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Freelance Radio Producer & Reporter. 30 years with the BBC. Member AudioUK and Radio Academy.

Roger Stamp

  • Jun 24, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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DRY BONES

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 14:00


Podcast by St John's Church, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, West Sussex. UK. This week Roger Stamp brings you music and chat; including a song about "Them Dry Bones" based on the bible story of Ezekiel who saw dry bones get up and walk around as if they were alive.

Church Podcast: Kids Competition

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 15:28


Podcast from St John's Church, Broadbridge Heath, Sussex, UK. This week Roger Stamp brings you music and chat. Also a special competition for younger listeners: can you tell what sounds are recorded and what those sounds have in common?

Young People Podcast Trail

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 2:06


Young People Podcast Trail by Roger Stamp

Podcast: New Voices

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 21:52


This week: many new voices join the weekly podcast from St John's church in Broadbridge Heath, Sussex, UK

Cows On BBC Radio 3

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2020 1:45


From BBC Radio 3 Saturday Breakfast with Elizabeth Alker, 6th June 2020. Roger Stamp recorded a family of brown Sussex cows calling to another family of cows in the next field.

Church Podcast: Making Tea And Coffee

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 20:48


Roger Stamp and Kirsten McCorkle prove that its possible to talk, make a podcast and brew tea... all at the same time!

Church Podcast The Best From The Best

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 22:13


The best recordings from the past ten weeks of the podcast for St John's church in Broadbridge Heath, Sussex, UK

Church Podcast: Policeman's Heel And Patternoster Lifts

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 14:46


St John's Church Broadbridge Heath Podcast 20th May 2020: Policeman's Heel And Patternoster Lifts

'Cows and The Kingdom'. Church Podcast 13 May 2020

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 17:34


St John's Church Broadbridge Heath. Weekly podcast.

St John's Church Podcast 5th May 2020

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 27:43


Podcast for St John's church, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, Sussex, UK

St Johns Church Podcast Easter V4

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 10:35


St Johns Church Podcast Easter V4 by Roger Stamp

Church Podcast 'Low Sunday' & 'Earworms'

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 19:35


Church Podcast 'Low Sunday' & 'Earworms' by Roger Stamp

St Johns Podcast 29th April Cuckoos And Chickens

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 14:10


St John's Church Broadbridge Heath. Weekly podcast for the church. Wednesday 29th April 2020.

Coronavirus In Brighton

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 4:53


The UK city of Brighton & Hove became the focus of concern about the spread of Coronavirus (officially called COVID-19). Roger Stamp made this report for the BBC Radio 4 "PM" programme on Tuesday 11th February 2020 (information correct at time of broadcast.

Paul Scott: Punch, Plants & Prejudice

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2020 15:30


Paul Scott is not just a poet but also a biologist! As Roger Stamp discovered when Paul explained how different plants have been placed in different categories. For instance; did you know that Potatoes, Tomatoes and Deadly Nightshade are all from the same family of plants?

Guildford Cathedral proposal to sell some of its land for housing.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2020 5:02


"Running a cathedral is a very expensive business" according to Guildford Cathedral. The Association of English Cathedrals is celebrating 2020 as the "Year of Cathedrals" with many events across the country. The Church of England says 42 of its Cathedrals reported nearly ten million visitors in 2018, an increase of over 10 per cent on the previous year. But all cathedrals have to find funds for the daily upkeep of the buildings. In Guildford the Cathedral is trying to sell off some of its land for development. Roger Stamp made this report for the BBC Sussex & Surrey Sunday Breakfast Show.

Paul Scott: Unfinished Novels and 'Blake's 7'

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 13:42


What do F. Scot Fitzfgerald, Jane Austin, Charles Dickens and the TV sci-fi series 'Blake's 7' all have in common? The poet Paul Scott talks to Roger Stamp about unfinished novels and sudden endings to TV programmes. Paul explains his view on what we can learn from unfinished works in our own lives.

Paul Scott: The Charge Of The Light Brigade

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 12:04


"Into the valley of Death, Rode the six hundred". In this podcast, the poet Paul Scott talks to Roger Stamp about Tennyson's famous poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade". Paul says it was a famous mistake; so how can we learn from that mistake today? And is it also a way to understand more about the Christian God?

Award winning lectern and communion table

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 4:26


Churches are great places to find furniture and art which is both inspirational and functional. In Guildford, Surrey, UK, the local baptist church commissioned an artist and sculptor to create a lectern and a communion table which is inspired by the cross of Christ and his empty tomb. The designs have won awards. Roger Stamp visited the church.

Motorcycle Funerals

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 4:48


If you think of a hearse what image first comes to your mind? A large black car with space for a coffin in the boot? Or perhaps an old-style funeral procession lead by black horses and a carriage. Many motorbike enthusiasts would rather ‘go’ on a bike for their funeral. The world’s only Motorcycle Funeral company, was founded by the late Elim Pentecostal minister, the Rev Paul Sinclair. Roger Stamp spoke to his wife, who now runs the company.

What does God sound like when he speaks?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2019 3:08


For this podcast I asked my friend, the poet Paul Scott, to write down what he thinks God sounds like when He speaks. His answer is inspired and surprising. I recorded three people who read his short "Pause for Thought" so that you can hear many different voices. The readers are Paul Scott, Anne Burnford and myself.

Order Of St Richard

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2019 10:57


VOICES OF FAITH: 40 members of parish churches in the Anglican Diocese of Chichester, Sussex, UK have become the first recipients of a new award for services to their church. The Order of St Richard is named after Bishop Richard who was bishop of Chichester in 1244 and the Patron Saint of Sussex. Roger Stamp spoke to three people who were awarded the new Order of St Richard at a ceremony in the cathedral on 5th October 2019. Music is "The Prayer of St Richard of Chichester" (Frederick Stocken) sung by the Chichester Cathedral choir.

GATWICK CHURCH FOR SALE

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 4:16


The Church of St Michael and All Angels in Lowfield Heath, West Sussex, UK, is so close to the runway at Gatwick airport you can stand in the churchyard and watch the planes take off; close-up….. Its noisy during services too! This week the Church of England begun a public consultation on its plans to sell the Victorian building to the Seventh Day Adventists who been renting it for ten years. The CofE gave up holding services there in 2004. They can now progress plans to sell the church because it’s unlikely to be demolished to make way for airport expansion; earlier this year the government ruled that Gatwick will not be allowed a second runway. Reporter, Roger Stamp has been to the church.

Makup For Men BBC Radio 4 You And Yours

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 4:04


My feature about Makup for Men was broadcast by the BBC Radio 4 "You & Yours" programme. You can hear the full programme at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003r43

Makup For Men

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 15:39


Many more men are wearing makeup. It's becoming an increasingly popular trend, with sales of cosmetics such as hair removal products and self tan increasing by 25 percent year on year. I don't usually wear makeup myself but I thought I would give it a try so see if it would make my rather old face look younger so I went Brighton to get advice from Makeup Artist Nadia Harper.

The Poetry Of Paul Scott

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2019 8:06


Have you ever looked closely at a flower, or observed people and events then written down a description of it in a poem? My friend Paul Scott has written many poetic observations about faith, life, holidays, gardening ..... and Dandelions. He asked me to record some of his poetry and here is a selection of just three or four.

Kindertransport Sir Nicholas Winton

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2019 8:03


Eight decades have passed since the first Jewish children arrived in England from Czechoslovakia on what has become known as the Kinderstransport. In 1938 , Nicholas Winton, a 29-year-old British stockbroker established an organisation to aid 669 Jewish children escape from the Nazis. In fact, in the end, he saved many more. Nikki was knighted in 2003. In that same year Roger Stamp interviewed him at his home in Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK.

DISABILITY

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 13:08


My guests are: actress & comedian Sally Phillips: she played Shazza in the “Bridget Jones” films and “Tilly” in Miranda Hart’s TV sitcoms. Sally will be talking about her son Olly who has Downs Syndrome. The blind musician and christian composer, Marlyn Baker; and Jonathan Bryan, a 12 year old severely disabled boy, who is unable to speak. He has published his first book called “Eye Can Write”. All my guests have one thing in common: they’ve overcome the challenges posed by various disabilities.

Three Little Trees

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2018 7:03


A “mini musical” performed by children and written by a Surrey musician is becoming a very popular choice for performances in Schools and Churches. Anne Beresford's "The Tale of Three Trees" is a reflection on the Easter story based on a traditional American folk tale. During rehearsals for the performance, Anne told Roger Stamp the story of 'The Tale of Three Trees' while sitting at her piano.

Wintershall Nativity Baby

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2018 3:42


Most nativity plays use a theatrical doll to represent the baby Jesus in the manger but the Wintershall Nativity players go a step further to give a sense of reality: they use a real baby (with the baby’s real mother close by to supervise). In the full week of performances, several babies were on stage in the Holly Barn at Wintershall near Bramley, Surrey: including seven-week-old twins Imogen and Joseph. Roger Stamp has been playing the part of a shepherd in performances of the play and compiling an audio diary of all his experiences with the production since rehearsals began. This is the final instalment of his exclusive look behind the scenes.

WW1 Armistice Bellringing

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 6:18


On the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1, bellringers across the UK joined together in a mass ring for peace called "Ringing Remembers". Roger Stamp joined the bell ringers in the bell tower at St George's Church in Brede, East Sussex for a live broadcast of the event.

Wintershall Nativity In barn

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 6:56


After several weeks of rehearsals; it’s now time for the cast of the Wintershall Nativity Play to move into the 17th Century barn near Bramley, Surrey where the performances will take place. Over the last 30 years the Wintershall players have established a national reputation for producing plays which tell stories from the bible. They are mostly amateur actors and their plays are always produced to a high standard. Roger Stamp joined the cast – he plays a shepherd. This week he saw the amazing set in the barn for the first time.

From Steyning To The Ring

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2018 6:13


In the trenches of the Somme during World War 1, just half an hour before going "over the top", solider John Stanley Purvis wrote a poem "From Steyning to The Ring" recalling the Sussex countryside he loved. Composer Ralf Vaughan Williams also served in the war: he too knew that countryside and wrote "The Lark Ascending" in 1914. Historian Simon Machin explores the link between the two pieces.

Wintershall Nativity Rehearsal

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2018 4:02


Over the last 30 years the Wintershall players have established a national reputation for producing plays which tell stories from the bible. They are mostly amateur actors but their plays are always produced to a high standard. The famous annual Wintershall Nativity play; performed in a barn near Bramley, Surrey, features plenty of live animals as well as actors. This year, Roger Stamp joined the cast as one of the shepherds. This is what happened when he went to his first rehearsal.

Wintershall Nativity Audition

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2018 5:58


Over the last 30 years the Wintershall players have established a national reputation for producing plays which tell stories from the bible. They are mostly amateur actors but their plays are always produced to a high standard. The famous annual Wintershall Nativity play; performed in a barn near Bramley, Surrey, features plenty of live animals as well as actors. This year, Roger Stamp joined the cast. He went to the auditions – and they gave me a part – as one of the shepherds.

Wintershall Players: "The Life Of Christ" in rehearsal.

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 4:27


Every Summer, a play telling the story of the life of Jesus Christ is performed in fields in Surrey by over 100 actors, many of them local volunteers. The Wintershall Players have become well known for staging the annual Passion Play in London’s Trafalgar Square. They kindly welcomed Roger Stamp to watch a rehearsal for “The Life of Christ”.

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