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Radio 4 Loose Ends is a weekly show presented by Clive Anderson combining music, interviews and comedy. Researcher and production coordinator Suzy Roylance takes canada goose us through what she does in a typical week.

MONDAYWe start the week with a full house of guests but canada goose clearance sale only one musician booked. My first port of call is to check my regular source of gigs, which is a website called Songkick. I note that American soul musician Charles Bradley has a gig at Shepherd’s Bush Empire alongside Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings.

Although unorthodox we start our research notes with canada goose coats on sale the Wikipedia profile. It provides a good overview of the canada goose outlet store locations interviewee but we Canada Goose online also like to play true or false? with our guests using the unusual facts or background information the page throws up.

“Clive asks the guests what they canada goose black friday sale had for Canada Goose Jackets breakfast. It sounds odd but it a really good way to test the microphones!” Suzy Roylance

TUESDAYI get the bad news that Charles Canada Goose Outlet can do a music session so we have to wait for him to visit the UK again. Later I receive the good news that Teleman are available, so I arrange for them to arrive at Old Broadcasting House at 8.30am for a sound check. I also request the following:

A picture for the website. We prefer for this to be a landscape head shot.

A press release. This goes in the research pack we give to Clive https://www.canadagoose-online-shop.co.uk/ but we also use it for our web information and script.

We also need a copy of what the guest is promoting. This 2018 canada goose outlet is for Clive to read, watch or listen to.

A phone number for the day of recording so we have a way of getting hold of the person if something goes wrong.

Names for anyone accompanying them on the day (such as a tour manager) for the guest list which is handed to reception.

For bands we need a rider in other words their technical requirements for the music session. This is so we know what we can accommodate in the studio and canadian goose jacket to provide information for the studio managers who will rig the studio accordingly.

Tuesday is the day when we send all the research notes, press releases, CDs, books, film screeners, arranged theatre dates and so on for Clive to start working on. We send this with a letter to Clive, detailing who on, a short biography of the guest and their most recent work, plus a running order.

In the afternoon I send an email detailing all our guests and their Twitter information to the Radio 4 social media team so that they can Tweet on our behalf.

WEDNESDAYToday I conduct a research chat with our guest Fiona O the star of Channel 4 dystopian drama series Utopia.

I also send the technical line up for Kacey Musgraves and Teleman to our studio managers.

It all hands on deck to find a replacement for a guest who’s cancelled for next week. We start looking through Time Out, Radio Times and checking other programmes such as who coming up on Steve Wright Radio 2 show and The One Show. We also check Planningbase, a database run by the BBC canada goose clearance Radio Factual research team which catalogues upcoming book launches, film, TV Canada Goose Online and radio.

THURSDAYClive sends his script through at around midday which I format into a document we have saved in our canada goose deals shared drive.

I write the programme description which forms the text for the website and iPlayer page as well as the basis of the trail read by the Radio 4 announcers. I send it to the producer for sign off. I use photo editing software to crop pictures of our guests to add to the webpage along with Canada Goose sale information on the project they promoting.

FRIDAYFriday is our recording day.

I arrive at work at 8.15am to prepare for the arrival of our musicians. The sound check starts at 9.20am during which I take pictures buy canada goose jacket of the band sound check for use canada goose outlet toronto factory on the Loose Canada Goose Parka Ends gallery and clips page.

I receive an email to say that Kacey Musgraves’ guitarist won be accompanying her so I relay this information to Clive, the producer and the studio managers. Kacey arrives at 9.45am for her sound check. It takes less than ten minutes to record a take.

At 10.30am our runner starts picking up the guests who assemble in the green room. canada goose store At around 10.40am Clive Canada Goose Coats On Sale records his introduction then greets the guests in the green canada goose replica room. When all the guests have arrived and are seated in the studio. Clive asks the guests what they had for breakfast. Sounds odd but it a really good way to test the microphones!

When we start recording I start my stopwatch to make a note of timings. The show’s duration is between 43 and 44 minutes and we record it live As buy canada goose jacket cheap live means the show is recorded as if it was live even though it pre recorded. This gives you the flexibility of a pre record but keeps the momentum of a live broadast with minimal editing at the end.

I make a note of interesting comments from the guests that might make interesting tweets. I send these onto the Radio 4 black friday canada goose social media team.

After the show is recorded I make a photo gallery and edit and publish clips of the music sessions for the website. I publish the clips and post them up with a picture of the accompanying sound check.

Then that’s me done; cheap Canada Goose now onto next week!

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