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The Food ProgrammeSchool Dinners - Past, Present and FutureBaroness Floella Benjamin once said “childhood lasts a lifetime” and our experiences of school dinners can shape how we eat for the rest of our lives. In this edition of The Food Programme Sheila Dillon investigates the importance of those early food memories with the help of Dr Heather Ellis from the School Meals Project. The Project says its aim is to produce the first ever comprehensive history of school meals across the different nations of the United Kingdom The programme makes a trip to the Food Museum in Suffolk to see a landmark exhibition around school food and Shei...
2025-05-1642 min
Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other guestsHigh hopes and Gratitude are our Sword and Shield; Julius Caesar sniffs the English shores; and Bede records some sensible Synodical DecisionsSend a textCome with me and keep me company this third day of February. We are walking together and can choose whether to be annoyed by the companions who grumble and argue and point out the mud and cold; or to link arms with the loving, good people. Think Atticus; think the Princess of Wales; think Floella Benjamin, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama. And who do we have closer to home? There is a wonderful lady I know in her 80s, widowed, who smiles and loves and lives a purposeful life. We are free to ch...
2025-02-0324 min
Experience The Thought-Provoking Full Audiobook Experience!Nursery Stories and Rhymes by Campbell BooksPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/209312to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Nursery Stories and Rhymes
Author: Campbell Books
Narrator: Derek Griffiths, Floella Benjamin
Format: mp3
Length: 59 mins
Release date: 01-10-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Nursery Rhymes
Publisher's Summary:
Climb up the beanstalk with Jack, march with the Duke of York and visit the bears with Goldilocks in Nursery Stories and Rhymes! These popular tales and rhymes read and sung by well-known children's TV presenters Floella Benjamin and Derek Griffiths, with added sound effects and music, will keep children listening again and again, at home or in the car.
2025-01-1059 min
Radical with Amol RajanBonus: Baroness Floella Benjamin guest edits TodayThe latest Today Christmas guest editor is the TV presenter, author and Liberal Democrat peer Floella Benjamin.Baroness Benjamin is most famous for her work on children's TV shows Playschool and Playaway. She spoke to Amol about why she thinks there's a "crisis" in children's TV today, but they began by talking about her moving to the UK from Trinidad as a child.GET IN TOUCH:
* Send us a message or a voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 4346
* Email today@bbc.co.ukBetween now and the end of the year we're bringing you...
2024-12-3015 min
The Problematic Gaze'Aladdin & The 40 Thieves' BBC Pantomime from 1984Direct from PG Towers, join social historian Dr Lee Arnott and TV Producer Dave Moor for a lighthearted look at the world of TV, Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. This week, we cast our gaze on the BBC TV Panto 'Aladdin & The 40 Thieves' from New Years Day 1984. Featuring a Who's Who of 80's TV personalities from the world of light entertainment including Floella Benjamin, Sarah Greene and Kenneth Williams to name but a few. This panto was what the term 'cultural appropriation' was invented for. But can this stop our enjoyment of t...
2024-12-1745 min
Escape To The Most Edge-Of-Your-Seat Full Audiobook Today!Coming to England by Floella Benjamin, Diane EwenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/103037to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Coming to England
Author: Floella Benjamin, Diane Ewen
Narrator: Floella Benjamin
Format: mp3
Length: 8 mins
Release date: 11-11-24
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Cultural Heritage
Publisher's Summary:
Follow 10-year-old Floella as she and her family set sail from the Caribbean to a new life in London. Alone on a huge ship for two weeks, then tumbled into a cold and unfriendly London, coming to England wasn't at all what Floella had expected.... What will her new school be like? Will she meet the queen?
2024-11-1108 min
The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X PodcastToby Tarrant sits in with Harry Hill, Graeme Swann, and Dom’s TikTok Challenge #447When Toby Tarrant sat down in Chris’ seat on Monday morning, he had one goal. To make Dominic Byrne a TikTok sensation. Did he succeed in his goal? Well you’re just going to have to listen and find out…This week, we were joined by three excellent guests. Harry Hill dropped by on Monday to tell us all about his new comedy tour, SCART leads, and the difference between crabsticks and rhubarb. Up next was cricketer Graeme Swann, who told us a farty story and played a round of ‘Swann in 60 seconds’. Finally, former footballer Jimmy Bullard re...
2024-06-071h 22
ProfileBaroness Floella BenjaminYou may know her from Play School, Bafta or the House of Lords, Baroness Floella Benjamin doesn’t sit still, she’s even appeared in panto.Stephen Smith hears about the remarkable life of the Trinidad-born actress, TV presenter and author, who campaigns passionately for children and the Windrush generation.CONTRIBUTORS
Colin Webb, Publisher, 'Coming to England'
Nero Ughwujabo, Senior Strategy Adviser - Equality Diversity and Inclusion, The Prince's Trust
Lord Simon Woolley, Principal at Homerton College, Cambridge University
Johnny Ball, Children's TV presenter
Paul Nicholas, Actor
Linzi Beuselinck, Actress
Jeremy Swan, Children's TV producer
Ros...
2024-05-1815 min
Eye on EducationHow to Encourage A Love Of Reading01 February 2024: Four amazing guests on the show today to talk about the Love of Reading. Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE is a Trinidadian-British broadcaster, writer and politician. Lucie Wullschleger created Sharing Stories from her living room - a Kids Library delivered to your door. Rebecca Cregan, Assistant Principal at Horizon International School and lastly Charlotte Grieves, Head of Prep at RGS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-02-0147 min
American International PodcastThe Devil Within HerThe Devil Within Her (1975) AIP Production #7517/7602 Jeff and Cheryl learn how to sedate and exorcise naughty children in The Devil Within Her.Directed by Peter SasdyWritten by Stanley PriceProduced by Nato de Angeles for the Rank Organisation Starring:Joan Collins as Lucy Carlesi Ralph Bates as Gino Carlesi Eileen Atkins as Sister Albana Donald Pleasence as Dr. Finch Hilary Mason as Mrs. Hyde Caroline Munro as Mandy Gregory John Steiner as Tommy Morris George Claydon as Hercules Janet...
2024-01-0859 min
Miracle Working MumsE15 featuring Rebecca Amoroso: A Daughter of the Windrush generation who has bloomed where she was plantedIn this episode I talk to Reverend Rebecca Amoroso, whose mother, Bianca, arrived in England at Tilbury Docks from Trinidad in order to embark on a career as a nurse in the NHS. Rebecca became a mum to her son in-between finishing her A-levels and going to university, which was younger than most of her friends but became another wonderful opportunity in her life. Rebecca identifies the lack of affordable childcare as a barrier for women who want to return to work or study after becoming a parent and doubts she would have been able to access university education...
2023-10-2057 min
House of Lords Podcast: Lord Speaker's CornerLord Speaker's Corner: Baroness BenjaminHear from broadcaster and campaigner, Floella Benjamin, in the latest episode of Lord Speaker's Corner.In this episode, Baroness Benjamin explains that it was while presenting TV’s Play School in the 1970s and 1980s that she first realised that 'children didn't have a voice… People didn't take what's going to happen to children into consideration enough.' She has gone on to play a significant role advocating for children's rights.In this extensive interview, Baroness Benjamin also shares how she overcame discrimination in many forms, from name-calling in the playground to being told...
2023-09-1559 min
The Beautiful Business PodcastNurturing a purpose-led business: Insights from Richard Thomson, CEO of KaptchaIn this week’s episode of the Beautiful Business Podcast, host Yiuwin Tsang interviews Richard Thomson, the CEO of Kaptcha, a Visual Communications Agency. Richard shares his background working in broadcast TV where he directed travel programs and later worked on shows like Top Gear and Crimewatch. He reflects on the profound impact of his travels, particularly his time in India, where he lived in a rainforest and experienced a sense of peace and detachment from the world.Richard also discusses his time at the BBC, where he felt a strong sense of purpose in informing, educating, an...
2023-07-2622 min
RCM PodcastRCM Awards special: celebrating maternityStepping out of the scrubs and into the sequins. In this episode we speak with this year’s RCM
Award winners and hear first hand about the incredible projects and partnerships
that have improved care for women and families and colleagues too – the work
that made them today’s shining stars in the service. We open with the special
address from this year’s host, Baroness Floella Benjamin, commending you on your
work – work that is full of heart and soul and adventure.
2023-05-2636 min
Teaching for todayCI News: 12 May 2023In the news this week: The Prime Minister emphasises the importance of protecting women’s spaces, it’s revealed that genetically modified babies have been born in the UK, and an unborn child receives pioneering brain surgery.
You can download the video via this link.
Featured stories
‘Not a niche issue’: PM defends the importance of protecting women’s spaces
Scientists create UK’s first three-parent babies
Floella Benjamin calls for Online Safety Bill to ‘end sexualisation of children’
World-first brain surgery for unborn baby
2023-05-1205 min
Fuel Your Mind With The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Powerful!Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes by Baroness Floella Benjamin, Lydia MonksPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/209345to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Author: Baroness Floella Benjamin, Lydia Monks
Narrator: Baroness Floella Benjamin
Format: mp3
Length: 19 mins
Release date: 05-04-23
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Nursery Rhymes
Publisher's Summary:
2023-05-0419 min
The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa#063 Glasgow 5SC: The BBC Launches in ScotlandOn episode 63, we've reached 6th March 1923: Glasgow 5SC launches - the BBC's first station in Scotland.
It's not Scotland's first radio station (see episode 48 for the tale of how Daimler, Glasgow Motor Show and a couple of electrical shop owners made a couple of pre-BBC pop-up stations).
But this sixth BBC station mattered to John Reith more than any other. He'd grown up in Glasgow. His mum came to visit the radio station. He opened the station himself - apart from the bagpipes playing Hey Johnny Cope.
You have two fantastic guides through...
2023-03-0631 min
Politics UnpackedFloella BenjaminMatt hosted this year's Parliamentary Book Awards, where he sat down with winner and children's TV legend Floella Benjamin.Columnists Manveen Rana and Katy Balls discuss the surprising number of people who want to be Tory MPs, the public's continued support for Ukraine, and Therese Coffey's suggestion that we eat more turnips.Plus: Matt heads to Turnips restaurant in London's Borough Market to find out more about the environment secretary's favourite seasonal vegetable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-02-2444 min
Commonwealth Poetry PodcastNext Stop Trinidad & Tobago for a Christmas Day Special Episode with Floella BenjaminJoin Gyles and Aphra Brandreth for a special Christmas episode with Baroness Floella Benjamin OM DBE. The Trinidadian born actress, presenter, broadcaster and parliamentarian, currently Chairs the Windrush Commemoration Committee and was recently awarded the Order of Merit. She has written over 30 books with her memoir ‘Coming To England’ now studied in schools. In this episode she shares her memories of growing up as a young child in Trinidad before moving to Britain, and the huge culture shock and difficulties that she faced when she arrived. Bringing her energy, joy of singing and passion for inspiring children and young peop...
2022-12-251h 00
Oh My Lit!Black History MonthIn this episode, Tanuja and Rosa speak to their first guests on the show, debut author of 'An Ocean Apart' Sarah Lee and Editorial Assistant at HarperFiction, Elizabeth Burrell about their journeys in publishing, their family history in Britain and their favourite black British authors. This episode's book recommendations:An Ocean Apart by Sarah LeeHomecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation by Colin GrantBlack and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon Get A Life, Chloe Brown...
2022-10-171h 09
Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Law & PoliticsWhat Are You Doing Here?: My Autobiography by Floella BenjaminPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/571277 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Are You Doing Here?: My Autobiography Author: Floella Benjamin Narrator: Floella Benjamin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 15, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: This audio edition is read by the author, Floella Benjamin. Winner at the 2022 Parlimentary Book Awards Baroness Floella Benjamin is an inspiration, an actress and much-loved children’s television presenter who is a member of the House of Lords. But how did the girl from Trinidad end up lunching with the Queen? In What Are You Doing Here? Floella describes arriving in...
2022-09-1505 min
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentWhat Are You Doing Here?: My Autobiography by Floella BenjaminPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/571277 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Are You Doing Here?: My Autobiography Author: Floella Benjamin Narrator: Floella Benjamin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 15, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This audio edition is read by the author, Floella Benjamin. Winner at the 2022 Parlimentary Book Awards Baroness Floella Benjamin is an inspiration, an actress and much-loved children’s television presenter who is a member of the House of Lords. But how did the girl from Trinidad end up lunching with the Queen? In What Are You Doing Here? Floella describes arriving in...
2022-09-1505 min
Access Unmissable Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsWhat Are You Doing Here?: My Autobiography by Floella BenjaminPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/571277 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Are You Doing Here?: My Autobiography Author: Floella Benjamin Narrator: Floella Benjamin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 15, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This audio edition is read by the author, Floella Benjamin. Winner at the 2022 Parlimentary Book Awards Baroness Floella Benjamin is an inspiration, an actress and much-loved children’s television presenter who is a member of the House of Lords. But how did the girl from Trinidad end up lunching with the Queen? In What Are You Doing Here? Floella describes arriving in Lo...
2022-09-1505 min
Enjoy Your Day With A Addictive Full Audiobook.What Are You Doing Here? by Baroness Floella BenjaminPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/166426to listen full audiobooks.
Title: What Are You Doing Here?
Author: Baroness Floella Benjamin
Narrator: Baroness Floella Benjamin
Format: mp3
Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
Release date: 09-15-22
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Emigration & Immigration
Publisher's Summary:
Floella Benjamin was the little girl from the Caribbean who became a British household name, and along the way, received some of the highest accolades around—including a BAFTA Special Lifetime Achievement Award and a damehood—and became a peer in the House of Lords. A natural storyteller, What Are You Doing Here? is her incredibly movi...
2022-09-152h 10
Access Complete Audiobook Titles TodayJulia Donaldson's Julia Donaldson & Friends: The Paper Dolls and Other StoriesPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622336 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Julia Donaldson & Friends: The Paper Dolls and Other Stories
Author: Julia Donaldson
Narrator: Justin Fletcher, Floella Benjamin, Lauren Laverne, Saskia Wickham, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Alex Jennings
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 0 hours 55 minutes
Release date: September 5, 2022
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary: A brilliant collection of bestselling stories from Julia Donaldson and friends, read aloud by stars Floella Benjamin, Lauren Laverne, Alex Jennings, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant and Saskia Wickham. Perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime...
2022-09-0655 min
Tell A Tale Pod - Telling tales, igniting imagination !Coming To EnglandThe last of my summer reads comes from a stalwart to children's television - Floella Benjamin.
This book, recounting her journey from the Caribbean to the UK, mirrors the story told by many of the Windrush generation, but could be the basis of any immigration/emigration story. Although the tale does not shy away from some of the difficulties and sadness, this story is overwhelmingly positive and definitely seen through the eyes of a child. Please go and find this book in your local library or bookshop and the pictures are also expressive and comforting.
...
2022-08-2907 min
Saturday LiveBaroness Floella BenjaminNikki Bedi and Richard Coles meet Baroness Floella Benjamin - who became a household name in the mid 70s and 80s as the host of Playschool. She came to the UK as part of the Windrush generation from Trinidad and as well as TV presenting, she is a successful actor, writer and producer, a working peer and advocate for the welfare and education of Children, she is also a Dame and an OBE.We also have Aled Haydn Jones - the current head of radio 1 - who has spoken out about his rollercoaster journey to be a...
2022-07-021h 24
The Chris Evans Show with The National LotterySara Pascoe, Joe Wicks, Piers Morgan, Paolo NutiniThis week on the show we welcome friends from the world of music, comedy, sport and television.The hilarious Sara Pascoe discusses her upcoming UK stand-up tour 'Success Story'.Workout wonder Joe Wicks shares all about his attempt to break the record of the world’s largest HIIT workout.The one and only Piers Morgan give us the latest lowdown on his TalkTV show ‘Uncensored’And Scottish musical maestro Paolo Nutini chats his brand new album and his upcoming UK and European tour datesPlus Dylan Hartley, David Croft, Michae...
2022-07-011h 02
Relish The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Game-Changing!Coming to England by Floella BenjaminPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/104223to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Coming to England
Author: Floella Benjamin
Narrator: Baroness Floella Benjamin
Format: mp3
Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
Release date: 06-09-22
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Women
Publisher's Summary:
Floella Benjamin was just a young girl when she, her sister and two brothers arrived in England in 1960 to join their parents, whom they had not seen for 15 months. They had left their island home of Trinidad to make a new life in London—part of a whole generation of West Indians who were encouraged to move to Britain and help re...
2022-06-092h 32
Interval Theatre The PodcastInterval Theatre The Podcast with The Baroness Floella BenjaminComing to England tells Floella's own story of emigrating to the UK as a child. It follows her through the trials and tribulations of travelling with her siblings from Trinidad, to the racism and discriminations her family faced in 1960s London. Coming to England tells the story of how a young Floella overcame adversity and grew to become Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham.In this episode, Dave Massey talks to Baroness Benjamin about her life as the stage adaptation of her book Coming to England gets ready to premiere in the Birmingham Rep Theatre on the 31st of...
2022-03-2410 min
RamblingsAround Dulwich Woods with Floella BenjaminBaroness Floella Benjamin DBE joins Clare for a walk around one of her favourite woodlands in London. Starting in Dulwich College where her mother worked in the laundry and later her son attended, Floella and husband Keith head off into the woods on a rainy March day. Their walk takes them up from the College past the Golf range and into the woods where parakeets dart among the trees shrieking and providing a dash of bright emerald green on a grey day. Along the way Floella talks about her life and all her achievements.
She was born in Trinidad...
2022-03-1824 min
ScreenshotSesame Street and kids' TVStreet Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street is released in the UK on 31 January. This feature length documentary provides a rare window into the first years of the ground-breaking children’s TV show.
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode embrace the nostalgia of the television that shaped their childhoods.
Mark explores the impact of Sesame Street with Street Gang’s director, Marilyn Agrelo. He also reflects on one of the UK’s most popular children’s TV programmes, Play School, with one of its beloved presenters, Baroness Floella Benjamin.
And Ellen tests her theory concerning a unique connection between the w...
2022-01-2842 min
The Extraordinary OrdinaryThe Extraordinary Ordinary with Lavinya Stennett and Baroness Floella Benjamin23 year old Lavinia Stennett is a writer, activist, and Founder and CEO of The Black Curriculum, a social enterprise working to both teach, and support the teaching of, Black history in schools, with the aim of empowering all students with a sense of identity and belonging.
Lavinia vividly describes the feeling of otherness that she grew up with, and the confusion she felt about the disconnect between education and her culture and background. She tells about the moment in 2016 which changed the course of her education and ambitions, and the vision she had that galvanised her to found The...
2021-10-2542 min
Embrace Your Day With A Unforgettable Full Audiobook.Coming to England by Floella BenjaminPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/103024to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Coming to England
Author: Floella Benjamin
Narrator: Floella Benjamin
Format: mp3
Length: 8 mins
Release date: 09-30-21
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Cultural Heritage
Publisher's Summary:
Follow 10-year-old Floella as she and her family set sail from the Caribbean to a new life in London. Alone on a huge ship for two weeks, then tumbled into a cold and unfriendly London, coming to England wasn't at all what Floella had expected.... What will her new school be like? Will she meet the queen?
2021-09-3008 min
Career Interrupted[Episode 96] Anything is possible. Sherry Coutu on entrepreneurship, angel investment and playing BIGWhen we were young, our heroes included the likes of Floella Benjamin, Tony Hart, and Long Distance Clara (yes, we know we’re showing our age!). 🚛For Sherry Coutu, arguably one of the UK’s most successful serial entrepreneurs, she was inspired by someone in a different league: Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley. Dame Stephanie showed Sherry a completely different path from the one she’d been expecting to follow existed… one where women could thrive in the tech space. And thrive Sherry most definitely has.✨She founded a company valued at more than $1 bill...
2021-07-2136 min
Space and ThingsSTP19 - Unsung Heroes - Heather Couper and George CarruthersIn our first podcast of 2021 we spend some time talking about two people from the world of space who we think have been over looked. There are obviously thousands of people who fit this bill, but this podcast isn't going anywhere soon, so we'll do our best!George Carruthers:Looking Back: Dr. George Carruthers and Apollo 16 Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph:https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/looking-back-dr-george-carruthers-and-apollo-16-far-ultraviolet-cameraspectrographWashington Post obituary: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/george-carruthers-dead/2020/12/31/ca5a366e-4acc-11eb-a9d9-1e3ec4a928b9_story...
2021-01-0744 min
Monkey Mondays from Rusty MonkeyChristmas Special - Podcast Recommendations and Rusty Monkey's "Save a business" competition.We’re feeling very festive at RMHQ today, and we’re excited to share some peace and goodwill with all our followers and friends. Thank you for watching our vlogs throughout 2020 - we hope you’ve found them useful and entertaining in what has been a very challenging year.
Chris starts with some recommendations...
Where you can get music for your multimedia projects...
https://artlist.io/Chris-228316
Podcast Recommendations - These are Apple links, but they are all easy to find in your own podcast app.
1. Adam Buxton
Benja...
2020-12-2118 min
The VerbChristmas Lights Verb - Experiments in LivingIan McMillan and his guests explore the ‘language’ of light this Christmas. He’s joined by Baroness Floella Benjamin, who tells the story of leaving Trinidadian sunshine for the very different light in the south of England; one of our best-loved lexicographers, Susie Dent lets us into the vocabulary of light; poetry legend John Cooper Clarke talks about the leading lights of his childhood, and the glow of an extraordinary cocktail cabinet; and Ian rejoices in the glow of the screens that have connected us this year, with a celebration of the poet Edwin Morgan’s ‘The Computer’s First Christ...
2020-12-1846 min
The InPublishing PodcastPaul McNameeCiar Byrne talks to Paul McNamee, editor of The Big Issue, about his early career “going where the work was”, why the triumvirate of editor, deputy editor and art director is so central to a magazine’s success, how he works to make the title “challenging and provocative” but not a “pity purchase”, his 20 ft rule for assessing front covers, some of the great guest editors he’s had (Armando Iannucci, Floella Benjamin and Mark Millar), the buzz he got coordinating Mark Hamill (aka Luke Skywalker) interviewing The Kinks' Ray and Dave Davies, the existential threat Covid posed to their street-sal...
2020-12-0954 min
Pon di Roadhonouring our ancestorsholding space for our ancestors as we close out Black History Month
ancestors mentioned
@adhdbabes
@Supernova_tash
@realglamazontyomi
Monica Roberts
Miss Lou
Mary Seacole
Maya Angelou
Benjamin Zephaniah
Nerfertiti
Floella Benjamin
Instrumental intro: Maccary Bay Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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2020-10-292h 01
Desert Island DiscsBaroness Floella Benjamin, DBEBaroness Floella Benjamin DBE is a Trinidadian-British broadcaster, writer and politician. She became a familiar face to millions of viewers through her work on children's television, most notably on Play School, which she first presented in 1976. She was born in Trinidad in 1949, the second of six children. When her parents emigrated to the UK, she and her siblings were initially left behind with foster parents. After 16 months, the family was able to reunite, when the children travelled to England by sea. At first they all lived in one room in south London. Eventually her parents were able...
2020-10-1536 min
The High LowProgressive Penguins, Emily in Paris, & What Makes A Good Deed?We continue our conversation about sharing grief in the aftermath of a still birth or miscarriage, with a special contribution from the grief psychotherapist Julia Samuel MBE. We also discuss penguin and seahorse reproduction, a delicious piece of Hollywood gossip involving Cary Grant and Clark Gable, and - mais bien sûr - we plunge into Emily and Paris aka 2020's answer to Sex And The City and all its associated controversy.E-mail thehighlowshow@gmail.comTweet@thehighlowshowShop thehighlowshow.com - 100% profits go to c...
2020-10-1452 min
Wilderness Tracks // Timber FestivalBaroness Floella BenjaminThe beloved actress and childrens tv presenter, Baroness Floelle Benjamin talks of nurturing her family garden, the velvety qualities of Sarah Vaughan’s voice, singing on stage with her jazz-playing dad and how important it was for her to see Jamaican-American actor Harry Belafonte on the silver screen in ‘Island in the Sun’ when she was growing up. Plus, Baroness Benjamin rounds off her selections with the incredible 5th Dimension's 'Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine' medley!— In the Wilderness Tracks, writers, artists, scientists and thinkers talk with producer Geoff Bird about six pieces of music that somehow connect t...
2020-09-0543 min
Heard and Not Seen - The Barnardo's PodcastOral History Project - Baroness Floella BenjaminThe Barnardo’s Oral History project is about capturing and sharing the incredible experiences of the post-war African and Caribbean communities in Britain, often referred to as the Windrush Generation.
Our first podcast episode in the series - released on Windrush Day 2020 (June 22) - focuses on the story of Barnardo’s Vice President Baroness Floella Benjamin. It also features a short teaser of the story of former Barnardo's boy Tony Simpson, which we'll explore, in detail, over the coming months.
Floella was interviewed by Ola, who is supported by our Youthbuild Academy in Lewisham.
2020-06-1929 min
Flo with The FunkPodcast No.1 Let Me Introduce MyselfHello and welcome, let introduce myself
My name is Michelle aka the Funky Celebrant...my nickname since 16 is Flo ....apparently I reminded the name giver of Floella Benjamin because of my bright and bubbly personality.
Come on over and meet me on my website to find out more about me
Funky Celebrant
Or
If your a UK based wedding celebrant in need of some mentoring
The Savvy Celebrant.co.uk
2020-05-2404 min
Talking RoyalsPrince Charles' positive coronavirus test and how the royals thanked the NHSChris and Lizzie recorded this week's episode separately from their homes as the UK settles into the coronavirus lockdown - with plenty to talk about.Prince Charles tested positive for the virus which got us wondering when did he get infected and why was he tested so quickly?We spoke to Dame Floella Benjamin who met the Prince days before his announcement and frontline Doctor Samantha Batt-Rawden. Chris and Lizzie also checked in with the Cambridges who have been thanking NHS staff for their hard work battling the pandemic.New episodes of...
2020-03-2732 min
Hey Diddle Diddle with Floella BenjaminThe Grand Old Duke Of YorkFloella Benjamin is a household favourite for many adults who spent their early years watching her on Playschool in the 1970s & 80’s.
Now their children can have the same joyful experience and listen to Floella bring favourite nursery rhymes to life.
Each episode features a unique look at the story and music behind the the classic rhymes with exclusive interviews with the nursery rhyme stars!
In this episode, we hear the story behind the nursery rhyme, The Grand Old Duke Of York!
Twitter
@FloellaBenjamin
2020-02-1700 minHey Diddle Diddle with Floella BenjaminThe North WindFloella Benjamin is a household favourite for many adults who spent their early years watching her on Playschool in the 1970s & 80’s.
Now their children can have the same joyful experience and listen to Floella bring favourite nursery rhymes to life.
Each episode features a unique look at the story and music behind the the classic rhymes with exclusive interviews with the nursery rhyme stars!
In this episode, we hear the story behind the nursery rhyme, The North Wind!
Twitter
@FloellaBenjamin
2020-02-1700 minHey Diddle Diddle with Floella BenjaminDr.FosterFloella Benjamin is a household favourite for many adults who spent their early years watching her on Playschool in the 1970s & 80’s.
Now their children can have the same joyful experience and listen to Floella bring favourite nursery rhymes to life.
Each episode features a unique look at the story and music behind the the classic rhymes with exclusive interviews with the nursery rhyme stars!
In this episode, we hear the story behind the nursery rhyme, Dr.Foster!
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2020-02-1700 minHey Diddle Diddle with Floella BenjaminThe Queen Of HeartsFloella Benjamin is a household favourite for many adults who spent their early years watching her on Playschool in the 1970s & 80’s.
Now their children can have the same joyful experience and listen to Floella bring favourite nursery rhymes to life.
Each episode features a unique look at the story and music behind the the classic rhymes with exclusive interviews with the nursery rhyme stars!
In this episode, we hear the story behind the nursery rhyme, The Queen of Hearts!
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2020-02-1700 minHey Diddle Diddle with Floella BenjaminHickory Dickory DockFloella Benjamin is a household favourite for many adults who spent their early years watching her on Playschool in the 1970s & 80’s.
Now their children can have the same joyful experience and listen to Floella bring favourite nursery rhymes to life.
Each episode features a unique look at the story and music behind the the classic rhymes with exclusive interviews with the nursery rhyme stars!
In this episode, we hear the story behind the nursery rhyme, Hickory Dickory Dock!
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@FloellaBenjamin
2020-02-1700 minHey Diddle Diddle with Floella BenjaminHey Diddle DiddleFloella Benjamin is a household favourite for many adults who spent their early years watching her on Playschool in the 1970s & 80’s.
Now their children can have the same joyful experience and listen to Floella bring favourite nursery rhymes to life.
Each episode features a unique look at the story and music behind the the classic rhymes with exclusive interviews with the nursery rhyme stars!
In this episode, we hear the story behind the nursery rhyme, Hey Diddle Diddle!
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2020-02-1700 minHey Diddle Diddle with Floella BenjaminHumpty DumptyFloella Benjamin is a household favourite for many adults who spent their early years watching her on Playschool in the 1970s & 80’s.
Now their children can have the same joyful experience and listen to Floella bring favourite nursery rhymes to life.
Each episode features a unique look at the story and music behind the the classic rhymes with exclusive interviews with the nursery rhyme stars!
In this episode, we hear the story behind the nursery rhyme, Humpty Dumpty!
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2020-02-1700 minHey Diddle Diddle with Floella BenjaminThis Little PiggyFloella Benjamin is a household favourite for many adults who spent their early years watching her on Playschool in the 1970s & 80’s.
Now their children can have the same joyful experience and listen to Floella bring favourite nursery rhymes to life.
Each episode features a unique look at the story and music behind the the classic rhymes with exclusive interviews with the nursery rhyme stars!
In this episode, we hear the story behind the nursery rhyme, This Little Piggy!
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2020-02-1700 minHey Diddle Diddle with Floella BenjaminIncy Wincy SpiderFloella Benjamin is a household favourite for many adults who spent their early years watching her on Playschool in the 1970s & 80’s.
Now their children can have the same joyful experience and listen to Floella bring favourite nursery rhymes to life.
Each episode features a unique look at the story and music behind the the classic rhymes with exclusive interviews with the nursery rhyme stars!
In this episode, we hear the story behind the nursery rhyme, Incy Wincy Spider!
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2020-02-1700 minHey Diddle Diddle with Floella BenjaminOne, Two, Three, Four, FiveFloella Benjamin is a household favourite for many adults who spent their early years watching her on Playschool in the 1970s & 80’s.
Now their children can have the same joyful experience and listen to Floella bring favourite nursery rhymes to life.
Each episode features a unique look at the story and music behind the the classic rhymes with exclusive interviews with the nursery rhyme stars!
In this episode, we hear the story behind the nursery rhyme, One, Two, Three, Four, Five!
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@FloellaBenjamin
2020-02-1700 minHey Diddle Diddle with Floella BenjaminSubscribe and listen to Hey Diddle Diddle with Floella Benjamin on Global Player now!Floella Benjamin is a household favourite for many adults who spent their early years watching her on Playschool in the 1970s & 80’s. Now their children can have the same joyful experience and listen to Floella bring favourite nursery rhymes to life. Each episode features a unique look at the story and music behind the the classic rhymes with exclusive interviews with the nursery rhyme stars!
Subscribe and listen to Hey Diddle Diddle on Global Player, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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2020-02-1000 min
Podcast Radio HourNew releases for August with Scott BryanAmanda Litherland and Scott Bryan recommend the best new podcasts to listen to this month. Featuring: The Pivot, Talk Tech To Me, Where Is My Mind, From The Heart with Floella Benjamin, After, Women Like Us, Comedy Club 4 Kids Radio Nonsense, Giles Coren Has No Idea, and Set Meals.
2019-08-021h 00
National Association for Primary EducationOxfordshire Headteachers’ Conference – NAPE 020
https://www.oxonheadsconf.org.uk
Below you can see the conference programme and links for those organisations who chatted to me on the podcast.
www.archoxfordshire.org.uk
https://one-eighty.org.uk
http://fabresearch.com/schoolsurveys.htm
Oxfordshire Outdoor Learning Trust
Layla Moran, MP for Oxford West & Abingdon
Layla Moran is a Physics teacher by profession, formerly working in a state secondary school, as a Head of Year in an international school and latterly with an Oxford-based Educa...
2019-03-2013 min
Best of the Emirates LitFestFloella Benjamin (2018)Actor, TV Broadcaster and produce and author of 20 books for children including the powerful and influential ‘Coming to England.’ She is known as presenter of children's programmes such as Play School, Play Away and Fast Forward
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Rolling back the years…. It’s vintage LitFest!
Since 2009, the Festival has had its own podcast channel on board Emirates flights, featuring interviews from some of the Festival’s top authors.
Now, curated for your enjoyment, is a selection from the archive!
2018-08-1420 min
Gardening with the RHSLive from Chelsea (Ep 130)
Garden designer, TV presenter and RHS flower show judge James Alexander-Sinclair takes us on a journey into the heart and soul of the Chelsea Flower Show, exploring top-end design, incredible plants and planting, and meeting the people who make it all happen and the celebrities who turn out in force to soak up the Chelsea buzz. Find out about feel-good gardens, exciting new plants and garden products, and get design tips for your garden. This year's show also shows the power of gardening as a force for good. We meet the creator of The Lemon Tree Trust Garden, inspired by...
2018-05-2431 min
Get With The ProgrammeEpisode 2 - Nasfim HaqueBBC3 Short Form Commissioner Nasfim Haque joins Campbell to nostalgically discuss Floella Benjamin, the Def II block, Neighbours,The Big Breakfast and learning the language of the industry.Get With The Programme is brought to you by The Edinburgh TV Festival and The TV Foundation, who run two television talent schemes, The Network and Ones to Watch. Applications are open now! Deadline is 10am, 1 May 2020. Find out more at tvtalentschemes.co.uk Hosted by Holly Close & Campbell GlennieMusic Production by Dominic Kennedy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-01-1633 min
What Makes Us HumanFloella Benjamin: What Makes Us Human?The Liberal Democrat peer and children's television presenter answers the question.
2018-01-1025 min
Stream Complete Digital Audiobooks for Your LibraryAudiobook: Nursery Stories and Rhymes by Campbell BooksPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/357688 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Nursery Stories and Rhymes
Author: Campbell Books
Narrator: Derek Griffiths, Floella Benjamin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 0 hours 59 minutes
Release date: September 7, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Ages 5 & Under
Publisher's Summary: Read by two of the nation's favourite children's TV presenters, this is a delightful audio collection of favourite nursery rhymes and traditional stories. Climb up the beanstalk with Jack, march with the Duke of York and visit the bears with Goldilocks in Nursery Stories and Rhymes! These popular...
2017-09-0859 min
Journey Through This Eye-Opening Full Audiobook — Perfect While Traveling.Nursery Stories and Rhymes by Campbell BooksPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/112337to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Nursery Stories and Rhymes
Author: Campbell Books
Narrator: Derek Griffiths, Baroness Floella Benjamin
Format: mp3
Length: 59 mins
Release date: 09-07-17
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 5 ratings
Genres: Poetry & Nursery Rhymes
Publisher's Summary:
Climb up the beanstalk with Jack, march with the Duke of York and visit the bears with Goldilocks in Nursery Stories and Rhymes! These popular tales and rhymes read and sung by well-known children's TV presenters Floella Benjamin and Derek Griffiths, with added sound effects and music, will keep children listening again and again, at home or...
2017-09-0759 min
Listen to Thousands of Digital Audiobooks for Your LibraryAudiobook: Favourite Stories by Campbell BooksPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/357690 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Favourite Stories
Author: Campbell Books
Narrator: Floella Benjamin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 6 minutes
Release date: July 13, 2017
Genres: Classics
Publisher's Summary: A perfect audio treasury of favourite fairy tales and traditional stories, read by Floella Benjamin. From Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella to Rapunzel and Pinocchio, this collection of ten popular fairy tales is one which children will want to hear again and again. Read by well-known children's TV presenter Floella Benjamin, with fun added sound effects and music, Favourite...
2017-07-141h 06
Gardening with the RHSHighlights of 2016
In our final 2016 edition of the RHS Gardening Podcast, the team revisit some favourite interviews from a busy and productive year at the Royal Horticultural Society - from the winning designers at the Chelsea Flower Show, invaluable advice from our expert Horticultural Advisors, words of inspiration from RHS Ambassador for young people, Baroness Floella Benjamin and our community project at Angell Town. We also hear Wisley Curator Matthew Pottage’s plans for the garden in 2017.
2016-12-2132 min
Gardening with the RHSFREE ACCESS: Members' episode 38: RHS Ambassador Baroness Floella Benjamin shares her love of gardening; and listeners' questions
In a special edition of the RHS Members' Podcast, open to everyone, our Gardening Advice team tackles listeners' questions including what to do about a Bramley apple tree with tiny fruit, how to plant gooseberries and how to feed young trees.
Plus, RHS Ambassador, Baroness Floella Benjamin, shares her love of gardening (the second part of an interview from episode 94 of the fortnightly RHS Gardening Podcast).
2016-11-1721 min
Gardening with the RHSEpisode 94: Expert picks for autumn colour, and RHS Ambassador Floella Benjamin shares her passion for gardening
At the recent RHS Shades of Autumn Show, Anne Swithinbank gives us her essential seasonal gardening tasks, and expert nursery growers reveal their choices for plants that can bring sensational autumn colour into your garden. Plus, RHS Ambassador Baroness Floella Benjamin shares her enthusiasm for gardening and inspiring the next generation of gardeners.
2016-11-0322 min
Ailsa阅读俱乐部20160212汗娜的母鸡汉娜的母鸡汉娜的奶奶养了一只名叫曼迪的黑母鸡，每天早上，汉娜都要给曼迪喂食，可是有一天，曼迪不见了。汉娜和好朋友阿克约四处寻找，她们找到了两只蝴蝶、三只小老鼠，四只……可是曼迪在哪儿呢？和她们一起找一找吧。* 作者(英)艾琳•布朗 文/图* 出版社连环画出版社* 副标题汉娜的母鸡* 译者蒲蒲兰* 出版时间2011-6内容介绍汉娜的奶奶养了一只名叫曼迪的黑母鸡，每天早上，汉娜都要给曼迪喂食，可是有一天，曼迪不见了。汉娜和好朋友阿克约四处寻找，她们找到了两只蝴蝶、三只小老鼠，四只……可是曼迪在哪儿呢？和她们一起找一找吧。作者介绍艾琳·布朗出生在伯明翰，1995年搬到威尔特郡之前，她在伦敦生活了20多年。她曾从事过学校教师等工作，后成为作家、插画家，第一本书出版于1977年。艾琳·布朗独立创作了许多书，《汉娜的惊喜》是其中最著名的一本。她还曾与Kit Wright、Tony Bradman 和Floella Benjamin等作家合作进行图书创作。与Tony Bradman合作的《Through My Window》一书，入围1986年聪明豆儿童图书奖（Smarties Book Prize）。《No Problem》入围1994年诺丁汉郡儿童图书奖 （Nottinghamshire Children's Book Award）。《汉娜的惊喜》入围1995年谢菲尔德儿童图书奖（Sheffield Children’s Book Awards）
2016-02-1207 min
啾啾妈妈故事会汉娜的母鸡（附四季儿歌：小梅梅）非专业但很用心，您的订阅就是我们的动力☺️美丽约定：每天给小啾啾讲一个好听的故事微信号：chuchusbox《汉娜的母鸡》汉娜的奶奶养了一只名叫曼迪的黑母鸡，每天早上，汉娜都要给曼迪喂食，可是有一天，曼迪不见了。汉娜和好朋友阿克约四处寻找，她们找到了两只蝴蝶、三只小老鼠，四只……可是曼迪在哪儿呢？快来听啾啾妈妈讲这个故事吧！作者简介艾琳·布朗出生在伯明翰，1995年搬到威尔特郡之前，她在伦敦生活了20多年。她曾从事过学校教师等工作，后成为作家、插画家，第一本书出版于1977年。艾琳·布朗独立创作了许多书，《汉娜的惊喜》是其中最著名的一本。她还曾与Kit Wright、Tony Bradman 和Floella Benjamin等作家合作进行图书创作。与Tony Bradman合作的《Through My Window》一书，入围1986年聪明豆儿童图书奖（Smarties Book Prize）《No Problem》入围1994年诺丁汉郡儿童图书奖 （Nottinghamshire Children's Book Award）《汉娜的惊喜》入围1995年谢菲尔德儿童图书奖（Sheffield Children’s Book Awards）
2015-06-2207 min啾啾妈妈故事会汉娜的母鸡（附四季儿歌：小梅梅）非专业但很用心，您的订阅就是我们的动力☺️美丽约定：每天给小啾啾讲一个好听的故事微信号：chuchusbox《汉娜的母鸡》汉娜的奶奶养了一只名叫曼迪的黑母鸡，每天早上，汉娜都要给曼迪喂食，可是有一天，曼迪不见了。汉娜和好朋友阿克约四处寻找，她们找到了两只蝴蝶、三只小老鼠，四只……可是曼迪在哪儿呢？快来听啾啾妈妈讲这个故事吧！作者简介艾琳·布朗出生在伯明翰，1995年搬到威尔特郡之前，她在伦敦生活了20多年。她曾从事过学校教师等工作，后成为作家、插画家，第一本书出版于1977年。艾琳·布朗独立创作了许多书，《汉娜的惊喜》是其中最著名的一本。她还曾与Kit Wright、Tony Bradman 和Floella Benjamin等作家合作进行图书创作。与Tony Bradman合作的《Through My Window》一书，入围1986年聪明豆儿童图书奖（Smarties Book Prize）《No Problem》入围1994年诺丁汉郡儿童图书奖 （Nottinghamshire Children's Book Award）《汉娜的惊喜》入围1995年谢菲尔德儿童图书奖（Sheffield Children’s Book Awards）
2015-06-2207 min啾啾妈妈的故事会汉娜的母鸡（附四季儿歌：小梅梅）非专业但很用心，您的订阅就是我们的动力☺️美丽约定：每天给小啾啾讲一个好听的故事微信号：chuchusbox《汉娜的母鸡》汉娜的奶奶养了一只名叫曼迪的黑母鸡，每天早上，汉娜都要给曼迪喂食，可是有一天，曼迪不见了。汉娜和好朋友阿克约四处寻找，她们找到了两只蝴蝶、三只小老鼠，四只……可是曼迪在哪儿呢？快来听啾啾妈妈讲这个故事吧！作者简介艾琳·布朗出生在伯明翰，1995年搬到威尔特郡之前，她在伦敦生活了20多年。她曾从事过学校教师等工作，后成为作家、插画家，第一本书出版于1977年。艾琳·布朗独立创作了许多书，《汉娜的惊喜》是其中最著名的一本。她还曾与Kit Wright、Tony Bradman 和Floella Benjamin等作家合作进行图书创作。与Tony Bradman合作的《Through My Window》一书，入围1986年聪明豆儿童图书奖（Smarties Book Prize）《No Problem》入围1994年诺丁汉郡儿童图书奖 （Nottinghamshire Children's Book Award）《汉娜的惊喜》入围1995年谢菲尔德儿童图书奖（Sheffield Children’s Book Awards）
2015-06-2207 min
Tune In To Your Day With A Powerful Full Audiobook.Dracula in Sunlight by Chris PowlingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/110860to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Dracula in Sunlight
Author: Chris Powling
Narrator: Floella Benjamin
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
Release date: 11-05-12
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Anthologies & Short Stories
Publisher's Summary:
2012-11-051h 54