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Hagley's Ru: from GP to scriptwriter

Original comedy, podcasts, poetry, fiction and more on BBC Upload with Nina Das Gupta. Upload your work for a chance to get on the BBC.

Original comedy, podcasts, poetry, fiction and more on BBC Upload with Nina Das Gupta, including:

• Including the former GP and army surgeon, Ru Briant, turned TV scriptwriter, sharing some incredible spoken word.

• From nymphs from protecting wildlife to gods hiding in the fog: meet Shrewsbury writer Oliver Ferguson, who has transformed the place he grew near Oswestry like you’ve never heard it before!

• Tyseley social media sensation Murad Mohammad takes us inside the art of social media, and how to make every post glossy.

• Hearing from the Staffordshire painter inspiring thousands with her free Facebook groups to help people discover their creativity.

• More highlights from the award-winning comedy nights at Stourbridge’s Katie Fitzgerald’s, and top tips for aspiring comics from Birmingham's Tom Little.

Upload your work for a chance to get on the BBC.

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Sat 10 Aug 202418:00
BBC Radio Stoke, BBC Hereford & Worcester & BBC CWR

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Music Played

  • Livin’ Joy

    Don't Stop Movin'

    • Now 34.
    • UNIVERSAL/ISLAND.
    • 01.

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

    • Pulp - Hits.
    • Universal-Island Records.
    • 01.

  • Black Eyed Peas

    I Gotta Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • INTERSCOPE.
    • 04.

  • Perrie

    Tears

    • Columbia.

  • Mark Ambor

    Our Way

    • Hundred Days Records.

  • Alannah Myles

    Black Velvet

    • 100 Greatest Love Songs (2012 Remaster).
    • Rhino.
    • 01.

  • Nik Kershaw

    I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

    • Human Racing.
    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 01.

  • Erasure

    A Little Respect

    • Now That's What I Call Music 1988.
    • NOW.
    • 01.

  • Billie Eilish

    Birds Of A Feather

    • Darkroom.

  • Shawn Mendes

    If I Can't Have You

    • If I Can't Have You.
    • ISLAND.
    • 01.

  • Alok & Jess Glynne

    Summer's Back

    • Columbia/B1 Recordings.

  • Starship

    Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

    • Starship Enterprise.
    • Rhino.
    • 01.

  • M People

    One Night In Heaven

    • Funky Divas 3.
    • GTV.
    • 01.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 8 Aug 202418:00
    BBC Radio Shropshire & BBC Hereford & Worcester
  • Thu 8 Aug 202419:00
    BBC Radio Stoke, BBC CWR & BBC Radio WM
  • Sat 10 Aug 202418:00
    BBC Radio Stoke, BBC Hereford & Worcester & BBC CWR