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Rachel · Guest

I’ve jumped off the Internet wagon, just for a moment, well it’s such a lovely day I thought that I’d let you know that my heart still beats, before setting off to hospital again – visiting. Anyway there's a rumour and it's a very strong 3rd floor rumour. (You know how my rumours always turn to reality- in part anyway) The place is buzzing with excitement.

In a return to the time when the forty-somethings were in their teens, Radio 2 is coming to a car-park, promenade or pier near you for six-weeks this summer with a recession busting Retro Road Show that will be this summer’s sensation. Eastbourne, Brighton, Bognor Regis, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Southampton, Bournemouth, Weymouth, Plymouth, Penzance, Weston-Super-Mare, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff, Aberyswyth, Liverpool, Southport, Blackpool, Morecombe, Carlisle, Glasgow, Belfast, Dundee, Edinburgh, Alnwick, Newcastle, Sunderland, Scarborough, Leeds. Bradford , Manchester, Doncaster, Grimsby, Nottingham, Newport Pagnell, Derby, Birmingham, Norwich, Clacton on Sea, Southend on Sea, Margate and Dover, to name just a few of the places, then ending up with a massive party in the park in London. Already the DJs and presenters are on a diet and fitmess programme so they can look their best in their Bikinis and Bermudas. It’s being billed as the last hurrah for those of us just entering middle age before we succumb to the spread, the bingo wings, and the baldness. There’s more to it than that though – the six-week Roadshow will pave the way for a new-look daytime line-up from Monday 7th September when the new daytime schedule will start. (I’ll give you the low-down on that in April) The Road show will be called “The Rewind” and will go out from 2-5pm weekdays over the summer holidays with just about all the current presenters taking a stint in the OB shack……….. warm sand between my toes again…. lovely.

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

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John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

Hmmmm,

I'm not going to see Desmond Carrington or David Jacobs there Confused

colby · Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 1216

Rachel · Guest

Hmmm- do I detect a little scepticism here? Smile

Look at the track record of the rumours that I’ve past on over the years… Cool

. The Radio 2 Icon Vote … remember that? It was on here first. Birmingham closing and Alex’s show moving to London… you heard it here first- 6-months in advance. The Chris Evans Christmas Road-Show- rumour – this is where you heard it first. A Pirate Radio show on Radio 2 with the old pirate himself – also announced on this board- months in advance……often my rumours are hidden in stories and other threads but they’re all there if you look ……
I may have been disgorged from my office, and reduced to selling second-hand CDs from a suitcase in Camden Market but the R2 I-con in me, lives on. Talking of the R2 I-con, the sequal to the Rating Wars Story - called… “Rating Wars II- Ego of the Moyles” will be hitting the Coffee Bar mid-April, and it’s full to bursting with the future..... It's very stressfull knowing the future you know. Don't ask me what the lottery numbers are for next week though- it's against the code to pass on things like that. ...don't blame me- I didn't make the rules. Wink

colby · Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 1216

I can predict the future, too. I predict that Wogan will play "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison some time next week. But then again he might not.

mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

colby · Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 1216

gazmando · Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 560 Location: Huntingdon

Re Rachels original point, I know everyone is joking about it but I would actually enjoy the shows. (don't laugh)

igs007 · Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 190

monday 7th September you say, Rachel? I'm sure that date hasn't been randomly plucked out! You're starting to scare me with these predictions... Smile

colby · Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 1216

7th September (or therabouts in the first week of the month) is traditionally a time when the autumn broadcasting schedules kick in. New brooms in cupboards - such as R2's controller - will get to perform their first big sweep properly for the first time in the Autumn.

I would imagine that Sir T. Wogan will have decided to make the jump by that time, too. Let's hope we're in for a good breakfast replacement - somebody who doesn't treat listeners as stupid!

Rachel · Guest

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

Rachel · Guest

Rachel · Guest

I'm sure I heard something about this on the BIG Show this afternoon.- I didn't hear properly cos I was painting .... ... see, you start a rumour, and before you know it, somebody thinks it's a good idea... Laughing

NickSheffield · Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Posts: 508