Box 39 RED BUTTON: Recent Episodes
Guppy Productions
Later evening conversation and music to relax, intrigue, and entertain. With local, national and international guests, from all walks of life who bring their own stories - and music! Series 2 - and now series 3 - from the award winning 'Box 39' team, and first broadcast on Colne Radio in north-east Essex, UK
Martin travels back to 1971, to meet himself listening to ‘Never Never Land’ by PINK FAIRIES.
Curated and narrated by Martin Newell, musician, poet, writer- and all too briefly, President of The People’s Republic of Wivenhoe.
hear the onions like you have never heard before. A spectacular rewind from a long time ago...
with Bill Lawrance & Adrian Coen
Adrian travels back in time to meet up with himself in 2016.
Featuring the eponymous debut album by case/lang/veirs
with Adrian Coen
Adrian travels back in time to meet up with himself in 2007.
Featuring the album The Reminder by Feist.
with Adrian Coen.
10 Years and 10 songs, 1991-2000 – a second decade of highly personal choices from SUE BEER, progressive businesswoman and ex-prototype punk.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.
With Sue Beer.
10 Years and 10 songs, 1991-2000 – a second decade of highly personal choices from SUE BEER, progressive businesswoman and ex-prototype punk.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.
With Sue Beer
‘Music in Colours’ by Steven Duffy is a sublime collection of shimmeringly melodic pop songs adorned with all kinds of extra layers and resonances. It was also the soundtrack to Adrian’s year-long honeymoon that moved around the world, from Indonesia to Japan to the UK and elsewhere.
with Adrian Coen
‘The Libertines’ by The Libertines was an evocative, original and flawed musical album that burned so briefly in the music heavens in 2004, when the Millenium and British pop were still almost important . It was also one of Bill’s favourite albums. Why did he like it? How did it make him feel? And what was going on in the world around him?
with Bill Lawrance
With deep joy burning in our radio buttocks, we present another selection of Red Button Onions, original 100-word stories written by our listeners, and retrieved with hearty thanks from our sister show ‘Bills Big Bag of Onions’. Boiled to perfection, and then drizzled with the fiery impertinence of remarkable soundscapes - these are ONLY Onions, and plenty of them too!
So, get ready to nibble and chew upon this remarkable banquet.
with Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini
Here is another circular tour of music, curated entirely by our listeners. It’s a happy wander once more, through our cosy, warm and pretty Yurt of Words and Music - not obvious in design, and probably going to have a few bits you weren’t expecting.
In this episode we start and finish with CARAVANS.
with Bill Lawrance
In this show our MUSICOLOGY topics are all about Floods, Indonesian Women, and Rivers.
Enjoy a full on and official deep pleasure brain tingle with these musical selections from past editions of BOX 39, with their essential analyses and commentaries - all delivered by Guppy Productions veryown Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
With deep joy and exquisite pleasure, we present another selection of Red Button Onions, original 100-word stories written by our listeners, and lovingly fetched from our sister show ‘Bills Big Bag of Onions’. Boiled to perfection, and then drizzled with a spicy sauce of remarkable soundscapes - these are ONLY Onions, and plenty of them too!
So, get ready to nibble and chew upon this remarkable banquet.
with Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini
In this show our MUSICOLOGY topics are all about SavingBillericay, Jeopardy, The Poetry of Ernest Mallory, and Cyprus
Enjoy a full on and official deep pleasure brain tingle with these musical selections from past editions of BOX 39, with their essential analyses and commentaries - all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
Curated and narrated by musician, poet, author and columnist Martin Newell.
What if you could go back in time to when you discovered one of your favourite albums?
Why did you like it? How did it make you feel? And what was going on all in the world around you?
This show features: ‘The Who Sell Out’ by The Who
with Adrian Coen
Christmas Expert David Nash brings a bulging sack of Santa songsto the studio –from psychobilly to punk, to swing to funk, and a heap of genresin between… perfect late-night conversation and music.
In this show our MUSICOLOGY topic is all about all sorts of things actually, quite a surprising collection, I would say!
Let your ears smile happily as they are cuddled gently by musical selections from past editions of BOX 39, with their essential analyses and commentaries - all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
Once more back by popular request, here is another selection of Red Button Onions, original 100-word stories written by our listeners, and lovingly fetched from our sister show ‘Bills Big Bag of Onions’. Boiled to perfection, and then drizzled with a spicy sauce of remarkable soundscapes - these are ONLY Onions, and plenty of them too!
So, get ready to nibble and chew upon this remarkable banquet.
with Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini
What if you could go back in time to when you discovered one of your favourite albums?
Why did you like it? How did it make you feel? And what was going on all in the world around you?
This show features: ‘New Boots and Panties’ by Ian Dury
with Adrian Coen
Wivenhoe’s original Personal Trainer MALCOLM GOVE puts down his Dumb Bells and polishes up his Slam Balls, to offer controversial Jazz thoughts and feelings. No stranger to ‘keeping it real just like what my brain feels it is’, Malcolm remains testimony to how Free Jazz Think means that anyone can remain small minded, yet still hit the big time.
Bill and his Big Bag do not accept responsibility for anything Malcolm says. This is a Stripey Jazz Deck Chair, for goodness’ sake. Not a tedious 3-legged foot stool from IKEA.
With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen & Malcom Gove
Voted by Daily Mail readers as ‘the most exciting Jazz Expert since Oswald Mosely, and described by 'The Lady' as 'Margaret Rutherford on acid’, these are the Jazz thoughts of VENETIA TARDY-BINT, happy widow of Sir Horace, lunchtime barfly and proud midfielder in the Wivenhoe Fox Hunt Women’s First XI.
Bill and his Big Bag do not accept responsibility for anything Venetia says. This is a Hot Jazz Borstal, for goodness sake. Not a Finishing School.
With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen & Venetia Tardy-Bint
episode 113 – RED BUTTON TARDIS: 1974, with Adrian Coen
What if you could go back in time to when you discovered one of your favourite albums? Why did you like it? How did it make you feel? And what was going on all in the world around you?
This show features: ‘The Man in the Bowler Hat’ by Stackridge
with Adrian Coen
Here is another circular tour of music, entirely curated by our listeners. It’s a happy wander once more, through our rounded and warm den of Words and Music - not obvious in design, and probably going to have a few bits you weren’t expecting. This week we start and finish at the concept of TURNING.
with Adrian Coen
International thoughts of Jazz from Gus Slippers, the greatest electric French Horn player, since 'Wiggy' Vince Solaire in the 1970s.
Bill and his Big Bag do not accept responsibility for unexpected or uncontrollable Jazz you may feel when listening to Gus. This is Jazz, for goodness sake. Not croquet.
With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen & Gus Slippers
By popular demand,here is another selectio n of Red Button Onions, original 100-word stories written by our listeners, and lovingly fetched from our sister show ‘Bills Big Bag of Onions’. Boiled to perfection, and then drizzled with a spicy sauce of remarkable soundscapes - these are only Onions, and plenty of them too!
So, get ready to nibble and chew upon this remarkable banquet.
with Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini
In this show our MUSICOLOGY topic is all about the Right Dishonourable Lord David Price, Lord of Misrule and Tax Avoidance.
Let your ears smile happily as they are cuddled gently by musical selections from past editions of BOX 39, with their essential analyses and commentaries - all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
A circular orbital tour of music that is entirely curated by our listener, Mango Dread. It’s a happy wander around a cosy Beanie Hat of Words and Music - not obvious in design, and probably going to have a few bits you weren’t expecting. This week we start and finish with the help of listenet Mango Dread – however, due to an attack of nerves, and having prepared and fashioned his Orbit in advance, it is delivered by Adrian Coen
with Adrian Coen
10 Years and 10 songs, 1962-1971 - highly personal choices from MARTIN NEWELL, the English singer, songwriter, poet, columnist and author who leads the guitar pop band ‘Cleaners from Venus’. He is also regarded as a significant figure in the history of cassette culture and DIY music, and writes regularly for national and regional newspapers, and appears on BBC culture and arts programmes.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.
With Martin Newell.
In this show our MUSICOLOGY topics include Obsolete, Piers and Secret History.
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
Red Button Onions, are original 100-word stories written by our listeners, and lovingly fetched from our sister show ‘Bills Big Bag of Onions’. Boiled to perfection, and then drizzled with a hot sauce of remarkable soundscapes - these are only Onions, and plenty of them too!
So, get ready to nibble and chew upon this remarkable banquet.
with Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini
In this show our MUSICOLOGY topics include Writers, The Lake District and Space.
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
Enjoy later evening conversation and music as guests introduce things that hold a very special place in their lives.
These can be eclectic in nature – there is no category that is reserved – it can be a book, a film, a person, a place, a memory even – it qualifies for inclusion in the show because it is a gift for us, an enhancement, a boost, an enrichment to take away.
With Bill Lawrance, and David Nash
In this show the MUSICOLOGY topics include babies, the future, and big & small.
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
In this show the MUSICOLOGY topics include money, winning, what’s coming soon from Global Digital Retail, and Denmark.
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
A circular orbital tour of music that is entirely curated by our listeners. It’s a happy wander around a cosy Teepee of Words and Music - not obvious in design, and probably going to have a few bits you weren’t expecting. This week we start and finish at THE GOOD LIFE.
with Bill Lawrance
A chance to catch up with a whole host of guests who have joinedus since the first Red Button in November 1918, as we celebrate our 100thshow.
With later evening conversation and only the bestmusic, Box 39 Red Button remains theleading show for truthful, unique, intelligent and engaging radio.
With Bill Lawrance & Adrian Coen – and many more….
special guest Mike Harwood introduces his 5 favourite feasts and foods. When music is the food of love, where do we put our fortune cookies?
As Mike brings us his best meals and the best music to go with them, we also cook two of the meals - live in the Colne Radio Kitchen annexe…
With Bill Lawrance & Mike Harwood
In this show the MUSICOLOGY topics include football; East Anglia; scandal
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
A circular orbital tour of music that is entirely curated by our listeners. Its a happy wander around a gorgeous Yurt of Sound - not obvious in design, and probably going to have a few bits you weren’t expecting. This week we start and finish at THE CROSSROADS.
with Bill Lawrance
In this show the MUSICOLOGY topics include The Hythe, Colchester; Ghost Hunting; The Absurd; Plastic
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
A decade of highly personal choices from SUE BEER, owner and managing director of a successful multi-platform education and tuition business.
Sue takes us back to her roots, as a teenage punk in Essex, dreaming of boys, Bowie and life beyond Billericay. Guiding us on her journey from young teen to twentysomething, via parties, free festivals and the vineyards of southern France, these are revealing, candid and direct memories, told from the heart.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging, and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.
With Sue Beer.
episode 94 - BILL'S BIG BAG OF MUSICOLOGIES #12
In this show the MUSICOLOGY topics include a whole lot of Nothing In Particular.
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
In this show the MUSICOLOGY topics include Change, Lord David Price, Cricket, Nothing In Particular, and World Cup Football
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
In this show the MUSICOLOGY topics include Impossible, Power, Team, Nothing in Particular, and Happiness
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
In this show the MUSICOLOGY topics include Letters, 1978, Zero, and Secrets
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
Enjoy later evening conversation and music as guests introduce things that hold a very special place in their lives.
These can be eclectic in nature – there is no category that is reserved – it can be a book, a film, a person, a place, a memory even – it qualifies for inclusion in the show because it is a gift for us, an enhancement, a boost, an enrichment to take away.
With Bill Lawrance, Bob May & Simon Grinham.
special guest David Nash introduces his 5 favourite feasts and foods. When music is the food of love, where do we put the mustard? As David brings us his best meals and the best music to go with them, we also cook two of the meals - live in the Colne Radio Kitchen annexe…
With Bill Lawrance & David Nash
special guest Bob May take us on a gastronomic safari through his life in 5 meals. When music is the food of love, we will play on - with a slappy base and a second drummer at the back of the kitchen. As Bob brings us his best meals and the best music to go with them, we also cook two of the meals - live in the Colne Radio Kitchen annexe…
With Bill Lawrance & Bob May
Live from Studio One, we unwrap the secrets of the masters of the written word, and dive most deeply into the world of writing . With later evening conversation and her choice of music, Angela takes us on her journeyas an author, Women’s Fiction writer, broadcaster and physiotherapist.
With Bill Lawrance
A decade of highly personal choices from MIKE HARWOOD – poet, playwright and polymath of the people, a man whose life story reads like a cultural roadmap. Often found in a pre-match community singalong at any one of many local football clubs, Mike remains a talisman of hope in our troubled times.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging, and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.
With Mike Harwood.
Join our very special guest Gayle Berry for warm later evening conversation that follows her unique journey from corporate lawyer to multiple six figure global business entrepreneur, teaching love across the world to parents and babies - via Peru and Malawi. Gayle brings her own gorgeous music to the studio – and her hula hoop.
With Bill Lawrance and Jo Coldwell
A decade of highly personal choices from JILL BALL - mum, wife and busy professional, providing an 'extra pair of hands' in the happy world of marketing, strategy and PR. She also supports Man Utd.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging, and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.
With Jill Ball.
Live from Studio One, Bill Lawrance conducts a live audit of queries, questions, concerns and enquiries sent in by listeners. And with the best music too.
Intestinal worms in monks – Taylor Swift’s cultural capital – pork pie roundabouts – Putin’s bare chest – and the truth about The Truth. What’s not to love?
With Iain Tallentire and Mike Harwood
This is the second decade of highly personal choices of music and memories from ANGELA CAIRNS, the writer with a clan of dogs and sons, and a husband too. Angela is the creator of ‘The Ellie Rose’ series of novels, and ‘Seasonal Produce’, her collection of short stories. She is also writes 100 word stories for the shadowy yet delicious radio show and podcast ‘Bill’s Big Bag of Onions’.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
NB: Angela's choices from 1972-1981 can be found in episode 75 of this podcast.
With Angela Cairns.
In this show the MUSICOLOGY topics include The Colchester Tourism Audit, The End of the World, Listeners’ Queries, and Lies
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
10 Years and 10 songs 1973-1982 - highly personal choices from PHIL BOAST, the man who swapped over here for over there, and changed his life for ever - and he has been happily living his adventures over there, with his mind, his feet and with his best friend & partner Paula, ever since.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging, and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.
With Phil Boast.
In this show the MUSICOLOGY topics include The Box 39 Golden Toupee Awards, Trains, Art and Puzzles.
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist Adrian Coen.
With Adrian Coen
Let your ears bend with the beauty of more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist Adrian Coen.
This weeks topics include New, and Colchester Garrison
With Adrian Coen
Dribble some joy juices, with more musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist Adrian Coen.
This weeks topics include Numbers, The Dutch, and Names
With Adrian Coen
10 Years and 10 songs 1982-1991 - highly personal choices from ADRIAN COEN , a confirmed and considered foe of the 1980s, a man who disapproval of this decade is matched only by Sister Mary’s hostility towards recreational intercourse.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.
With Adrian Coen.
10 Years and 10 songs 1972-1981 - highly personal choices from ANGELA CAIRNS - author, physiotherapist/acupuncturist, broadcaster and public speaker
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.
With Angela Cairns.
10 Years and 10 songs 2012-2021 - highly personal choices from IZZY LAWRANCE – financial journalist & personal finance expert, Gen Z traveller, and ex-pat East Anglian now based in Brighton.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.
With Izzy Lawrance.
Plump up your fun bags with another bag of the pertest musical selections from past editions of Box 39 and their essential analyses and commentaries, all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist Adrian Coen.
This weeks topics include Alter Ego, and Reasons to be Cheerful
With Adrian Coen
We present another opportunity to enjoy the musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and the essential analyses and commentaries by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist Adrian Coen.
This weeks topics include Christmas 2020, A Life in Cars, and The Bluffers Guide to the American Election
With Adrian Coen
Once again, we eavesdrop on musical selections from past editions of BOX 39 and the essential analyses and commentaries by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist Adrian Coen.
This week’s topics include Alternative Christmas Presents, April Fool’s Day, and ‘Normal Service Will be Resumed Shortly’.
With Adrian Coen
We cast our ears back to musical selections from past editions of BOX 39, and the essential analyses and commentaries by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist Adrian Coen.
This week’s topics include Dream Destinations, The Inner Child, The Broken Olympics, and House Plants.
With Adrian Coen
10 Years and 10 songs 1977-1986 - highly personal choices from BRYN GRIFFITHS – political & social commentator, football pundit, and fisherman.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.
With Bryn Griffiths.
Simon Grinham is rooted in the communities of Colchester, north-east Essex, and beyond - as a long standing A&E nurse, a successful local projects activist, and most recently a honey-farming bee keeper – and with a remarkable childhood, growing up in Tanzania, in East Africa.
Box 39 Red Button comes live from Studio One, with engaging later-evening conversation and Simon’s own choices of great music.
With Bill Lawrance & Simon Grinham
David Nash has travelled to 106 different countries around the world and is author of the series ‘Living a Boys Adventure Tales’
David takes us across the 2 continents of North and South America, home to our planet’s most remote communities of the Amazon and the Altiplano, and the worlds mega metropolises of Rio, Mexico City and New York. With a particular focus on Cuba, and Memphis, this is perfect later evening music and conversation.
With Bill Lawrance & David Nash
Welcome to the Box 39 Christmas Party, and Bill, Mike and Iain are getting ready to open listeners letters spilling out of Santa's sack. But as the festivity continues in the studio, the 3 wise men from new owner Global Digital Retail have their own special Christmas message... of max entertainment, max value, and max profitability
10 Years and 10 songs 1976-1985 - highly personal choices from ADRIAN COEN –radio producer, translator, educator and globalist.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 Red Button.
With Adrian Coen
10 Years and 10 songs 1976-1985 - highly personal choices from DAVID PRICE –singer, cricketer, businessman and globalist.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 Red Button.
With David Price
10 Years and 10 songs 1976-1985 - highly personal choices from TIM ASTON - aeronautical engineer, shaman of the wicket and global cyclist.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 Red Button.
With Tim Aston
10 Years and 10 songs 1976-1985 - highly personal choices from JOHN DEW.
A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 Red Button.
With John Dew
Ten Years and 10 songs 1976-1985 - highly personal choices from Yvonne Pini. A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.
Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 Red Button.
With Yvonne Pini
Later evening conversation and gorgeous music with Tamsin Burnett-Hall, cookery writer, food stylist and food Editor for Sainsbury’s Magazine who trained with Prue Leith, and learned the tricks of the trade from the Godfather of the kitchen, the legendary cook Delia Smith…
With Bill Lawrance, Jo Coldwell and Tamsin Burnett-Hall
Later evening conversation with renowned blue badge guide Jonathan Pearsall, who takes us through the complete history of Colchester, Britain's oldest town. From capital of the Roman Britain to one of the fastest growing communities in Europe today, its a revealing and entertaining journey - with great music too!
With Bill Lawrance & Jonathan Pearsall
Ten Years and 10 songs 1976-1985 - highly personal choices from Bill Lawrance. A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives. Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music.
With Bill Lawrance
Special Guest Tony Francis is based in North East Essex at Harwich, and is a community polymath. Ex-serious crime officer who still works with police cadets, Tony runs a community hub working to address important problems such as homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction – and he also works on historical projects such the 400th anniversary of the journey of the Mayflower which took the Pilgrim Fathers from North east Essex to the New world of America in 1620. And he chooses great music for the show too!
With Bill Lawrance, Bob May & Tony Francis
Later evening conversation with special guest Gerard Francis - entrepreneur, businessmen and founder of recruitment firm Lighthouse Personnel. And with S Club 7 too. Just a little bit.
with Bill Lawrance
Player, spectator, and man who smells of cricket, Andrew Oldershaw casts his expert eye over our national summer game, from the traditional Test match, to the razzmatazz carnivals of T20 and the The Hundred, to the village cricket in late summer evening sunshine.
Later evening conversation, music and leather on willow...
With Bill Lawrance, Andrew Oldershaw and Iain Tallentire.
Later evening conversation with Paula and Phil, authors of the autobiographical 'From Colchester to Sulawesi', the 26 part story featured in series 5 of 'Bill's Big Bag of Onions' - and recorded in The Presidential Suite Room 305 at the Hyatt Hilton Hotel in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia.
In conversation with Adrian Coen, and with contributions from Yvonne Pini.
More later evening conversation from Red Button, this week with lifelong angler Bryn Griffiths, who talks about how important fishing has been in his life. Explaining what this great pastime has taught him, the joys of Bobby George's ponds, how Mr Crabtree enhanced his childhood, and why Sri Lanka was the venue for his perfect Fishing day out - Bryn extolls the beauty of Fishing and its ability to bring perfect mindfulness.
And there's great music too!
With Bill Lawrance and Bryn Griffiths
Later evening conversation about Oceans and our fragile relationship with them. Guest presenter Jo Coldwell is joined live in the studio by two special guests (and their great choices of music!)
Eleanor Church, documentary photographer and film maker, who in 2018 took a mammoth voyage through the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch in an attempt to learn more about the impact of plastic pollution on coastal communities.
Leanne Hepburn, Director of Education and Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology at the University of Essex, whose main research area is coral reefs and environmental change.
With Bill Lawrance and Jo Coldwell
The later evening conversation and music show is live from Studio 4 on the First Floor, as Bill and Mike catch up with listeners queries. Its a rarely visited part of the Lord David Price Digital Media Building, where all the mail from listeners is stored
It's not long before this unique Q&A session turns into a dark exploration of the dusty depths of Red Button, exposing not only the strange complexity of the minds of Mike and Bill, but also laying bare the very soul of broadcasting itself...
With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen and Mike Harwood
Join the 'Professor of Jazz Plumbing', Francis 'Futty-Butty' Benson, as he curates a special edition of 'Bill's Big Bag of Jazz Onions', exclusively for Box 39 Red Button. And its a unique look at Latvian jazz. Can Benson create a Jazz Harpoon that secures and lands this Jazz Whale, to ensure a tasty feast of sophisticated feast of Jazz Blubber? Of course... it's a Jazzing certainty!
With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen and Francis Benson
later evening conversation with Kevin Heath, founder of and expert on all things do do with wills, probate and inheritance. A self confessed reggae fan and wannabe member of Nick Cave's The Birthday Party from 1980, this is a unique and absorbing conversation - with wonderful and eclectic music too!
With Bill Lawrance & Adrian Coen
Later evening conversation and music. Special guest Gurpreet, founder of BLM in the Stix, gives an update on what has happened since the summer of 2020, and what has been learned on our journey over the last 12 months. With music entirely by 'Sault', this is a pivotal guide to finding our way through the issues that confront us all.
With Bill Lawrance and Gurpreet Kaur.
Later evening conversation and music. Special guest Patrik Minder, owner and chef at the highly popular 'Lexden Crown' pub and restaurant in Colchester talks about living and training as a chef in Switzerland, his move to Colchester to establish himself as a restauranteur, and the huge changes that the Covid pandemic brought, and continues to bring, to the hospitality industry. And with his great choices of music too!
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music. Special guest Craig Barker looks at the impact that Covid has had upon football - for our local clubs, the experiences for fans, the effects on participation at grassroots level, the economic remodelling clubs have undertaken, as well as the very future of our national game.
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
An intimate conversation between two friends, Gurpreet and Natalie, who share their own experiences of single parenting. Reflecting on the highs and the lows, the demands and the pleasures they have enjoyed, this is a unique and joyful radio show - and comes with Natalie's own choices of great music too!
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen
Later evening conversation and music. Special guest Pamela Ennis, in the USA chats to Bill Lawrance in Essex about what life is like in the USA at the moment. From Pubs to mountain climbing and singing the national anthem - unique conversation, with some surprises, some revelations and always great music.
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Lewis Miller, personal travel planner, business owner and Disneyland expert.
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Jo Coldwell, book seller, book reader and book lover.
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Sarah McKee Harris, business leader, and Public Relations specialist.
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Neil Darcy-Jones, journalist, author, playwright and performer.
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Ian Hornett, author and writer.
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Rachel Walton, founder and director of Africa Families in the UK.
Wit Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Jo Coldwell, manager of Red Lion Bookshop, and organiser of Appetite Book Club.
Wit Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Jay Grant, 1990s Rave scene specialist and West Ham United supporter!
with Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Gurpreet Sidhu, founder of 'Black Lives Matter in the Stix', an anti-racism group for those living in rural areas.
with Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Pamela Ennis, Washington State correspondent, and all round good egg.
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Adrian Coen - and 30 year story, connected by 1 T-shirt. Part Two.
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Adrian Coen, and the tale of a T-shirt spanning 30 years of travel, memories and photographs. Part One.
With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen..
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Julie Clarke Edwards, artist, tattooist and business leader.
With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, Iain Tallentire and Mike Harwood.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Bob May, who examines the history of live music in and around Colchester.
With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, Iain Tallentire and Mike Harwood.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Katy Vargas, coordinator of the 'Save Our Libraries Essex' campaign.
With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, Iain Tallentire and Mike Harwood.
Later evening conversation and music, with special guest Jill Ball who talks about the politics, pitfalls and pleasures of using Social Media.
With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, Iain Tallentire and Mike Harwood.
Later evening conversation and music - Highlights Reel 3, from UK Election Night 2019.
With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, Iain Tallentire and Mike Harwood.