BBC English Regions Annual Review 2005-2006 Purpose,Vision and Values Contents

Our purpose Our values Our purpose is to enrich people’s lives • Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are • Creativity is the lifeblood of with programmes and services that inform, independent, impartial and honest. our organisation. educate and entertain. • Audiences are at the heart of everything • We respect each other and celebrate we do. our diversity so that everyone can give their best. Our vision • We take pride in delivering quality and value for money. • We are one BBC: great things happen when Our vision is to be the most trusted we work together. and creative community broadcaster in the country, serving a widely diverse range of urban and rural communities.

2 Foreword by the Governor for the English Regions

3 The English National Forum and the Advisory Councils

4-7 Review of Performance

8 Commitments to Audiences

9 Overview from the Controller

10 What’s new in England?

11 Compliance and Complaints

12 People

13 Television

14-15 The Ruby Television Awards 2005

16-17 A day in the life of Local Television

18 New Media

19 BBC Local Radio

20-21 The Frank Gillard Awards

22 Sport

23 Network Partnerships

24 Connecting Communities

25 Technology

26-27 The BBC Listens

28 Charitable Appeals

29 Facts & Figures for English Regions 2005-2006

30-31 Awards 2005-2006

32 Getting in Touch

3 Foreword by the Governor The English National Forum for the English Regions and the Advisory Councils

Network partnerships are thriving, building It has been one of my aims during my time at on the impact of wide-ranging series such as the BBC to foster a debate on what it means Springwatch,The British Isles: A Natural History, to be English today and I have delighted in Coast,Who Do You Think You Are? and Nation the paradoxical nature of the BBC’s services, on Film – series which our advisory councils offering a rich mix of programming for have not only praised but described as unique diverse audiences and bringing the country to the BBC.When I first took up office, no together at momentous times in the life of such partnerships existed, nor were there any the nation. network commissions to BBC English Regions. I hand the continuing debate on to my The more traditional role of BBC English successor and commend the enthusiasm, Regions, as one of the BBC’s main training dedication, and professionalism of the staff grounds for new talent, has grown apace and under the inspired leadership of Andy Griffee. gained a fresh momentum with the It is his clear vision which has guided BBC establishment of the Nations & Regions best English Regions through unprecedented As I come to the end of my appointment as practice centre, SON&R, in Bristol. One of growth and recently, the impact of job cuts Governor with special responsibility for the the results has been an increased and the new priorities under the Creative English Regions having served two terms of professionalism, demonstrated in the number Futures initiative. office, it seems a fitting time to look back and of industry awards won, and the high see what’s happened over the past eight years. Finally, I would like to bid farewell to the In addition to their annual cycle of standards set in the BBC’s own Ruby and many friends I have made in the BBC The English National Forum programme and service review, the Advisory 1 2 3 There has been a sea change in this multi- Gillard Awards, for regional television and and to the 530 advisory council members Councils and English National Forum spent a million pound, multi-centre business, driven by is an independent body of 1: LEFT TO RIGHT: Garden designer Penny Smith, presenter Andy English Local Radio respectively. who have so graciously supported me in my significant amount of their time during the the desire to achieve greater localness and to Garland, and Sally Dowler celebrate winning Most Creative Garden But most of all there has been a desire to role with their knowledge of BBC services advisers which meets four at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2005.The garden was connect more deeply with local licence fee year contributing to the debate on the future engage directly with audiences which I have and frank feedback. designed in memory of Millie Dowler, who was murdered in 2002. payers around the country. In my travels times a year. Its members are of the BBC’s governance and accountability supported whole-heartedly. A whole range I will continue to watch and wonder at the under the new BBC Trust. 2: LEFT TO RIGHT: Dwain Neil, Julie Pangarry and Bernie Steed around the 50 or so BBC sites in England, drawn from the BBC’s 50 presented the ENF Annual Report in April 2006 to the Board of I have noticed a new confidence emerging of initiatives including the Open Centres and progress of this great organisation and wish Where I Live Roots Regional and Local Advisory Governors at TV Centre, London. amongst the 3,000 strong staff who deliver BBC Buses, the sites, the it well in its unique role of bringing people The Forum welcomed the draft wording of partnership with Arts Council England, and 3: Presenters of BBC Radio Cumbria released five hundred local services in the BBC Local Radio stations, together across England, across the UK and Councils across England, the new Royal Charter with its recognition balloons from Carlisle Castle in August 2005 to launch a week this year, the Local Television pilot, have built Where I Live local websites, and the regional around the world. of the national identity of England and the of programmes, called Voices, exploring the way people speak new relationships with people across England. whose 530 volunteers reflect around the UK. television centres. creation of a new Audience Council for All of these share one thing – a celebration the views of licence fee Each year has seen the launch of new, local England as its successor. At the same time, Members took part in two BBC consultations: of everything that is best in our multi- services in response to audience demand, and payers in their area. it noted the importance of safeguarding the on the last set of pan-BBC objectives prior to cultural society. each year their popularity has built so that in diversity of regions and localities within the the introduction of the new Royal Charter many cases, it is those local and regional The Forum reports regularly to the BBC BBC Trust’s structures for England. and Service Licences, and on complaints services which are winning the highest Ranjit Sondhi - CBE Board of Governors on local and regional handling by the Board of Governors. audiences and achieving recognition for their performance and advises the Governors on Among the accountability activities which public value both inside and outside the BBC. issues arising from the feedback of the took place during the year was a round of Finally, all councils were briefed on proposed advisory councils. It contributes to the 38 BBC Local Radio phone-ins with council changes to the accountability structure under Governors’ review of the BBC’s overall chairs and members.The Forum also the new Charter, and a working party established performance and helps the Governors set responded to the government’s Green Paper to agree recommendations.These informed BBC objectives, taking into account the needs on the future of the BBC and its Charter the Board of Governors’ decision in April and interests of audiences throughout England. provisions. In September, representatives from 2006 on the new accountability structure in the Forum and the National Broadcasting England, as illustrated below. Under the new Regional Chairs Advisory Council Councils met at the first UK-councils’ structure, the Local Advisory Councils are to Sue Kelly North East & conference in Cardiff, and members also be replaced with Local Audience Forums Cumbria participated with the National Broadcasting consisting of public events aimed at attracting Bernie Steed OBE South West Councils in a briefing on their work for more people including those from hard-to- Sue Pomeroy West officials from the Department of Culture, reach groups, but still reported on to the David Pryer South East Media & Sport, in January 2006. regional councils. Jacqui Francis West Midlands Julie Panagarry North West Board of Governors, to end 2006 The BBC Trust 2007 Annette Priestley South Amarjit Gill East Midlands English National Forum Audience Council for England, Dr Dwain Neil London enshrined in the Royal Charter Clarke Willis East Regional Advisory Councils Regional Audience Councils Elizabeth Peacock Yorkshire Edward (Ted) Wright Yorkshire & Lincolnshire Local Audience Councils replaced by Local Audience Forums

2 3 Review of Performance

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1: Babita Sharma and co-presenter Joel Mapp in BBC Jersey’s new studio. 2: BBC Southern Counties Radio Presenter John Lees has his oversized image on the side of the buses of Brighton and Hove, as part of a campaign on local characters who take the bus to work. 3:Tabetha Painten is a community content producer on Shropshire Local TV. 4: Eamonn O’Neil is co-presenter of BBC Radio Manchester’s The Two Fatlads.

ABOVE: One of the participants in the Luton Carnival in May 2006 displays her costume.The event was covered by BBC Three Counties Radio.

Summary Gaps in reception continued, for both The coverage of some of the year’s big news The launch of Politics England on BBC Parliament Last year’s objectives for BBC English Regions analogue and digital, and some reservations stories raised several questions.There were was valued in increasing the amount of The English National Forum, representing the were expressed over the funding for digital serious concerns over privacy and ethics in informative and entertaining output from the 50 advisory councils in England, noted the Objective One Objective Three switchover, partly through the licence fee. the coverage of the London bombings in regions on the networks but it was felt to be Controller’s report of performance against July, but the trust-worthiness of the reporting too lightweight for a dedicated politics’ audience. Make services attractive to audiences: Implement the Value for Money Network news’ judgements were occasionally the year’s objectives and the Statement of and its accuracy were not in doubt. With the right resourcing it could develop real Review to reduce overheads and questioned and there was felt to be little • Early evening regional news - Programme Policy at their March 2006 The reporting of Hurricane Katrina had weight and hold decision makers to account. reflection of the regions in network drama. increase production efficiency. meeting.They were pleased to see that all volume and depth; not so the reporting of increase reach up to 24 per cent. Network factual programmes celebrating Political reporting in general continued to targets had been achieved and that the the devastating Mumbai floods which was Objective Four Britain were praised, with the notable be robust, with the BBC’s much valued • BBC Local Radio - reach of at least 25 per cent independent production quota cursory by comparison. exception of Trafalgar Day.The General 20 per cent. Pilot a Local Television service in had been exceeded, reaching 28 per cent independence and balance in evidence. Election coverage lacked representation of the West Midlands. across 2006. The 6.30pm regional news programmes On General Election coverage, however, a • Website growth - to exceed that of the smaller political parties, and as in previous were noticeably improving in reach and minority felt the BBC had pandered to the bbc.co.uk Objective Five In the comparison of performance against years, football was felt to dominate sports’ impact, and a number had achieved wider government’s agenda and failed to widen the Reshape external relationships. last year’s objectives, the following points coverage across the whole of BBC. geographical coverage; Dorset was a debate; and there had been little coverage of the • Appreciation Index for local opt-out were made: While councils across England were able to rare exception. smaller parties. programmes to match or exceed the Objective Six • Greater impact for regional television and identify where they were having an impact on network average for their genre. Launch two new Politics Shows, Now in its third year, Inside Out was highly BBC Local Radio through increase in local and regional services, the Forum found valued by councils, regularly featuring a Factual in the East Midlands and Objective Two amount of local and specialist programming; little evidence of impact of the accountability diverse and informative range of stories with South East regions. Picture of Britain and Coast were applauded as Deliver impact both in English Regions’ further progress hampered by conflicting bodies on network output. Diversity of good geographical spread.There was a big high quality, uniquely BBC series.The regional funding priorities in wider BBC. membership was at its highest level to date appetite for more regional output of this own programming and through Objective Seven Picture of Britain programmes had not resonated and councils were confident that they were kind, including more follow-ups and all-year- pan-BBC initiatives. Continue to implement the • Impact of Local Television pilot in the West in the same way and there was confusion over well able to reflect BBC audiences; they round transmission. diversity strategy. Midlands, particularly among small the brief which differed from the network recognised the difficulties in connecting more programmes; however in some regions, notably community groups. with the young and other hard-to-reach Much discussion had centred on the new weather graphics, particularly in the more the West, East Midlands and West Midlands, the • Proposed changes to accountability groups, and felt that a balance had to be struck passion of the local presenters made a huge between continued engagement with core rural and coastal regions where it was felt structure aimed at improving contact with quality and authority had suffered through a impact on viewers. audience groups including the hard-to-reach. audiences and efforts to connect with others. loss of detail and unclear graphics’ style; Reach for Coast was affected by the twice weekly • Political and current affairs’ programmes Looking ahead, councils expressed improvements in presentation and content transmissions which councils felt had not been reservations about the scale of the BBC’s launched to positive reception in two were noted during the year. flagged clearly enough in trails and TV listings. aspirations under what is likely to be a under-served regions (East Midlands and modest licence fee settlement. Maintaining A number of councils expressed South East). the quality of current, core services will be Politics disappointment at the lack of network • Funding choices in English Regions limit more important than expanding services and The Politics Show met its remit ‘to bring coverage from Portsmouth on 28 June to further expansion in newest region of over-stretching people and resources. politics from Downing Street to your street’. mark Trafalgar Day 200, and at the subsequent Yorkshire & Lincolnshire. Councils acknowledged that its aim to be explanation of competing network demands News & Current Affairs accessible and of appeal to a wide audience including coverage of Wimbledon. More generally, the English National Forum came at the expense of depth. welcomed new, more local services across all The quality and impact of BBC News Poor promotion reduced the impact of platforms, on radio, television and online, and remained high. Councils approved the It was felt that the impact of the regional programmes such as Voices, described as an congratulated the BBC on maintaining the attempts to extend reach by varying style to opt-out could be increased by extending its important and valuable project which only the high quality of output despite efficiency appeal to different parts of the audience, current 20 minutes, and by more holding to BBC could tackle, People’s War, and Nation on savings and job uncertainties. from BBC One’s 6pm News to Radio One. account of the many quangos, their Chairs Film, which was absorbing and powerful. Doubts were expressed around value for and Chief Executives, who control so large a Councils were pleased to learn that similar BBC They identified a big appetite for more money and the BBC’s ambitions when several part of the public purse.The debate over archive material was to be made available in the regional programming and services including reporters were sent to cover major stories, how hard politicians should be pressed in new Creative Archive. Seven Man-made Wonders buses but felt that there was generally poor ABOVE: BBC Radio Berkshire’s Andrew Peach chats to a different kind of royalty among the crowds gathered for the for example Hurricane Katrina. interview continued. was valued as a further regional strand. Royal Wedding at Windsor in April, 2005. promotion of regional factual output, both on television and radio.

4 5 Review of Performance

ABOVE: BBC Radio Jersey supported Remembrance Day at Interactive Services & Public Engagement the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal HQ at Portelet Hotel.

Buses & Open Centres Outreach Those councils in areas with buses and open Over 80 events including open days, outside centres noted their impact on local communities broadcasts and community events were Drama & Entertainment BBC Local Radio 2 1 and saw them as a key part of the BBC’s public attended by council members who sought North East & Cumbria RAC welcomed the Local Advisory Councils described the impact service offering. Other councils pressed for feedback from local people, often based on return of 55 Degrees North, set in part of of the service on its core audience as high 3 their regions to be equally supplied. questionnaires around consumption of their region, and noted the positive impact of in the face of fierce competition from 1: Ray Stubbs (left) presents Steven Gerrard with Footballer of BBC services. the region’s portrayal on network television. independent radio. the Year award at the BBC North West Sports Awards 2005. Local Television Pilot This was one of the few examples during the 2: Geraldine McCullagh manages the Big Screen in Several councils have expressed their interest Chamberlain Square, Birmingham.The screen is live year of regional portrayal. All councils had Schedules were delivering a good mix of The West Midlands RAC reviewed the pilot, in developing this activity in a more structured 24 hours a day, seven days a week, showing content from way as the plans around the new Trust’s praise for Dr Who, which had become a rare national and local news, information and the BBC, as well as short films, interactive games and currently underway in the five counties of the opportunity to view with all the family. entertainment. Quality and impact had coverage of big national events. West Midlands, for the first time in March accountability strategy develop. improved through the provision of more local 3: Sally Taylor of BBC South Today reports live from the top 2006. Members valued the community aspect Sport output including split programmes, opt-outs of Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower, which opened in more highly than news which they felt was Rural Issues October, 2005. generally better covered on BBC Local Radio, and minority interest programming. A number of councils had shared concerns on Football still dominated all BBC coverage both through speed of response and depth. Reach was of concern to 12 Local Advisory behalf of rural licence payers. particularly on television, at the expense of Reach and impact were significantly extended Overall, the council believed this unique service Councils whose stations remained unavailable other sport including most notably cricket at times of local emergencies, for example looked likely to represent good use of the These included digital distribution, particularly either on digital multiplexes or even on FM, and women’s. Female presenters were still the Buncefield oil depot fire; however licence fee. in Cumbria, scheduled as the first region as in Somerset; a further five stations suffered in short supply, especially in local and there was some dissatisfaction at the (within the Borders designation) for analogue regional services. Councils considered that continuation of shared evening programmes from patchy FM coverage. Reach also suffered Social Action switchoff, and Cornwall and Devon, scheduled this was the time for the BBC to take the which reduced impact through a loss through analogue and digital reception as the second; infrequent portrayal on national Children in Need:There was no arguing with lead and vary its offering to achieve greater of localness. difficulties in all parts of Essex, around London and regional television; and low understanding the impact of the campaign and programme as impact and value for the fans of all sports. (for example Berkshire), and parts of the by largely urban-based television reporters of Maintaining that ‘local’ flavour was felt to be a money-raiser but despite improvements this The loss of major sports rights was disappointing Channel Islands, Cornwall, Devon and Cumbria. the significant contribution to the economy by year, the content compared poorly with Comic but councils acknowledged the value for key to the identity of BBC Local Radio. country-dwellers and industries, most notably Relief. Councils would like to have seen a money priority. bbc.co.uk the food industry. The many specialist programmes for greater focus on where the money went, and different parts of the community, including Councils recognised the unique nature of the The Where I Live network of 44 sites grew in more regional content. 1: Journalists Lesley Young and Paul Scoins of BBC minority languages, sexual orientation, ethnic BBC Local Radio sports service: it was a fine reach during the year, appealing to larger 1 Three Counties Radio at Luton Airport. example of public service broadcasting, groups, and specialist music tastes, were sections of the audience in addition to the Comic Relief:This was the best year yet. Impact could be improved for younger viewers with providing match commentaries on local teams praised, and the launch of a new radio station 16 to 35 year olds at whom they were 2:Visitors to BBC Leicester Open Centre learn an earlier start, perhaps within children’s and conveying the passion of its presenters for Coventry and Warwickshire, previously originally targeted; more could be done for 2 about digital cameras. even to the non-sports fan. served by BBC WM, was welcomed. older people and minority ethnic groups. programmes; and it was felt that a greater diversity among participants would have driven up reach. Its appeal was to the young rather than older viewers.

6 7 Commitments to Audiences Overview from 2006-2007 the Controller

What will the BBC's local services look like in ten years time? It's almost impossible to answer this question given the extraordinary pace of technological development in the broadcasting industry. Our audiences will receive our 1 2 programmes and services in completely new ways on devices

1:Young reporters practise their which are still undreamt of.They will demand them at times interviewing skills as part of Blast, which are convenient to them.They will want them in audio, the BBC’s Young Reporter Scheme. 2: Local musicians celebrate Diwali as part video, text….or all three together. But they will want them. of BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire’s first World Music Festival. If there is one thing of which I am certain, the demand for information about the area in which we live, work and play will become stronger than ever.

This year’s Statement of Programme 2. Sustaining citizenship and 5. Promoting education For many people that area is often contained More than a third of a million people had It has also been a year of tough management Policy for BBC English Regions sets out how civil society and learning in no more than a fourteen mile radius. Life face to face contact with the BBC by visiting challenges.The reduction of our workforce management is planning to meet audience is local and the BBC is well placed to be the our buses or open centres and most recently, by nearly ten per cent has caused a lot of needs during the year, based on the BBC’s six Specifically this year we will: This year we will: most trusted and creative local broadcaster 50,000 people turned up for our family disquiet amongst our dedicated staff. Public Purposes. It will form the basis in every corner of this country at the end of history days when BBC Local Radio joined • Strengthen our links with the Community • Provide relevant and engaging local of management reporting at regular the next decade - even in a world of almost forces with the BBC Two series Who Do You I remain confident that we can deliver these Media Association – primarily through content for pan-BBC projects that intervals over the year to ensure that the limitless choice. Think You Are? Initiatives like this are savings with sensitivity and minimum pain. a training partnership. foster learning such as Breathing Places And I am also confident that they are commitments are being met. A summary increasingly using BBC English Regions to give and RaW. Just look at how we have ended this year. absolutely necessary if we are to find the is given below. • Further roll out our Junior Football added depth to big pan-BBC projects.When The previous year's unprecedented clean we do this, we strengthen the BBC's funding to deliver the new services which web initiative, which offers support for • Offer high-quality work experience, The full document can be accessed at sweep, with every BBC regional evening relationship with licence fee payers who are will be so essential to our future. children’s sport and promotes IT skills with a particular focus on developing an www.bbc.co.uk/info/statements2006 news programme attracting more viewers stimulated to get up off the sofa and do in families. interest in the media amongst ethnic than its ITV competitor, has been maintained something which really enriches their lives. As our services converge onto mobile minority communities. 1. Reflecting the UK’s nations, • Support BBC Sport’s Your Game for a further 12 months.The 6.30pm news devices which can receive video, audio and programmes remain a cornerstone of the We are also using new technology to gather text or as television and radio merge with initiative, which aims to promote • Add two new buses, in Surrey/Sussex regions and communities BBC One schedule, often attracting the a richer variety of voices in our programmes. computers, we have a real advantage in our sport in disadvantaged and and Somerset. highest audiences on the channel (after This ranges from an exciting pilot scheme at long history of providing television, radio and This year we will: marginalised communities. EastEnders) and relishing their combined BBC Radio Lincolnshire in which every single online. • Continue to develop our local TV pilot, 6. Bringing the world to the position as the most watched national or member of staff and many members of the launched in December 2005, testing out 3. Stimulating creativity and UK and the UK to the world regional news programme in the country - public can capture high quality audio and We have the enormous advantage of formats, content and technology and aiming cultural excellence on the BBC or commercial television. send it back to the station over the mobile providing these services universally across the to provide up to 50 local services on full Specifically this year we will: phone network, to our new Local TV pilot in country to rural and urban areas alike. And we have the real advantage of contributing to roll-out, subject to approval. This year we will: Our weekly television services - particularly the West Midlands.This was launched on • Develop the links that local radio built Inside Out and The Politics Show - have gone a BBC brand which is still trusted around the • Extend our Roots partnership with time and on budget to assess the level of • Continue to develop our proposals up with BBC World Service over from strength to strength with new editions interest in an on-demand television news and world and uniquely delivers global, national the Arts Council for a further year. for four more local radio stations based 2005’s Africa season. being launched in the South East and East information service which is as local as local and local services. in Somerset, Dorset, Cheshire and Midlands regions. radio.With the pilot ending in August 2006, • Further develop audio and video But all these advantages must continue to be Bradford, and work on gaining approval Key priorities for 2006/2007 the launch team has risen to the challenge of storytelling projects from our listeners earned in the high approval and high take-up and securing property and technology Our local radio audience figures have remained using completely new technology and new and viewers. • To successfully conclude our pilot of of our audiences.That should never be taken ready for the launch of Somerset rock steady, attracting one in five of the ways of working to deliver a brand new type Local TV in the West Midlands and population each week in spite of a huge and for granted. And as anyone reading the detail and Dorset. • Run sports awards events across of service. Results at the time of writing are begin to assess the way forward for of this annual review will realise, we are a England celebrating the best of local continuing increase in the number of ILR encouraging and we will take forward a case the potential roll out of the service (Independent Local Radio) stations. long way from doing that. Measurable commitments and community talent. to roll the service out across the UK. to other areas. Moreover, in spite of many more attractions • At least 230,000 hours of local radio output. for people's time, the average 11.5 weekly If approved, I am convinced that it will help • To work towards launching new local 4. Building digital Britain hours per listener have also stayed the same. to build a new plural local television industry • Less than 2.5% of this will be repeats. radio stations in Dorset and Somerset. This year we will: in every part of this country. And our local online sites ended the year • At least 3,500 hours of regional TV news. • Use our Local TV pilot as a portal to Statutory commitments being used by more than ten million This is just one of many ideas we have to • At least 250 original hours of local and draw in audiences to the BBC’s individuals in a month, attracting a ensure we are as relevant and successful in BBC English Regions has no statutory regional television non-news programming, wider digital offering. phenomenal 112 million page impressions. ten years’ time as we are today. It will take commitments but works with BBC including current affairs. huge energy, commitment and considerable • Continue to use our buses and open television and radio networks and It's an impressive story of real resources but we owe it to licence fee • The speech content of BBC Local Radio centres to demystify new technology interactive services to provide content achievement that has been complemented payers to avoid standing still whilst delivering Andy Griffee - will average at least 60% in core hours, and provide a supportive environment for audiences in England and throughout by real innovation. value for money. Controller BBC English Regions and 100% at the breakfast peak. for those starting to cross the digital divide. the UK.

8 9 What’s new in England? Compliance and Complaints

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1: Presenter Annie Othen welcomed guests to the official opening of BBC Coventry & Warwickshire’s Open Centre in May 2005. LEFT:The BBC’s Director-General Mark Thompson opens the new 2:‘TV Just Got More Local’ – the logo for BBC Oxford centre. Local Television. TV Just Got More Local

The White Paper and BBC Coventry & Compliance and Complaints Charter Review Warwickshire • BBC English Regions’ new compliance and • The BBC successfully defended a libel • Under the Act, the BBC has to maintain • The proposals for the new BBC Trust There are several further key • The first brand new BBC Local Radio complaints procedure appears to be action arising from a Points West report a Publication Scheme which makes as set out in the government elements, including: station for a decade, BBC Coventry & working well. At the start of the year, in May 2004. It was brought by Marion information readily available. It is also complaints handled within the regions and White Paper and draft Charter & Warwickshire, became a full stand-alone Henry, a senior NHS manager, whom a obliged to respond to anyone wanting • increasing network production from logged by BBC Information were more access to other information within 20 days. Agreement published in March 2006 radio service in September 2005. From former employee at Western General the Nations from 11 per cent to 17 per than 90 per cent inside the ten-day Hospital had accused of being involved in included the creation of Service Licences cent, and creating a new role of Controller the vibrant new premises in Coventry turnaround target and in step with the • BBC English Regions received a total of the manipulation of hospital waiting lists 16 Freedom of Information requests for each of the BBC’s distinct services. Network Production to spearhead city centre, over 110 hours of local BBC-wide figure. to meet NHS targets. In summary, the during the year plus one resolved appeal this growth; programming are broadcast every week. • The Service Licences will provide a clear, • In the 12 months to April 2006, the judge found Henry was aware of waiting to the Information Commissioner. • The Open Centre has welcomed over published basis for performance review • increasing the proportion of network Editorial Complaints Unit investigated 20 list manipulation, permitted it to take place Subjects included appointment to the 30,000 visitors since May 2005 and offers complaints about BBC English Regions, by the BBC Trust. television drama made outside London and was involved in a cover up. advisory councils, spend on public art, local a range of creative, multi-media taster most commonly concerning harm to an radio presenter changes, advisory council • While the Board of Governors cannot from 30 to 50 per cent; and courses. A number of key partnerships individual or organisation, undue on-air The BBC West health correspondent, minutes, and the costs of the move from determine how the Trust will operate, • putting commissioning executives for key have been made with local training promotion and bias.Two, involving BBC Matthew Hill was described as having Pebble Mill to the Mailbox in Birmingham. some preparatory work is being genres into centres such as Bristol providers including Creative Partnerships Radio WM and Spotlight, were upheld and pursued the story with vigour, integrity • A phased programme of publication of carried out by the Governors during the (Documentaries), Birmingham (Daytime), and Arts Council England. three, involving London News, BBC Radio and professionalism. Cornwall and BBC Radio Stoke, were full advisory council minutes was agreed current Charter period so that the Manchester (Comedy) and Glasgow • A network of four radio correspondents is partly upheld.The remaining 14 were not by the Board of Governors in mid 2005, Trust is able to provide robust governance (Entertainment). Freedom of Information of the BBC from the outset of the based in libraries across Warwickshire upheld and for one there was no finding. with the first set of English National Forum • The BBC, along with all public bodies minutes being published in January 2006 new Charter. • the proposal to move key departments, gathering content from communities • Complaints upheld or partly upheld by channels and networks from London to around their patches and demonstrating in the UK, is subject to the Freedom of followed by Regional and Local Advisory Ofcom involving BBC English Regions output Council minutes. Out of London Plans Greater Manchester, as a major plank of the more local and public face of the BBC. rose and two required on-air adjudications Information Act 2000 but only ‘in respect the BBC’s vision for the future including to be broadcast.The regulator investigated of information held for purposes other In Building Public Value the BBC publicly • Performance of the associated BBC Children’s (CBBC and CBeebies); 23 complaints. None of the 18 complaints than those of journalism, art or literature’. committed itself to meeting three targets Where I Live website has grown and BBC Children’s Learning, including about standards was upheld. Of five This derogation means that only certain during the next Charter period: this year weekly page impressions have non-programming information held by the BBC Jam; BBC Children’s Radio; BBC Sport; fairness/privacy complaints, involving South topped 200,000. East Today and Inside Out West Midlands,two BBC is covered by the Act but the • increasing its total spending in the BBC Radio Five Live and BBC Five Live of unfair treatment were partly upheld and presumption is that as much information Sports Extra; and BBC New Media and • The station is also part of the Local Nations & Regions by around 35 per cent one of privacy against BBC Three Counties as possible will be published in the interests Technology including Research & Television pilot which has generated a to more than £1billion; Radio was pending at the time of writing. of transparency and openness. Development. number of key partnerships with various • locating half of all the BBC’s public service communities in terms of generating content. staff outside London; and A recommendation for a preferred site in Manchester is to be put to the BBC's • moving a fifth of all commissioning decisions Executive and Board of Governors in Isle of Man (by value) outside London. summer 2006 with the final decision on the • We are developing a better service for move resting with the Board of Governors the Isle of Man which has traditionally felt The BBC’s Out of London strategy is who fully support the strategy and have give underserved by the BBC. Elements include driven by a desire to spend the licence the green light to the development stage of a new partnership with Manx Radio - the fee more equitably and effectively across the project – while stressing that they will island's key public service broadcaster - the UK, reflect more accurately the take into account affordability and value for and the appointment, later this year, of diversity of our audiences, and open money for licence fee payers in making the two staff based on the island and working doors to new talent. final decision on the move. to BBC outlets.

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1: Brady Haran is a video journalist for BBC Birmingham's new Local TV pilot. For more information 2 see pages 16 - 17. 1 2: Radio Stoke’s Janine Machin and 3 Radio Leeds’ Eno Eruotor celebrate the BBC Local Radio Presenter 1: Blast reporters Dionne and Claire at Team’s victory on the BBC the SON&R Centre in Bristol. programme Test the Nation. 2: Long-time radio presenters Tony The special edition quiz linked Wadsworth and Julie Meyer are into the BBC’s new adult literacy regulars on BBC Radio Leicester. campaign RaW. 3: Jodie Fielder from BBC Radio Kent 3: Look North presenter Carol Malia found herself upstaged when was one of the English Regions lightning broke over Newcastle reporters at the Commonwealth city centre in September, 2005. Games in Melbourne in March.

People Valuing Our Staff • Audiences around the country have shown BBC Two in the first week of February. Freedom of Information Act. It established their appreciation for the BBC's continuing Our reputation with the BBC networks that while all major parties want to see • It has been a challenging year for staff in • We continue to focus on the development • Fifty 16 to 21 year olds working for Blast, efforts to provide high quality, locally has developed, with Seven Man Made quangos cut or made more accountable, BBC English Regions, with the Division facing of our teams and, in particular, on our the BBC’s Young Reporter Scheme which relevant news, which tell the stories that Wonders running as 12 regional opts, none agrees on which should disappear. standards of journalism. Using the BBC's gives young people the chance to over 250 job closures as part of the BBC's capture their concerns, focus on the issues new Journalism College, hundreds of our experience what it’s like to work for the going out on BBC Two. Our work on - The Media Guardian acknowledged Value for Money programme.The aim has which matter to them, and on occasion, staff have received updated training in BBC, spent the weekend at SON&R. pan-BBC projects has added significant BBC East Midlands Today’s adept use of been to minimise the impact on front line inspire them to action. Regions have worked legal and editorial issues. Using the SON&R value.The family history days set up by the Freedom of Information Act in staff and to avoid compulsory redundancies, • SON&R hosted the Lords’ Broadcasting hard to deepen the relationship with the Centre, staff continue to attend events BBC Local Radio stations to support researching its exclusive about knives and work is continuing with the trade Committee gathering information for the audience during 2005 - in particular through where they share best practice with Who Do You Think You Are? saw nearly in schools. unions to implement the plans.This has Green Paper, supported the cross-platform strong and original journalism. colleagues across the business.We are Springwatch 50,000 people attending. been a difficult time which has required launch of and hosted the roll- - A pilot for a new ‘scoops and hunches’ also ensuring that our managers receive out to dozens of managers and users of • It has been a good year for the early considerable flexibility and support from all •The independent production quota for unit in the East Region, designed to management training through the BBC's the content management system for evening regional news programmes. BBC English Regions’ staff including the 2006 is forecast to be 28 per cent. produce more original journalism, focused Leadership Programme. handling all of the content on the management teams around the country. Reach stands at 29 per cent, down 1.2 per on the extraordinary suicide rate among Where I Live websites. • Highlights in original journalism and cent year on year (BARB February 2006) stable lads in Newmarket. • However, the year has also brought and remains above ITV reach in every programming for the last 12 months considerable opportunities for all our SON&R - Sharing Opportunities •The centre ran several targeted days, on reporting a pandemic, secret filming, using region. All BBC regions are now ahead of include: - Through the work of Midlands Today’s teams. The Local Television pilot in the across Nations & Regions the Freedom of Information Act, and an in- ITV for share (except for the North East, Home Affairs Correspondent Peter Wilson, West Midlands led to the creation of more - Inside Out North East which ran a full the one Guantanamo Bay relative prepared • The SON&R Centres in Bristol and depth analysis of how we coped with the big where the BBC and ITV are level). Overall, than 40 new jobs for the life of the nine stories of last summer, including the London half-hour in October on the financial state to talk about the release of the detainees Newcastle are designed to inspire and BBC English Regions’ share is 28 per cent month project and this has given many Bombs and the Buncefield oil depot fire.It of Gateshead's Baltic.The programme was was persuaded to visit BBC Birmingham to stimulate journalists from across the BBC’s with ITV at 20 per cent. people a real opportunity to develop their also ran an event for the entire postgraduate nominated for a Ruby Award. watch live footage of the plane landing and Nations & Regions.They provide creative skills and get involved in a highly creative department of Cardiff University on • The Politics Show regional opt out provide commentary for regional and environments for groups of people who do - An Inside Out South West exclusive on and exciting project. The Changing Face of BBC Journalism. sections have had an average share of network outlets. the same job but might not have met, and 13.4 per cent in the political year so far speed cameras revealed potential errors who can come together to share and • Support was also given for the new (BARB February 2006) and an average in the speed reading mechanism in one - BBC North West Region ran a powerful Diversity partnership with Manx Radio by arranging discuss new ideas to enhance television, audience of just under 900,000.This is of the most common mobile speed exclusive with the mother of Anthony training on the Isle of Man and invitations •Throughout this period, the drive to radio and online services for viewers stable on last year's figures but appetite cameras used by police forces throughout Walker in which she said that when to journalists from the station to the ensure that our workforce reflects the and listeners. for regional politics appears to have the UK.The film was re-versioned for she first saw his killers she wanted to audience it serves continued.There has Bristol Centre. • During the year 2,422 staff passed through fallen in some of the northern regions London, the South and the West, mother them. been good progress in increasing the •The SON&R Centre in Newcastle ran six, the Bristol centre, 1,883 of them from which were previously among the attracting a joint audience of more than number of staff from minority ethnic three-week Video Journalism courses, BBC English Regions, and a total of 157 strongest-performing. 1.3 million and significant press and groups as well as the disabled. Key to this training 117 BBC journalists, and last July it events was organised. broadcast coverage. is the implementation of our Recruitment held a European VJ Conference which • Inside Out has performed strongly, Outreach Strategy and, with our English • Highlights included Technology Days, which included delegates from the BBC, Belgium, building on last year's figures. Its most - Inside Out South transmitted a special half- DEFINITIONS: Regions Diversity Forum, we continue to brought the first look at uPod television Germany,The Netherlands and Sweden to recent series average is 16.6 per cent with hour on degree standards in October. share best practice. overall audiences of over three million, - WEEKLY REACH: The number in thousands or as drive through a variety of initiatives and transmission vehicles (uPod is a remotely The story was picked up by the Today a percentage of the UK/area adult population who due in part to better performances in programme and The Sunday Times and projects as well community employment controlled satellite uplink system) •Thirty-five video journalists were trained for listen to a radio service for at least five minutes, or the North. achieved the highest audience of the series view a TV service for at least three minutes in the projects, for example PATH Yorkshire, to wireless cameras, and handheld radio the launch of the Local TV pilot in the course of an average week. ensure greater staff diversity. broadcasting devices. West Midlands. with just over half a million viewers. • Audience appreciation in England has - SHARE: The percentage of total listening/ viewing been encouraging.The BBC English - The North East Region broadcast a special time accounted for by a service in the UK/area in Regions series Hands on Nature was the Politics Show about quangos, supplemented an average week. second most appreciated programme on by information requested under the

12 13 The Ruby Television ‘...celebrating the best in news and journalism...’ Awards 2005

The ceremony for the fourth The other Ruby Award winners were: annual Ruby Awards which Outstanding Camera Work: celebrate the best in news Johnny Rutherford, Spotlight South West Best Exclusive Story: and current affairs throughout Marco Van Belle, Look North (Yorkshire) BBC Nations & Regions Best Political Programme: was held in the magnificent The Politics Show, South West Best Current Affairs Film: surroundings of the Great Hall Jonathan Swift, Inside Out South in Belfast City Hall in April Best Presentation Team: Carol Malia and Jeff Brown, Look North and hosted by Pat Loughrey, (North East & Cumbria) BBC Director of Nations Best Audience Generated Content: & Regions. Brady Haran, Community Correspondents 6. Best Audience-Generated Content - WM Local TV, East Midlands Today BBC West Midlands: Mark Thompson with Brady Haran. 6 Outstanding Craft Skills in Post Production: The awards ceremony was presented by 7. Best Current Affairs Programme - Spotlight, Andrew Davidson, BBC Northern Ireland BBC Northern Ireland: Andrew Davidson, Gwyneth Jones, Nick Ross with special guest BBC Director- Best Current Affairs Programme: Kevin Mead and Andrew Colman. 7 8 9 General Mark Thompson who commended Spotlight, BBC Northern Ireland 8. Outstanding Craft Skills in Post-Production - the wealth of excellent talent across news The Lifetime Achievement Award: BBC Northern Ireland: and current affairs, both in front of and Mark Thompson with Andrew Davidson. Andrew Colman, BBC Northern Ireland’s 10 11 12 behind the camera. Head of News and Current Affairs. 9. Best News Film and Best TV News Journalist - BBC South East: Jon Hunt with Mark Thompson. 13 BBC South East Today journalist Jon Hunt 10.The Lifetime Achievement Award - picked up two prestigious awards, being BBC Northern Ireland: Presented to Andrew Colman. named Best TV News Journalist and winner 1 11. Best Presentation Team - Look North, BBC North East & of the Best News Film category.The judges Cumbria: Mark Thompson with Carol Malia and Jeff Brown. commended his ‘commitment to original 12. Best Broadcast of Diversity Issues - BBC London News: journalism and an ability to make even 2 3 4 Mark Thompson with Penny Wrout. difficult subjects into compelling television’. 13. Outstanding Camera Work - Spotlight, BBC South West: 1. Best Evening News Programme - BBC London News: Mark Thompson with Johnny Rutherford. BBC London News won two categories: Best Mark Thompson with Riz Lateef and Cath Hearne. Broadcast of Diversity Issues and Best 2. Best Current Affairs Film - Inside Out, BBC South: Mark Evening News Programmes, for its ‘huge skill, Thompson with Jonathan Swift, Andrew Head and Neil Ansell. flair and truly sensitive storytelling in the 3. Best Political Programme - The Politics Show, BBC South West: aftermath of the 7/7 bombing in London’ and Mark Thompson with Chris Rogers and Martyn Oates. its ‘excellent broadcast film-making and 4. Best Exclusive Story - Look North, journalism, taking on difficult film ideas’. BBC Yorkshire: Mark Thompson with Marco Van Belle.

14 15 A day in the life of Local Television

‘TV Just Got More Local’ 09:10 10:45 12:05 That’s the slogan of the Local Television pilot which was launched in the West Midlands in December 2005 for nine months in six areas of the West Midlands – Birmingham, the Black Country, Coventry & Warwickshire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire. 1 3 The aim of the pilot is to serve individual cities and counties using 4 the latest broadcasting technology to create different kinds of 6 7 on-demand local television news, on both broadband and digital satellite TV. It includes a commitment to provide a quarter of the content from within the community – through local partnerships, material which the BBC has helped members of the community to present or film, and films submitted by viewers themselves. Digital satellite viewers can access the service via the red button on BBCi. On broadband it is available on demand via www.bbc.co.uk/localtv 2 5 8 9 Once the pilot scheme is completed an independent public value Planning Out and About - Newsgathering test will be conducted, including an assessment of its market Local Partnerships and Community Contacts impact in the West Midlands and detailed scrutiny by the BBC’s 1. – 2. The editorial meeting at BBC Hereford 3. Video-journalists Leonie Collier and Robert Thompson get out across the patch with the BBC & Worcester, where material is commissioned for Hereford & Worcester community vehicle. 4. Birmingham-based video-journalist Nadine Towell interviews 6. – 9. Each site has a dedicated community content journalist whose job it is to build partnerships in Board of Governors. Subject to the outcome of this appraisal, the day by the Local Radio News Editor in a participants on the HP Sauce rally in Aston prior to producing a package that will be ready for air. the community and find different ways to help people make material and send it in. Leonie Collier and the BBC hopes to introduce around 60 similar services across hook-up with the Launch Editor and Assistant Editor 5. Covering the same story, Nadine demonstrates her multi-skilling talents, taking audio for the local radio Robert Thompson work with local schoolchildren, teaching them how to use the equipment and make the UK as a key part of its Out of London strategy, first outlined based at the Hub in Birmingham. station BBC WM and using a digital camera to snap images for the Birmingham Where I Live local website. their own content. in Building Public Value, the BBC’s manifesto for the next Charter period published in June 2004. 13:32 15:00 16:22

17 18 The Hub at BBC Birmingham 17. A multi-skilled team is based at the Hub in Birmingham, co- 15 ordinating the content as it arrives from the six centres and providing 10 11 support to their colleagues in the local radio station newsrooms. Here, a story is checked as it comes in. 18. Reading through the script to check it meets the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines. 19. Collating the edited stories and ordering them into a bulletin.The final edit is 19 checked before transmission on satellite and broadband.

12 13 14 17:40 Editing 16 The Regional Advisory Council 10. The editing process begins: getting to work on a filmed piece. 11. Adding graphics to an edited story. Citizen Journalists 20. The West Midlands Regional Advisory Council, made 12. Checking the sound levels. up of local licence fee payers, is keeping a watchful eye on 13. Material is sent down the line to the Hub in Birmingham. 15. – 16. Members of the community take part in the progress of the pilot and giving feedback to the BBC’s 14. Video-journalists at work in BBC Hereford & Worcester newsroom. presenter tryouts at BBC Birmingham. 20 Board of Governors.

16 17 New Media BBC Local Radio

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1: 2Tone came home to Coventry & Warwickshire with the Neville 1 Staples’ band performing live in the Open Centre. 2: Senior citizens representing Better Government for Older People (BGOP) spent a day at the SON&R Centre. 1:The BBC Coventry & Warwickshire 3: BBC Radio Berkshire’s Tim Dellor interviews Reading FC’s Ibrahima Open Centre ran family animation Sonko following their historic promotion to the Premiership in the workshops with footage being spring of 2005. shown on BBC Coventry & 4:The Reverend David Yabbacombe is one of the guest contributors using Warwickshire Local TV. a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) to record local stories in Lincolnshire.

Enduring popularity with audiences, deepening levels of engagement with local communities and It has been a year of record growth in the use of New Media content produced by the BBC technological innovation are the three headlines from BBC Local Radio for 2005-2006. English Regions’ local teams across England. It also saw the launch of the 44th Where I Live website • In an era of burgeoning competition in • Stations continued to be involved in a wide • Voices – a partnership with BBC Radio 4 – providing news, Video Nation and other content for the Isle of Man. BBC English Regions New Media analogue and digital radio, BBC Local Radio range of national and local partnerships, was a unique audit and celebration of the saw 37 per cent growth in unique users year-on-year to March 2006.The average number of unique users secured a weekly reach of 7.91 million internal and external to the BBC. One of rich diversity of language, dialect and accent in the 12 months to March were 9.9 million, with use peaking at 11.5 million in February. listeners in the first quarter of 2006 the highest profile was BBC Local Radio’s across the country. (compared with 7.88 million the previous local follow up of the Who Do You Think You • Stations continued modest experiments in year), representing 19.8 per cent of the Are? genealogy series, with family history extending their genre range: BBC Radio • News Interactive across England saw a • When the fire raged at the Buncefield • The year has seen a major overhaul of the population. Share of all radio listening was days at each station.The events attracted Devon, BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC Radio 67 per cent increase in page impressions depot, the team at BBC Three Counties editorial thrust of the Where I Live sites – 10.7 per cent (10.6 per cent in 2005). some 50,000 people. Bristol, for instance, in drama. And a number to March. Average page impressions in the Radio rallied to offer a place where people focusing the agenda that teams should • By March 2005 865,000 listeners were •The five BBC Local Radio stations in the West of stations began programmes showcasing 12 months to March were 55.5 million, and could exchange comments, testimonials and follow and ensuring the quality and the music of unsigned local bands; this hearing BBC Local Radio streamed on Midlands were central to the Local Television hits peaked at 70.6 million page impressions. post their photographs to build up a fuller distinctiveness of our content.This activity is being co-ordinated with the BBC- picture of the event. continues the work started during our bbc.co.uk – and were listening for an experiment there – harnessing existing • There were 1.4 million page impressions to wide Creative Future work on music. response to the 2004 Graf report into average of more than 40 minutes per hit. contacts and newsgathering infrastructure to the Coast content on England's Where I Live • The coverage of the Birmingham Tornado the BBC’s New Media activity. As well as streaming, 40 hours of weekly support the experimental output. • BBC Local Radio continued to invest in sites during the series' airing in 2005. attracted 94,000 users in the week, with output from each station is now available improving the quality of its religious one of the most attractive sections being • Video Nation is also growing in popularity online for ‘listen again’. • BBC Local Radio excelled in its traditional programming and the impact of this was • The live streaming of BBC Local Radio on the user-generated picture galleries where and now has about 30 production sites role of providing information and recognised in awards and reviews. the Where I Live sites recorded a bumper • September 2005 saw the opening of residents and eyewitnesses could contribute in England and Wales. In the past companionship at times of civil emergency, 865,000 requests in March, up 36 per cent BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, the BBC’s • A programme for travellers, presented to an audience account. 12 months, films from local contributors during floods in North Yorkshire – where year-on-year. newest local radio station. Its base in brand by a Romany gypsy, was launched by BBC have enhanced major BBC campaigns BBC Radio York stayed on-air overnight – • Partnerships have been strong and new premises in the centre of Coventry Three Counties Radio. • Without the aid of any heavy publicity such as Voices, Coast and Africa Lives. and during BBC Radio Kent’s coverage of successful this year.Working with BBC Two’s includes an Open Centre where members campaigns, users are finding BBC English Through projects such as the Magic of major snowfalls in the county. In both cases • BBC Local Radio continued to pursue highly acclaimed Coast series, the relevant of the public take part in a wide range of Regions’ New Media content attractive – Winter and Reason to Rhyme, Video Nation there were hundreds of thousands of hits to original journalism, one example being Where I Live sites developed their own events on and off-air. In April this year, the especially when major news stories break. also extends the opportunity to participate the stations’ sister online Where I Live sites. an investigation by BBC Radio Suffolk into coastal walks which users could print and former Greater Manchester Radio returned the working conditions of stable staff in Increasingly, users don’t simply want to children, young people and hard-to- • Coverage by BBC London 94.9 of the July follow.They proved popular with 1.4 million to its original name of BBC Radio Manchester. Newmarket.The output included a passively to absorb the BBC’s content but reach communities. page impressions during the series.This 7 bombings was considered to have been 30-minute radio documentary, as well as relish the opportunity to contribute to the • BBC Radio Leicester, the oldest BBC Local content was then dramatised, using stories • As well as featuring on local television as sensitive, measured and well attuned to the TV and online output. editorial picture with their own views, Radio station, moved to new studios shared connected with the locality, and made part of the Local TV pilot in the West needs of Londoners.The rolling output comments, pictures and videos. with the BBC Asian Network in the centre of • Acting as a catalyst in charitable appeals was available via mobile phones in a pilot Midlands, regional and network television, came the day after a big three-centre Leicester and incorporating an Open Centre outside broadcast to mark London’s again a key activity of many local stations. • The London bombings of 7 July last year scheme in ten areas throughout the UK. Video Nation shorts and Digital Stories – for the public to participate in programme- successful Olympic bid. BBC Radio Lancashire listeners collected saw record numbers of people using the two BBC projects which give the audience • Last year saw the introduction of a content making and learning opportunities. At the time 17 tonnes of rice to send to Malawi after BBC London website – contributing to the skills to make short films – are now •Technological innovation was evident in management system to handle the Where I of writing, work is nearing completion on new the failure of the harvest there. message boards, offering testimonials and, broadcast every day on Your Stories. production methods as well as in Live content.The first-stage syndication of studios for BBC Radio Merseyside. of course, sending in their pictures as the This is a BBCi service available under the distribution. A pilot project by BBC Radio • BBC Local Radio continued to use its content was achieved this year when expertise to reach out to a range of day’s dramatic events unfolded. User red button on digital satellite. • BBC Local Radio was again recognised in Lincolnshire equipped all staff and 25 entertainment features were syndicated to communities. BBC WM was involved in a contributions were often very powerful in the industry-wide Sony Awards, with BBC members of the community with mobile digital satellite as part of the Local TV pilot project to pass on radio skills to prisoners, reflecting the mood of the city. Hereford & Worcester winning Gold for the phones which had been adapted to record, in the West Midlands. mental health series Hearing Voices and BBC and Origins - a project at BBC Three edit and transmit audio, still pictures and Counties Radio - moved 12 pirate DJs Radio Oxford winning Silver for coverage of video.The project generated a range and Didcot Town in the FA Vase Final. from their illegal platform and gave them quantity of material not previously enjoyed a legitimate outlet for their programming. by the station and allowed its rapid At BBC Essex, a team of four from the transmission from the remotest parts of station who walked the 81mile Essex Way the county.The technology is to be tested were joined by 200 local people on the further across BBC Local Radio. last leg of their journey.

18 19 The Frank Gillard Awards

This year’s awards celebrating the very best of BBC Local Radio took place in September at Portsmouth’s historic naval dockyard.The host was presenter Jane Garvey who began her BBC career at BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester before moving on to become the first voice on BBC Radio Five Live in March 1994.The awards were presented by Michael Grade, the Chairman of the BBC. ABOVE: Jane Garvey. RIGHT: Guest of honour, Lord Nelson lookalike Alex Naylor. BBC Radio Berkshire won Gold in the BBC Radio Newcastle’s Mike Parr Breakfast Congratulating the winners, Michael Grade Programme Presenter, Social Action and Show scooped the keenly contested Breakfast said:“In an increasingly global world people Diversity categories. A first-time winner, the Programme award. are cherishing that which is familiar, friendly station received three of the coveted and local. On behalf of all licence fee payers, BBC Radio Devon won the Radio Promotion busts of BBC Local Radio founder Frank I’m delighted that a global BBC provides a award for an unprecedented three years Gillard. Persistence paid off for Andrew Peach much-valued local presence throughout in succession. who took the Programme Presenter award, England via BBC Local Radio.” having previously gained a bronze in 2002. Two awards were made for Outstanding A total of 41 BBC Local Radio stations Contribution to BBC Local Radio.They went BBC Radio Cumbria repeated its 2001 and services put forward 261 entries for to Kenny Burton, the popular, long-serving triumph by winning the Station of the Year the awards. BBC Radio Nottingham station engineer Award. Last year’s winner and the station known for his gadgetry and problem solving, host for this year’s awards BBC Radio Solent and to Nigel Kay, Head of Journalism showed its strength in journalism by taking Development for the Nations & Regions the honours in the Coverage of a News Directorate who retired from the BBC last Story and Reporter categories. year after a career embracing all aspects of TOP OF PAGE:The BBC Radio Cumbria team celebrate winning regional broadcast journalism. Station of the Year in this year’s Frank Gillard Awards.

1.THE BREAKFAST PROGRAMME 6. SPORTS COVERAGE 10. RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING 1) BBC Radio Newcastle – Mike Parr Breakfast Show 1) BBC Radio Derby – Colin Gibson & 1) BBC Radio Nottingham – France Finn & Celia Bellett, 2) BBC WM – The Adrian Goldberg Breakfast Show Grahame Richards, Sportscene Special: Brian Clough Sunday Breakfast and Lunchtime programmes 3) BBC Three Counties Radio – 2) BBC Radio York – City Till I Die 2) BBC Radio Derby – Compilation Sunday The Robert Perrone Breakfast Show 3) BBC Radio Oxford – Didcot Town FA Vase Special Breakfast Show 3) BBC Radio Shropshire – BBC Radio 2. PROGRAMME PRESENTER 7. SOCIAL ACTION CAMPAIGN Shropshire Religion 1 2 3 4 1) BBC Radio Berkshire – Andrew Peach 1) BBC Radio Berkshire – Marie Kemp & 2) BBC Radio Merseyside – Tony Snell Duncan McLarty, Oxford Road – The Story 11. RADIO PROMOTION 5 6 7 8 3) BBC Radio Leeds - Graham Liver and Nicola Rees 2) BBC Radio Bristol - Babe’s Big Appeal 1) BBC Radio Devon – Simon Furber & John Coates, 3) BBC GMR – BBC GMR’s “4 Life” Campaign A Christmas Murder Mystery 9 10 11 12 3. COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY 2) BBC Radio Bristol – Bringing Home the Bacon 8. RADIO FEATURE 3) BBC Radio Gloucestershire – Dick Whittington 1) BBC Radio Solent – Lisa Hardisty & Julian Clegg, 13 14 Silent Calls 1) BBC Radio Stoke – Sarah Harness & Joel Moors, 2) BBC Radio Nottingham – The Death of Brian Clough Making Waves 12. DIVERSITY 3) BBC Southern Counties Radio – General Election 2) BBC Southern Counties Radio – 1) BBC Radio Berkshire – Andrew Peach, Diary of a Sex Change Dani Sinha & Marianne Bell 4. INTERACTIVE PROGRAMME 3) BBC Radio Lincolnshire – Carla’s Story 2) BBC Radio Lincolnshire 3) BBC Radio Merseyside 1) BBC Radio Northampton – John Raitt & Ian Griffin, 9. OUTSIDE BROADCAST The Weekender 2) BBC Three Counties Radio – The Robert 1) BBC Radio Merseyside – Liam Fogarty, 13 & 14. OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION Perrone Breakfast Show Halfway to Paradise TO BBC LOCAL RADIO (TWO AWARDS) 3) BBC Radio Oxford – Bill Heine Show 2) BBC Radio Cleveland – Tees Valley Day Kenny Burton, BBC Radio Nottingham (LEFT) and 3) BBC Radio Solent – Trafalgar 200: Nigel Kay, Head of Journalism Development LEFT: Receptionists of the The Son et Lumiere Year, Ros Carr (second left), 5. REPORTER and Marcus Heald (centre), 1) BBC Radio Solent – Jo Palmer STATION OF THE YEAR representing the winning team from BBC Hull and 2) BBC Radio Cleveland – Jonathan Swingler 1) BBC Radio Cumbria Susan Cole, BBC Essex, 3) BBC Radio Cumbria – Gordon Swindlehurst 2) BBC Three Counties Radio (second from right) with 3) BBC Radio Merseyside typical local radio listeners Dave and Sue.

20 21 Sport Network Partnerships

• In a year dominated by England’s victory 1 BBC English Regions’ sports • Produced by the network production • Several regional independent production 2 over Australia in the Ashes, cricket was well centre in Birmingham, Coast proved one of companies were commissioned in the 3 teams from television and reflected by BBC English Regions. BBC the unexpected hits of the year for BBC making of this output and also produced Local Radio had a reporter at every day of 1: Garden designer Trevor Tooth radio travelled the length Two. BBC English Regions provided the landmark programmes marking major displays his award winning show and breadth of the UK - and the series. At county level commentary was films which digital viewers clicked onto via events in the life of the regions.These have garden on a Dig for Victory theme at done on all major one-day matches on the red button, taking them to an array of become tremendously popular and have the Hampton Court Palace Flower sometimes further afield - to BBC Local Radio, and BBC London 94.9’s coastal walks across the country.These also included a Trafalgar special for BBC South Show 2005, covered by BBC Local Radio. unique ball-by-ball coverage of every Surrey featured across the Where I Live sites, with and neighbouring regions; the making of reflect the successes, failures, 2: Some of the eight thousand visitors and Middlesex match on its Where I Live maps and detailed information. Live 8’s Eden Project concert for BBC to the Springwatch event at the passions and stories of their site attracted thousands of supporters from South West and a Christmas special on Forest of Marston Vale, Bedford. local sports teams and stars. the UK and around the world. • Natural History has been a developing a remarkable fair for BBC East, at Thursford 3: Luke and Robert show off their 1 2 new genre, breaking the mould when in Norfolk. birdboxes at Marston Vale. • BBC Local Radio stations continued to • International sporting events have politics and current affairs has been the dedicated staff working for BBC regional only major audience offering at a regional • This year saw the beginning of a new follow their local football teams throughout 3 the year, with regular commentary on more television and local radio output.Teams level from the BBC for many years. After BBC broadcasting agreement with the than 60 football clubs. BBC London 94.9 based at Wimbledon and the 1: English Regions Sport reporter Grant Coleman provided live the success of the partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society, which gives and BBC Radio Cleveland travelled all over Commonwealth Games in Melbourne updates for the BBC Local Radio network from the Natural History Unit in 2004 for British BBC Local Radio extensive access to the Europe to deliver commentary on Arsenal provided dozens of reports, stories and Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Isles: A Natural History, our teams produced passionate gardeners who flock to the main features tailored to regional TV and local 2:Ten year old swimmer Eleanor Simmons brought home five gold a ten-part nature series for BBC Daytime, RHS flower shows at Chelsea, Hampton and Middlesbrough as they reached major medals from the World Dwarf Championships in Paris and won the European finals, while at the other end of radio audiences, complementing the main Young Disabled Sports Award at the BBC Midlands Sports Awards. Hands-On Nature, which rapidly moved to Court, and Tatton Park in Greater peak-time BBC Two. A new 40-part series Manchester.The Chelsea Flower Show the scale, BBC Radio Oxford followed non- BBC Sport coverage. Meanwhile, BBC 3: BBC Essex hosted live coverage of the victory parade through league Didcot Town to glory in the FA Vase. Radios Jersey and Guernsey joined forces the streets of Southend after their football club had achieved is in production. is often seen as the start of the summer to go to the Island Games in Shetlands in promotion to the Championship. season, and our central team of journalists • Every Premiership rugby union match was July - the “Olympics” for small island • Another hit was Seven Natural Wonders, in the BBC English Regions' Special covered by BBC Local Radio, whose countries - to bring news of their teams which began life as regional landmark Features Unit once again helped to get • A record nine regions held their Sports commentaries were broadcast not only on programmes and was snapped up by BBC the very best from Chelsea and the other to listeners. Awards in December, events now firmly local radio and Where I Live sites but on Two, proving to be one of the channel’s shows for audiences across the country. established as a highlight of the sporting • Sports output continued to win top most popular factual series of 2005. club websites for fans listening worldwide. year. Each region chose an Unsung Hero - This season BBC Radio Cornwall started awards. BBC Radio York’s audio diary City • At Hampton Court 2005, BBC Local people who dedicate their lives to sport in • People’s War also started life as a series to commentate on every match played by Till I Die, following the drama of York City Radio supported the BBC's People's War their community for no reward.The overall of regional opt outs to mark the 60th campaign with a special exhibition and its successful new side, the Cornish Pirates. football club and their battle to remain winner,Trevor Collins from the West Wight solvent, won the sport category at the anniversary of VE day, and moved show garden.The focus was on the great swimming club in Hampshire, was presented to a network series for BBC Two. British passion for growing your own and • Rugby League has a special place in the life 2005 Sony Awards, while Dan Walker of with his trophy live on the Sports Personality of the north of England. The SuperLeague North West Tonight claimed the Regional In partnership with BBC Learning, the wartime legacy of 'digging for victory'. of the Year programme on BBC One. Several regional television programmes also Show, broadcast at Sunday lunchtime Sports Presenter honours at the Royal people recorded their memories of the war on a special BBC website. broadcast live from the events. throughout the season and with new Television Society Sports Awards. • Sports staff met regularly to swap good producers, was television’s only weekly practice ideas and find new ways of terrestrial programme on the sport. • Top sports stars are key to BBC English working. A joint scheme funded by BBC The popular Rugby League Raw focused on Regions’ sports output. Olympic gold Sport and BBC English Regions allowed the gritty world of the lower league play- medallist Denise Lewis worked as a sports staff from both divisions to work in other offs, winning a north-west Royal Television reporter on Midlands Today and former areas for short periods to pass on their Society award in December, while BBC British sprint star Katharine Merry skills and learn from others. Dan Pallett of Local Radio broadcast commentary, produced a series of Commonwealth Midlands Today joined the BBC Sport Grand magazine programmes and phone-ins Games previews for both BBC Radio National team and the BBC Radio Five Live on the sport. Wiltshire and Points West. Cheltenham team as a reporter.

22 23 Technology

Over the year BBC English Regions has focused on emerging 1 2 3 technology that can be used to send pre-recorded and live Connecting Communities 1: BBC Radio Lincolnshire’s Drive Time presenter material back to the studio more quickly and from more places William Wright interviews Jamie Oliver using a PDA than ever before. Much of the work has been pioneering - (Personal Digital Assistant). • The BBC Open Centres and BBC Buses have • Broadcasting is at the heart of the BBC Bus • During the BBC's Africa season five BBC 2: PDA close up. four key aims: connecting with communities; and Open Centres project and special Local Radio stations linked up with the experimenting with 3G telephones,WiFi,WiMax and wired 3: BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Open Centre officially opened reaching new audiences; developing media emphasis is placed on users developing World Service and stations in Africa during broadband - and some world firsts in the broadcast industry were on 31 May 2005. literacy; and promoting the BBC. their own content for radio, online and an edition of Africa Live. BBC Radio achieved by BBC English Regions.We are working with suppliers • They operate in partnership with local television. Each week around 70 hours of Cornwall joined up with MCR in Maputo, learning providers such as colleges, output is broadcast on stations taking part Mozambique with both sets of listeners and manufacturers in the telecommunications industry to universities and community learning in the project. Programming from the BBC discussing the effects of tourism. overcome some of the inherent limitations. centres, and bring the range of material Buses and Open Centres has also featured • For this year's Children in Need BBC Local on BBC One, bbc.co.uk, Radio One, Radio developed by BBC Factual & Learning into Radio and regional television hosted events at • Technology is changing so quickly that our the heart of our learning offering, for Four and BBC 7. venues like East Midlands Airport and Lincoln • At BBC Radio Lincolnshire staff were issued • BBC English Regions’ refurbishment with handheld Personal Digital Assistants programme continues. During 2005, video technical support staff and managers face a example RaW, the new literacy campaign. • The success of the BBC Buses and Open City Centre to highlight the good causes constant challenge to keep their knowledge Centres has led the BBC to aspire to helped by the charity and the thousands of (PDAs), a tiny pocket computer with an in- server technology - which replaces tape for • It has been a further year of growth for the built mobile phone, adapted with some editing and transmission of TV news – was and skills up to date.With BBC English Open Centres and Buses, with 370,000 provide a Bus or Open Centre in every fundraisers. A huge concert at RAF Brize Regions engineers spread across England, Local Radio station throughout England. Norton was hosted by BBC Radio Oxford software for recording and editing audio and added in Manchester and Oxford, at the visitors having face-to-face contact with then transferring the completed item back to same time replacing the very old TV sharing knowledge and information and community staff. This was set out in Building Public Value, the and featured performances from Girls Aloud, providing access to specialist skills is a BBC’s manifesto for the new Charter Jamie Cullum, Status Quo and Tony Christie. base using the phone connection or a WiFi facilities in Manchester and developing • New Open Centres have opened in ‘Hot Spot’.The material is sent as a those in Oxford.The Cambridge TV facility critical success factor and much has been period. Plans are to be drawn up over the • A team of BBC Local Radio presenters Coventry and Leicester, adding to those in computer file so it arrives in broadcast rather was converted to widescreen, eliminating achieved this year by a team committed coming 12 months to bring this vision to won a special edition of Test The Nation Blackburn, Hull, Sheffield, Gloucester, than telephone quality, ready for transmission the change in picture shape some viewers to keeping us on-air. fruition within the next five years. hosted by Anne Robinson and Philip Stoke and Liverpool.These have helped to from the playout computer.As PDAs are saw during Look East. BBC Radio Schofield on BBC One to support RaW, drive visitor numbers up to 255,313. relatively cheap, fit in a pocket and are simple Coventry & Warwickshire re-opened in a the BBC's adult learning initiative. Amongst Social Action across England to operate, the station has been able to lend new purpose-built facility in Coventry and • A new Open Centre, in Liverpool, opens in the teams beaten were ballroom dancers, them to guest contributors, transforming the Radio Leicester - with the co-sited Asian July 2006 as part of BBC Radio Merseyside’s • As the nation commemorated the sixtieth grocers and surgeons... Meanwhile RaW new building. In Middlesbrough, a ‘Community anniversary of the end of the Second continues throughout 2006. way people's stories are told on-air. Network - was relocated to a new studio Space’ makes up part of the refurbishment of World War, our listeners and viewers complex in the city centre. • Live reporting for television still demands BBC Radio Cleveland, enabling greater public collected 45,000 stories in The People's War, • In Open Road, our listeners and viewers expensive equipment, although it is • Every week brings another new device or access to the BBC including the internet and from those who served at home and helped BBC Two reunite people who took becoming more compact and easier to emerging technology with the potential to new BBC digital services. abroad - memories that made moving part in the first colour films taken in the 1920s by Claude Friese Green.Their stories operate. BBC English Regions has invested in transform how broadcasters work and • Visits to the ten-strong fleet of BBC Buses programmes for BBC Local Radio and regional television and which have now formed the basis of a subsequent TV series, wireless cameras for use with our satellite interact with audiences. But assessing and currently total 112,559.They are based at mixing archive and memories. newsgathering vehicles in each region.These implementing new systems is time- Radios Newcastle, Cleveland, Cumbria, been archived for future generations at bbc.co.uk/ww2 • Through our partnership with CSV (Community use digital radio links instead of a cable to consuming and budget limitations impose Sheffield, Humberside, Lancashire, connect the camera to the vehicle, enabling restraints.The refurbishment programme Merseyside, Derby, Lincolnshire and BBC • BBC Local Radio distributed 25,000 Service Volunteers), each of our BBC Local Radio stations played a major part in the charity's Make quick and safe access for the camera will continue for the next five years and Manchester. A replacement for the BBC booklets in support of Esther Rantzen's operator and reporter and allowing them to beyond. Meanwhile, to cut the risk of on- How to Have A Good Death. Our listeners A Difference Day and Year of the Volunteer. Bus in Cumbria, destroyed in the floods move around locations that would be air failure of equipment that in some older also supported DoNation, the organ of January 2005, is now on the road. • The year's Teaching Awards were hosted by impossible to reach while tethered by a stations is becoming unreliable or obsolete, donation series, and the Big Challenge • New BBC Buses for Southern Counties and regional television presenters, with our cable. Using the same technology we are we have invested in some remedial work Workplace Awards which highlighted Video Nation journalists providing individual Somerset are due in the autumn – a first for developing the TV car, which transmits into to replace critical parts of the oldest radio healthy eating in the office. stories for the show's interactive service. the south and south-west of England. a receiver installed on a city-centre high- stations with computer-operated controls • And finally inspiring stories from regional television building roof, much like the radio cars we and new phone-in systems. have been re-broadcast on the Community TOP OF PAGE: Manager Stephen Butt (left) helps a visitor to the BBC Open Centre in Leicester. have used for more than 20 years in BBC Channel in a series called Charity Champions. Local Radio.

24 25 1: BBC Radio Cornwall’s team visited the Newlyn Lifeboat 1 2 in February 2005 as part of the Sea Sense Campaign. 3 2: Simon Gross volunteered to become a weather presenter as part of the Making it programme on BBC South East Today. 3: Local viewer Maheesah Kottegoda became a reporter for the day with BBC South East Today.

• In the East Midlands BBC Radio • BBC Radio Solent invited each of the Faith Groups Nottingham has forged a partnership community radio stations across Hampshire, with Faza FM to provide Faza FM staff Dorset and the Isle of Wight to discuss • A day-long conference was held at the The BBC Listens Islamic Foundation in Leicester attended by with paid placements to BBC Local Radio working together in future. Ideas ranged stations in Nottingham, Derby and Leicester from shared output to radio workshops, Muslims from all over England and all the BBC Local Radio station faith producers. External Assessment while BBC staff have spent time at Faza FM. engineering advice and sharing of outside broadcast equipment at large events. It was a mutual sharing of ideas and helped • In Northampton, Inspiration FM and develop a deeper understanding of faith • A panel of four external independent • Other points raised in the panel’s The first workshop for volunteers will be BBC Radio Northampton are sharing and broadcasting issues. assessors this year reviewed some of the discussions were questions over the expertise to produce a weekly programme. held later this year. methods used by BBC English Regions to genuineness of the BBC’s public The programme fee is paid to Inspiration FM • Schools Question Time is an active • A multi-faith seminar was held in Bradford engage with the public and particularly the engagement and its identification as a with an emphasis on the sharing and which is credited on-air, giving them a year- citizenship and communication initiative under-served and harder-to-reach. cultural issue for the BBC; the recognition development of media skills; this was round on-air presence between RSL supported by the BBC.The challenge uses Each panel member was invited to that the image and accessibility of the BBC particularly useful for faith communities who (Restricted Service Licence) broadcasts. the format of the BBC Question Time experience one of four approaches to was often counter-productive in achieving want more meaningful access to the media. public engagement: the Roots project based wider engagement; that effective public • In the West Midlands,Wolverhampton programme as a springboard for engaging at BBC Radio Merseyside; the Local engagement required a more varied range Community Radio and BBC Radio WM young people and helping them to discuss • BBC staff were also involved with the Television pilot in the West Midlands; the of practices; that an openness to change have collaborated for years to broadcast issues that affect them, their communities Greenbelt Christian Arts Festival attended interactive elements in the Where I Live sites; was the hardest lesson of participation a community programme on BBC Radio and the wider world.Twelve regional by 20,000 people over four days.We staged ABOVE: Eleven pirate DJs from the Luton area turned legitimate a sculpture, fine art and photography and switched their shows to BBC Three Counties Radio. and an outreach event undertaken by the activity; and that wider public representation WM which is produced by WCR winners were chosen to run an event with exhibition linked to the Africa Live season, TOP OF PAGE: BBC Guernsey breakfast show presenter Regional Advisory Council for Yorkshire was needed for all accountability practices. and edited by the local BBC producer professional help from the BBC and many Adrian Gidney at the rocky shoreline of la Corbiere & Lincolnshire. in Wolverhampton. went on to be featured on their local and and supported the festival radio station by interviewing Helen Spoelstra. regional BBC outlets. providing BBC producers to shadow • There are also web links to community • The assessors identified a number of Political and Community volunteers.The BBC Bus from Sheffield broadcast sites across England; for common themes across these four very Engagement • Fourteen members of BBC South East's was also used to support the event. example, Drystone Radio in the Yorkshire different approaches to public engagement. audience took over the reins for a day - • As part of our ongoing drive to engage Dales has a feature page and links on the researching, producing and presenting Corporate Social • All four projects displayed aspects of with our audiences, BBC local and regional BBC Where I Live site for North Yorkshire, programmes and stories for radio,TV and exemplary practice with high levels of staff have been gathering opinions during while Inspiration FM is credited on the online, with BBC Director-General Mark Responsibility - CSR BBC Radio Northampton website for commitment and enthusiasm on the part of the Charter Review period. Thompson as their Editor-in-Chief. • A CSR Conference in Newcastle 2005 BBC staff to engage with licence fee payers. their shared weekly programme. This was the first time the BBC has • The local broadcasting ecology in England is highlighted the BBC’s corporate social • In Leicester,Takeover Radio and BBC Radio worked with audiences so closely to responsibility policies and aimed to widen • There was huge potential for the BBC to changing rapidly. A new tier of community Leicester are using the facilities in the generate stories, different angles and a potential regional partnership networks. develop its public engagement but also radio has been established and the number BBC Open Centre in Leicester to run a refreshing perspective.With diverse Delegates were amazed at the level of CSR several obstacles including a lack of clarity of stations is fast increasing; the growth of joint radio production course.Young backgrounds ranging from lifeboat man work in the BBC.The day led to an action and consistency of purpose and outcomes; broadband has revolutionised the accessibility trainees have been recruited on-air by to mother of five, they brought stories plan to develop further the dialogue an institutional inertia preventing cultural and supply of local information and local both stations and the output produced which may never otherwise have been between BBC output areas and external change and openness; and little assessment television is moving to centre stage. by the delegates will be showcased on found and reported them in an engaging organisations, supporting the BBC to of projects which would benefit from an each station. and involved way. become an even better partner. ongoing iterative process. • In parallel with this, increasing numbers of community media organisations are • While the panel acknowledged that each of engaging with the BBC on a variety of the four projects had developed separately levels.Working with CMA members has with varying levels of support from different already helped the BBC to move closer to parts of the BBC, they felt that all would its diversity targets on and off-air, improve benefit from a sharing of best practice, most its connectivity at a local level with importantly around purpose and outcomes. audiences and boost its creative talent base.

26 27 Facts and figures for English Regions 2005-2006

1. 2005-2006 Regional television hours of output by genre 3. Landmark programme hours of output by region

BBC ONE BBC TWO TOTAL HOURS REGION TITLE DURATION England England Summary/England South Trafalgar 0.50 News 3,671.3 23.5 3694.8 Spinnaker 0.48 Political broadcasting 122.7 122.7 VJ Day 0.45 Local Election coverage 5.8 5.8 West Fun factory 0.48 Current Affairs (Inside Out only) 94.05 94.05 East VJ Day 0.45 Landmark documentaries 3.36 3.36 Trafalgar 0.50 The SuperLeague Show 0.5 25.8 26.3 Thursford 0.50 Children in Need 3.5 3.5 3.36 Repeats 0.5 1.95 2.45 Factual programme hours of output by region Sport Awards 0.75 0.75 Pan England People’s War 6.00 Factual 11.78 11.78 Seven Man Made Wonders 5.28 Sport 3.0 3.0 SW Live8 0.50 ABOVE: Pudsey Bear makes some new friends at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. Arts 6.0 6.0 11.78 Sub-total 3923.2 51.25 3974.5 Continuity 34.4 34.4 Arts programme hours of output by region PUBLISHED HOURS 3957.6 51.25 4008.9 Pan England Picture of Britain 6.0 Independent productions 6.0 Charitable Appeals (included above) 46.9 25.8 72.7 Sports programme hours of output by region North West Rugby League Raw 3.0 • The 40 BBC Local Radio stations in • During the year, twelve BBC Local Radio Emergency Committee’s Niger Crisis Appeal 2. Local Radio hours of output 3.0 England are able to adopt one or more stations carried out charitable appeals which raised £25 million and the Asia 2004-2005 2005-2006 4. BBC Local Radio in England, Q4 2005 local charities to support, subject to the raising close on £513,300.The appeals also Quake Appeal which raised £40 million of Berkshire 4,677 4,978 approval of their Local Advisory Council brought donations of goods ranging from pooled income and a further £19 million Bristol Weekly Reach: 19.80% (incl Somerset Sound) 6,150 5,967 Hours per listener per week: 11.46 and in addition to their other social impact disused mobile phones to toys and books. retained by DEC members. Cambridgeshire 6,419 6,256 Share of all listening: 10.5% activity.While fund-raising is an important Cleveland 6,305 6,686 • In addition BBC English Regions Over three million people (3.1m) who listen to BBC Local Radio in any given element of these appeals, just as important Cornwall 5,601 5,612 participated in the BBC Children in Need week do not listen to any other BBC radio service. 1.69 million listeners do not are the encouragement for people to Coventry and Warks 1,993 4,084 2005 appeal which raised a total of £33 hear any other radio stations. volunteer to help local good causes and Cumbria 6,265 6,705 million, and supported other national Derby 5,121 5,167 the provision of public information and 5. English Regions on bbc.co.uk: Where I Live appeals via regional television, BBC Local Devon 7,162 7,638 awareness-raising on various health needs Essex 5,336 5,227 44 Where I Live websites across England Radio and online, including the Disasters Gloucestershire 5,093 5,107 and social issues. March 2006 monthly unique users: 11.384m GMR – Manchester 6,802 6,751 Guernsey 4,133 4,377 (A unique user is an identified individual computer/user that is recorded as having Bristol Roger Bennett Memorial Appeal £12,000 Leeds Leeds City Council’s Tsunami Appeal £3,000 Hereford and Worcester 5,282 5,412 visited the English Regions websites.) Humberside 5,844 5,796 6. Costs Cambridge Trustline Appeal 2005 £60,000 Lincolnshire Specific Lincolnshire causes £40,000 Jersey 4,729 4,730 Kent 6,148 6,179 Tariff income £000s Lancashire 7,435 7,374 News 70,175 Cornwall • Shelterbox £10,000 Merseyside Rwanda Appeal £8,500 Leeds 7,722 8,660 Political 3,221 • Local charities £ 5,360 Leicester 5,194 5,250 Current Affairs 6,478 Norfolk Helpline Charity Trust £11,900 Lincolnshire 5,258 5,248 • RNLI Cornwall £ 5,000 Radio 85,623 London Live (formerly GLR) 8,760 8,760 TOTAL Income 165,497 Merseyside 7,194 7.172 Derby Money Mountain 2005 £37,344 Nottingham Christmas Present Appeal 10,000 new gifts New Media income 6,905 Newcastle 6,882 7,217 donated for children & Norfolk 6,943 6,638 Essex • Helen Rollason Cancer Care Appeal - £6,500 - 7. Staff numbers teenagers in partnership Northampton 5,016 4,949 mobile phones ongoing with Nottinghamshire Nottingham 6,346 6,309 Effective full-time staff: (as at 31st March 2006) 2,981.0 • Race for Business, approximately £50,000, of which £1,000 County Council Oxford 5,443 5,502 Sheffield 6,091 6,333 £1,000 was raised BBC Essex team of 11 runners Shropshire 5,563 5,554 Stoke Guide Dogs for the 2,000 mobile • MacMillan Coffee Morning 2005, administered £275,00 Solent (incl Dorset) 6,987 6,783 Blind Appeal phones donated Somerset 1,996 2,093 by MacMillans in total Southern Counties Radio 8,184 8,296 • BBC Essex Tea at Three 2005 for the eight £24,000 West • Radio WM Annual Toy Appeal Stoke 5,198 5,241 100,000 new Suffolk 4,966 5,572 hospices in Essex Midlands toys donated • Animal Appeal for local Three Counties Radio 7,260 7,436 • Essex Air Ambulance - raised during the station's £9,700 Wiltshire Sound 6,925 6,599 animal sanctuaries Goods worth WM 7,179 7,083 13 day walk along the Essex Way approx £30,000 York 5,933 5,638 • Farleigh Hospice Fashion Show - 20 BBC Essex £4,000 Total 231,535 236,379 staff worked as models • Various charities - 600 volunteers found, including 300 for the 2012 Olympics

28 29 Awards 2005-2006

The Andrew Cross Awards • BBC North West – Winner, Best Regional RTS Sports Awards Programme: Inside Out – Donna’s Story 1 • BBC London 94.9 – Jumoke Fashola, • BBC West – nomination for 2 Religious Broadcaster of the Year Inside Out West: Skeleton Bobsleigh RTS West 1: BBC radio presenter and jazz musician Roger Bennett died • BBC North West - Winner, Festivals, aged 69 in July 2005. He was a part of BBC Radio Bristol Worship, Discussion, Magazines, News • BBC West – Best Regional Personality: European Prix Circom from the day it opened in September 1970 until he retired in category – Inside Out: Street Pastors Tessa Dunlop December 2003. In his years presenting Morning West, Roger • BBC West - Special Commendation for received many awards and became the longest serving • BBC Radio Merseyside - Three nominations • BBC West/Flashback Bristol - Inside Out West report on vicar who lost breakfast presenter on radio. He became Sony Presenter of the Year in 1983, Local Broadcaster of the Year in 1994, and a with one commendation for United in Song Best Regional Independent Production: daughter in the 7/7 bombings recipient of a Sony Gold Achievement Award in 1998. BBC • BBC Radio Nottingham – Gold,Thought for A Picture of Bristol by Roni Size Radio Bristol led an appeal to create a permanent memorial the Day: Steven Smith, Holocaust Hollywood Black Film Festival in his name and commissioned a stained glass screen at the RTS North East & Borders church of St Mary Redcliffe. • BBC Radio Nottingham - Gold, • BBC West - Special Award for A Picture 2: Editor Mark Norman in the newsroom of BBC Three Response to News Story: Muslim Labels • BBC North East & Cumbria – Best Factual of Bristol by Roni Size by Flashback Bristol Counties Radio, which won Sony Station of the Year in 2005. • BBC Radio Humberside – Short-listed Programme (up to £50k per hour): production for Inside Out West in Documentary/Feature Category A Picture of Tyneside by Chris Donald, directed by David Morrison National Health Journalist Business in the Community • BBC North East & Cumbria – Winner, of the Year Professional Excellence - Production: • BBC Radio Berkshire – Steve Paton, Camera • BBC West: Matthew Hill Oxford Road – Big Tick RTS London CSV National Campaign of the Year Jerusalem Awards • BBC London – Winner, • BBC Radio Gloucestershire • BBC Radio Berkshire – News Story of the Year: Olympics Ufton Nervet Remembrance Sunday • BBC London – Winner, Reporter National Adult Learners Award • BBC Radio Kent – of the Year: Andrew Winstanley, Commended: Lynn Wallis Eade • BBC Gloucester Open Centre BBC London News Plain English Campaign Awards Silver Awards • BBC Where I Live Liverpool - • BBC London – Winner, Spirit of London: Nominated for Young People in the Home Office Respect Awards South West Media Awards • BBC Radio Jersey – Winner, • News Output Award: BBC End of the Line Media Portrayal Award • BBC Radio Gloucestershire Action Desk – • BBC Bristol Where I Live site: nomination Regional Station of the Year Radio Berkshire News • BBC London/Juniper Communications – Taking a Stand: working with young people for Website of the Year • Event Award:The Ray Clark Afternoon Winner, Best Independent Production: Show Live from Normandy, Sony Awards 2006 for an edition of The Politics Show VOX Awards Royal Television Society PROMAX Awards • BBC Radio Cornwall – Winner, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Gold Awards Regional Awards RTS Yorkshire • BBC WM - Gold Award for Best Best Use of Humour: Phil Hilton • Community Award: Oxford Road: • BBC Hereford & Worcester – Print/Poster for a Radio Station The Story, BBC Radio Berkshire Community Award for Hearing Voices • BBC Yorkshire – Winner, Unsung Hero Bronze winners (from N&R) RTS Midlands of the Year: Diane Marshall PEARL Awards • BBC Radio Kent – Drive Show D-Day UK Country Music Awards • BBC Radio Jersey – Winner, Anniversary, Dominic King • BBC East Midlands – Winner, Best Regional • BBC Yorkshire – Winner, Best News Business in the Community: Fiona Evans Bronze Awards programme: A Picture of Nottinghamshire Magazine: Look North Yorkshire • BBC Radio Lancashire – Country Music • BBC London 94.9 – by William Ivory Presenter of the Year, Joe Fish • Specialist Music Award: Danny Baker, DJ of the Year • BBC Yorkshire – Winner, Best News Charlie Gillett, BBC London 94.9 • BBC West Midlands – Winner, or Sports Reporter, Morland Sanders, • BBC Radio Lancashire – CRE Race In The Media Awards • News Story Award: Best Current Affairs Programme: Inside Out BBC North Favourite Radio Station • BBC Radio Berkshire – Silver Awards Inside Out - Siege Village Oxford Road:The Story Boris & Bigley, BBC Radio Merseyside • BBC Yorkshire - Winner, Best Network • BBC Radio Berkshire – Winner, • Speech Broadcaster of the Year: • BBC West Midlands – Winner, Camerawork - Keith Massey for Garden Writers’ Guild • BBC Radio Merseyside – The Community Award: Best Independent programme: Stephen Rhodes, BBC Three Counties Radio Oxford Road,The Story Restoration (North) BBC4 • BBC Radio Cumbria Gardening Show - Documentary, Golly in the Cupboard The Birmingham Bombings - 30 years on • Sports Award: I Don't Know What It Is But • BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire – Winner, Best Radio Broadcaster 2005, Paul O’Neill • BBC Radio Kent – Gold: Romany Voices • BBC Radio Berkshire – Winner, News I Love It, BBC Radio Merseyside Output Award: Ufton Nervet Rail Crash RTS Southern Innovative Idea of the Year: Spark TV Gospel Entertainment Music Awards Christian Broadcasting Awards • Short Form Feature Award: • BBC Radio Berkshire – • BBC South – Winner, Best Camerawork: Short and Precious Lives, BBC Radio Bristol Business in the Community Award: Big Tick Trevor Adamson RTS Devon & Cornwall • BBC London 94.9 –Best DJ/Presenter: • BBC Radio Nottingham – • Event Award:The Welsh Weekender, • BBC South West - Best Current Affairs Jumoke Fashola Bronze: Praying for Nottingham • BBC Radio Oxford – Winner, • BBC South – Winner, Regional Television BBC Radio Cleveland Coverage of a Live Event category: Personality: Sally Taylor Programme : Inside Out – Speed Cameras • Interactive Radio Award: Groundswell, Didcot’s FA Vase Final • BBC South West/A38 Films - Best Regional The Radio Academy Sony Awards 2005 • BBC South East – Winner, Best Regional BBC Radio Nottingham TV Journalist: Robin Gibson Documentary: A Picture of Cornwall by Celebration of Music Awards Gold Awards • Promo Award: Closer to the Boro, Bronze Awards Kurt Jackson • BBC London 94.9 – Winner, • BBC South – Winner, Best Magazine • DJ Of the Year: BBC Radio Cleveland • BBC South West - Best Regional Feature The John Peel Award for Outstanding • BBC London 94.9 – Charlie Gillett, Programme: South Today – Spinnaker Tower Danny Baker, BBC London 94.9 Programme: Inside Out Contribution to Music Radio Specialist Music Guildford Mayor’s • BBC South – Winner, Best Engineering • Sports Award: City Till I Die, FROM MAY 2006 Award For Access Innovation: Soton Link BBC Radio York National Royal Television Society EDF Energy Awards Shepherd Neame Awards • BBC Southern Counties - • Event Award:The Drive Show - Employment Award for Disability Awards Journalism Awards • BBC Radio Suffolk – Winner, Regional RTS North West D-Day Anniversary, BBC Radio Kent • BBC Radio Kent – Broadcast Journalist of Radio Journalist of the Year: Mark Murphy, the Year: Highly Commended - Jonathan • BBC North West – Winner, Best Regional • BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire - Nations & Regions News Coverage: Look North - Breakfast Presenter • Interactive Radio Award:Three Counties Witchell UK Country Music Awards News Programme, North West Tonight Breakfast, BBC Three Counties Radio Joanne Nelson Murder Case • BBC Radio Swindon & Wiltshire – Winner, • BBC Radio Merseyside Bus • BBC North West – Winner, Best Reporter of the Year: Sarah Moore • Station of the Year (300,000 - 1 million): Young People Now Awards Regional Presenter: Gordon Burns, BBC Three Counties Radio North West Tonight

30 31 Getting in Touch

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