On the eleventh of November 2009 there happened a pyschogeographical epic. A window of eleven hours to complete a circuit of Birmingham’s number eleven bus.
Few snippets of an anniversary documentary.
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I’ve just got this from punch records and while it might not be _your_ niche Asian Network is an important part of the BBC’s output in Brum and I think you should have the chance for a read (and if you’re in a more sweary or indie mood — Derek and Clive try to...
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A BBC/BMAG project to identify ten items that tell the history of the World with some Brum connection.
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In the slow news week between Christmas and New Years the BBC decided that it would be newsworthy to point out how shit Wolverhampton was. My first reaction was ‘have these people never been to Coventry?’ I mean our sister site, Wolverhampton: it doesn’t suck dog shit from the treads of a zombie’s hush...
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Back from 1998 much of this is still completely relevant: More Meades (and currently doing a series about Scotland on BBC Four).
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Louise Brierley gets a look inside how the Dome is being re-done. All we get are pretty odd CGI artists impressions tho'.
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The swine flu series Survivors is coming to town and on Sunday 14th June – 6.30am to 6.30pm – they're doing a huge operation, which includes: "the complete closure of Newhall St from Colmore Row down to Great Charles Queensway for the whole this day… the complete closure of Edmund Street from Livery...
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Tony Butler leaves BBC WM: "Outspoken Butler said: “I think it’s embarrassing for the BBC to be employing a 74-year-old when they are cutting here and there, but that’s perfectly reasonable."
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Something to do with Hustle supposedly coming to Brum to film, he said: "my wife said 'you've got to find out where I'm going to live!' So tonight after the signings I'm going down to the Rotunda in the Bullring, which is apparently the best place for apartment-type living."
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