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Feature: My 30 Years ‘in the business’

Posted on July 17, 2019June 11, 2021 Author Lee Bannister

As I sit and write this, July 1989 is 30 years ago and yet it doesn’t seem 5 minutes ago to me. So why am I sitting here thinking about 30 years ago? Well, it’s the 30th anniversary of my first setting foot in the wonderful world of broadcasting and the media. Sounds very grand […]

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Putting Tiswas back into your Telly

Posted on July 8, 2022 Author Lee Bannister

Ever since Tiswas ended in 1982 I had hoped to somehow see it again but as time went on I came around to the idea that I probably wouldn’t. TV programmes have their time and then they pass into history, that’s just the way it works. And apart from a brief reunion skit during the […]

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Box Set: Crossroads Check-In

Posted on September 24, 2020June 11, 2021 Author Lee Bannister

Who doesn’t love Crossroads? Don’t answer that! Seriously, I used to love Crossroads when I was growing up. I was born and raised during the Mid-1970s in “ATV Land” (West Midlands) and Crossroads was our very own Soap Opera. Granada had Coronation Street in Manchester. Yorkshire had Emmerdale Farm in Leeds. ATV had Crossroads in […]

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Hello, I'm Lee Bannister and you're very welcome to my personal website. I've worked in Radio and Television in all sorts of ways since 1989 and I love it, so here you can read a bit about what I've done in the past and what I'm doing now! Many pages feature audio and/or video too. I also produce programmes under the "UpAndHappy!" banner - follow the link at the very top of the screen. I'm adding more stuff all the time, and if you'd like to get in touch, then I'm on social media or you can send a message through the website.

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2 May

12 years ago the ATV Land group - of which I was part - won an international film makers award. The 2 ATV documentary series led to many and varied projects for each of us in the team, and we all remain so proud of those original programmes we made.

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2 Apr

From today's Express and Star - my Dad 💜

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27 Dec

Something a little different to listen to over this festive period - my Christmas radio shows!

- Xmas No.1s

http://www.leebannister.com/Christmas2 - Beatles & Muppets Xmas songs

http://www.leebannister.com/Christmas3 - Holiday editions of my Saturday morning show 'UpAndHappy!'

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20 Dec

Feels like the end of term today! Here's my view as today's Vision Mixer for Midlands Today and we've got some subtle decorations in the studio. Not sure if anyone will notice, lol. Big team picture coming shortly!

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