As it’s Comic relief, Richard Smith of the A to Z of pop brings us 2 hours songs that have inspired and helped with charity events.
Tune in after the request show 19:00-21:00 and enjoy the music that has helped numerous charities throughout the years
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To mark St Patricks day, NHR are bringing you a special A to Z of pop by Richard Smith.
2 Hours of Irish music all in the usual A to Z theme of following the alphabet.
Tune in after after our regular request show 19:00-21:00.
Get your Irish Up!
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Following on from their FA Trophy win on Saturday (and not to mention a rather special goal), Notts County return to National League action with a home tie against Kings Lynn Town.
Join the NHR Sports team for live commentary. Coverage starts at 19:30
Join the NHR sports team with live coverage of the FA Trophy game between Notts County and Oxford City live from Meadow Lane.
Can Notts County get through to the next round?
NHR Presenter in waiting Mary Maxwell takes a look back at some of her life in a Desert Island Disk type show, minus the presenter.
Like everyone else, Mary has been trying to find things to do during the last year as we experienced various states of lockdown (especially as the golf course has been closed).
In the show, Mary talks of various aspects of her life and shares some of the music of the time.
We won’t spoil the show by telling you more.
Join Mary on Thursday 25th February at 17:00 to hear the story
“Germany is winning the war, England’s being bombed into oblivion… and MI6 is depending on a small team of girls working in a freezing hut in the English countryside to break Germany’s most secret code.”
Inside Bletchley Park, Dilly Knox enlists a small team of girls to crack some of the enemy’s toughest codes. Whilst Margaret Rock is a trained statistician, the newest recruit is Mavis Lever, 19 years old and a student of German romantic poetry. A friendship develops between this unlikely pair as pressure mounts on them to decipher intercepts which will impact the course of the war. It’s a phenomenal task – “We must know what Hitler knows” – and they work against the clock – and the odds. But it’s not all night shifts and Enigma machines; there are dances, pranks, and even a touch of romance.
Jenny Wren Productions presents this brand new radio drama based on the untold true story of two female codebreakers at Bletchley Park at the height of World War II.
Bletchley Girls is a stage play that was due to be performed in May and June 2020 at a number of Gloucestershire venues. The coronavirus pandemic put a stop to that for now, and so the creative team adapted the play for the radio. The finished product will be broadcast as part of the Gloucester History Festival on 17, 18 and 19 September. The radio play will be distributed through the Hospital Broadcast Association and the Community Radio Network, including both Winchcombe and Corinium radio stations in Cirencester. It will also be available on Jenny Wren Productions’ YouTube channel ( www.jennywrenproductions.co.uk).
Codebreaking workshops by Bletchley Park that are aligned with the play will be available by video to Gloucestershire school children aged 11-14 around the History Festival.
Director Jenny Wicks said “It’s certainly been a tricky few months for us, but we’ve risen to the challenge and have enjoyed adapting the play and learning some new skills. This is the first radio play any of the team have made, but we’re very lucky to have the help of Boom Sound Studios, who work on major TV productions and films such as The Crown and Call the Midwife. It’s exciting to be able to bring our creation to audiences both in Gloucestershire, as we usually do, but also far and wide.”
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In this HBA Gold award winning series, Phil Smith concentrates on Elvis Presley the recording artist. As the title suggests, none of the tracks featured was a hit on the UK singles charts.
Instead, the series reveals just how much other quality material The King recorded, and features the stories behind some of the songs and recording sessions.
There’s something for everyone: rock and roll, country, pop, movie songs and ballads ranging from his early days in the 50s to his live shows of the 70s. However you like your Elvis, you’ll find it here.
This 24 part series starts on Sunday 28th February at 19:00.
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So Notts County did not do so well against Chesterfield on Saturday. Can they bounce back on a visit to Stockport?
Find out on NHR. Our sports team will be providing live commentary, starting at 19:30.
Nottingham Hospitals Radio is pleased to bring you live commentary of the National league game between Notts County and Chesterfield live from Meadow Lane.
The Magpies are on a great run and are 3rd in the table. Can they extend this run?
Join the NHR sports team to find out. Coverage starts at 14:30
NHR are pleased to bring you a Valentine’s Day staff request show special.
The Twitter feeds have been a buzz with tales of romantic tunes, memories and wedding day first dances. So, we thought we would compile the list and play as many as we can.
So, a 4 hour special it is, with over 50 requests.
Thanks to Richard Smith for asking the valentines song question in the first place.
Tune in between 16:00 and 20:00 on Valentines Sunday to hear all the loved up songs.
Don’t forget, you can listen online, or via app http://nhradio.org.uk/play-online/
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