08/08/2025
Friday 8th August 2025
9 – 11am
THE COMMUNITY SHOW
with Pauline Homeshaw and Andrew Norris
Repeats Monday 4pm, Tuesday 10am and Wednesday 5am
09:00 P J Lennon, past presenter on 10Radio, has turned author and today, on a visit back to Wiveliscombe from his home in Spain, he talks about his writing style and his inspiration for the devious and twisting plots in his novels!
09.30 Exmoor stars in the new Swedish thriller “Unmoored” with parts of the film shot in Wiveliscombe. Barry and Colin Summers’ Manor Garage features in this adaptation of the award winning book. Today, we speak to Mark Ford Screen Somerset (Somerset Film Office) Lead, Economic Development, Skills and Climate, Somerset Council who has managed this project. Mark talks about how this film will bring visitor spend into the county and introduce people to this beautiful part of the country.
09.55 Claire Wilkinson and her horse Fly accompanied by George, who is a gypsy cob, are setting off this weekend for a 3 day ride across Exmoor to raise funds and awareness for the Wiveliscombe Branch of the Royal British Legion. Fly is a thoroughbred, and ex racehorse that did quite well in his prime but locals will know him best from when Claire rides out at Remembrance events in November.
10:00 Stargazing above Somerset with Harold Mead during August
10.30 The next dramatic offering from the Wellington Operatic Society is entitled "All aboard" and takes an amusing look at life on a cruise ship. Written and adapted from a script by her father, director Nancy Powell-Brace takes us on the journey and reveals how the production is a real family affair.
