In previous blogs I’ve confessed to being a bit of a geek. Now I must admit to something much, much worse. I’m also a bore. When my husband and I go out to meet friends I know he works hard to ensure the conversation doesn’t touch on anything BBC-related, just in case I get on my ‘soap box’.
"You see, I think the BBC is rather wonderful," is normally how my opening gambit sounds in such situations, "and not just because I work there, but because there is no other organisation that does what the BBC does, anywhere in the world." Imagine hearing that at dinner parties. Being seeing as part of my job as a producer on this blog is to unearth some of the fantastic work that goes on here and shout about it, I think I should know.
My latest technique is to rattle off all the different services I use from the BBC in a day. I thought I'd do the same thing here.
So here it is – a list of the amount of times that I used the BBC on Monday this week (excluding for work purposes of course – that would be cheating):
- 6.45am: Get woken by toddler – give her my phone to pop Mr Maker’s bubbles on the CBeebies App, earning me an extra 15 minutes dozing.
- 7.30am: Check Weather App while trying decide what mini me and I should wear for the day.
- 8.00am: Listen to the Today programme while eating porridge and simultaneously sweeping stray rice crispies from my daughter’s lap, and the table, and the floor.
- 8.30am: Consult BBC Twitter travel updates (@BBCTravelAlert) to make sure my trains are running okay.
- 9.00am – 2.00pm: I’m working hard so obviously no time for any enjoyable diversions on the BBC website.
- 2.15-3.00pm: Listen to the Afternoon Play on Radio 4 while gobbling up a late lunch sandwich (it was good – the play I mean, the sarnie didn’t have enough mayo).
- 5.00pm: Head home – check BBC Travel Alert on Twitter again for any tube problems.
- 6.15pm: Get home and wind down with my daughter and Iggle Piggle, In the Night Garden.
- 7.30pm: Cook dinner, consulting the recipe on BBC Food - thanks Angela Hartnett.
- 9.00pm: Settle down and watchHinterland on BBC Four, after which I went to bed at 10.35pm tired but a bit twitchy because it was excellent but very creepy…
So there you have it – my BBC day, and all that for under 40p. I told you it was good value. Maybe rather than wax lyrical at dinner parties in future I’ll just direct friends to this blog, that way I might get invited again.
Hannah Khalil is Digital Content Producer, About the BBC Website and Blog.
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