Thursday 25 June 2015

Alternative Latymer Day 4

Soraya, Lily and Isaac AKA 'The Walking Wounded' joined Jeremy Vine in one of BBC Radio 2's studios today for his lunchtime show.


After a tinkle on the 'ivories' on Elton John's piano (see photo below), our game three had a quick chat with Ken Bruce and his team before joining Jeremy on the planning meeting for his show. They then sat in on the entire programme.


There was a lively and intelligent debate on whether UKIP's gay members should be able to take part in Gay Pride this weekend, discussion about the migrant situation in Calais and a quirky story on poisonous plants all interspersed with music as diverse as Taylor Swift to the Jacksons and the Beach Boys. They were even treated to the team dealing with the first hoax call in five years. It was quite an experience and education for our trio!

Jeremy and his team were delightful and charming hosts and couldn't have made us feel more welcome. It could just be that one of our trio will end up on the radio or behind the scenes in the future...