And We Are Live...

I produced Radio 4 Extra's first (and at that point, only) LIVE Saturday Morning 3 hour extravaganza.

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Jake Yapp and I worked closely together to develop a workable format - that thoroughly channelled Going Live. We took on sketches, fake news headlines read by Kathy Clugston, and featured interviews with stalwarts of live broadcasting - Clive Myrie, Simon McCoy, Sharon Carpenter, and Paddy O'Connell. The show also featured treats and feats of live broadcasting - both fictional and real - from the BBC Archive.

There were also live, improvised and topical sketches featuring studio guests Ruth Bratt, Alex Lowe and Cariad Lloyd, with music from Harry the Piano. And we ended on a topical musical which was written during the broadcast because we do enjoy a challenge.

It only took five years for a series of these live shows to be commissioned...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k2x2