Alf...woah there!

I laughed out loud and heartily as I listened to a sports phone-in on the local radio station and the studio guest read out a text message from Alf Akanybody. I couldn't believe it. But, on reflection and while getting M to listen to the subject of my mirth via the miracle of the BBC iplayer, it became quite apparent that the text message reader knew exactly what they were reading out. Boo. The damn media.

Coverage...

My friend Jamie, a sports hack for the Scunthorpe Telegraph, sent me a text to let me know he was on the local radio's evening sports phone in and, while he was at it, asked me if he could have some free tix for the play. "Mention the play and you can," I txted back, not thinking he'd stand a cat in hell's chance of getting in a plug for a play about lifeboats between all that chat about transfers, sidelined players and FA Cup coverage. But miraculously, just after a push on what readers could expect in their Telegraph, he got the plug in and got it in well. Very impressive. Meanwhile, over on BBC Look North, On A Shout was getting some visual exposure, albeit atop the set for another play (the real thing is still in the workshop). I would have been there but I was otherwise engaged at a rather thrilling sub-regional economics conference (don't ask!). You can view the video for the next few days here.

More aural secs...

It's a media feast of me around these parts these days. I've just discovered that an interview with me I did back in April is available to listen to on Radio Humberside's corner of the BBC's behemoth of a website here. Might not be there too long, as the host of this show (who doesn't actually interview me, she was on holiday that day) is changing slots, so get it while you can. It's a fair bit shorter than the recent podcast!

Tags: interview, audio, BBC, Radio Humberside