Appearing just outside Cardiff on the 9th February at Blackwood Miners Institute are The Searchers who celebrate their 60th year, Carl Marsh speaks with John McNally, and he chose to chat about the early days when he used to swap music with a fellow Merseybeat band called The Beatles, and Carl got to learn some unknown facts! When you were performing in the late 1950s, did you save anything such as posters, flyers, tickets of yourselves or even from the…
Jay James chats to Carl Marsh about his new appointment as the new host of a brand-new music, entertainment and celebrity-packed show on Nation Broadcasting’s five regional networks across Wales, which are on Sunday’s between 4 pm and 7 pm. You’ve been quite busy these last few years haven’t you, and now you’re the new prime time Sunday afternoon host on Nation Radio’s networks across Wales? Well, obviously I am still involved with the music side of things by working…
Dr Michael Mosley, the guy credited for popularising the 5/2 Diet and is always on our TV screens, chats to Carl Marsh about why he often is putting his body up for new medical trials and did indeed cure his own Type 2 Diabetes from doing so on one of his TV shows. He will be appearing at St David’s Hall on the 27th of February. How much freedom are you given with selecting the subject matter for the shows…
Eve Myles is currently well known for Keeping Faith, but Carl Marsh chats theatre, and, Torchwood. Do you miss the theatre as I know this is where you did a lot of acting work before? Yes I miss it very, very much as I am always being offered some lovely, lovely stuff in theatre but you know, I have a four and an eight-year-old, and I live in Cardiff, and the thought of going away to London and West End…
Geraint Thomas – chats to Carl Marsh just before the announcement of the BBC Wales and BBC GB Sports Personality of the Year 2018 Awards was announced. He won both! Cycling is probably one of the cleanest sports at the moment, and negatives from before have been turned into a lot of positives now, does this mean that the future of cycling is just going to get better and better? Yes, I think so, obviously, in any walk of life…
Appearing at the Sherman Theatre on the 11th January 2019 – comedian Phil Nichol chats frankly with Carl Marsh. What do you want the audience to take from your show? Well, first and foremost it’s a comedy show so I want the audience to have a good laugh and I want them to go away feeling uplifted having had a good night but, I’ve been working for the last 13 years or so writing these longer-form narrative shows which are…
Matt Pritchard – he who was in Dirty Sanchez but now is in Dirty Vegan on BBC One Wales, he talks to Carl Marsh about veganism, innuendos and protein! If I can ask about the initial idea for your cooking show Dirty Vegan, how did it all come about? So, when I turned vegan three years ago, and I was a chef anyway as that is what I trained as before Dirty Sanchez and was what I did as soon…
The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon St David’s Hall Monday 15 October, 7pm Doors ICONIC indie band Echo & The Bunnymen are back sounding like they never before and they are coming to St David’s Hall on Monday 15 October! Find out how you can get your hands on tickets here. Their stunning new album – The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon – sees the Liverpool legends reinterpreting 13 of their most beloved songs from their peerless back…
Mr Bloom comes to town … CBeebies popular Mr Bloom is coming to town with his family of Veggies in a new stage show, Mr Bloom’s Nursery – Live, which will delight young audiences who want to meet their favourite veggies and join in their new adventure. The award-winning Mr Bloom’s Nursery evolved from an interactive street theatre piece called The Vegetable Nannies, created by actor Ben Faulks. In 2009 Faulks approached the BBC with his ideas and the show…
ONLY 25% OF PEOPLE IN CARDIFF KNOW THEIR NEIGHBOUR’S NAME REVEALS WEBER® SURVEY At a time when politicians have pledged to strengthen local communities, it seems our new government may have a tough job on their hands as less than 5% of British people profess to know their neighbours names reveals a survey by Weber®; the world’s favourite barbecue brand. The survey of over 2,000 UK residents by Weber® reveals the scale of our anti-social behaviour as one in five admitted…