Podcasts about bbc wm

Alex Dicken is joined by BBC WM's Richard Wilford after Birmingham City became Centurions on Thursday night. They discuss Blues' win over Stevenage, Sunday's party and the upcoming awards ceremonies. Follow the podcast on X to keep up to date with the latest episodes. Brian Dick - https://x.com/briandick Alex Dicken - https://x.com/alexedicken Keep Right On Podcast - https://x.com/KeepRightOnPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Dicken is joined by BBC WM's Richard Wilford to discuss Birmingham City's battering of Barnsley, Lukas Jutkiewicz's moment at The Tilton, and the week which could see Blues promoted and crowned Vertu Trophy kings at Wembley. Follow the podcast on X to keep up to date with the latest episodes. Brian Dick - https://x.com/briandick Alex Dicken - https://x.com/alexedicken Keep Right On Podcast - https://x.com/KeepRightOnPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonny Drury and George Bennett return with the latest episode of the Bescot Beat podcast. In the latest episode, they are joined by BBC WM's Tom Marlow to discuss all things Saddlers, as they picked up two vital points in the first of their three game week against promotion rivals. Late goals were a theme, and they discuss how Walsall are digging in at the right time as other promotion contenders falter. They discuss Danny Johnson's huge strikes this season despite limited game time, and whether a point against Port Vale on Saturday would represent a successful week for Mat Sadler's men.

Brian Dick and Alex Dicken are joined by BBC WM's Richard Wilford to discuss Birmingham City's latest League One victory and the overall promotion picture, before addressing questions and takes from supporters. Follow the podcast on X to keep up to date with the latest episodes. Brian Dick - https://x.com/briandick Alex Dicken - https://x.com/alexedicken Keep Right On Podcast - https://x.com/KeepRightOnPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Electric cars are killing jobs right across the Globe. The rush to go all electric is insane, it will kill jobs but also kill communities. Luton is stopping making electric cars and 1200 jobs are at risk. I broadcast a radio show on BBC local radio back in 2000 when Vauxhall tried to close down the whole factory and it is an event that helped make my career. The old cliche that bad news sells was pretty accurate in my case. The closure and my broadcast helped to unite the community and I tell you the tale of how we pulled it of in this podcast. I am immensely proud of this work which went on to win three Sony Awards (Radio Oscars) as it was a real team effort but not just the team at the radio station but the whole community of Luton. Please watch or listen and see how communities can be united. I also think its pretty funny and very indiscreet in how we did it. Please support me here www.buymeacoffee.com/jongaunt   

Brian Dick is joined by BBC WM's RIchard Wilford to assess the 7-1 hammering of Fulham U21s and look forward to the start of the club's FA Cup campaign. They also answer fans' questions about the January transfer window, squad rotation, set-pieces and much more. Follow the podcast on X to keep up to date with the latest episodes. Brian Dick - https://x.com/briandick Alex Dicken - https://x.com/alexedicken Keep Right On Podcast - https://x.com/KeepRightOnPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig Courtney chats to the BBC WM about the foundations of Tilton Talkand the BCFC OSCwww.tiltontalk.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Dicken and Brian Dick are joined by BBC WM's Richard Wilford as they assess the names Blues should be considering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mikey Burrows is joined by the Express and Star's Liam Keen, Steve Madeley of the Athletic and BBC WM's Mike Taylor to give their verdicts on the season, discuss their choices for 'Player of the Year' and potenbtial summer transfer business whilst also giving their predictions of things we'll be talking about next season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mikey Burrows is joined by Express & Star Wolves reporter Liam Keen and BBC WM commentator Mike Taylor to reflect on the disappointment of going out of the FA Cup, but looking ahead with positivity to the final 2 months of the season, including the debate around where to play Rayan Ait-Nouri and who is the current 'most important player' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Dicken and Brian Dick are joined by BBC WM's Richard Wilford to discuss the pressing Birmingham City issues. All three new signings and Krystian Bielik get a mention before takes and questions are addressed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Luke, Justin and Dan Hale from BBC WM as we take a look at the West Midlands football landscape. #astonvilla #wolves #westbromwichalbion #birminghamcity #walsall

Sky Sports Johnny Phillips, BBC WM's Mike Taylor & Birmingham Mail Wolves reporter Mike Baggaley join Mikey Burrows to discuss the first weeks of the season, the summer transfer business, how Gary O'Neil compares to recent head coaches in press conferences & why some of the national media have written Wolves off. Wolves Weekly is brought to you by My Diesel Claim. If you owned or leased any diesel vehicle between 2009 and 2020, you can check your eligibility instantly and sign up at https://bit.ly/mydieselclaimpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered what life on a pirate radio ship was like? Well wonder no more, because in this episode, the excellent Caroline Martin reminisces about her frankly crazy experiences aboard the pirate radio ship, Ross Revenge. In her time on the high-seas she experienced a raid from the authorities, paranormal goings-on and a helicopter rescue in a violent storm. Kind of makes you grateful that the worst most of us have had to deal with is a sticky fader from when you spilt your can of Red Bull on the desk. You can hear the emotion in her voice as she takes us back with her to the middle of the North Sea. Then what happened when she finally had to come ashore? Listen to find out. Contains strong language and adult content.   Listen to Caroline on BBC WM, BBC CWR, BBC Hereford and Worcester, BBC Stoke, BBC Shropshire, BBC Nottingham, BBC Leicester and BBC Derby - Sunday-Thursday nights from 10pm until 2am: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0102cty Follow Caroline on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cazzatalkmartin

What does it mean to be part of the Commonwealth? BBC WM's Nikki Tapper and Mary Mandefield are joined by a panel and audience in Birmingham to discuss.

Darren is a multi award winning garden designer, broadcaster, lecturer and garden writer.He has spent his career delivering and managing horticultural and other land based qualifications as well as running a successful garden design consultancy. He was one of the first recipients of the City and Guilds medal of excellence.Darren regularly has articles published in the gardening press and is the permanent gardening expert for BBC WM 95.6 in the West Midlands; know as “ the Laughing Gardener” he was nominated for a garden media guild award in 2016 and 2017 for his novel and inspirational approaches to gardening issues and problems.Darren is a garden judge at National shows and also mentors school children through the green plan it Challenge run by the Royal Horticultural Society; aimed at getting children involved in gardening and living healthier lifestyles.

Delighted to be joined by BBC WM presenter DAZ HALE.

Mike Taylor is the man behind the mic on commentaries and coverage provided by BBC WM. He's a speedway fan at heart too having followed the sport as a young Brummies fan watching Hans Nielsen racing around the old Perry Barr in the early 80's..!

Football is a global business with financial numbers to match. Fuelled by unending resources of billionaire owners, Manchester City signed Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish for a record transfer fee. The previous biggest was £89m which Manchester United paid for Juventus and France midfielder, Paul Pogba. But as Jonny Gould explained to Paul Franks on Birmingham's BBC WM football will always be more than business

BBC WM Radio's Danny Kelly discussion on the upcoming Boris Johnson Lockdown Road Map Announcement. Instagram: @cfr_news

Mark and Jack are joined by Bristol Rovers fan Caz May to discuss the continuing poor run of form, the Spanish N'Doye, Dong Ren's BBC WM interview, a lack of on-field direction and a slightly improved work rate. The Lads then offer their reviews of Fosters before submitting it into the half time beer league. Then talk turns to League One in the second half as Caz attempts to sell lower league football to the Lads whilst they desperatley try to search for positives. Finally, Caz has the honour of playing quizmaster in another Jack v Mark showdown in Stats Are For Prats... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Kelly explores the recent mission to Mars, along with the Moon landings. Instagram: @cfr_news

The guys jump into recording a podcast straight after the defeat to Millwall to discuss the game and look back at the dire performance against Luton. They also spend time dissecting a number of Dong's comments from his BBC WM interview with Richard Wilford. With Karanka's position surely becoming untenable they put forward a handful of names of potential new managers before touching on the next two games facing Blues.

Welcome to 'Show Us Your Kit', the podcast collecting stories from all of the 92 Football League clubs. In this series I will be talking to a number of football fans from all over the country- hearing some great stories and sharing some unique memorabilia. Jenny is a well known personality in the Midlands, from her 35 years as a broadcaster on BBC WM. She has also been the chair of Wolves Women since 1999, overseeing the running of the side during that time. Jenny shares many of her stories from becoming a radio presenter to following Wolves around Europe.  Twitter: @billyquiet Make sure you rate the series 5 stars on iTunes, Spotify etc. I'm very excited about this podcast and I hope you will enjoy it too! Get in touch with us: Email: showusyourkitpod@gmail.com Twitter: @rouseeverywknd --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/showusyourkit/message

Danny Kelly has a strange interaction/debate with Piers Corbyn about his views and upcoming demonstration in London. Did Danny provide a balanced interview ? Leave your comments.

On this weeks podcast the sublime, future beats infused Scat, Jazz, Singer songwriter Call Me Unique. She's a lady that has graced many stages including Glastonbury and performed on Sofa Birmingham. BBC WM named her Sound fo 2019. With all of these accolades in her pocket and I'm sure many more to come, I sat down with CallMeUnique to find out more about the evolution of her, new release 2.0, whilst playing a good old game of Drink or Spill!! You don't want to miss that..she spills the truth on some very interesting experiences/stories she has encountered throughout her musical journey. Want to watch more, stay unto date please feel to go and follow @ Lizzie1-2-1 socials GO FOLLOW Lizzie 1-2-1 (podcast) keep up to date here and see who's on next here: Instagram: @lizzie121_ ⇨ https://instagram.com/lizzie121_?igshid=1h9czu0cm9xqx FaceBook: ⇨ https://www.facebook.com/lizzie121podcast/

With months of a world wide lockdown, how did it effect You ? Relationships have been broken, some Relationships have are fortified. With Jobs losses, Gender Role Reversal is raising major questions within Male & Female Relationships. Instagram: cfr_news

#justiceforgeorgefloyd As a result of the Murder of George Floyd, many across the world have started to protest, riot and loot. Edward Colston: Lets talk Prisoner's Of War AKA Chattel Slavery. Mayor Marvin Rees said he felt no "sense of loss" after the controversial bronze statue of Edward Colston was pulled down and thrown into the harbour by protesters on Sunday. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson described it as a "criminal act". Avon and Somerset Police said a decision was taken not to intervene. Mr Johnson's official spokesman said: "The PM's view is that in this country, where there is strong opinion, there is a democratic process which should be followed. "People can campaign for the removal of a statue but what happened yesterday was a criminal act and when the criminal law is broken that is unacceptable and the police will want to hold to account those responsible. "The PM absolutely understands the strength of feeling, but in this country we settle our differences democratically and if people wanted the removal of the statue there are democratic routes which can be followed." INSTAGRAM @cfr_news

Director Will Stronge speaks to Richard Wilford on BBC WM about COVID and the prospects of a 4 day week.

Hi hope your good staying safe at home. Here's a nice distraction, In episode 9 which I prerecorded before COVID-19, Singer Songwriter Jack Cattell sat down with me to talk about his EP release 'Adult Life'. His on going battle with mental health and how loved ones, music and hisself belief have helped him along the way, from releasing new music to becoming a "Legend in the making" famously said on BBC WM as they highlighted him one to watch. Please take the time relax and listen to this raw open-hearted podcast with Jack and enjoy snippets of his EP track releases of Adult life. Thanks don't forget to like, follow and share. #stayhomestaysafe

Ben is joined by BBC Norfolk's Robby West and BBC WM's Kath Stanczyszyn to chat parish council meeting protests, floods and bullying. Claire Hamilton from BBC Radio Merseyside shares some 'scouse' with Ian Byrne MP ahead of Global Scouse Day. Pete Simson from Radio Bristol meets an artist who has drawn inspiration from the city's history of riots. There's a whistlestop tour round the country for updates on council budgets and a cameo from Frank Turner. Got a story for us? politix@bbc.co.uk

Ben is joined by BBC WM's Rob Mayor and BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Freya Lee to chat flooding, mayoral elections and Uber. We hear about a Lego training session for councillors in Walsall. And after a row about roundabouts in Kent - we set the local politicians' beef to grime.

Ben Weisz is joined by Aisha Iqbal, Bradford political reporter for BBC Radio Leeds and Tamsin Melville BBC Radio Cornwall's political reporter as they talk thorugh they Climate change might be a global problem - but local government is under growing pressure to step up and help tackle it. We travel around the country with BBC Radio Nottingham's Hugh Casswell, BBC WM's Kath Stanczyszyn and BBC Radio York's Gemma Dillon to find out what councils are doing, a year after And after a certain online media streaming service which inspired our podcast's name launched their own flavour of ice cream, we thought it was only fitting that we had one too. Bibi Lynch joins Ben at Sussex's famous ice cream parlour Marrocco's to concoct a new flavour. If there's something happening that you think we should be looking at email politix@bbc.co.uk

This week Ben Wesz is joined by BBC WM's Kathryn Stanczyszyn and BBC Newcastle's Fergus Hewison to catch up on the campaign in their areas where they have been testing candidate's wrapping skills and tracing the roots of euroscepticism. Another reality TV star poses questions to BBC Reality Check's Rachel Schraer We visit a school in Kensington and also explore how health and the NHS is the political football that politicians can't help but kick right up and down the country.

This week we chat to Absolute Radio Content Director Paul Sylvester and presenters Sarah Champion & Leona Graham about Absolute Radio 10s and the upcoming 10th birthday for Absolute 80s. Stuart Clarkson & Roy Martin look over the big industry stories of the week and David Lloyd has more Radio Moments - this time featuring BBC WM, XFM South Wales, Radio Scotland and the death of Alan 'Fluff' Freeman. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.

Luke Hatfield is joined by Matt Wilson for the latest episode of the Baggies Broadcast! This week, the pair discuss Albion's final day defeat to Derby, and the mouthwatering play-off semi-final clash with Aston Villa. We talk through that match-up and decide who should feature for the Baggies as they look to beat Dean Smith's side over two legs. Your burning questions are answered, whilst we analyze the rest of the play-off picture. Meanwhile, the boys are joined by BBC Radio 2 and BBC WM broadcaster and huge West Brom fan Richie Anderson, who also talks through this season and the upcoming clash. Title Track: 'King Cyrille' by The King Dukes. (M.Griffiths) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

This is the life story of the commercial radio broadcaster who fulfilled his dream to work on the local station he loved and how he became its most famous performer.  In this hour of #radiomoments ‘Conversations’, Les Ross tells of the journey from a job at a registrar’s office to a new BBC Radio Birmingham and his launching the new Radio Tees, before the agony of his transfer to his beloved BRMB. He opens up about his personal challenges, and how he really feels about the management he’s experienced over the years. Plus, what led to his final BRMB goodbye. In his own words, this is the Les Ross story. Enjoy the whole Conversations series [here](https://www.davidlloydradio.com/conversations). Theme music by [Larry Bryant](http://www.larrybryant.com/).

Toronto meet up news - Saturday April 13th 18 people total coming, with six coming from out of town.Book your place with Christina aka Sally @saturnexpress on the twitterspinkpeonies2013@gmail.com or text on+1-206-595-1232 textKensington Market neighbourhood4 pm pre-drinks and ~5:30 dinner at Trinity Common8 pm after-dinner gathering at Cold TeaDUMTEEDUM LIVE- SAT 11 MAY 2019 7:30PMPrice: £12 https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/dumteedum-live-1Who could resist a night out with The Archers’ Emma Grundy? Parish councillor and Grundy wife extraordinaire, Emma, played by Emerald O’Hanrahan, is rapidly becoming a listener favourite. More entertaining than one of Bert’s poems, tastier than a Brookfield lemon drizzle and WAY better than Jolene singing at The Bull. See you there.BBC Tour SAT 11 MAY 2019Price: £15 https://dumteedum.com/product/tours-bbc-birmingham/Join us on a tour behind the scenes of our TV and radio studios, including Midlands Today, BBC WM and if you’re lucky, the studio which is home to the longest-running soap opera in the world, The Archers!On this week’s episode we hear views from James, Isabel, Stephen, Ellen, Andrew, Jean, Lucy, Andy, Monty, Mia, Nigel and Abi. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adrian meets TV personality and fashion designer Danielle Lloyd this weekend on BBC WM.

Coming from Andy's house, today we talk about all sorts including the new lava lamp and the new roundel. We address feedback about our podcast. Nick talks about getting close to the royals. Then we take a look at bakery shops in the UK and world wide. Tune in!

Coming from Andy's house, today we talk about all sorts including the new lava lamp and the new roundel. We address feedback about our podcast. Nick talks about getting close to the royals. Then we take a look at bakery shops in the UK and world wide. Tune in!

Black Country musician, Pete Williams is Adrian Goldberg's guest this weekend on BBC WM.

Former Aston Villa player and manager, Brian Little chats to Adrian Goldberg on BBC WM.

Ed Doolan, hugely-respected broadcaster in the West Midlands, passed away on 16th January 2018. Here the tributes flow, initially from Caroline Martin on BBC WM, then from Eddie Mair on BBC Radio 4 - and then fellow broadcaster Les Ross from BBC 1 TV in the Midlands.

Nicky Tapper interviews Belsebuub on the subject of near-death experiences on BBC WM, August 3, 2006. Learn more about Belsebuub here: www.mysticallifepublications.org/about-belsebuub/

Described by many as a ‘Rock Star' International Speaker, Camilita Nuttall is the Master Motivator, award winning corporate sales trainer, executive business mentor, entrepreneur, investor and soon to be best selling author, whose goal is to teach people around the world how to ‘LIVE LIKE A CHAMPION'. Known as an inspiration, Camilita's straight talking, bold, highly infectious personality, that brims with passion, has motivated thousands across the world over the last 12 years. Her think-big, no-nonsense approach, coupled with warmth and humour, will leave you challenged and transformed, ready to achieve extraordinary things. You will learn to implement her Who – What – Why – When and How principles and HOW to ‘Fight for Your Future', that can guarantee success in your life and business. Camilita has empowered her audience from South by South West in Austin Texas, BBC WM, Bahamas TV & Radio, Birmingham City University Business School and EBW2020. Camilita has been featured in Forbes June 2016 Issue on How to Use Events to Increase Your PR & Celebrate Business and Global Woman Magazines in the USA & Europe and is currently on the Council of Reference for Premier Radio in the UK.  

How a BBC WM 95.6FM ‘takeover' connected with people in Birmingham and the Black Country to create a big impact on a tight budget.In March 2016, BBC WM 95.6FM invited listeners and members of the local community to 'takeover' the station as reporters, producers and co-presenters for a whole week. In this podcast, the BBC Academy's Roxanne Ibrahim-Khan talks to assistant editor Sharon Stokes who headed up the WM Takeover project as well as broadcast journalist Steve Hermon who worked closely with participants and two of the stations Takeover stars: M'esha Bryan and Phil George. You'll find advice on how to do something similar for your station or radio show, including: • How WM Takeover came about • How the station selected members of the community to bring into the studio • How the team trained radio novices in editorial, legal, storytelling, radio production and creativity within a very tight timeframe • How it was a great way of unearthing local talent and original local stories • What the station learnt from the project and what could be improved on • Advice on how you could do something similar at your station • If you are new to radio, on how to best seize opportunities like this when they come up Sharon talks about how they found the participants and delivered training in partnership with the BBC Academy. She also handled the rota, which was "a bit of a military operation" - swelling the ranks by more than 100 people. It meant taking into account people's busy lives as well as the creative and editorial reasons for participants being part of a particular programme. For instance, the presenters Sunny and Shay Grewal are married so Sharon and the team decided to make the most of that and "put married couples on the show with them". M'Esha and Phil worked closely with Steve who taught them about live reporting and radio package making. You'll hear clips of M'Esha reporting live on air and Phil's radio package on the local economy in Wolverhampton. The WM Takeover project provided great rewards in terms of great content, audience appreciation and making real connections with the local community. For Sharon, building on the legacy and "tapping into that local talent is something we really want to build on".

What would Christmas Day be without settling down to listen to the traditional King's Speech? With thanks to our friends at BBC WM for the archive interviews, we bring you Jeff Astle's message to the Albion nation.

A rare example of someone who works well on both TV and radio, Chris Tarrant stayed at the top of his game in London for generations, and helped to shape the success of the Capital business for a considerable time. He was arguably a listener's broadcaster as opposed to an anorak's favourite, evidence of which is the lack of much enthusiastically-stored archive material. The Midlands was close to his heart, from his Tiswas days – and from his time as a teacher before radio beckoned. Enjoy here some great reminiscences of his life in a return to his old stomping ground as he hosted a 45th anniversary programme on BBC WM

Johnnie Walker grabbed his early breaths in Birmingham and it was there too that he went on to spin his first discs and develop his love of music. He was less fortunate as he went on to miss out on a local DJ contest, with some random called Les Ross faring rather better. It didn't seem to hold Johnnie back. As the BBC celebrated 45 years of broadcasting in Birmingham via BBC WM and its predecessor BBC Radio Birmingham, it invited Johnnie and a series of local legends to host shows. Relish this three hour telescoped programme as Johnnie relates his own stories of his life, radio and music. It also just happens to be immaculate broadcasting and perfect storytelling.

Dave, Rich, Stu, Adam, The Baron and his nephew wrap up the ups and downs of a few days. Loans, Holt?! Blues, Boro, Jackett's tactics, Burnley, the club ownership and BBC WM namecheck's all on this weeks show. Follow us on: Twitter: @WWFCFancast Facebook: Wolves Fancast Website: wolvesfancast.com Email: wolvesfootballfancast@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Frederika speaks to Graham Torrington on BBC WM on 19th February 2015, the eve of the launch of the 'Little Happiness Ingredients' Project (#LHIProject). Find out more about the #LittleHappinessIngredients Project and what makes us #Happy in general.

Frederika Roberts, The Happiness Speaker, being interviewed on BBC WM by Iain Lee about why latest research shows we are most content at the age of 58. #happiness #contentment #news #research #BBC #BBCWM #IainLee

According to the news, Dame Judi Dench's sight is deteriorating and she can't recognise faces or read her own scripts. Judi suffers from both dry and wet macular degeneration - the former leaves people with blurry vision and while the latter can cause blind spots. The star - who has been Oscar-nominated for Best Actress and set a new BAFTA record for her 15th nomination for adoption-themed drama 'Philomena' is determined not to let these problems interrupt her life. I was invited to BBC WM in Birmingham in the UK to talk about life as a person with a visual impairment on the back of the most recent news reports. #QueenAlexandraCollege #AllFormats #BBCWM #VipAdvisor

Ellie Simmonds stormed to victory after winning two titles and setting two world records. Among her supporters was Steve Simmons, her father who told BBC WM that her victories were not guaranteed. A delighted Aled Davies speaks to Chris Evans the morning after taking gold in the discus. Oscar Pistorius has been the poster boy for London 2012 but after losing the 200m final, he suggested that Brazilian Alan Oliveira had benefited from using longer blades. IPC Medical Director Peter Van de Vliet refuted these assertions on Radio 4. Pistorius issued an apology for the timing of his comments but on the Jeremy Vine Show, the debate raged as to whether his comments were a legitimate complaint or simply sour grapes. Silver medallist Aileen McGlynn speaks about her first forays into cycling in “The Paralympians”. IPC President Philip Craven reveals his delight in the media coverage of this year's Paralympics. Finally, sailors Niki Birrell and Alexandra Rickham discuss their medal hopes.

Comedians Rhod Gilbert and Lloyd Langford reflect on the Opening Ceremony of the London Games while singer Alex Trimble speaks about performing during the lighting of the cauldron. Ahead of Rebecca Adlington’s attempt to defend her Olympic 800m freestyle title, she reveals her thoughts on setting world record in Beijing and BBC Radio Nottingham speak to her fans in Mansfield. South African Caster Semenya returns to the Olympics after having her gender questioned at the World Athletic Championships in Berlin three years ago, BBC Radio 4's "Woman's Hour" investigates if the IOC's policy on testing for female hyperandrogenism is fair? In "Learning to Lose - An Olympic Confessional", slam poet Marshall Soulful Jones brings together the confessions of North American Olympic competitors who discuss the shame and agony of their losses. Finally as men’s gymnastics team celebrate Britain’s first Olympic team medal in over a century, BBC WM speaks to Kristian Thomas' supporters.