We find out about the preservation of local football history during the Bishop Auckland History and Heritage Festival.
Binchester Roman Fort open for tours during heritage festival
Visitors to the fort near Bishop Auckland can see the remains of the commanding officer’s house and two impressive bath buildings.
Liz Fisher
Liz Fisher, Engagement and Curatorial Director at The Auckland Project with the team announcing the opening date of Auckland Castle.
Here we speak to Liz, Clare Baron and Hanna Bryan.
Travel on the Weardale Railway during History and Heritage Festival
Trains will run on the Weardale Railway as part of the Bishop Auckland History and Heritage Festival. We spoke to Bob from the railway about the history of the line and the services running this weekend.
Bob Fox
The wonderful Bob Fox joined us on Saturday Breakfast for a chat about the Pitmen Poets and their “Farewell Tour” and about a new tour next year with Billy Mitchell. Bob was on his way to play at The Sedgefield Folk Festival.
New house music venue to open in Bishop Auckland
A new music venue is preparing to open in Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland.
Doug Freeman
Doug Freeman from Stockton talked to us about the forthcoming performance of The Who’s Tommy live on stage at The Darlington Hippodrome Saturday 7th September.
Doug will be performing with his band The Goldhawks as he takes on the role of Roger Daltrey.
Ben Evans
Ben Evans IS George Michael in The Best Of Wham – appearing at Darlington Hippodrome on Sunday 1st September. We spoke with Ben about the show which features the best of George, Andrew, Pepsi and Shirlie.
Bishop FM Business News
John Atkinson with the latest national and local business news.
Patrick Townsend
Daniel Brabban in conversation with local author, Patrick Townsend.
Patrick has written a book about Timothy Donnelly, a Darlington-born soldier who was killed alongside General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.