The Sound of Sunday on HRB

We are pleased to announce that our interview with John, a patient who was a drummer to the likes of Matt Monro, Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones has been nominated for an award.

When the nominations for the National Hospital Radio Awards were revealed just after midnight on New Year’s Day, Drummer John was on the shortlist for Best Speech Package.

The full proramme, which was half an hour long, was first heard in the summer and during it we heard about how John worked with some of the big stars of the 1960s and even got to perform in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance, and when he was introduced to her aftwards, he made her smile!

HRB has also been nominated for Best Station Promotion and Station of the Year and the winners will be announced at the end of March a a gala night in Bolton,.

The weekend prize draw made its return to HRB in February 2019 and on 29 December, we’ll remember some of those who have won and received their prize on the air later in the afternoon.

The draw has always been popular and there have been some very enthusiastice winners since it returned.

The winners compilation will follow another chance to hear Drummer John, who was drummer to the likes of Matt Monro, Shirley Bassey and Ton Jones and who, as a patient, we chatted to during the summer.  The interview has been entered into the National Hospital Radio Awards 2020 with the shortlists to be announced on New Year’s Day.

Hear the show from 12.30 on 29 December.

In 2019 The Anvil in Basingstoke celebrated 25 years since it opened in May 1994.  That’s 25 years of Anvil pantos too!  We’ve had many of the stars of those pantos on the show over the years starting with Keith Chegwin in 1998, and we’ve sent many members of staff to see them in our Cracker Dash competitions over the years too.

To help celebrate we’ve put together a compilation fo some of those guests for a show which can be heard on Christmas Day.  As well as Cheggers, the likes of Toyah Wilcox, Colin Baker, Lucy Benjamin and Mark Rhodes are also included amongst others.

There are two themes running through the interviews, how much everyone likes Basingstoke and the Anvil, and the Tadley broom!

Hear the show at 12pm on Christmas Day and again at 1 on 28 December on HRB.

He was part of our show last Christmas and he’ll be back for our biggest show of the year for 2019.  Basil Brush will be jooining us for the BIG Christmas Show on Sunday 15 December to talk about his panto in Windsor and the return of Crackerjack, a show that he was a big part of and which is returning in January.

Also joining us on the show will be the cast of The Corn Exchange’s panto, Sleeping Beauty and also Mark Rhodes from Aladdin at The Anvil and who will also tallk about the return of Crackerjack which he is presenting along with TV partner Sam Nixon.

The show will also be reviving the hospital radio Christmas link up and will be up around the wards pulling crackers with staff and patients in the annual Great Christmas Cracker Dash.

It’s 3 months in the making and our biggest show of the year.  Sunday 15 December live for five hours from mid-day.