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featured shows
the P pod
Our flagship weekly show packed with Petersfield personalities and their real-life stories. Presented by Claire Vennis and Joff Lacey.
Talking Books
Published author Suzie Wilde and bookshop owner Tim O’Kelly explore their love of books, the joy of stories and the craft of writing.
Growing Together
Grow a brighter garden with Ann-Marie Powell and Claire Vennis. Ranked and rated as one of the UK’s top gardening podcasts.
The Ticket
Laura Sheppard celebrates arts, culture and entertainment from in and around the Petersphere.
Wilde Walks
Inspirational walks in beautiful countryside around Petersfield with Suzie Wilde and her labrador Raine.
Dogs with Jobs
Meet the front line workers of the canine world. These working animals show focus, determination, intelligence, instinct and courage.
The Shine Radio Recipe
Noni Needs meets local people who share treasured and original recipes with you.
Generation Green
Young minds with the environmental issues that matter to them and practical ways we can help protect our planet.
The Local Showcase
Mandy P brings you a selection of original tracks composed and performed by local musicians.
local stories & local voices
Suzie’s Wilde Walk in the Hangers
It’s a very steep climb up to Suzie’s favourite seat in the Hangers. Not the Poet’s Stone this time, and she’s with both dogs. It’s the usual mix of memory, with both guilty sadness and unrepentant happiness, and last week’s “monster” seems to have followed them …
Trees and vegetation to go from the railway line through Petersfield
Why trees and vegetation are set to be cleared from the trackside through our area.
the P pod personalities show – 7 September 2021
It’s an eye-opening eco episode of the P pod this week as Joff and Claire visit the Green Fair to meet some pioneers of eco-living, including Sustainability Centre CEO Christine Seaward and Liz Bissett from PeCAN and Beth Svarovska finds out about mead!
Generation Green – Timelines
This time Wilhelmena and Sacha talk about Timelines and Deadlines. %0 years until… 12 years until…
Growing Together – September 2021
There’s a lot to celebrate in this month’s Growing Together AND Ann-Marie tells us more about her Hampshire-inspired garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show with Gaze Burvill, Arthur Parkinson and Sarah Raven. Very exciting!
The Ticket – local arts and entertainment
There’s lots going on in the Petersphere again. Have a listen to what’s coming up in the theatre, inside and open air, school music, and the Winchester Hat Fair.
Charity walk for peace 2021
Organisers are celebrating the successful return of a charity walk for peace. The event returned to Petersfield this weekend. Around sixty people, including charity leaders, councillors and Damian Hinds MP took part in the five kilometre fundraiser.
Suzie’s Wilde Walk in Durford Woods
If you go down to the woods today … Suzie and the dogs hear something creepy in Durford Wood. Is it her imagination, listening to a Dennis Wheatley audiobook all week, or is it a real creature? You can find out about this and other horrors; the long jump world record from 1968 and share the first blackberries on Suzie’s birthday.
The chickens abandoned at a Petersfield inn
Pub owners in Steep are having to deal with three uninvited guests after an unknown individual dumped chickens in a field. The clucking birds were left at The Harrow Inn in Steep.
Drake, the gun dog champion
Meet Drake, who has represented his country in the “gun dog Olympics”, with top scores two years in a row. Hear him demonstrate his retrieval skills on whistle commands from his handler.
How does Drake stay focused on the job and in touch with over distance, in noisy conditions? Owner and professional gun dog trainer Jason Mayhew explains in this month’s Dogs with Jobs.
the P pod local personalities show – 30th August 2021
This week we’ve made a bee-line to the Petersfield Beekeepers Association and with our bee PPE on we get up close and personal with the little furry, stripy friends as well as speak to beekeeping experts Rowan Roberts, David Parkinson and Debbie Barnes.
Suzie’s Wilde Walk at the Hangers
It’s a sunny morning at last and Suzie and Raine revisit the Hangers, which is looking very different from their last muddy visit in early spring. Her attempt to use coarse grass to make an eldrich shriek luckily ends in failure. Finally Suzie ends at the Poet’s Stone and she describes the view for those who struggle to climb that far.
the P pod local personalities show – 23rd August 2021
It’s a nautical P pod this week as Claire and Joff take to the waves (well, almost) in Gosport Harbour.
With Alan Cosh at the helm there’s history of Petersfield sailing and an update of Shine Radio from Stephen Martin.
Also features a special anniversary at the Sheet Flower Show, news, Wilde Walk and local music.
Petersfield Sewing Bee 2021
Jo Watts from Sew Creative has run the Petersfield Sewing Bee for the last seven years, since the shop opened. Today is the day for the 2021 finals. She chats to Laura Sheppard about this year’s class of 2021.
Angling in Mind and Music in Mind
Local fisherman, Wayne Bridger, talks to Laura Sheppard about his new projects, Angling in Mind and Music in Mind, to help people cope with mental health problems.
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Petersfield Town Council awarded our volunteer team a grant in January 2020 to help us develop our 24 hour radio service. With further fundraising we launched it on 15 August 2020.
News about our project
Shine Radio makes a show for the BBC
The volunteers at Petersfield’s Shine Radio were commissioned by BBC Radio Solent to produce a half-hour showcase of the best of Petersfield. The programme was broadcast across Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight on Thursday 13th May 2021.
Our latest listening measures
How many people listen to Shine Radio? As a digital service we can plot the trendlines with confidence. Here are our latest listening numbers.
Local Writers’ Walking Podcast Still Shines after 100 Episodes
Listening to Petersfield’s Shine Radio has reached record levels during this lockdown. The most local popular programmes include the P pod which has been highlighting positive stories of Petersfield people throughout January.
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