Year: 2025

Becky Want and Jo Good are broadcasting from pubs across England this week as they take the BBC local radio Late Show on the road.

They are carrying Eastenders’ Queen Victoria bust with them across the country on a tour of real Queen Vic pubs.
In partnership with BBC History, the BBC local radio presenters started in Newcastle Upon Tyne and are heading on a journey south, finishing in the Bermondsey pub said to have inspired Albert Square’s famous Queen Victoria at the heart of the TV soap.
They will take BBC History’s replica Queen Vic bust seen on the bar in Walford to real Queen Vic pubs across England, meeting the people who live, work, and socialise in them.
The all-England Late Show will broadcast from the Queen Vic pubs from 10pm to 1am, meeting local communities in each area and hearing stories about what makes each place special.
It all started last night at The Queen Victoria pub in Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne and heads to other Queen Victoria pubs in Darfield (Barnsley), Syston (Leicester), Malden (Essex), and Bermondsey (London).
Presenter Becky Want said “What an honour to be taking the precious Queen Vic bust on her first ever road trip across the country! She’s seen some sights in Walford over the last 40 years and we can’t wait to find out what stories she will witness this week from England’s real-life Queen Vic’s.”

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Bobby Friction will leave his current weekday show to front a weekend show on BBC Asian Network, and Amber Sandhu will leave the station when it moves to Birmingham.

All the remaining shows will move to the Midlands by April 28th, including Breakfast with Nikita Kanda.
The New Music Show with DJ Limelight and Kan D Man (Wednesday’s 20:00-22:00) will broadcast from Birmingham from Wednesday 9 April, with DJ Limelight continuing as host, followed by Pritt (Sunday, 19:00-21:00) and Nadia Ali (Sunday, 15:00-17:00) broadcasting from Birmingham from Sunday 13 April.
Asian Network Breakfast with Nikita Kanda will be the final show to move to the city, broadcasting live from Birmingham from Monday 28 April.
In addition to moving its remaining shows to Birmingham, Asian Network has announced a new schedule starting from Monday 7 April.
As part of the changes, Bobby Friction will leave his current weekday show to front a brand-new specialist music show every Sunday from 21:00-23:00, starting on Sunday 13 April, replacing Vallisa’s current Sunday show which will end in March.
In place of Bobby’s current show, three new weekday programmes will launch from 18:00-20:00, every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, presented by Asian Network’s Vallisa, Nadia Ali and Kan D Man respectively.
Other changes taking place from Monday 7 April include The Everyday Hustle (Monday, 06:00-06:30) beginning a new rotation of presenters, to be announced soon, with Harpreet Kaur hosting her final show on Monday 31 March.
Amber Sandhu will leave Asian Network with co-host of One More Chai, Gura Randhawa, taking over Saturday afternoon’s 15:00-1800, hosting her first live show on the network. Asian Network Chill will also come to an end in March.
Ahmed Hussain, Head of Asian Network, says: “I’m really delighted to be uniting the whole of Asian Network in Birmingham and to be delivering on our promise to increase investment and support talent across the UK.
“Birmingham is such a diverse and creative city and an important location for our listeners. We are proud to be bringing more representation to The Midlands, championing British Asian music and culture and continuing to work and support local companies. Most of all I’m excited to bring the Asian Network family together!
“Finally, I’d like to say a massive thank you to Amber for the energy and fun she has brought to the airwaves over the past two years, I wish her all the best with her new ventures.”

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