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The vlogging globe-trotting grandparents

The Ironbridge couple swapped respectable day jobs for the life of digital nomads as Tread The Globe. Plus the unusual comedy venue nearly 1,000 years old. With Nina Das Gupta.

We're celebrating the best creatives where we live with Nina Das Gupta, including:

• The globetrotting grandparents from Ironbridge who have turned in to YouTube sensations. Ten years after quitting their respectable day-jobs to drive around all four corners of the road, living the life of digital nomads, as Tread The Globe.

• Discovering how Chris McCausland, Russell Kane, Ed Byrne and Joanne McNally are confirmed for a huge comedy gig this summer in one of our area's most unusual and oldest venues.

• Get to know Harbourne and Edgbaston comedian Harry Jenkins, who's gone from needing Dutch courage to apply for his first open mic, to becoming one of the circuit's regulars, clocking up hundreds of gigs a year!

• She's the forensic psychologist who loves creepy criminal characters and profiling potential protagonists so much, she's turned in to a crime writer herself! Meet Worcester writer Kate Hopcraft who blends romance and fantasy in her detective thrillers.

• He's the 16-year-old sports photographer who says his dream is to be pitchside snapping for his favourite team, Manchester United. Find out why you can forgive George from Redditch, who guides us through his stunning shots for the likes of Worcester Warriors and Birmingham City.

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Sat 28 Feb 202618:00
BBC Radio WM, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC CWR, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC Hereford & Worcester

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Music Played

  • Babybird

    You're Gorgeous

    • Brit Awards 1997.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 01.

  • Olivia Dean

    So Easy (To Fall In Love)

    • The Art of Loving.
    • PLG - Capitol.
    • 5.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Shivers

    • Atlantic.

  • Danny L Harle & Dua Lipa

    Two Hearts

    • XL Recordings.

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Give It Up

    • The Very Best Of KC & The Sunshine Band.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 01.

  • Squeeze

    You Get The Feeling

    • Love Records Ltd.

  • Madison Avenue

    Don't Call Me Baby (Motez Vicious21 Remix)

    Remix Artist: Motez.
    • Now 45.
    • VC RECORDINGS.
    • 01.

  • Sam Fender

    People Watching

    • Polydor Records.

  • Belinda Carlisle

    Heaven Is A Place On Earth

    • Now That's What I Call Music 11.
    • Now! Music.
    • 02.

  • Daniel Bedingfield

    Gotta Get Thru This

    • Now 51.
    • EMI/VIRGIN/POLYGRAM.
    • 01.

  • Meghan Trainor

    Get In Girl

    • RCA.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Suburbia

    • Ultimate Pet Shop Boys (2010 Remaster).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 04.

  • JP Cooper

    Sad Song (feat. Gabrielle)

    • Island.

  • Lady Gaga

    Poker Face

    • Now That's What I Call Music 73.
    • EMI/VIRGIN.
    • 01.

  • Rick Astley

    Waiting On You

    • BMG.

  • All Saints

    Never Ever

    • Now That's What I Call 40 Years.
    • Now! Music.
    • 10.

  • Blackstreet

    No Diggity (feat. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen)

    • Trevor Nelson Club Classics.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 01.

  • Eddy Grant

    I Don't Wanna Dance

    • Best Reggae Album In The World... Ever.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 20.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 26 Feb 202618:00
    BBC Radio Shropshire & BBC Hereford & Worcester
  • Thu 26 Feb 202619:00
    BBC CWR, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC Radio WM
  • Sat 28 Feb 202618:00
    BBC Radio WM, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC CWR, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC Hereford & Worcester