Something for Everyone… Even Them Hello BBC Alumni and a Joyful Welcome to Our Newly Signed-Up Members

Issue 6: May 2015

Something for everyone… even them Hello BBC Alumni and a joyful welcome to our newly signed-up members. The BBC Alumni LinkedIn Group continues to provide a professional discussion board for current and former staff. Additionally, today we’re launching a BBC Alumni Facebook page for our social networkers. We’ve started off with a post or two but it’s a blank canvas and we take pleasure in handing you the reins. And for anyone hankering after the days of Lamson Tubes and ‘flimsies’ (words new to our ears in the Alumni office), read the blog! Thanks as ever. Natasha

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Attractive figures BBC Alumni Recommends Catch up on iPlayer and Data published by RAJAR this month TV premiere of film Leave to Remain online showed that BBC Radio 4 Extra has - a powerful drama about teenage Jo Brand visits Grayson Perry’s become the UK’s largest digital-only refugees, 9pm, 31 May on BBC Provincial Punk exhibition in Private radio station. New figures also Three. BBC Arts celebrates The View (also catch up on other showed that the BBC has a weekly Genius of British Cinema in a season episodes here). The Detectives global audience of 308 million of documentaries, films and events. follows teams trained to deal with people; Francesca Unsworth, The Syndicate is back with another serious sex offences (contains Director, BBC World Service Group, stellar cast, 9pm, 2 June on BBC upsetting scenes). The genius that is has written a blog about the One (below). Barry Humphries: Horrible Histories is back with a new significance of these results. Gladdies All Over is unmissable, series. Shark is simply incredible. 9am, 6 June on Radio 4 Extra. Ever Don’t forget that Mark Steel’s in wondered How to be Bohemian? Town and enjoy highlights from this Victoria Coren Mitchell knows how, year’s Hay Festival. 9pm, 8 June on BBC Four.

Radio tickets: The Kitchen Radio tickets: The Quay Radio tickets: It’s a Fair Cabinet, London Sessions, Glasgow Cop, London Two pairs of tickets for a recording of A pair of tickets for a recording of A pair of tickets for a recording of Radio 4 culinary panel show The The Quay Sessions, a brand new comedian Alfie Moore’s brilliant Kitchen Cabinet, on the evening of music performance show, on the interactive show It’s a Fair Cop, on Tuesday 16 June in London. *To evening of Wednesday 17 June in the evening of Tuesday 23 June in enter the ballot, email your name, Glasgow. *To enter the ballot, email London. *To enter the ballot, email telephone number and “Kitchen” to your name, telephone number and your name, telephone number and alumni.offers@bbc.co.uk by Friday 5 “Quay” to [email protected] “Cop” to [email protected] by June. by Friday 5 June. Monday 8 June.

*Winners will be selected via ballots. Applications received after the specified date will not be entered into the draw. Tickets are non-transferable and must be used by the BBC Alumni member. For full competition blurb click here.

Let’s be (Facebook) Film Premiere tickets: Bush House Newsroom: Friends ‘Mr Holmes’, London The Great Dictators Thank you Alumni members for A very special pair of tickets to the Do you remember the duplicating suggesting a BBC Alumni Facebook premiere of BBC Films’ ‘Mr Holmes’, machine? The pneumonic delivery of page - your wish has been granted starring Ian McKellen as the long- documents via Lamson Tubes? and we’re live! So please join, post, retired Sherlock Holmes. On the Dictating onto Imperial typewriters? comment and share the link with evening of Wednesday 10 June in ‘Flimsies’? BBC Alumni member your old BBC friends. We’ll start the Kensington. *To enter the ballot, Sally-Anne Thomas recalls her time chat with: What’s your favourite email your name, telephone number as Newsroom Editor at BBC World BBC comedy line or catchphrase? and “Holmes” to Service during the 1970’s. Ours is “Good moaning”. Go... [email protected] by Wednesday 3 June.

TV tickets: The Graham Radio Tickets: Gardeners’ Radio tickets: The Infinite Norton Show, London Question Time, Surrey Monkey Cage, London A pair of tickets for a recording of Two pairs of tickets for a recording of Two pairs of tickets for a recording of The Graham Norton Show, on the Gardeners’ Question Time, at the science/comedy show The Infinite evening of Thursday 25 June in Hampton Court Flower Show on the Monkey Cage, on the evening of London. *To enter the ballot, email afternoon of Tuesday 30 June. *To Monday 6 July in London. *To enter your name, telephone number and enter the ballot, email your name, the ballot, email your name, “Graham” to telephone number and “Gardeners” telephone number and “Monkey” to [email protected] by Monday to [email protected] by [email protected] by Monday 8 June. Monday 8 June. 8 June.

Remembering Lime Grove 500 Words 2015 Indies back the BBC 65 years ago this month, the BBC Winners of BBC Radio 2’s children’s You may have heard that more than moved into Lime Grove Studios as a story-writing competition “500 50 high-profile production bosses ‘temporary measure’ and ended up Words” were announced this week have given their support to staying for over 40 years. Hannah on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Broadcast magazine’s Backing the Khalil has unearthed images of the live from St James’ Palace. The BBC campaign. Some of these studios and we hope they will evoke competition generated over 120,000 leaders reveal their thoughts about happy memories from the Lime entries which were analysed by the the BBC and the challenges it faces Grovers amongst you. As ever, we’d Oxford University Press (OUP). Their in the run up to Charter renewal love to hear your stories at findings, published this week, reveal negotiations, later this year. [email protected]. fascinating use of language by tech- savvy British children.

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