Original comedy, podcasts, poetry, fiction and more on BBC Upload with Andrew Marston, including:
• Celebrating the life of a Kidderminster/Birmingham DJing legend, who cut his teeth performing at Naughty But Nice in Hereford – hearing from family & friends of the great Tony De Vit, who’s been immortalised in a brand new film.
• An update from the team at Rock Around The Hills, who are trying to secure funding to preserve the history of the Malvern Winter Gardens.
• After working for British Airways then setting up her own B&B, we hear from the Craven Arms businesswoman who now runs the Bed & Breakfast podcast.
• Heading into the Live Lounge as Walsall's Jorja Smith reveals, now armed with the record contract, she's returned to her hometown.
• The BBC's 500 Words competition is back and the prizes are bigger than ever. How you could land yourself a trip to Buckingham Palace to be awarded by The Queen Consort.
• As well as being a top DJ, he's a producer and has brought some of the biggest names in dance music to Worcester and Birmingham - we're in the mix with the nightclub kingpin Shaun Williams.
• Hearing some of your spooky and thought-provoking Halloween poems, courtesy of writers from Wolverhampton, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire.
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