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The Earworms are Back!
For 2 years, we closed the show with a song from the top 100 list of earworm tunes, tunes that when you hear then will stay in your head for hours.
So it was just a matter of time before we put together a compilation and that time has come.
It’s the show you won’t forget in a hurry featiring the likes of Europe, Culture Club and Carly Rae Jepson as well as The Bananna Splits, Terry Bush and Lionel Morton.
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Celebrating 25 Years of Pantos at the Anvil
In 2019 The Anvil in Basingstoke celebrated 25 years since it opened in May 1994. That’s 25 years of Anvil pantos too! We’ve had many of the stars of those pantos on the show over the years starting with Keith Chegwin in 1998, and we’ve sent many members of staff to see them in our Cracker Dash competitions over the years too.
To help celebrate we’ve put together a compilation fo some of those guests for a show which can be heard on Christmas Day. As well as Cheggers, the likes of Toyah Wilcox, Colin Baker, Lucy Benjamin and Mark Rhodes are also included amongst others.
There are two themes running through the interviews, how much everyone likes Basingstoke and the Anvil, and the Tadley broom!
Hear the show at 12pm on Christmas Day and again at 1 on 28 December on HRB.
Basil Brush back for Christmas Show
He was part of our show last Christmas and he’ll be back for our biggest show of the year for 2019. Basil Brush will be jooining us for the BIG Christmas Show on Sunday 15 December to talk about his panto in Windsor and the return of Crackerjack, a show that he was a big part of and which is returning in January.
Also joining us on the show will be the cast of The Corn Exchange’s panto, Sleeping Beauty and also Mark Rhodes from Aladdin at The Anvil and who will also tallk about the return of Crackerjack which he is presenting along with TV partner Sam Nixon.
The show will also be reviving the hospital radio Christmas link up and will be up around the wards pulling crackers with staff and patients in the annual Great Christmas Cracker Dash.
It’s 3 months in the making and our biggest show of the year. Sunday 15 December live for five hours from mid-day.
We’re Back for Series 29
After our summer break, we’re back on the air this weekend. It will be series 29 of the show, running through until next summer.
Most of the regular features will return including the Tell Me When Brain Teaser, with a hospital radio car sticker the prize this time around. Superman 1940s Style returns in September and Memory Makers will be looking back at the World Athletics Championships Years.
Plus of course the Morrisons draw at 2.40 and during all of September and October, it’s HRB On Show at the front of the hospital every week.
See you live at 1.30 on Sunday.
Young Persons Governor, Drummer John and half an Hour of Earworms
Series 28 of the show comes to an end this weekend with an extended edition on Sunday from 1.30 until 5.
We’ll have all the regular features, plus we will meet Hampshire Hospitals’ Young Persons Governor, who will tell us about what she does and how you could get involved as a governor of the trust.
We’ll also chat to John who was a patient a few weeks ago and who has some stories to tell about being drummer to the likes of Matt Monro, Shirley Bassey and Bobby Darin – and you can hear how he made the Queen laugh too.
And we’ll close the show with something we’ve been threatening to do for 2 years – a whole half hour of earworm tunes marking the end of our Earworm of the Week feature.
Next week you can hear our Summer Special, recorded at last month’s Alton Lions Party in the Park and then we’re back live on 25th August.
It’s been a series that has included our celebration of 60 years of Blue Peter, another successful Christmas Show, children’s TV legend Johnny Ball on our birthday show, the return of the weekly prize draw and most importantly over 400 requests.
See you in August!
Summer Special Back at the Party in the Park
This year’s Sound of Sunday Summer Special will return to the regular Alton event that takes place every year to raise money for local charities.
The Alton Lions Party in the Park will take place this year on Saturday 8 June in the Public Gardens in Alton and this year will be a wild west theme.
Neil Ogden will record this year’s Summer Special at the event, talking to some of those taking part and reflecting the atmosphere of the event as well as looking ahead to other events coming up in the local area over the summer.
You can hear The Sound of Sunday Summer Special at the Alton Liosn Party in the Park on HRB on Sunday 4 August.
All The Action All The Drama
The time has come round again – the final 10 games of the Premier League season. But this time, the title race will be decided on that final afternoon.
All 10 matches kick off at 3pm this Sunday and as uaual we will have reporters at all, but the emphasis will be on who wil win the title – Manchester City or Liverpool.
Whether or not you enjoy football, hopefully we’ll make it exciting. Join us for the last day of the Premier League live from 1.30 this Sunday.
Johnny Ball to be Guest on 28th Birthday show
Children’s TV legend Johnny Ball will be our 28th birthday show special guest this weekend.
Johnny was a regular on children’s TV in the 1970s, 80s and 1990s on shows such as Think of a Number and Think Again. He is still active to this day, giving lectures and writing books, the latest of which Wonders Beyond Numbers is out now.
Johnny will be talking about his TV shows as well as his book and he’ll be celebrity drawmaster for this weekend’s Morrisons prize draw.
The show will also include the HRB Request Dash as well as a link up with Winchester Radio which officially launches as a hospital and community radio station this Sunday afternoon.
The Sound of Sunday went on air for the first time at 3pm on Sunday 24 March 1991, when interest rates were 14%, we were in the middle of the first Gulf War and Europe threatened to overshadow John Major’s Conservative government, Well maybe some things never change!
The Sound of Sunday 28th Birthday, Sunday 24 March 1.30 – 5pm
5 Shows to End the Year
We have 5 shows for you between this Sunday and the end of the year.
SUNDAY 23 DECEMBER 2018
Our last show before Christmas with our usual features plus another chance to hear panto guests Dani Harmer and Chris Pizzey along with Julie Jones from the hospital panto.
CHRISTMAS DAY 2pm
An hour of the best bits of our Christmas show with guests competitions and cracker pulls.
THURSDAY 27 DECEMBER 4pm
Highlights of our summer special from Alton Lions Party in the Park last June.
SATURDAY 29 DECEMBER 11am
Another chance to hear Peter Purves, Mark Curry, Editor Ewan Vinnicombe and Producer/Director Alex Leger as we celebrate again 60 years of Blue Peter
SUNDAY 30 DECEMBER 1.30 pm
Our last show of the year including a look back at some of the events of 2018.
Mike Read Presented with Prize by Basil Brush on Christmas Show
Radio and TV presenter Mike Read got a surprise when he appeared on The Sound of Sunday Christmas Show. 9 years after his last appearance he was promoting a Christmas charity single recorded by Basil Brush in aid of The Shooting Stars charity and to talk about being in panto in Windsor.
But at the same time, Basil presented Mike with a certificate and HRB mug after he got 100% in the Saturday Morning TV SuperQuiz, a competition held over 10 years on the show with some of the most well-known names of Saturday morning TV taking part.
Mike got 100% alongside Trev Neale of comedy duo Trev and Simon and Andi Peters, who presented Live and Kicking.
Presenter Neil Ogden said he would like all three of them to re-appear at some stage to find the Champion of Champions but joked that as it had taken Andi 10 years to make it onto the show, it might be a while away.
Basil Brush’s version of White Christmas is available now and Mike and Basil are in panto in Windsor until 6 January.
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