My Special Place Podcast
1) A night hike - Rhiane Fatinikun
Black Girls Hike founder Rhiane Fatinikun recalls a walk through Witton Country Park, Blackburn to the Alfred Wainwright memorial and on how hiking has become part of her life. It’s dark and it’s mu...Show More
2) Rhythm and rain - Owain Wyn Evans
BBC Weatherman Owain Wyn Evans is feeling the stormy skies of the Gower peninsula in Wales. There’s also a bit of percussion involved for the drummer in him.This podcast was recorded under lockdown c...Show More
3) A grown-up state of mind - Miles Jupp
Comedian Miles Jupp recalls the Old Racecourse, Derby (now the county cricket ground). It's where Miles first experienced what it meant to be an adult. It was a time when dreams were entirely possibl...Show More
4) A scamper on the sand - Matt Henry MBE
Sometimes it’s the company that makes a place extra special. The musical theatre star Matt Henry MBE recalls visiting the beach at Jaywick, Clacton-on-sea with his beloved dog, Ruby.This podcast was r...Show More
5) Voice of the show - Marcus Bentley
As 'The Voice of Big Brother' Marcus Bentley's favourite place is a sound booth at Elstree studios, Hertfordshire. In the silence Marcus is poised to begin, the script in his hands. This podcast was r...Show More
6) 'Like nuns on the way to matins' - Kate Fox
Open-air swimming has been part of poet Kate Fox’s life since school days. Lulled by the soft water at Helmsley Open Air pool she can allow her imagination to dive deep.Kate’s poem “The Sea Swimmers”...Show More
7) Royal Exchange backstage - Julie Hesmondhalgh
It’s not stepping out on stage at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester that actress Julie Hesmondhalgh misses for the most. It’s the cast, characters and atmosphere of the backstage world to which ...Show More
8) Up a hill backwards - Jennie Bond
After a long career reporting on the royal family, the BBC broadcaster and journalist Jennie Bond casts protocol aside for a wind-swept scramble – sometimes backwards - along the South West Coast path...Show More
9) Addressing a bench - Jay Flynn
When Jay Flynn became homeless, the bench he called No.3 Riverside View, Victoria Embankment, London became his address for nearly two years.Now he’s settled in Lancashire and has been awarded an MBE ...Show More
10) Family football - Graham Liver
Ewood Park, the home of Blackburn Rovers, is the place that calls to BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Graham Liver, his dad and his brother. The broadcaster recalls the tender tug of family and fandom o...Show More