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Box Set: The Midland – Weekend Edition

Posted on May 25, 2018June 11, 2021 Author Lee Bannister

The Midland was the name of Big Centre’s original daily news programme. The main anchor was Bob Hall with a core team of Lois Swinnerton, Roshni Patel and Monika Plaha also presenting on a regular basis. In November 2015 Big Centre went through a rough patch. A number of people were made redundant and various […]

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The Story of Children’s Television

Posted on November 5, 2017September 16, 2024 Author Lee Bannister

During the late Summer of 2015, Crossroads Check-in was drawing to a close, and my Tiswas Pies Again! series was getting ready to be launched on Big Centre Television, I was made aware of an exhibition was staged at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry entitled “The Story of Children’s Televison from 1946 […]

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Box Set: The Big Magazine

Posted on May 26, 2018June 11, 2021 Author Lee Bannister

In April 2016 Big Centre TV re-branded to simply Big Centre. A subtle difference, but it was what everybody called it anyway, and the rebrand said goodbye to the colour swirl which had divided opinion in the early days of the station, and welcomed the stylized ‘BC’ icon. The company also now officially became Big […]

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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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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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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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