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Lesley Dolphin's Breakfast Show

Factual: Homes & Gardens: Gardens

Local farming, food and environmental features, and gardening advice in the last hour.

Local farming, food and environmental features, and gardening advice in the last hour.

Lesley's career at the BBC began in 1980 at Look East and then our sister station BBC Radio Norfolk.

However, after a few years she saw the light and moved south with her two sons to live in Suffolk.

Lesley once lived in the antiques capital of East Anglia, Long Melford. She says it was a fantastic place to bring up her children with great local facilities and the countryside on the doorstep. 

She also remembers the village for its several pubs, but is adamant she never managed to visit them all in one session! 

After 10 years Lesley moved to Ipswich to live with fellow BBC Radio Suffolk presenter Mark Murphy, then in 2002 Lesley became Mrs Murphy when Mark surprised her by proposing when they were on holiday in Las Vegas - fortunately she said yes.

Since then Lesley's mum and dad have also migrated from Norfolk to Suffolk and now live in Orford.

After moving to Ipswich Lesley has become an ITFC season ticket holder at Portman Road and she has also become a Rotarian.

In her remaining spare time she likes gardening, walking their rescue dog Satsuma, and driving her Mini - a Christmas present from Mark! 

Lesley has loved working in BBC Local Radio since the first day she visited studios in Leeds during the 1970s and still cannot believe she actually gets paid for meeting and chatting with fascinating people. 

To get in touch with Lesley, send her an e-mail: lesley.dolphin@bbc.co.uk

Lesley Dolphin's Breakfast Show: Countryside and the Gardening hour

Countryside and the Gardening hour

BBC Radio Suffolk - Lesley Dolphin's Breakfast Show, Countryside and the Gardening hour

The newspapers, whats on, countryside issues and the Gardening hour.

Farmer Ben Wolf reviews the newspapers.
We join a tree officer for the day.
Ric Staines is the gardening Guru sorting out the gardening problems from 0800.

The best of the guests is Dave Powis who is organising an event at Bawdsey Manor this weekend.

Farmer and lawyer Ben Woolf will be reviewing the newspapers. He is a lawyer for Tate and Lyle for some of the week, and a farmer the rest.  

In Country matters the work of a tree officer who has to deal with conflicts about preserved trees.

Ric Staines is the gardening guru. He will try to sort out the problems 'phoned in from pests to patchy lawns.

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