Secrets Of The Yellow Bear
I caught an early morning flight from Inverness to London this morning to attend some meetings in the BBC's Media Centre at White City. That included a gathering of the Heads of Radio from Wales, Ulster Scotland and BBC Local Radio in England. It's always useful to share ideas and to find out what new formats are working in different parts of the U.K.
I was interested to hear how BBC GMR has been rebranded as BBC Radio Manchester and that Terry Christian (famous for the Channel 4 show 'The Word') is now one of the key presenters on that station.
I also met up with Gareth Hydes. He's the Senior Producer in charge of the Topical & Events team at BBC Radio Scotland but is currently on a four-month attachment s as Senior Content Producer for Children In Need. He and his team are mapping out the plans for the big night of fund-raising in November and he was telling me about all the famous names who'll be joining in the fun.
I was going to share that with you, but then the Head of Marketing for Children In Need told he it was all hush-hush and has to be kept under wraps until the official publicity launch.
I can reveal, however, that a certain yellow bear will be involved in the fun. But keep that to yourself.
