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Jill Halfpenny has been an actor since the age of 10, first coming to our screens in Byker Grove in 1989, and most recently appearing in the Channel 5 drama The Feud. She has also appeared in Coronation Street, Eastenders, numerous TV dramas, on the West End stage and in Strictly Come Dancing.We shared our thoughts on dealing with downtime as performers, which has its challenges even in a busy career.Jill has a son Harvey who is nearly 17, and they clearly have a close relationship, based on honesty and openness, including during difficult times such as when her partner Matt died suddenly 8 years ago, in circumtances similar to how she lost her Dad aged 4. Sadly they both had unexpected heart attacks. Jill has recently written a beautiful memoir 'A Life Reimagined', which touches on both these deaths.Finally, I tried out Jill's Agony Aunt skills as she has a podcast 'Dear Jill' where she answers listeners' questions, from her Newcastle studio. I can now tell you that I am either on the right tracks as a mum or Jill was being extremely kind to me!Spinning Plates is presented by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, produced by Claire Jones and post-production by Richard Jones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are playing Last train to Bremen by Caro Asercion. "Thirteen years ago, four struggling musicians made a deal with the Devil. What were they chasing? Fame, riches, adoration. Your classic Devil fare.What happened next? Well, you know the way these stories go: the damned fools got it in their head to try and outrun their end of the bargain.See, the Devil is coming to collect his due, and he doesn't take kindly to those who can't cough up. Which brings this story to the four of us here, now, huddled in the back of a freight car on a train hurtling to the one place the Devil will never catch us. One final, desperate shot at immortality.And if we're lucky? By the end of the night, one of us will still be left alive to tell the tale."You can find Last train to Bremen here: https://seaexcursion.itch.io/bremenIn this episode, we relive:The time cockerel joined the bandThe time the band got banned from TexasThe time the band got blind drunk in ParisPlus: we discuss accents, beer, bread, Byker Grove and Northern ExposureBlack Armada DiscordWe would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CreditsOur players are:Joshua Fox ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/armadajosh.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Becky Annison ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/beckyannison.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Eadwin Tomlinson ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/eadwin.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nick Bate ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/ickbat.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sue Elliott ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/suefacetm.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blackarmada.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ickbat.itch.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The music is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Orange Button⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Esther Garcia.

Join me, Ella McCrystal, for a deeply inspiring, moving, fun and insightful conversation with the beautiful Holly Matthews…former TV actress (Waterloo Road, Casualty, Byker Grove), widowed mother of two, self-development coach, award winning, best-selling author of two books and founder of The Happy Me Project.Holly's ‘The Happy Me Project' takes an intuitive, straight-talking approach to self-development, and is dedicated to helping people navigate life with resilience and confidence. Holly's TED Talk has resonated with over 500,000 viewers, and she has been a trusted voice on Lorraine, BBC, ITV, Talk Radio, Channel 5 News, and numerous national publications, including The Daily Mail, Mirror, The Sun, Closer, Hello, Psychologies Magazine, Metro, Grazia, Business Insider, and Prima Magazine.Following the loss of her husband Ross to brain cancer in 2017, Holly transitioned from acting to empowering others through grief, loss, and self-belief. Her work simplifies self-development, stripping away the jargon and making personal growth accessible and relatable. The Happy Me Project has seen two sell-out workshop tours across the U.K. and the hugely successful RESTIVAL…her signature positive mindset festival.In our conversation, Holly opens up about her ADHD diagnosis, how it informs her work, and her commitment to making self-development inclusive for all brain types. Nominated twice for a Diversity Award, she is the BBC's go-to “Motivator in Chief”, bringing her no-nonsense approach to confidence and self-belief to radio, podcasts, and TV.Holly has coached thousands worldwide…from mums on the school run to Brit Award-winning pop stars…helping them feel "more happy and less crappy" with her raw, relatable, and deeply compassionate approach.I fell in love with Holly, I know you will too!This episode is one to uplift, inspire, and remind you that self-development is for everyone. Don't miss it!Subscribe to The New Mind podcast for more uplifting and insightful conversations that explore the depths of mental health, personal growth, and inspiring stories of individuals making a difference in the world.Thank youConnect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellamccrystal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellamccrystalhypno   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ella_mccrystalWeb: https://www.ellamccrystal.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EllaMcCrystalConnect with Holly: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamhollymatthewsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamhollymatthewsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamhollymatthewsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HollyMatthewsHappyMeTV

Hello and welcome to Secure The Insecure hosted by Johnny Seifert.On this episode you will hear actress and Intuitive Psychology Coach, Holly Matthews who opens up about how we train our brains to see the good, how to grow your confidence and resilience after loss, growing up as a child actress on Byker Grove and Waterloo Road and what friendships mean.Holly's book, Find Your Confidence is out to buy now where you get your books from.A massive thank you to The Disney Lakarna Trading Game and the team at @markettiers for setting up this interview.Secure The Insecure is the celebrity mental health podcast that airs on Mondays available to watch on Youtube or listen to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Make sure you subscribe/rate/review where you are watching or listening to Secure The Insecure.Follow Johnny Seifert on Social Media:Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnnySeifertInstagram: www.instagram.com/johnnyseifertInstagram: www.instagram.com/securetheinsecurepodcastTikTok www.tiktok.com/johnnyseifert92 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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It's Statman Matt and Producer Will previewing this week's quiz, Pairs, Paleontology and Prime Numbers, and they cover A LOT of ground. Including Andy's Dinosaur Adventures; whether it was PJ or Duncan who got blinded playing paintball in Byker Grove; and why 23 is apparently the most commonly-occuring number in nature. You might learn something. But it's not going to be particularly useful if you do. To play Guestimators every week, go to guestimators.com. And if you're enjoying the show, give us a rating and review, we can't promise it will help you score more points on the quiz, but it will make you feel fuzzy inside. For our merch - go to guestimators.store Email us on hello@guestimators.com Voicenotes to 07457404279 And follow our socials: Twitter/X Instagram  YouTube TikTok Hosts - Andy Bush & Matt Cutler Producer - Will Nichols Music - Adam Harrison Design - Charlie Thomas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nigel's guest today is Andrew Hayden-Smith. Andrew rose to fame on the cult kids' TV show Byker Grove in the late 1990s and early noughties and went on to be a pretty much permanent fixture on kids' TV for many years. He was the poster boy for countless teen magazines and ended up hosting Children's BBC, the most wholesome of telly jobs. So when Andrew decided to come out as a gay man at the age of 21 in the pages of Attitude Magazine it caused quite a splash. But thankfully this didn't stop him from going on to star in popular TV shows like Hollyoaks, Dr Who and Cucumber.This series is a celebration of a beautiful queer community; people of all ages, people who have had to tread their own path to live their real truth, who have fought with their emotions and emerged victorious, who inspire, who aspire and always entertain. Hosted by Nigel May. Every week, Nigel speaks to a person from the LGBTQ+ rainbow to hear their story; one person, one life, one conversation. And guaranteed, a Gay Old Time!Follow us on instagram @agayoldtimepodcast Produced by Pineapple Audio Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the age of 13, Jill has been a familiar and popular face in the sitting rooms of Britain in shows from Byker Grove, Coronation Street and EastEnders to Humans. She won an Olivier award for her role in the musical Legally Blonde and was, of course, a Strictly Come Dancing champion in 2004.But hidden beneath her incredible and durable career, Jill has suffered terrible loss, both as a child and more recently. At just four years old, she faced the sudden and heartbreaking death of her father to a heart attack. Then in 2017, in cruelly similar circumstances, her partner, Matt, died in their local gym. A devastating blow for Jill and her nine-year-old son Harvey.  Jill has brilliantly documented how those terrible events impacted and shaped her in her book A Life Reimagined. In this conversation we talk about the practical methods she has deployed to navigate the multiple crises in her life.  Book A Life Reimagined: My Journey of Hope in the Midst of Loss, 2024.  Links    Stream/buy ‘Allies' by Some Velvet Morning: https://ampl.ink/qp6bm    Some Velvet Morning Website: www.somevelvetmorning.co.uk      Your Daily Practice: Sleep by Myndstream: https://open.spotify.com/track/5OX9XgJufFz9g63o2Dv2i5?si=b2f9397c92084682    Host – Andy Coulson   CWC team: Jane Sankey, Louise Difford, Mabel Pickering   With special thanks to Ioana Barbu and the brilliant people at Global      For all PR and guest approaches please contact – podcast@coulsonpartners.com   

In this episode of Style DNA I go on a Style journey with Actress, TV presenter, Philanthropist and Entrepreneur  … the gorgeous Geordie girl Donna Air.    Donna rose to early fame aged 10 as an actress in the children's television series Byker Grove, a popular show set in the Newcastle area. She went on to form the pop duo Crush which found some success in the late 1990's. Her career has spanned presenting MTV, to the Big Breakfast as well as appearing in numerous films and TV dramas.   Donna is currently performing in the award winning ghost story 2:22 at the Gielgud Theatre alongside James Buckley, Stacey Dooley and Joe McFadden…The play, written by Danny Robins is a supernatural thriller that has received critical acclaim for its intense and gripping narrative with the story revolving around a couple who hear strange noises in the new house and begin to suspect it might be haunted… I for one, can't wait to see Donna's performance.   Success came early in life for Donna and we chat about her teenage years in Newcastle “geared around her Saturday night outfits”…in time this passion transferred to her pop video or performing clothes. She reminisces about her youthful inability to control her clothing spending, particularly whilst touring in America.   We discuss her love of strong female characters and how inspiring they are…not to mention the fact that slowly there are more female roles for women post their 30's…finally!   Donna clearly loves beautiful clothes, whilst not being remotely materialistic, but she laughs about how in the past these beautiful things have slipped through her fingers …how she would give away her clothes and accessories to friends and how her daughter Freya, now 19, keeps asking her where pieces are that she is wearing in old photographs that she would love to wear now…all since long gone!   Thank you @donnaair for sharing your stories and your insights so generously.

Rachel Stevens was one of the founding members of S Club 7, the pop band that took the world by storm in the early 2000s. She joins Anita to talk about her memoir Finding my Voice: A story of strength, belief and S Club, which covers her time in the hit-making band, her solo career and what it's been like being in the public eye.In a special extended 90 minute programme, Nuala McGovern hosted the Woman's Hour Election Debate. Senior women from the main political parties of Great Britain outlined their priorities for women and answered your questions.Taking part were: Scottish National Party spokesperson for Consular Affairs and International Engagement Hannah Bardell; Reform UK candidate Maria Bowtell; Green Party spokesperson for Housing and Communities Ellie Chowns; Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper; Conservative Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work Mims Davies; Labour's Shadow Minister for Industry and Decarbonisation Sarah Jones and Plaid Cymru's Westminster Leader Liz Saville Roberts.Actor Jill Halfpenny has starred in popular TV series such as Byker Grove, Coronation Street, EastEnders and The Cuckoo. She won an Olivier Award for her role in the musical Legally Blonde and she won the second series of BBC 1's Strictly Come Dancing. But, two tragic events have framed Jill's life story; when she was four years old her dad died suddenly of a heart attack. Then in 2017, in similarly tragic circumstances, her partner Matt died. Jill talks to Clare about confronting her grief head-on, something she examines in her new book, A Life Reimagined.For over a century, many Americans believed that interracial marriage was illegitimate and until the late 1960s, the American legal system supported that belief. Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White is a play written in the 1960s that explores the impact of these laws. Anita is joined by Monique Touko, the director of a new production of the play, and American historian Dr Leni Sorensen who had a black father and white mother in 1940s California.Can you ever really be just best friends with the love of your life? Laura Dockrill talks to Nuala about the thrills and awful heartache of first love, the inspiration for her first adult novel, ‘I love you, I love you, I love you.'Presenter Clare McDonnell Producer: Annette Wells Editor: Louise Corley

Stealthing is the crime of removing a condom during sex without consent and is a form of rape. Clare McDonnell discusses why this is an under-reported crime with Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Local Policing, Helen Millichap, who leads the Met's focus on violence against women and girls, and Gemma Lindfield, Barrister at Five St Andrew's Hill Chambers.Actor Jill Halfpenny has starred in popular TV series such as Byker Grove, Coronation Street, EastEnders and The Cuckoo. She won an Olivier Award for her role in the musical Legally Blonde and she won the second series of BBC 1's Strictly Come Dancing. But, two tragic events have framed Jill's life story; when she was four years old her dad died suddenly of a heart attack. Then in 2017, in similarly tragic circumstances, her partner Matt died. Jill talks to Clare about confronting her grief head-on, something she examines in her new book, A Life Reimagined.Experts from across the world from a broad range of academic disciplines including psychology, medicine, policy studies, law and humanities are coming together with an aim to research an area which some say is underfunded and poorly understood. 4M Conference 2024 organiser, Professor Gemma Sharp, from the University of Exeter's School of Psychology, joins Clare to talk about her vision.The wives of Henry VIII are often reduced to the simplistic rhyme, ‘Divorced, Beheaded, Died. Divorced, Beheaded, Survived'. But a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII's Queens, seeks to focus on the stories and identities of these six individual women – rather than their infamous husband – and their transformation into popular icons. Clare is joined by curator Charlotte Bolland.Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Rebecca Myatt Studio manager: Bob Nettles

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Join us for the 17th episode of the Monkey Barrel Comedy Chat Show! On this week's podcast, George (@ComedyFox) sits down with the hilarious comedian Lauren Pattison (@Lauren_Pattison) for a chat about Byker Grove, being mean, and jacket-based cliches.Plus we have some fantastic questions from our listeners and last week's guest: the wonderful Chris Cantrill (@Chris_Cantrill). 

This week, we are joined by Caspar Berry. Caspar started out in acting aged 16 actor in BBC show Byker Grove with “Ant and Dec”. At Cambridge he had commercial success directing award-winning short films and TV commercials, then went on to write two feature films which were produced by Film Four and Columbia Tri Star before he had graduated. Aged 26, he decided to take a risk and move to Las Vegas with his life savings in his pocket, and for next few years, became a professional poker player. Caspar later returned to the UK to set up 21st Century Media which he later sold to Bob Geldof's Ten Alps plc. He now gives talks and mentors around the world on all his disparate experiences.Show Notes:How Caspar's early life decisions, driven by comfort with risk, led to diverse experiencesPoker as a metaphor for decision-making processes in life and businessThe complexity of assigning probabilities to actions and the challenges posed by unpredictabilityDifferences in risk-taking between individual and team sportsThe concept of 'negative metrics': sometimes the pursuit of certain performance metrics (e.g. home runs in baseball) might lead to higher failure rates (strikeouts)Please leave a review if you like the podcast; and share with friends. Your support makes us very happy!Get the podcast in your inbox every week by subscribing hereAccess our exclusive speaker events by subscribing hereFollow Daniel on TwitterPodcast music: Tamsin Waley-Cohen's Mendelssohn's violin concerto

Donna Air is an actress, producer, and philanthropist. She's here to talk about living life in the spotlight. If you're a Donna Air fan and want to know more about her life, career and business ventures, then tune in to this episode! Timestamps: 00:00 - Similarities Between Actors and Entrepreneurs 06:51 - Why Donna Wanted to Be an Actress 16:41 - Scrutiny as a Child Star 19:34 - Why We Should Protect Kids From Social Media 24:18 - Going With the Flow 25:30 - Stressing About Everything in Your 20s 28:58 - Figuring Out Her Taste for Business 50:42 - How Your Goals Change Drastically From Your 20s 58:35 - Not Worrying About What Other People Think 59:55 - Not Needing to be the Star of the Show 01:08:53 - Why the Old School Business Model Doesn't Work Anymore 01:12:52 - Advice for Female Entrepreneurs 01:17:43 - Donna's Dream Role 01:22:25 - Why Do Young Women Put So Much Pressure on Themselves? 01:23:09 - Competitiveness and Competition 01:26:48 - Asking for Help is a Strength Donna Air began her acting career on the CBBC show Byker Grove, when she was just 10 years old, later forming the band Byker Groove! At 15, she moved to London, continuing music with Crush. In 1997, she joined MTV UK and later presented The Big Breakfast. She left MTV in 2000 to focus on acting, appearing in TV dramas and films like The Mummy Returns. She also presented on Live from Studio Five. Donna participated in ITV's Splash! in 2013 and Dancing on Ice in 2017. Since 2020, she's been starring in BBC One's The Split. Donna Air: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donnaair/ Maria Hvorostovsky: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maria_hvo X: https://twitter.com/mhvorostovsky HVO Search: https://www.hvosearch.com Podcast filmed, edited and produced by: https://www.londonbeautyphotographer.com Need help HIRING – http://www.hirewithmaria.com LEAVE A REVIEW: If you're listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Follow, Rate, and leave a REVIEW.

That's right, it's another brand new shiny episode! And what an episode it is. Bridget Phillipson is one of Labour's brightest stars and is increasingly in the limelight. Despite having been an extra in Byker Grove (if you're under 40, Google it), the spotlight isn't what she's about. This is a fascinating hour with a highly driven politician who may be shyer than some of her peers, but is no less animated about changing the world. Follow @mattforde on Twitter for the latest news Email the show: politicalpartypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Faster than a speeding Spuggy, Gaz flies through his 1st bonus episode about the BBC teen drama Byker Grove. It's not your usual Gaz, he's full of covid, so he does actually stop to breathe(ish) occasionally!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4755009/advertisement

On this episode - Confusing local news, men in skirts, Greg celebrates his birthday by going bowling and then tries to roll back the years by talking to some young people at the pub, a birthday card from someone special, Rocky vs Karate Kid, Rocky vs Rambo, Johnny fixes an electric scooter, Aylesbury Dentures (Ad), stand up comedy recommendatiaons, Barry invents a new swear word, word of the week, review of the film 'Talk to Me', a look back at the last episodes of 'Byker Grove' and 'Goodnight Sweetheart'. Greg tries DMT for the first time, the video game 'Starfield' and a whole lot more!

Something a bit different here, I attempted to record a podcast at the fabulous Field Maneuvers.You will get to hear great tales from the festival and the adventures of Mr Blobby!!I hope you enjoy it!!!Support the showAll the important links Instagram - @booze_house_tales Email boozehousetales@gmail.com ko-fi.com/boozehousetales YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@boozehousetales Support the Show - https://www.buzzsprout.com/645019/support

What on earth is going on? Sport, the value of cheap trifle and a quote none of us can quite remember…we thought this was a TV podcast? Adam, Damo and Grace do manage to share spoiler-free thoughts on new shows Then You Run and Traitors Australia, plus Hijack, Champion, Liverpool Narcos, Somebody Somewhere, Deadloch, Barbecue Showdown, The Idol, Foundation, Secret Invasion and Parks and Recreation. We also discuss phenomena such as shows disappearing off streaming platforms, Byker Grove and Barbenheimer. We can't wait for you to hear our thoughts on the latest episode and for you to give us yours too. You can find and follow us on all the socials @tvdnapod  You can also email us on tvdnapod@gmail.com  And, if you listen on Spotify, check out our poll below. You can also catch-up on our Best Interests, Black Mirror, Secret Invasion and Silo specials. Our back catalogue of shows includes Succession, House of the Dragon and Happy Valley! We're on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Anchor, Breaker and Radio Public so be sure to subscribe to the pod and please leave us a review.  Thanks as always to JComp for our logo and Roman Senyk Music for our theme.  Adam, Grace, Neil, Chloe, Damian and Isabel

Howdy y'all, want some coffee? It's the Chris Moyles Show on Radio X Podcast. G'day to ya. There was a lot to celebrate this week, as we hosted an Independence Day Special - no not a celebration of the Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith movie - that 4th of July one. Festivities naturally included lots of horrific accents and a Morgan Freeman impersonator. We also celebrated International Kissing Day, as Dominic Byrne's 50 at 50 saw him pop into Leicester Square and get kissed by some strangers. So hygienic. Joining us for a chat this week was everyone's favourite Soap Star and Gang Interviewer, Ross Kemp, who confessed to being an ‘arrogant little twit' back in the day. Boxer Josh “The Leeds Warrior” Warrington stopped by and organised a training session with Chris. Now, despite our intern being very sleepy this week, the rest of the team had enough energy to also bring you on this week's podcast: Chris joining Threads (@chrismoylesofficial if you didn't know)Pippa realising Byker Grove isn't about bikesJames finding a smell hole in the backEnjoy!The Chris Moyles Show on Radio XWeekdays 6:30-10am

It's Showtime!, CRRRRS's 11th Official Anniversary, A Spoiler Strewn Review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Renfield, From, Silo, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Red Dwarf, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Sequel, Doctor Who's Untempered Schism Is The Restaurant at the End of the Universe's Total Perspective Vortex, We Hunt Together, Byker Grove, Samsung A14 4G, Mental Health, Geeklife Walk, Mystery of the Puddle, Trying

It's Showtime!, CRRRRS's 11th Official Anniversary, A Spoiler Strewn Review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Renfield, From, Silo, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Red Dwarf, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Sequel, Doctor Who's Untempered Schism Is The Restaurant at the End of the Universe's Total Perspective Vortex, We Hunt Together, Byker Grove, Samsung A14 4G, Mental Health, Geeklife Walk, Mystery of the Puddle, Trying

Bush & Richie have been inspired by the return of Byker Grove, they speak to an expert Ibiza DJ for advice and have a DJ-themed film club.

The Smart 7 Ireland Edition is the daily news podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week… Consistently appearing in Ireland's Daily News charts, we're a trusted source for people every day. If you're enjoying it, please follow, share or even post a review, it all helps… Today's episode includes references to the following items:https://twitter.com/i/status/1676204186210381824https://twitter.com/i/status/1676285084104642561https://twitter.com/i/status/1676164332244041730 https://twitter.com/i/status/1676336904285966336https://twitter.com/i/status/1676221635366649856https://twitter.com/i/status/1676252281103081474https://twitter.com/i/status/1676275459112280079 https://spoti.fi/3CYIp4u https://twitter.com/i/status/1676108623380992000 https://youtu.be/UfJJSDwx-xUContact us over at Twitter or visit www.thesmart7.com Presented by Ciara Revins, written by Liam Thompson and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Smart 7 is a daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7 am, 7 days a week... With over 12 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day. If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps... Today's episode includes the following:https://twitter.com/i/status/1676167367561297920 https://twitter.com/i/status/1676171552667123712https://twitter.com/i/status/1676235167038316549https://twitter.com/i/status/1676177248301338624https://twitter.com/i/status/1676168467458715649 https://twitter.com/i/status/1676164332244041730 https://twitter.com/i/status/1676336904285966336https://twitter.com/i/status/1676219891043426304https://twitter.com/i/status/1676275459112280079https://spoti.fi/3CYIp4u In Ireland? Why not try our Ireland Edition? Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com Presented by Jamie East, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we welcome the very funny André Vincent, one of those rare entertainers who does it all. Comedian, Actor, Writer, Director, Presenter, Singer & Circus Boy. André has worked with almost everyone in the comedy biz and has much to say about television, having appeared on our screens in many guises. We discuss everything from pantomime, to his star turn in Byker Grove, as well as his love for long lost comedy greats.If you enjoy this episode please follow the show wherever you get podcasts.Follow us on Instagram & Twitter (links below):All music written and performed in this podcast by Steve Otis Gunn,Please buy my book 'You Shot My Dog and I Love You' available in all good book shops and online.Podcast Socials:Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tvtimespodInsta: https://www.instagram.com/tvtimespodYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@tvtimespodTwitter: https://twitter.com/tvtimespodSteve's Socials:Insta: https://www.instagram.com/steveotisgunnTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/steveotisgunnFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/steveotisgunn.antisocialAndre's Socials:Insta: https://www.instagram.com/mislaid_comedy_heroes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vinny64Produced by Steve Otis Gunn for Jilted Maggotwww.jiltedmaggot.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get your sausages on a fork ready as John pitches commissioner Luke some classic kids drama: Grange Hill, Byker Grove, Children's Ward, and Press Gang. However, Luke is already minded to commission cult kids drama Dark Season. Will John channel his inner Ziggy and charm Luke with a cheeky pitch, or will Luke just say no and expel John from the Cracking TV office?Cracking TV is produced and presented by Luke Sluman and John Furlong.Our rather marvellous theme tune was written and performed by Simon McInerney.Additional sound effects from zapsplat.com.Follow us @crackingtv.Luke & John Cracking TV is an IHOG Factual Entertainment Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Let us take you back to 1985, and the opening of Doctor Who season 22 - Colin Baker's first full season in the role. And what better way to open than with that full-on Cyberman continuity-fest 'Nightmare in Silver'? (Otherwise known as "Neil Gaiman's Other One") Finally, the Time Ram team can focus on Peri's other career as a nanny, dressing for Time Bandits and being mistaken for Byker Grove. It's the episode where Rupe keeps on going until someone stops him, Baz obsesses over 'The Twin Dilemma' and Paul can no longer distinguish past from future!

Happy New Year! We’re back and kicking off 2023 with PJ & Duncan, Donna Air, and Chris’ amazing Geordie accent. What more could you want?

Nick Robinson talks to Labour's shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, about her mum standing up to the people that burgled their house, her grandad's love of books sparking her passion for education and how she ended up as an extra on Byker Grove.

In the mid 1990s Britain carried out an interesting social experiment to see if taking a children from a chaotic and poverty-ridden childhood in some of most deprived parts of the North, giving them a dehumanising nickname, making them some kind of weird celebrity, and repeatedly publicly condemning in the hope that would stop their offending behaviour.Rat boy. Spider boy. Worm boy. Boomerang boy. Balaclava boy. The singing defective.  Who were they? And what became of them? Did widespread national condemnation work?Spoiler alert: It didn't work.But this is a time when the government literally wanted the justice system to, and this is a quote from the Prime Minister “understand less and condemn more”  And it's the story of a region too, and by that I mean, this is what they thought of us back then. DID SOMEONE SAY LISTENER OFFER! LISTEN TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GET 20% OF A SPIRIT SEEKERS GHOST HUNT NEAR YOU!*It's 1996! Jarvis Cocker wiggles his bum and then gets beaten up by a man dressed as Buddha! Chas Chandler dies – but not before he'd helped Jimi Hendrix busk near Byker (but not near Byker Grove)! Babylon Zoo spend more time at number one than Liz Truss did at number 10 (or did they?)John creatively fills that fiscal black hole we've heard so much about. Gareth introduces Claire to Mr Pinkwhistle. Roy of the Rovers gets seriously weird.Who are your bewildering local heroes? People like Lord Latif or the guy from Durham who looks like Mario? Is he a lecturer at the university or did John dream that?You can reach us on email everyonediesinsunderland@gmail.com, on Twitter at @everyonediespod, on Facebook and Instagram. Our theme music is performed and written by The Way Out, was it not? Usually though, it's “Steady Away” by Pete Dilley and can be found on his album Half-truths and Hearsay which you can/should buy/stream here because he's got a kid on the way and kids need shoes. https://petedilley.bandcamp.com/album/half-truths-and-hearsay  It's me. Hi. I'm the problem, it's me. *As long as you live in Sunderland. 

Thanks for joining me for the final episode of season 7 One For The Road and for all of your support throughout the season as always. This week I am joined by Paul Drayton. Comedian, model and actor Paul graduated with a bachelor's in acting from the drama centre London, and starred in several movies and tv shows including the old time favourite, Byker Grove. He met his now ex husband Alan Carr in 2008 and began assisting Alan in his career and being house husband alongside other various roles to support Alan whilst building up a property portfolio. Paul's relationship with alcohol went on a steady downward trajectory and after several stints in rehab, and a turbulent personal year in 2015 Paul became reliant on alcohol, using it as a crutch. Paul is now almost one year sober and currently working on a one man show titled "The evolution of an alcoholic" which he plans to show in small venues across the UK, donating the proceeds to those less fortunate than him self struggling with the same disease.This episode of One For The Road is sponsored by https://tweaklife.co.uk/ Further information and links attached below.If you want to connect with me via Instagram, you can find me on the instahandle @Soberdave https://www.instagram.com/soberdave/or via my website https://davidwilsoncoaching.com/Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice and for Paul.https://www.instagram.com/pauldrayton1/https://alcoholchange.org.uk/https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-serviceshttps://nacoa.org.uk/Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-MartinezInstagram - @TheDaniellaMartinezThis season's podcast is sponsored by a great new start up called Tweak Life. They have built a well-being hub full of useful information and tweaks that can help you improve your mental and physical health and finances. There is a wide range of topics covered which includes mindfulness, eating well, exercise. managing addictions, improving finances, mortgages and even menopause.This is free to use, just go to https://tweaklife.co.uk/ for more information.https://www.instagram.com/tweaklifeukhttps://www.facebook.com/tweaklifeukhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/tweaklifeuk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, bonjour, what's happeningWelcome to Lager Time. For the second week running, I'm putting this out on a Saturday, which is today, for me. There was some real Lager Time last night, been a while. Enjoyed seeing the boys. Been a busy week this week, been all over London doing workshops, not had a great deal of time to put this together. Can't complain though, it's been good, mate. I've been trying to write this second part to the 405 story, in between jobs and on trains. So it's probably a bit scrappy, but a lot of the stuff I'm putting up on here, are in differing states of development. That's the idea I guess. It's odd though, I suddenly feel a bit of an obligation to put it up. Though I think that's merely down to my own idiosyncrasies, wanting to keep this up, than any particular demand, because as far as I know, it doesn't exist.I'm enjoying doing these stories though and I think I'm going to run with them for a bit. I've got a list of ideas, I want to write about, I'm also enjoying introducing little bits of sound design. I mean, it entails me going on to Freedsound and downloading bots and bobs, nothing out of this world but it's a direction I've wanted to go down for some time.Large up everyone who read, listened, and downloaded the first part of the 405 story last week. I was listening back, and realised the bit where I stopped the story, was where the Mo character encounters some casual racism form the driver; which unfortunately, was not that uncommon back them. Only reason that I stopped it there, is because that's where I stopped writing it, as that's where I ran out of time. That was it. Listening back, it reminded me a bit of those American Sitcoms that I used to like watching as a kid, like the Fresh Prince, where every now and again they, do a serious episode, rolling the credits at the end with no music; really driving home the poignant on-the-nose moment and the moral message. That's the last thing I'd ever intend to do with any of this stuff. That kind of moralising is not my cup of tea, at all, and if I'm being an honest, it puts me off from going to a lot of spoken word events. Back when I was more active, there was loads of it. However, the thing with the driver, did happen, and happened all too often. Along with the likes of me, who sat there silent and did nothing, though I did once almost get my head kicked in, in London bridge MacDonalds, tying to stuck up for someone, for similar reasons but that's for another time. I think that says enough. Roll credits, no music. Boom.It's coming up to almost a year, since I started Lager Time. I think I'm only just starting to find my feet with it. I must say, I do enjoy it and I enjoy the freedom of it. There seems to be a small number of you who are engaging with it, and its slowly growing, so thankyou. It means a lot. Either this week, or next, I'm going to do another Not Quite Live edition again, I enjoyed that one last time, even if no one else did. Not quite sure where this is all going, had a thought at some point in the future, I could put on a night, I dunno. I'm a performer, I like performing but at the moment, there aint a lot of that and I'm enjoying doing my own thing, so the Lager march continues.Enjoy part 2 of the story, hopefully I'll have something new for next week. Blimey, pressures on.Having a banging rest of the weekendPaulThanks for reading Lager Time (audio)! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.The 405 part 2BOSH. After the long, arduous and perilous journey across the Towns and villages of Surrey, we finally arrived into Kingston, and just like that we all became energised again and the al the banter and bravado we left Crawley with was back. BOOM.It's like we were re-connected, spirally realigned to our purpose again (even though I doubt any of us quite knew what that was.) New life was breathed into the firm, like those occasions when I bothered to reconnect the long-since-fallen, algae-ridden filter system in the fish tank, at home. Everything was fresh and gold like my fish. We were in a whole new town, with new opportunities but more importantly, about to enter the utopian-dystopian world of Lazer Quest.Of course this meant we had to be on our guard a bit. Instinctively, shoulders arched back and as we bowled though the bus station into the town-centre, I made sure I dropped a couple of swear words, extra loud, like WANKER, letting the locals know,  we had a bit about us.Kingston was an upgrade on Crawley and definitely Horley. It was similar but everything just seemed, a lot more, like, nicer. The neat paving bricks in the pedestrianised high-street, the river, the olde-worlde buildings, even the windows looked cleaner, the girls prettier, the geezers somehow more flash, suddenly I felt like we were tatty in comparison.Despite the Royal status, there was only one jewel in Kingston's crown. Croydon had the Water Palace, Guildford had the Ice rink and Kingston the Lazer Quest; despite all the flashness of some of the locals, Crawley was not yet swinging in the big boys league, with these lot; though there were rumours at the time, that a Virgin Megastore was opening in the Country Mall.We never arranged to meet the splinter-group, we just assumed they'd be at the Lazer quest when we got there and vice versa. We had a to ask a couple of people to find it. This was a moment when larey pricks like Granger actually came of use, he didn't care who he talked too. Everything was amusing to him.We'd all seen that episode of Byker Grove, where they went to ‘Quasar Laser' and it looked sick! All dark with neon lights, metal grids, bunkers, netting and dry-ice; I hadn't been this excited since Steet Fighter The Movie..We finally reached our destination, this sort of non-descript sixties grey building, with a corrugated roof, looking like a glorified second hand tyre shop. But the all important Lazer Quest sign, on the outside of the building, was using a sick, lightning-like font, in electric-red and I was reassured about techno-futuristic-utopia-dystopia I was about to enter.The splinter group were sat in reception, all stood up, except for Veejay who was sat down looking miserable. They stunk of fags. Smoking?! Rich explained they'd had to jump a wall at Kingston station to avoid the ticket office and Veejay had done something to his ankle in the process. I knew Veejay should've been with us. A mid forties women with curly, dyed red hair and glasses, wearing a black polo top showing some faded tattoos on her arm, was behind the counter with a monitor above her head, showing some scores, in mad futuristic writing, like the bowling alley, but, like, way sicker. Some cheesy Euro trance was playing in the background, it wasn't Speed Garage but this place was already pissing on the AMF.‘Where the fuck have you boys been, we've been here proper time'‘Bus was fucking long'‘fuckng hell man'‘mind your language boys, not in ere thankyou'The red head had spoken, with authority. She looked like she'd beaten up a few men in her time. Kells, with his back to her, and facing us, protested in a way that only he could‘shutup you fucking bitch'‘What did you just say?'Kells was grinning at us and then immediately turned his face to a scowl, tuted and turned round‘what, I didn't say nothing, chill out innit'He turned back to us and grinned again. Kells was a liability but I was kind of glad he was here. We were far away from home, so it was good to have someone in our ranks who went afraid to mix it, even if it meant him doing stupid shit like thatRedhead took the L.‘I don't want any lip from any of your boys when you go in there, if you mess about, you're out, understand?'A few ‘yea, yea, yeas' emerged, half-heartedly from the group.‘We need to get you signed up and then have your safety briefing, you're in the next game, they'll be some others in there with you'A safety briefing?! This was just getting better and better. I thought for a sec about some of those mugs from my class, like Chris and Ramo, probably at the ABC cinema, back in Crawley. Pussies. They weren't man enough for this shit.We all bowled up to the counter, paid up and registered. Whilst I was in the que, I looked up at the screen and noticed some new names had appeared with a score of 0. These must've been the other players. There were names like ‘Dark Lord'  ‘Excalibur' and ‘Colbolt 3000' these names were sick.  I then saw ‘Tony's Mum and Fish Fingers ‘ had appeared on the  screen, and clocked Granger and Kells were at the front adding their esteemed alias's to the cannon. Red-head didn't looked impressed but I guess she had to let these through on a technicality, I heard Kell's arguing with her that ‘Mum' was his surname.We stood outside these black-double-doors, which had more of the sick, electric red font on them. I could hear cheesy Euro-Trance pumping through and the sounds of people running around. I was nervous but I could barley contain my excitement. We got kitted out in these mad-looking Ghostbuster type, packs that slotted over our heads, with a holster for this massive lazer-gun thing. Red head came over to administer her best war address.‘If you get shot, your pack will freeze and you'll have to wait till it unfreezes. Aim of the game to get as many hits as you can. Three hits and you're eout the game. The other team you'll be facing, are already in there and if you mess about boys, you're out, understand, I'm not taking any crap today?!'The moment we'd all been waiting for. Redhead opened the door. No dry-ice seeped through? Where's the dry-ice? The cheesy Euro-trance was superloud and we entered into this sort of small-ish-dark-ish room with these wooden walkways, with some neon-graffiti on them which sort-of-looked cool.We entered in and immediately ran off, Kells turning round to shoot as many of us as he could. We were meant to be on the same team! The wooden walk-ways were really noisy, it was putting me off. It also weren't that dark so we could see everything. Where were the futuristic metal-grids with the futuristic dry-ice?! This just wasn't very cool.My pack suddenly vibrated and flashed red. I tuned round to see this podgy mid-thirties-looking guy, with long greasy hair guy and hiking boots, with a pack on, I assumed he worked there.‘I've been shot, mate, what do I do?'He shouted ‘Alpha-two-one, repeat alpha two-one, let's go'He then turned around and rolled off into a corner, and I heard him tramping up one of the walk-ways. The fat prick had shot me. As he tuned, I saw ‘Dark Lord' written on the back his t-shirt. That was the Dark Lord?! He looked like he worked in the Games Workshop.‘What are you doing you dickhead, you're just standing there.'Mo grabbed me and suddenly we were under one of the wooden walkways. I noticed on the floor an empty Ribena carton, a few empty crisp packets and a discarded copy of The Daily Express. I could hear Kells and Granger laughing somewhere in the room, but in truth it was hard to hear anything, as the Cheesy Euro Trance was blasting so loud and the with the stomping on the wood, I could barley hear myself think.Fuck this, I thought. I stepped into the void, looking for that fat nerd, looking for revenge. BANG. I'm vibrating again and I tuned round to see another one of these socially awkward-looking-podgy-older guys. Must've been Cobalt 3000. I hadn't even got my gun out he holster yet and I'd been shot twice. Two more if I included the bus journey.Me and Mo ran up onto another platform where we bumped into Doyle.‘These peedos keep shooting everyone, I'm almost dead. Veejay got taken out within five minutes.'‘Where is he now?'‘He's over there.'I looked over in the direction Doyle was pointing and saw Veejay sat on an Orange plastic-chair, like we have in school, reading a copy of Shoot Magazine. What?! Surely they wouldn't have crap orange plastic chairs, in the sick dystopian-utopia-future?! The drapes were rapidly coming down on my lifelong dream, well, my dream, from as far back as the morning; when I actually thought a bit about what we were doing. This place was shit.‘oi, how many lives you got left'I tuned round to see Kells and Granger, grinning.‘One'‘BANG. Not any more'I vibrated. Game over. They ran off, I'd love to say into the smoky darkness but I could see clearly where they were going, and hear them too. This place was small and shit, reminding me of Horley. I headed over to where Vejay was. He was reading an article about Andy Cole's favourite type of pizza.Even with the Cheesy-Euro-Trance at full-blast, Red-head must've got on the PA system, booming over the music to tell us the game was finishing. I wanted to get out. Predictably, Andy Cole preferred a Margarita, I had to agree with him on that one but it was no substitute for the disappointment that I felt.We ‘de-briefed' back in the foyer, looked up on the screen to see that team ‘Alpha-Flight'  has whipped team Crawley Boys, something ridiculous. A few of team Alpha-Flight were de-briefing in what they called the ‘ante-chamber' with us and I overheard them referring to each other in their codenames. Really? Grow-up boys.We managed to find a McDonald's and at least enjoyed that. Spat some paper through the starws in the shopping centre. Took in the glorious sights of Kingston and trudged bakc to the 405, with a hobbling Veejay. He was never a bad boy. The others seemed to have enjoyed themselves, and lots of the chat on the bus back was about the fun they'd had. Mo's was reputation was still in-tact.Most of them had fallen asleep when the bus rolled into Horley and I got up to get off. It was dark by this point. Dark and dul,l with the few half working street lamps pitifully attempting to illuminate Horley's crap town centre. It was fitting. I looked at Mo.‘See you later, mate'‘Yea, see you later, mate.'I left the conversation, the bus and the town centre,  awkward as ever.Thanks for reading Lager Time (audio)! 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This week the two Tonys look at Love has won and Amy Carlson. A Cult that utilised youtube and live streaming to grow.Along with the american cult, they also discuss everything from Adele, Byker Grove, aliens, wrestling and obviously a few songs for good measure.We have a live show! September 28th at The Old Monkey Manchester tickets are on sale right now from skiddle.com/e/36149277Our patreon if you would like to help support us is https://www.patreon.com/cultcomedypodEnjoy what we do? Share this episode, tell a friend or leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts.Follow us on @cultcomedypod @tonybasnett and @tony_wright97Music: Cheeky by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Greetings, Bonjour, What's Happening?Welcome to Lager Time. What's been going on? It's been a mad week. Last night, we had the Out Here show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. It's with a group of young people I co-lead with a director called Catherine Palmer, for an organisation called Dream Arts in London. We've been developing this show with this group over the last year.We've worked with over 50 young people within this project, most of which are coming from pretty-tough circumstances and had never done anything like this before.They thought we were nuts when we told them back last year we were doing a show.  It was mad ambitious. We got them acting, rapping, dancing and singing – and most of them, English is not their first language. But they smashed it, mate.The main room at the Institute of Contemporary Arts was packed and the audience loved it.  Of course, there was a few mistakes on stage here and there but they dealt with it and moved on. Just like professionals do.It was a great project for me to work on, I got to facilitate the sessions as well as write the script and produce the soundtrack – all done through a loop station, triggered live during the show by one of the young guys.Doing this type of work, it's almost impossible to avoid making cheesy sentimental statements about the whole thing but it can get really emotional. Some of the journeys these guys have been are genuinely incredible. We gave them all certificates at the end, on the stage, and at one point I was struggling to hold it together. Makes it all worthwhile.It's the first project I've done like this, since we came out the pandemic and it's wiped me out a bit but I'm glad of it. I'm off up to Manchester tonight, to work on a similar project at Contact Theatre then next week things slow down a bit, so I can focus on that livestream I keep going on about. Looking forward to having a kipIn 2015, I released an EP of stories called The 90 Sick EP. I worked with a great producer called Elian Gray, who scored the soundtrack to it. I was really proud of it. I never managed to sell to many CD's or get a great deal of streams but I was happy that it existed and could be accessed. Initially I regretted putting it out as an EP and thought I should've done it as a podcast but after 6 years, I'm glad it exists online and anyone can go and stream it anytime they want.I had an email off the CD distributor saying they wanted to get rid of my excess stock, so I got the last few CDs back off of them. You can purchase at paulcree.co.uk/shop or stream it on all the major platforms except Spotify, for some reason. Dickheads.I've attached the first track off the EP, called The Fun Fax Kid. I was really proud of this when I wrote it, I felt like these were the sort of stories I wanted to tell and the form felt good. It's loosely based on two true stories, so I hope you enjoy itHave a banging weekendPease and tatersPaul The Fun Fax Kid, by Paul Cree.It's a Wednesday afternoon, school's finished but I haven't. I'm sat on that infamous naughty desk underneath the stairs, writing lines about property-theft and deliberately disrupting class time.I should be at home watching Byker Grove! Instead, I'm staring at the carvings etched into the well knackered wood, crude claims about people's mum's, alongside a rollcall of scratched in names, older brothers and cousins of mates, who've not gone on to achieve much. I'm sat here because of Alan. Little shit that he is!It all started yesterday. Alan's bragging to Miss about how his cress plant's gonna' be the biggest in the class. All the class's cress plants are lined up on the window sill, next to the wooden desks with the hinged lids, where me and best friend Richard sit, right at the back at of the room. Alan sits a few rows in front, sucking up to Miss and flipping the bird everytime she turns to me and Rich. As Miss inspects the cress plants, she catches me and Rich talking.'Open up your desk lid' Miss says;As if she knew it was gonna' be in a state, and upon seeing how messy it is, texts-books, paper and felt tips missing the lids, looking like rubbish overflowing in a skip, she orders me, and Rich, who's desk is just as bad, to stay in at break and tidy them.'My desk is tidy miss.'Butting in, Alan's opened his desk lid, to reveal to Miss an annoyingly tidy pile of stacked books and paper, and that flippin' Fun Fax Alan always has with ‘im! Choc-o-bloc with geeky information, and stickers, so smug pricks like Alan can cover his textbooks with cheesy slogansand claim facts like it was ‘im that discovered it! When Miss walks away, Alan swings back round with a devious look on his face says;'Oi,I bet you too dick-‘eads have the worst cress-plants in the class. You two always come bottom in all the tests. You should be used to it, ‘cos you're both thick as shit!''Shut up Alan!' I replied'Yea, shut up Alan.' said Rich, backing me up.'YOU shut-up!' Alan comes back angry, as he'd just forgotten the insults that had pea-shooted from his lips.'No, YOU shut-up Alan, we said shut-up first.' I said.'WHAT'S ALL THIS NOISE ABOUT?!' Says miss, turning round from writingon the board and looking at us.'Miss, THOSE2 keep swearing at me.' says Alan!Thing is, though I don't often do well on the tests, I know I'm not thick, and as for Alan, who always seems to do well, I know he's not that smart, not as smart as he thinks he is! I've seen Alan cheat on tests by using his Fun Fax, hidden inside the lid of his desk, or the times-table on the back of his packed pencil case, and he always seems to get away with it! Little shit that he is!Miss turns back round to the board at the front of the class, Alan swings back round again;'You two nobs, are like those characters from that new cartoon Iseen on MTV called Beavis and Butthead, ‘cos you're both thick and need braces, that's your new names yea, Beavis and Butthead!'Alan follows this with a silly little giggle, which I'm assuming is taken from this mythical TV show which made everyone else in the class laugh! I feel the beginnings of a blizzard in my tummy, as if I was inside of a gently shaken snow glass, sat on a mantelpiece, which I immediately want to suppress. I can feel my face going red.'I've not heard of that cartoon ALAN! I don't know what you're talking about!' I said'That's because your mum and dad CAN'T afford Sky! You've never seen MTV!' Alan replies, as he turns back to his desk, doing that stupid laugh again.'My parents have got SKY. I've seen it' pipes up Richard! Out of nowhere!'And HE'S me more like Beavis and Butthead than me, HE'S the one with goofy teeth who needs braces!' Pointing at me!I pause look at Rich for a bemused sec;'what?' he says, ‘you do need braces.'Ignoring the fact that my best friend has just cussed me off, I then turn straight back to Alan, with his back to me, trying to think up the best cuss I can possibly cuss him back with…'Shut up Alan!'No reply. It just bounces off the back of Alans white shirt.During the break, detained, me and Rich are tidying our desks, stuffing our faces with too many Nerd sweets. Alan keeps on walking passed the window, calling us Beavis and Butthead, doing that stupid laugh, which is spreading like hair nits amongst the other kids, ‘cos they're all doing it. Clenching our fists, me and Rich pledge revenge and plot a roadmap to our very own Count of Monty Cristo.'I'd take him.' Rich says'Yea I reckon I'd take him as well' I said'Yea but I'd beat him‘im up harder, I've been doing press ups''Yea, but I'd put him in a headlock, you've seen me arm wrestle, I've got strength there''Yea but I'd elbow drop him.''Yea but I'd elbow drop him then put him in the super-sharp-shooter.''Yea but I'd elbow drop him, put him in the gorilla-press, throw him out the window from the first floor, then jump out myself and body splash him!'The emergency cobra meeting continues, as we empty our desks of all the unfinished school workand half eaten sandwiches. Just as I'm loading up my gob with another handful of Nerd sweets, I casually discard the empty box on the side behind me, and my gaze turns to the cress plants on the window sill. In particular, That Fun Fax sticker-clad plant pot, right in the middle, hogging all the sun light, and wonder how it is, that ALAN'S cress plant, actually looks like ‘im!.I stop chewing and just stare.I hock back! Sounding like a snorting pig at a trough, lean towards the window sill, then unleash a thick wod of rainbow coloured flem directly into the soil of that bellend Alan's plant pot! Rich laughs and then follows! Spitting right into the same spot! We go back forth in a flem-rally, covering Alan's cress plant in a monsoon pallet of food colouring, sugar and e numbers, making Alan's Cress Plant look like an abstract Van Gough! We watch the venom of our combined saliva slowly seep into the soil, we hi five and laugh, admiring our handiwork.The class come back in from break, Richard and I are schtum. The cress plants are lined upon the outside of my peripheral vision, like soldiers standing to attention, having just been witness to sabotage. Those annoying little giggles are playing out in stereo around the room, subtlety conducted by Alan at the front, sitting on his desk with his Fun Fax, blissfully unaware of what's just happened, and everytime Miss turned round to the board, Alan swings round to me and Rich and mouths 'Beavis and Butthead.' I just smile. The sun's out, it's all calm inside the snow glass.The next day I walk into class to be greeted by scene I didn't quite expect! Alan is standing next to the window sill! Alan is crying! Alan is being comforted by Miss I slowly shuffle over to my desk…Alan's cress plant is dead! No one else's Cress Plant has died! Just Alan's! It's as if we unintentionally hit the target at a carnival shooting gallery, and there's a now prize winning Goldfish swimming under the eyelids of me and Rich, who's just arrived and seen it too! But we're both a bit surprised; we didn't intend to kill Alan's cress plant. We didn't actually think about what would happen if we spat in it. We just thought it would be a laugh Cos Alan's always giving us shit!Alan 's touching the leaves tenderly with his hand. All the shoots are draped down the side of the pot, and are dry and yellow, looking like anorexic vines suffering from jaundice, and when Miss lifts the pant pot, there's a little multi coloured stain on the plate underneath! Looking like the liquid bit in the bottom of the bowl after eating a whole load of Neapolitan ice cream!Alan rubs his teary eyes and looksup, to see me, looking at him, his eyes immediately dart to the side, behind where my desk is. But then His face suddenly frowns?! I follow his sightline, and that's when I see the empty box of Nerd sweets sitting there casually on the side! He looks back towards me, he looks mean, he looks angry!'It was Beavis and But'ead.' he said all hysterical;'They did it Miss, they did it!!''Alan, stop being silly and sit back-down.' Said MissAlans states at me Rich, a hard stare that could strip pant off walls, and he remains quiet for the rest of the morning.At lunchtime Alan's no-where to be seen. But me and Richard are too busy feeling proud of our unintentional murderous achievements to be concerned about this. After lunch we came back into class for our Geography lesson Alan's already sat down at his desk. Miss says that were going to be studying capital cities Alan immediately shoots his hand up, as fast as the donkeys arse on that Bukerooo board game;'I know all the names Miss. They're in my Fun Fax.'Which he instinctively goes to grab, but it's not on his desk! Alan makes a real show of trying to find it, until Miss can't ignore it, As Alan gets more and more distressed and I don't think Miss wants anymore tears.'Ok class, everybody take a moment to look for Alan's Fun Fax.'10 minutes and No dice, the Fun Fax has disappeared! Lobbied furiously by Alan, Miss decides to inspect the desks. Lids fly open and she gradually approaches the back. She gets to me and Rich and suddenly I feel very scared. I open my messy lid…and THERE IT IS! Sat there, next to an empty box of Nerd sweets, in all its smugness is AlAN'S MUGGY FUN FAX!!‘It was Beavis and Butthead Miss! They took my Fun Fax!'I'm gobsmacked! When the bellowing begins, my snow glass turns to Ice and I freeze. Just nodding my head to everything Miss says, about how we deliberately concocted this plan to disrupt class time and distress Alan, who was already upset, even though we didn't do it!Miss doesn't know we killed his cress plant, but I wonder if she's giving us too much credit, planning all that?! We're not that smart! And we're sentenced to afterschool detentions, writing lines on the naughty desk about property theft, and deliberately disrupting class time.For the rest of the day me and Rich are sheepish. I can't help thinking how unfair life is, and every now again, as if just to remind us, Alan let's out that little giggle. Confirming the class's hierarchy and where we both sit, Little shit that he is!And as I sit here, and finish carving words to that effect into the naughty desk, underneath the stairs, annoyed as I am, I can't help thinking, when visualising those dry cress plant leaves, the rainbow stain on the plate, and the tears in Alan's spoilt eyes, it was all worth it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cree.substack.com

Episode 18 This week on Small Screen 90s Barnes and AMJ start there epic task to rate every 90s TV show out of 90. Bear with us it's not as shit as it sounds This week's TV shows are Mr.Bean Dinosaurs. Byker Grove.Danger Mouse .What is this then ? Each episode Chris Barnes and AMJ (The King of Comedy ) sit down to rate 90s TV shows out of 90 and they won't give up until every single TV show is rated. Is this pointless yes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm joined by star of hit teen drama Byker Grove, actor, writer, -producer, and broadcaster Sajid Varda, Sajid has worked in the entertainment industry for over 25 years and is co-chair of the BFI Screen Advisory Group. He's also the founder of UK Muslim Film, a charity working to ensure authentic portrayals of Muslims and champion underrepresented voices both on and off-screen.

Donna Air and Vicki Taylor from Byker Grove (and Byker Groove) drop by to be bad at The King of Fighters '95, but this episode is all about the memorable Virtua Cop challenge, where a young Martin Mathers returns to GamesMaster to beat the entire game on a single credit and get a perfect score.There's reviews of Destruction Derby (PSX), Screamer (PC), and Virtua Fighter Remix (Saturn), news on The Hyperlink, Indy 500, and the Earthworm Jim cartoon, and the CD-Rom of the Week!Get next week's episode early on Patreon!Join the GamesMaster conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Luke on TwitterFollow Ash on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/underconsolepod. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Holly Matthews is a former TV actress, Ted X speaker, Life Coach, NLP practitioner and founder of The Happy Me Project. From an acting career that started at the age of nine on legendary children's TV drama Byker Grove at the age of nine where she spent seven years, before leaving to pursue a career in singing. She has also appeared in Waterloo Road, Casualty, Doctors and The Bill. In 2017, she launched The Happy Me Project after her husband Ross died of brain cancer. Her experience and vlogging in the lead up to his death, his death and aftermath was featured extensively in the UK media both in print, radio and television. The Happy Me Project in 2017 has helped hundreds of people through its virtual doors and many more in in-person workshops of the same name. Holly has also completed eight sell-out tour dates across the UK. Holly talked to Giles and Jim live as part of Kind Fest 2021 about The Happy Me Project, juggling work and being a parent and how she overcomes the blank moments along the way. PLUS we have an advert free version for our Patreons at patreon.com/blankpodcast Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Liam Deacy. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @hollymatthews theblankpodcast2018@gmail.com

This week Ken welcomes designer, host of Scotland's Home of the Year, former actor and all around one of the coolest people I've ever talked to, Anna Campbell-Jones to the show. Ken and Anna discuss Ken's plans to pull a heist and move to rural Scotland, First Love - Secrets, being a teen actor, Free Masons, The Word, Channel 4, The Young Ones, London in the 1970s, psychobilly, The Cramps, going to art school, negotiating viewing with siblings, how shows in the UK don't start on the 00s or 30s, The Radio Times vs. The TV Times, snooker, car racing, New Year's Day regret, police procedurals, Bergerac, Columbo, cute murders, The Wicker Man, Yul Brenner, loving musicals, South Pacific, Happy Talk, The Damned, Elvis, being recognized in public, nice comfortable TV, not applying your own tastes to everything, what home is about, The Repair Shop, un-PC TV, The Black and White Minstrel Show, James Bond, when Alternative Comedy became the mainstream, Teletext, Ceefax enthusiasts, Byker Grove, Ant and Dec, Grange Hill, Ant and Dec, what Dexter Fletcher wasn't in, Bugsy Malone, Paul Williams, Teen Disco Dance Championship, mid-century stuff, Doctor Who, Tom Baker, The Doctor Who Restoration Team, Tomorrow's World, Look Around You, when the future is the past, when TV was designed to just air once, The A-Team, the American World on Television, Cheers, The Sweeney, and the wonders of Christmas Specials.

Want to listen to real people, who get real results? Check out my brand new Tuesday podcast series called Inspire.In today's first-ever episode, I chat to the incredible Holly Matthews on high pressure goals, success and going from a childhood star (Byker Grove and Waterloo) to being an inspirational self development coach. ---------------------------Find Out MoreGuest: Holly's LinkedInBuy the book here | Non-UK book hereBook a Call with MeSocials:Connect with me on LinkedIn | Join the Selling Without Sleaze community hereIf you enjoy the Selling Without Sleaze Podcast, please rate and review us on Apple

Wey-Aye man! This week we're goin' down Byker Grove for underrated facial hair, kazoo intimidation and unbelievable marksmanship as we look at two amazing episodes of this all time kids' TV classic, PLUS we talk John Hannah, Deep Impact and Cassandra (no, not that one). Tell us your memories of Byker Grove on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook!

We're back with a brand new pitch battle for your listening pleasure PLUS we talk sex lines, Dean Cain (again) and Liz looks for your suggestions for new career options before we put up two titans of teenage drama - Liz pitches the mighty GRANGE HILL while Will serves up the colossal BYKER GROVE! Cast your votes on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook and the winner will be our next episode!

We're back, baby! Our first gigcast in *checks calendar* a shit-long time and it's an absolute corker. Obviously. Mickey's joined by the boss Sarah Millican, journalist and excellent fact-haver Sam Wonfor, and co-host of smash hit podcast Shagged, Married, Annoyed Rosie Ramsey, and the conversation is WIDE RANGING to say the very least.Cheese, nans, Byker Grove, an innovative way to deal with dust bunnies, being a shit mam, Below Deck, true crime, the boss's birthday, and bits of the Queen we've never thought about before all make the chat. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Another staple of British television that launched the acting careers of far too many people as we visit the Byker Grove youth club! We learn that leather jacket wearing boys are bad boys, you're never too young for a side hustle and nobody is impressed with you lifting weights Gill!! What the hell is a Spuggy?

Welcome to the 93rd episode of Yesterday's Capers. Every week, Abdullah Moallim will be reviewing and looking back at some of the most memorable and well known tv shows and cartoons from the past. Every week Abdullah and a contributor will compare two different shows, and put them head to head, as well as having an in-depth discussion about a specific show.For the next few episodes we're going back to school as we look back some of the most iconic and memorable school shows that the world has to offer. This week we're looking back at high school tv shows not set in the classroom as we talk Fifteen, starring a young Ryan Reynolds. And we put it up against Fame. The television show based on the very successful dance movie released in 1980.And we take a special look at the iconic, British classic Byker Grove. The show that brought Newcastle to the forefront of British Children's television. We talk about episodes we watched, classic moments and the major storylines that defined this brilliant show. We also talk about the stars who emerged from Byker Grove and talk about the successes they had after Byker Grove. That includes actress Jill Halfpenny, Donna Air, former CBBC presenter Andrew Hayden-Smith and Emmerdale actors Dale Meeks, Charlie Hardwick, Chelsea Halfpenny, Laura Norton and Victoria Hawkins. And of course Ant & Dec aka PJ and Duncan.Yesterday's Capers is available to subscribe and download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and anywhere podcasts are found.For any questions and queries email us at yesterdayscapers@gmail.comYou can follow the podcast on Twitter @yesterdaycapers, on Instagram @yesterdaycapers1 and subscribe on YouTube at 'Yesterday's Capers.'The theme song is 'Clap and Yell' from Bensound. You can find this and a whole host of music on www.bensound.com 

Season 4 kicks off with Tyler, Andrew and The Mad Brewer himself, Paul Crowther, watching a sci-fi classic: Blade Runner This episode sees them talk about Blade Runner... and the BBC classic kids show Byker Grove (think Saved by the Bell, but with Geordie accents, more sex and Geordie accents), as well as a bunch of other topics. For Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic we made a Szechuan Pepper Steam beer to conjure up the futuristic LA of the year 2019 Blade Runner Pepper Steam Beer (90 min Mash, 90 Min Boil) Grain: 5kg/11lb Vienna Malt 0.5kg/1lb Flaked Corn Hops: 56g/2oz Chinook (90 Mins) 28g/1oz Cascade (10 Mins) 28g/1oz Chinook (10 Mins) Adjunct 22g/0.8oz Szechuan Peppercorn - crushed (5 Mins) Yeast: Bohemian Lager Yeast - ferment at ale temperature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come and join the conversation with the gorgeous Holly Matthews. From her early days on Byker Grove, being on Top of The Pops, right through until the present day, she has encountered A LOT in her life! Listen to her tell us all about The Happy Me Project and where her passion lies, helping people feel "More Happy and Less Crappy" she is changing outlooks for women across the UK and beyond. We discuss social media, her experience with online trolling, growing up on TV, motherhood, coping mechanisms, trauma, shining a light for people, and SO MUCH MORE! Such a jam packed episode with such a wonderful lady, you don't want to miss this! You are NOT alone ladies, come and join the conversation! Instagram @yesshecanprojectpodcast Find Holly here: Instagram @iamhollymatthews

Six Characters is a modern classic. Or maybe just a classic. It's hard to know where the age boundaries for those things are. Either way in this play Pirandello brings an early example of going full meta in theatre, introducing a rehearsal room full of actors (and maybe the real director, stage manager and technician) to a group of fictional characters that have come to life and need help in finishing their dramatic arc.We talk play structure, Mussolini and Byker Grove.Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover?Visit the official podcast twitter @playgroundpoddyChat to host Nancy @N_NetherwoodChat to host Sam @Samwebbercool

In this episode Chris and Mark go back to school

In this episode, Chris and Mark go back to school

The gang remembers the Monkseaton Shootings of 1989 – which despite being Britain's fourth worst mass shooting – no-one else seems to do. Seriously, the BBC's anniversary story was literally headlined “town struggles to remember shootings”. Britain's fourth worst mass shooting!John takes steps to avoid an accidental comeback in local radio. Claire is more interested in the fact that the lead actor in Woof! was called Edward Fidoe than Salman Rushdie's fatwa or the end of the Cold War. Another Gareth Alexander wins an award. Our Gareth Alexander wins a protractor.  A dog gets to ride in an ambulance.Digressions in this episode include: Noel Edmond's Telly Addicts, VHS cases masquerading as classic literature, Dalziel and Pascoe, whether Rolf Harris' paintings have appreciated in value lately, and of course Byker! Grove! Byker! Grove! Byker! Grove! Byker Byker Byker Byker Byker Grove yeah!Ha-ha Ha-ha Ha-ha Ha-haOur theme music is the song “Steady Away” by Pete Dilley and can be found on his album Half-truths and Hearsay which you can/should buy/stream here: https://petedilley.bandcamp.com/album/half-truths-and-hearsay  You can reach us on email everyonediesinsunderland@gmail.com, on Twitter at @everyonediespod, on Facebook and Instagram. We didn't make that headline up - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8029888.stm Want to see more of the news from May 1989? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhSdzEzOJd0 The traumatic end of Half Man Half Biscuit loving Jemma Dobson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRn00oojPNk Michael Sundin chases Elton John in a Sinclair C5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcODO8rDwIo We don't mention it, but the last episode of Byker Grove was wild - https://franticplanet.wordpress.com/2019/07/16/great-moments-in-pop-culture-byker-grove-nukes-the-fourth-wall/ Bloody hell though, Bernard's Watch was a bit much! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp0KhXhKyjk Woof! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqlUki0EOV0 

Career:As a stage actor, he has half a century's experience of working in theatres up and down the British Isles, and in English-speaking productions overseas. He took part in the first national tour of Godspell, and played in Julius Caesar and in Murder in the Cathedral at Chichester Festival Theatre. Other UK regional theatres where he has performed include Derby Playhouse and the Octagon Theatre, Bolton.For twenty years he was the Casting Director for The English Theatre of Hamburg and has cast over fifty plays, including The Importance of Being Earnest, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Arms and the Man, Candida, Blithe Spirit, The Caretaker, Private Lives and The Circle, as well as the plays of LaBute and David Mamet. As a cabaret singer he has performed with his singing partner Francoise Geller in the UK and elsewhere. He has composed music and lyrics for productions such as The Circle, Educating Rita, When the Reaper Calls, Over the River, Through the Woods and April in Paris.[4]His first film job, in Arabesque, required him to play a scene with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren. On television he has been a presenter on Play School, he played Inky in two series of Chips' Comic for Channel 4 and he spoke the first line in the first episode of Byker Grove. Griffin has worked as a dialogue coach on Byker Grove and Kavanagh QC. Through doing radio drama he realised that he could display great versatility with his voice alone, accessing a greater range of parts than would otherwise be possible. (For instance, in the late 'sixties when well into his twenties he took over the part of Billy the eldest grandson in The Dales, formerly Mrs Dale's Diary, who had previously been played as a boy with an unbroken voice, and played him till the serial ended.)He 'got in on the ground floor' when audiobooks started to be recorded. For many years he has been a voiceover specialist and has recorded nearly eight hundred audiobooks, mostly unabridged.[9] The subjects have been as varied as Homer's Odyssey, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and novels by H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, as well as more modern writers like Hilary Mantel and Melvyn Bragg. Also many titles in the Golden Age of Murder series for the British Library, and non-fiction titles such as Elegy: The First Day on the Somme, and Breakfast is a Dangerous Meal by Terence Kealey, among many others. AudioFile Magazine wrote: "Griffin is not just a narrator, but an artist of the Spoken Word. He is in the top five of the most borrowed audiobook narrators in the world."[10] In 2015-2016 his 2015 reading of Kate Ellis 's The Death Season was the sixth most borrowed adult audiobook from UK public libraries, as reported by the Public Lending Right office.His more unusual audio recordings include having been the courteous voice advising alighting passengers to "Mind the gap, please" on the London Underground.In 2017, Griffin was appointed MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List "For services to People with Sight Impairment".PublicationIn 2020, Griffin published his memoir Speaking Volumes.ALL CONTENT IS HAS COPYRIGHT PROTECTION! Please refrain from trying to claim this as your own. Legal action maybe taken.Gordons Details: Website: www.gordongriffin.comFB: https://www.facebook.com/gordon.griff...​Twitter: Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=UF2KW28X2SVPY)

This episode, we attempt to settle yet another debate that raged throughout the UK in the 90s. PJ and Duncan or Justine Dean? Mrs. Keele or Geoff Keegan? Grange Hill or Byker Grove? Which were you? Apologies for some slightly out of sync audio towards the end of this one. Drop us a line at tuckshoptimemachine@aol.com or on Twitter @time_tuck Theme music attribution: Pixelland by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4222-pixelland License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   

This weeks very special guest is one of my all time favourite people Holly Matthews! Holly has been in every TV Show from Byker Grove, Casualty and Waterloo Road. Holly is also an incredible no nonsense coach and is practically a modern day Saint! She is the founder of The Happy Me project which has helped so many people find their voice, their confidence and the tools to help them through various aspects of their life This week we have a waffle about her incredible journey and how she kept a resilient mindset following the death of her husband. Hollys strength and determination is genuinely so inspiring to me and Ive took so much away from this episode so I know you will to! Holly can be found on all Social Media and I promise she will have you laughing! Dont forget to hit that subscribe button!

The guys speak about kids TV, Byker Grove, Ant and Dec, cartoon myths, and some more sexy forum stories - #NOOTNOOT The Sun is hot - 5,778 K The Sun newspaper is trash. If you have enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star-rating, subscribe on a friend's phone, and join us on our other socials. Member of quitethethingmedia.com Twitter: twitter.com/whatdoesSMHmean Discord Invite: https://discord.gg/PYE6UfSmAz Support this podcast

Hello and welcome to the 100th episode of the Wanna Be Podcast! a behind the scenes look at the opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries so you can get towhere you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel MorganShoutout to Andy Ayim for dropping gems and gems in last week’s episode- it’s a must listen for entrepreneurs in the making.I am so pumped to introduce you to my 100th episode guest! Malorie Blackman OBE is a bestselling young adult and Children’s author. Malorie holds over 15 awards for her writing, she was the Children’s Laureate from 2013-2015. Malorie’s most notable work is the critically acclaimed Noughts and Crosses book series which was recently adapted for TV by the BBC. Malorie has written over 70 books, including Pig Heart Boy, she’s written for Byker Grove, co-written on Dr Who, and much more. Malorie’s books helped me understand my place in the world and gave me the opportunity to have conversations about race, in a way I was unable to before reading. I couldn’t think of anyone more fitting for this episode and I’m so honoured by her generosity to sit and record with me and share what she’s learned in her 30 odd years of writing with us today. In today’s episode Malorie shares her daily routine, what gets her creative juices flowing, and how she assesses what good writing is. We explore the value of traditional publishing for new writers of colours. She explains the differences she experienced writing for TV and how she’s handled both the positives and negative responses to the BBC Adaptation of Noughts and Crosses.. Malorie also reveals her goals for the next 10 years.As it’s the 100th episode we wanted to leave all the good stuff in so it’s slightly over 30 mins but I think you’ll appreciate it! Let’s get into itI’m still pinching myself about this! A massive thank you to Malorie for her generosity, her advice will stick with me and I hope it resonates and sticks with you too! You can watch Noughts and Crosses on BBC iPlayer. I highly recommend reading the books first as they are remarkable and you can find them in all good bookstores. Visit MalorieBlackman.co.uk to find out what she’s up to next. If you’ve enjoyed this episode tell us about it by commenting on our Instagram post and using the the hashtag #WannaBePod on Twitter. If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts do leave a rating. We’ve pulled some amazing quotes from the episodes which you can reshare via Instagram and Twitter. For updates on Wanna Be follow Content is Queen on Twitter @ContentisQn and Instagram @contentisqueenhq.

On this show I go Behind The Life of Holly Matthews.We talk through Holly's days as an actress, her big break in Byker Grove. We then talk through her music career that saw her appear on Top of the Pops. Holly talks openly about the death of her late husband Ross, and how she has battled her way through it by establishing herself as a brilliant self development coach and vlogger. 

Brilliant episode with former actress turned self development coach Holly Matthews Holly shares her tips on how to be resilient in turbulent times.Holly talks about tragically losing her husband and how she dealt with this tragedy and how her and her young children are coping and the positive language she uses to help situations and to become resilient.This episode will really help a lot of people currently nit coping with Covid-19 and techniques that will help. Holly started her career in the BBC children's drama Byker Grove, portraying the role of Emma Miller from 1995 to 2003. In 2003, she left the series to pursue a singing career after signing to Sony UK, and released a single, "Little Miss Perfect".Guest Details http://www.iamhollymatthews.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hollymatthews84/Host Details:https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-macmillan-3b802845/WhatsApp: 07947 730807https://www.instagram.com/davemacmillanmentor

Our first episode of 2020 is here! What Amy's doing too much of in January, cleansing our homes with witchcraft, Jane McDonald updates and an upsetting revelation from Jennie regarding Geoff from Byker Grove.  Plus, you'll never un-hear what Jennie confesses about FaceTime. 

Ben and Mark celebrate the 100th On the Time Lash upload by discussing 21st Century Doctor Who's 100th episode 'The Crimson Horror'. It's Ben's favourite story of the post 2005 run, will Mark and our listeners share his enthusiasm? Also this episode: Vile Victorian villainesses as we discuss 'The Mark of the Rani'. Ben meets a descendant of Major Barrington. Mark reveals his two degrees of Terry Nation. Byker Grove. Ant and Dec. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and much much more.

Pwy sy’n cofio hynt a helynt Delyth wrth iddi lywio’i ffordd drwy fywyd ysgol a choleg? Yn y bennod yma o’r podlediad Clic O’r Archif bydd rhai o wynebau cyfarwydd S4C a Hansh yn bwrw’u llygaid dychanol ar ddwy o gyfresi cwlt archif S4C: Tydi Bywyd yn Boen a Tydi Coleg yn Grêt. Ma’ nhw’n trafod bob dim; o ffasiwn, steil gwallt a rhywiaeth i Hywel o Pobol y Cwm mewn speedos! Os y’ch chi’n cofio’r gyfres yn cael ei dangos y tro cyntaf ac am ail-fyw anturiaethau Delyth, neu os nag y’ch chi erioed wedi clywed am y gyfres o’r blaen ac ishe gweld sut oedd bywyd cyn y smart phone, dyma’r podlediad i chi. Wedyn ewch i wefan dal i fyny S4C Clic i wylio’r bocs sets. RHYBUDD: Yn cynnwys iaith gref! Dilynwch y linc i weld y bocs sets: https://www.s4c.cymru/clic/BoxSets Special Guests: Non Parry and Sam Rhys.

Hiyer. How are ya? Hope you're alright this week. Don't really know what say about this one. It's sad, and brutal, but incredibly honest. For anyone who has experienced grief that they haven't fully processed, it's all too relatable. This week's guest is the amazing human Jill Halfpenny. You might know Jill from Coronations Street, Eastenders or Waterloo Road, or, for those of you that remember the early days of Byker Grove, she played Nicola Dobson throughout her teenage years. We sat down with Jill on a bench in Soho Square (sorry about the construction work noise in the background this week) on a very hot day and heard her stories. Jill has experienced and come through some difficult times and she bears her scars with dignity and passion. She talks candidly about her losses and her struggles as a young actress growing up in the North East of England. She and Craig discuss the pressures of small talk, getting stuff thrown at you on the bus, unprocessed trauma, people-pleasing, being bulletproof and loads, loads more. TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE CONTAINS QUITE A LOT OF FRANK TALK ABOUT LOSS AND GRIEF. IF THAT'S PRETTY HARD WORK FOR YOU THEN IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE FEELING IN A BETTER PLACE BEFORE LISTENING. Get in touch...Facebook- search 'Two Shot Podcast' Twitter- @twoshotpod Instagram- @twoshotpod If you've enjoyed listening then please click through to https://www.patreon.com/twoshotpod to make a donation to the running costs of the show. You'll get bonus pictures, video and audio in return. Nice one. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Malorie Blackman OBE is a British writer, best-known for her critically acclaimed, ‘Noughts and Crosses’ series, which explores the issues of racism and violence in a fictional dystopia. As well as writing more than 60 children's books, she has also written for TV dramas, such as Doctor Who and Byker Grove. She talks to Krishnan about the latest edition in her award-winning ‘Noughts and Crosses’ series, how she struggled to get published and how racism has changed in the UK over the years.   

I get up when I want, except on Fridays when I get rudely awakened by this podcast. If you can remember the mid-90s, you were very much there. It was a time of the Gallaghers, Hooch, Loaded magazine, Lara Croft, and Byker Grove. Revisit those halcyon days with us and we can all Live Forever like Common People and Beautiful Ones. Chumbawamba.

In this bonus episode Becky, Kieran and I discuss have a spoiler-filled chat about a little seen, art film called 'La Avengers: Endgame'. We talk about the major plot points of this film (again, spoilers ahoy), past and future Marvel films (especially X-Men), the Mama Mia franchise, Byker Grove, socialist Thanos, Captain America pulling a Weekend at Bernies and much much more.

Blackpool. 18-30 Holidays. Expats. Dave Batista. Tony Cottee. Paddy Kirk. Bearwolf. Byker Grove. The Legend Of Doom. TK O'Ryan. Brock Lesnar at Craven Cottage. Big Tone. Dave Meltzer's finger. Michelle Fowler. Hugh G Rection. No Limit Soliders. Winston. Actual Dog Poo. Gedo Wenger. Jay White. All this plus talk on OTT, Rev Pro, PCW, All Elite, NJPW, ROH, Progress' Top 10 matches of the Year and much more. It's another Spotlight with Benno, Joe and JP. SHOWNOTES 0:40 PCW Road To Glory, Final Score, Bearwolf. 19:15 AEW sign Jimmy Havoc, Omega. Royal Albert Hall rumours. ROH. 38:20 Jay White IWGP Champion. MLW, Impact. 01:07:30 Progress Top 10 Matches Of The Year on Grappl 1:23:35 OTT Devlin/Starr build. Live In Belfast. 1:43:15 Rev Pro Cockpit, High Stakes The Indy Corner is sponsored by Mecha Shotei. Get pins and shirts featuring your favourite indie and Japanese wrestlers" . https://mechashotei.bigcartel.com For 10% off all items use code: Indycorner You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@JayWhiteNZ) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

The girls talk favourite Geordie genre and the perils of paint balling in this special feature episode

We are arm deep into this thing now. It's 129 Episodes in and there's no way out. It's Which is the Best, your 19th favourite podcast and your regular listening stop for hearing horrific opinions and sad stories about a girl from Byker Grove getting bullied. This week, as per the remit, we continue deciding between things as we work out which is the best between: FOIL - shiny paper FOIL - Thwarting a plan and FOIL - The other meaning of the word foil. Thank you for listening and that. Lee Theodore Kyle and Sammy T Dobson esq. Together they are Wyld Stallions.

Music journalist, critic and blogger Lisa-Marie Ferla is here to talk about the music of her childhood. Along the way, we discuss the short but powerful musical career of David Duchovny, the rise and fall of the Britannia Music Club, and the second coming of the British Invasion thanks to Byker Grove.Signature Cocktail: The Paisley GroooveSo let us rest here like we used to/In a line of late afternoon sun.1oz dark rum1/2oz 151 rum1/2oz coconut syrup1/4oz coffee liqueur1/2oz lime juice4oz orange juiceCherry, for garnishCombine ingredients in a shaker with ice, and shake to combine. Pour into a cocktail glass and garnish with cherry.Follow Lis on Twitter at @lastyearsgirl_, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to themathofyou@gmail.com.Lis made a post about her father and the Britannia Music Club, which can be found here: http://lastyearsgirl.pixlet.net/songs-father-taught-fathers-day-2016-redux/If you like the music on the show, go to bit.ly/TheMathOfYou See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tattoos are cool, everyone knows that BUT are they better than tattoos (As in the Edinburgh tattoo where people march up and down to the sound of bagpipes)? If they are, are they better than TaTu, the Russian pop faux lesbians? Not everyone is qualified to decide such important issues. Luckily, Sammy Dobson (The drummer in Dogdeath in Byker Grove) and Lee Kyle (Currently heroically getting this podcast out on time even though he's on holiday) are. After all, this is the 49th episode of Which Is The Best, the podcast where they decide between things of the same or similar names. If they can't do it now, when WILL they be able to? Never, that's when. Listen to it, then join the Facebook group 'Which is the best podcast - The Horde!' where there is all sorts of lovely stuff going on.

Episode 35 of 'Which is the Best?' podcast was recorded in a cupboard under some stairs at The Stand comedy club in Edinburgh. We found some Brasso, one of us might have sniffed it to see what it smelled like. It was Sammy, she got a headache. Every week, Lee Kyle (Stand up comic, former pro wrestler) and Sammy Dobson (She was Sarah in Byker Grove and once ate Lego) meet to decide which is the best between things of the same or similar names. This week, is an Aisle (A walkway with aspirations) better than an Isle (You know, Skye, Man, Wight, that sort of thing). By the way, thanks for everyone who came to our Edinburgh Fringe shows, we like you a lot.

18 Episodes in and the time has come to ponder some of lif'es big questions. Death. That's one, changing the colours of stuff, that's another. Yep, in this episode of the podcast where we (Lee and Sammy) decide 'Which is the Best?' out of things with the same or similar names, we decide whether it is better to Die or to Dye. Even though it's obvious. Is it safe to die your downstairs pink? By the way, the picture we've used here is from around the time Lee dyed his hair in the way he described in the episode, that tale emerging like the long suppressed memory it was. He's the one in the middle with 90s hair (It was in the 90s, so it's fine). Then, is a wave (At the seaside) better than a wave (YOOHOO!)? WITB? - Absolutely featuring some footage of a former Byker Grove actress crying about a high achieving doggy.

The Northern adventures of a bunch of impossible-to-understand teenagers at a youth club in Newcastle. Who goes to youth clubs anyway? Do you have questions, comments or recommendations for future episodes? Talk to us!EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.comTWITTER: @spreadthewhimsyFACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Get ready to rumble this week with our first look at a teen show from the UK! Byker Grove ('89-'06) spanned several generations of the troubled youth of Newcastle. Listen up as we attempt our best Geordie accents, try to tell the difference between Ant and Dec, and recount the many tragic accidents of Byker Grove (including the music acts to spin off from the show.)

An old friend returns in the shape of the Points Of View theme tune but somehow it seems to have lost its sparkle. Its confession time as we hear stories of shouting at young children and spitting at old ladies. Text The Nation draws on domestic decorating differences and has anyone else heard rumour that Boggins has somehow scavenged tickets for Glastonbury? Fingers crossed for the timing of the pop effect in the Noon Barrier song…There are some lovely bits at our blog for your perusal – bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamandjoe and you can always email at adamandjoe.6music@bbc.co.uk

Welcome to another episode of the Dad’s Army podcast. This time out it’s a commentary on series 3’s Sons of the Sea. We’re joined by the director, Mr Mervyn Cumming who in his time has directed episodes of EastEnders, Coronation Street, Brookside, Byker Grove to name just a few. Mervyn is in the middle of directing a new documentary about Dad’s Army, and he takes time out from his busy schedule to record a commentary with Oliver and I. Mervyn is able to provide an insight into what it’s like to make TV programmes and helps in creating a slightly different commentary podcast to usual. Stay tuned at the end of the commentary to hear a brief interview Oliver recorded during the filming of Dad’s Army and Beyond: The Frank Williams Story about what it’s like to work with Frank. As always, please send your feedback to james@dadsarmypodcast.com or oliver@dadsarmypodcast.com or follow us on twitter www.twitter.com/dadsarmypodcast or www.twitter.com/olivercrocker. Enjoy the episode and we’ll be back in around a month’s time.