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Improv in the West Midlands

Hear what happened when Edinburgh Fringe-bound Improv Wolves created magic from listeners' prompts! Plus an award-winning Worcester spoken word artist, with Nina Das Gupta.

We're celebrating the best creatives where we live, including:

• What connects people falling in love with a Birmingham refuse collector, a song about the M6 Toll, and a statue made of earwax in Droitwich? Find out the answer, courtesy of the Wolverhampton-based Edinburgh Fringe-bound group Improv Wolves - who let us hijack their latest rehearsals!

• Discovering the unsuspecting Warwickshire podcaster who's barely a month in to his new series, Life in Leam - but is already clocking up downloads in the thousands.

• Take a splash of Worcestershire sauce, add in a sprinkle of university homesickness, mix with lashings of heart and gallons thoughtful spoken word: You'll end up with an award-winning poetry slammer from Worcester - Abbey Meynell - who shares her recipe to nailing your three minutes on stage in the spotlight.

• The rising Stourport photographer who's gone from being behind one type of camera to another - creating an incredible documentary capturing the art of nailing that perfect shot.

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2 hours

Last on

Sat 19 Jul 202518:00
BBC Radio WM, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC CWR

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Music Played

  • Keane

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • Keane - Hopes & Fears.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd.
    • 01.

  • Sugababes

    Shook

    • Sugababes.

  • Wet Wet Wet

    Sweet Little Mystery

    • Popped In Souled Out (30th Anniversary Edition).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 03.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Can You Hear Me

    • Infectious Music.

  • Toploader

    Dancing In The Moonlight

    • Dancing In The Moonlight (cd Single).
    • SONY SOHO SQUARE.
    • 01.

  • Benson Boone

    Mystical Magical

    • Night Street Records Inc/Warner Records Inc.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Three Little Birds

    • Bob Marley - Legend.
    • Island Records.
    • 01.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Flowers

    • Columbia.

  • Tunde Baiyewu

    Rain To A Rainbow

    • Independent.

  • Britney Spears

    Baby One More Time

    • The Singles Collection.
    • JIVE.
    • 15.

  • YUNGBLUD

    Zombie

    • Capitol/Geffen.

  • Black Eyed Peas

    Where Is The Love?

    • Now That's What I Call Music 56.
    • NOW.
    • 01.

  • Alex Warren

    Ordinary

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Billy Ocean

    When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

    • The Very Best Of Billy Ocean.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 17.

  • Lola Young

    Messy

    • Universal Island.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 17 Jul 202518:00
    BBC Hereford & Worcester & BBC Radio Shropshire
  • Thu 17 Jul 202519:00
    BBC Radio WM, BBC CWR & BBC Radio Stoke
  • Sat 19 Jul 202518:00
    BBC Radio WM, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC CWR