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Chapter 25
Thought much about 2025 yet? Did you make resolutions for the new year? Are there favourite books, poems or pieces of music that got you through to the end of the calendar?
For a special show for Switch Radio, James Sandy spoke to folks visiting The Heath Bookshop in November & December 2024 to get some local perspective on the coming new year.
Show Photo by Monika Sojčáková on Unsplash
Tenuousness
An eclectic mix of music new, old and obscure for Switch Radio.
If Birmingham had a pier this show would be on at the end of it.
Curated by James Sandy & Alun Jones - 'Tenuousness' is A King of the Buttons Production for Switch Radio 2025.
Show Photo by ilya mondryk on Unsplash
Series archive available on Mixcloud
Objectivity The show that invites guests from the line up of the Birmingham Comedy Festival to identify six objects that have some connection to them or that holds a particular meaning in their lives.
Guests are asked to consider selecting a Family Object, a Dark Object, a Bright Object, a Random Object, their Last Object and something to which 'I Object!'
Explanations, comments and questions are interspersed with music tracks either relating to their object or suggested by the guest.
Objectivity is a King of the Buttons Production for Birmingham Comedy Festival and Switch Radio. The show was written by James Sandy & David Powell.
Objectivity : Series Four 2024
Objectivity : Series Four 2024
Hasan Al-Habib...
Hasan Al-Habib...
Rachel Baker...
Rachel Baker...
Objectivity : Series Three 2023
Objectivity : Series Three 2023
Objectivity : Series Three 2022
Objectivity : Series Three 2022
A Right Old Fred Karno's
A Right Old Fred Karno's
In a special show for Birmingham Comedy Festival 2022 and Switch Radio -James Sandy talks to Dave Crump, author of a new biography about comedy legend, Fred Karno.
"If in doubt fall on your arse." That was the mantra of Fred Karno: acrobat, comedian, writer, music hall impresario, film producer and the undisputed king of slapstick.
Dave's book tells the remarkable story of the man behind the myth and reveals Karno's huge contribution to comedy and popular culture – an impact which still resonates today.
Fred Karno: The Legend Behind The Laughter by David Crump is available now via brewinbooks.com
'A Right Old Fred Karno's' is a King of the Buttons Production for Birmingham Comedy Festival 2022 and Switch Radio with thanks to 448 Creative and Brewin Books. More Info
Objectivity : Series Two 2021
Objectivity : Series Two 2021
Objectivity: Series One 2020
Objectivity: Series One 2020
As part of Birmingham Comedy Festival 2021, Switch Radio hosted a live version of Objectivity. Our comedy panellists included: Thom Hodkinson, Nathan Parish, Francis Davies and Darren 'Big D' Archer who took it in turns to make the case for a series of themed objects with a live audience helping to determine who wins each round.
The show was broadcast on Tuesday 19 October 2021 as part of the Birmingham Comedy Festival line up hosted by Switch Radio's James Sandy and Captain Jack Harris. Production and Technical support by Dean Kavanagh and Terri-Anne Coope.
The event was recorded at The Prince of Wales in Moseley
Event Photos by Rebecca Orleans
Co-Production Podcasts
Co-Production Podcasts
James Sandy talks to Dr Sarah Carr from the School of Social Policy & Institute for Mental Health at University of Birmingham about the state of co-production, what people understand by the term and how it is being applied in the public sector.
In Part 1: Do you think people readily understand the term co-production?Is it still wrapped up with engagement & involvement? A focus on transactional or tranformational measures rather than Equal partnership?
What set of principles can you, should you employ with co produced projects? Considering a complexity of need meets a complexity of services.
This podcast series was commissioned by NHS Improvement (West Midlands) and was a King of the Buttons Production 2019.
And then...
And then...
In this podcast series we explore the lives and deaths of those characters from history and celebrity that might have been forgotten. Lovingly and sensitively forced through the lens of gallows humour, served with a healthy dose of terminal cynicism.
This podcast contains adult themes, dark humour and some fruity language and is not suitable for a younger audience.
The Way They Went is Written & Presented by David Powell and James Sandy and is a King of the Buttons Production 2021.
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