Radio 4 has launched a Children in Need charity auction to allow listeners to see the station as never before, offering fans the chance to meets the stars and witness how the programmes are put together.
Children in Need's Pudsey Bear visited the broadcaster to help launch the fundraising activities earlier this week.
The auction launches today (November 9) on Saturday Live and prizes on offer include the chance to go for a country walk and pub lunch with Clare Balding, watch a Test Match next summer and meet the Tms team, a lesson in how to read the Shipping Forcast and the rare chance to get a guided tour of The Archers' Birmingham studios.
More details on the prizes are below:
- The Archers: join the team for a rare behind-the-scenes experience of Britain's best-known village. Receive a guided tour of The Archers' Birmingham studios with an opportunity to meet some...
Children in Need's Pudsey Bear visited the broadcaster to help launch the fundraising activities earlier this week.
The auction launches today (November 9) on Saturday Live and prizes on offer include the chance to go for a country walk and pub lunch with Clare Balding, watch a Test Match next summer and meet the Tms team, a lesson in how to read the Shipping Forcast and the rare chance to get a guided tour of The Archers' Birmingham studios.
More details on the prizes are below:
- The Archers: join the team for a rare behind-the-scenes experience of Britain's best-known village. Receive a guided tour of The Archers' Birmingham studios with an opportunity to meet some...
- 11/9/2013
- Digital Spy
Graham Norton has spoken of his excitement ahead of his Comic Relief chat show challenge.
Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton will see the TV host attempt to break the Guinness World Record for 'Most Questions Asked on a TV Chat Show' from 7pm on Thursday, March 7 on BBC Three.
Martin Freeman, Dermot O'Leary, Matt Lucas and Carol Vorderman will be among the longlist of guests who will appear on the marathon show.
"Compared to running marathons, climbing mountains and canoeing down rivers, sitting and chatting for a few hours seems quite easy," he told The Sun.
"They are running out of people to do those physical challenges so I thought I should really get in quick with this."
Speaking about the charity challenge, he added: "I really enjoy my TV and Radio 2 show so helping Comic Relief will be fun.
"I know it sounds like a cliché but...
Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton will see the TV host attempt to break the Guinness World Record for 'Most Questions Asked on a TV Chat Show' from 7pm on Thursday, March 7 on BBC Three.
Martin Freeman, Dermot O'Leary, Matt Lucas and Carol Vorderman will be among the longlist of guests who will appear on the marathon show.
"Compared to running marathons, climbing mountains and canoeing down rivers, sitting and chatting for a few hours seems quite easy," he told The Sun.
"They are running out of people to do those physical challenges so I thought I should really get in quick with this."
Speaking about the charity challenge, he added: "I really enjoy my TV and Radio 2 show so helping Comic Relief will be fun.
"I know it sounds like a cliché but...
- 3/1/2013
- Digital Spy
Just A Minute will transfer to BBC Two for a special series next year. The popular Radio 4 show will air ten special episodes to mark its 45th anniversary, the BBC announced today. Host Nicholas Parsons will present the television programmes, while regular guests like Paul Merton are expected to take part alongside new players. Just A Minute challenges contestants to speak on a particular subject for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation. "After 45 years of chairing Just A Minute on the radio, I am very excited to be hosting these special celebratory (more)...
- 10/20/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
The BBC has announced that Ricky Gervais, David Mitchell and Paul Merton will form part of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe coverage. The Office star will team up with the Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis at the festival to talk about the making of the new HBO/BBC comedy Life's Too Short. Elsewhere, BBC Radio 4's coverage will include Mitchell's The Unbelievable Truth and Just A Minute with Merton and host Nicholas Parsons. Other items from the event will include Penny Smith's Radio 2 Arts Show and Colin Murphy's big-thinking comedy talkshow Great Unanswered Questions, while Scott Mills and Nick Grimshaw will cover the festival for BBC Radio 1. Donalda MacKinnon, Head of Programmes at BBC Scotland, revealed (more)...
- 6/10/2011
- by By Tara Fowler
- Digital Spy
Nobody growing up wants to be the straight man. I doubt any young aspiring comic decides that they want to be the butt of the gags or the "less funny one" from a comedy double act. Sadly, someone always takes a fall. Occasionally you get two straight men (Ant & Dec are arguably two straight men looking hopelessly for a gag), but it is very hard to find a genuinely talented individual who is willing to let others take the credit for their hard work. When you do find one of these people, they should be celebrated and lavished with honours - hence, us giving our latest Digital Spy Icon honour to the 'King Of Playing It Straight', Nicholas Parsons. Whether busy helming Just A Minute, (more)...
- 6/25/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Sir Clement Freud has died at the age of 84. The broadcaster passed away yesterday evening at his London home, a statement from his family said. A Liberal MP from 1973 to 1987, Sir Clement was the grandson of renowned psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's Just A Minute. Comedian and colleague Tony Hawks told BBC Breakfast: "I had listened to the show as a boy, so meeting him was like meeting a hero. "You (more)...
- 4/16/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Clement Freud has died at the age of 84. The broadcaster passed away yesterday evening at his London home, a statement from his family said. A Liberal MP from 1973 to 1987, Freud was the grandson of renowned psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's Just A Minute. Comedian and colleague Tony Hawks told BBC Breakfast: "I had listened to the show as a boy, so meeting him was like meeting a hero. "You (more)...
- 4/16/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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