicester are at Chelsea that afternoon so it could be the case that last year's champions literally hand over the trophy to the new champions.
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