Fantastic Noise

Second Tier is a Championship football podcast co-hosted by Ryan Dilks, a University of Bedfordshire radio graduate. We talk to Ryan about establishing & maintaining Second Tier, working with Stak to…

The Propa Podcast is a boxing podcast produced by Sonny Madden, AKA Uncle Propa from Youtube. We talk to Sonny about how he got into creating content about Boxing, why he then got into podcasting, an…

Grace Mailey was, up until recently, producer of the BBC's 'Fantasy 606' podcast - where Ali Bruce-Ball, Chris Sutton & Statman Dave talk FPL each week. Recorded in the summer, Grace share's her wide…

We're back! Trevor Dann, previously Head of BBC Music Entertainment (1996-2000), came to the University to speak with Terry. Covering a range of topics including Radio 1 in the 90s, Live Aid, communi…

The last episode of this series. Joel Emery from Holy Smokes is the writer of podcasts The Offensive, Jackie The Ripper and BOOM. He gives us top tips for creating audio drama, and goes into detail a…

Georgia Coan is an award-winning podcast producer, investigative journalist, and presenter who currently works in the BBC Long Form Audio Department. She has produced and reported for award-winning p…

Jason Rosam is the host of Early Breakfast for BBC Radio London. He spent some time talking with us about what's involved, and gave us his advice for good local radio.

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The lovely folk at Radio X are broadly aiming their output at an audience aged between 25 and 44, according to the website of the parent company Global. So how do you decide what music they should be…

The Skewer is a multi-award-winning programme from BBC Radio 4. It combines sound-bites, surreal content and music into a form of sound collage. It is poignant and funny. Every episode's final mix is…

In this episode we reflect on the 25th birthday of the University Of Bedfordshire's community radio station, Radio LaB 97.1FM. 

In May 2022 we were celebrating. Our beloved radio station, Radio LaB, …

In this episode we take a closer look at the making of 'On Track In Greensand Country', an 'audio journey' created by Terry & Dr Lawrie Hallett in April 2021 for the Greensand Country Festival 2021 &…

In this episode the fantastically talented Emma Saunders speaks with us about broadcasting on BBC 5 Live as part of their sports team. If you ever wanted to learn more about how they go around the gr…

Voxpops. The voice of the people. The person on the street interview. It’s about getting the opinions of ordinary people on the street on a given issue – to present a sample of public opinion at any …

Terry loves Crystal Palace FC. Obviously not everybody does. FYP is a podcast made by and for Crystal Palace fans. Sports fan-run podcasts are increasingly popular, every major sports team will have …

Terry has never been a specialist music presenter. But he has worked with some talented DJs over the years and has seen how specialist genre music programmes can bring unique audiences to a radio sta…

What is magazine programming? We often signpost students towards Jeremy Vine on Radio 2. Patrick Thomas is part of the production team and kindly spoke with Terry to give some insight into how the pr…

Some new episodes of Fantastic Noise will be landing in a podcast app near you(r smartphone) from Tuesday 21st September. Released weekly on Tuesdays, we'll be starting with a conversation with produ…

In the final episode of our 'Coping through COVID' run, and indeed this series of Fantastic Noise, Terry speaks with Deputy Managing Editor of Radio X, Neil Fearn, to find out more about how one of t…

In this episode of our 'Coping through COVID' run, Terry speaks with Pippa Sawyer, who at the time of recording was the Managing Director of Wycombe Sound, to explore how the Community Radio movement…

In the first of our 'Coping through COVID' run of episodes, Terry speaks with award-winning podcast producer Hana Walker-Brown from Broccoli Content to find out more about how the podcasting movement…