Robin Markwell
@robinmarkwell
Producer & Reporter for @BBCRadio4 and @bbcworldservice. Formerly @bbcpolitics, @bbcpointswest, @bbcpoliticswest and @bbcnews π» πΊπ Trustee @DrJennersHouse
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31-07-2009 23:40:20
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My latest documentary for the BBC World Service is out. It's all about the fungus threatening the world's most popular banana - the Cavendish. We travel to Colombia with Eliana Torres Bedoya and to Austria with Harry Wallop π Thanks to IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency βοΈ & Augura πbbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3β¦
ππ»I've made a radio documentary for BBC World Service. About bananas. And how nuclear scientists are trying to use radiation to save the fruit from possible extinction. It airs tomorrow, but available as a podcast now! (Produced by fab Robin Markwell) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3β¦
ππ» Iβve been away. So missed that the radio documentary I did with BBC World Service & Robin Markwell was pick of the day in Mail. You can listen to it as a podcast here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3β¦
Super-thrilled to be on the AudioUK shortlist among these lovely people, thanks to a programme I made with the brilliant Lego Lost At Sea for BBC Radio 4 last year. Lego Overboard still on BBC Sounds at bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0β¦
My take on the recent Β£300k cheddar theft. A story featuring black markets, organised crime, wheels of Parmesan embedded with tracking chips & a threat to some of the worldβs most endangered foods. Audio version: β¦BBC Soundsβ© bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0β¦ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/β¦
Thrilled to have former PM Gordon Brown on the The Food Programme for BBC Radio 4 with Jaega Wise. We're looking at the evolution of the Food Bank. Coming soon to your π»
A great listen and thanks for selecting some of our Food Programme for BBC Radio 4 featuring Michael Rosen ππππ NICE η·η· and a certain delicious poem about cake too.
I made this for BBC Radio 4 this morn with Jaega Wise and featuring Gordon Brown. How did Britain become a Food Bank Nation? With huge thanks to the @brisnwfoodbank & Community Shop Really grateful to all those who shared their stories ππ» bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0β¦
On today's The Food Programme on BBC Radio 4 with Jaega Wise - as Dry January comes to a close, how the alcohol free drinks movement is booming and when did AF beer become tasty? with particular thanks to Club Soda KAM Insight Lucky Saint Wiper and True | Beautiful Beer Bristol Beer Factory πΊ
Today's two offices couldn't be much more different. For two separate programmes on BBC Radio 4 but both with some form of butchery at their heart!
This was a delightful afternoon in the Somerset countryside with the Thatchers team for BBC Radio 4 featuring most kinds of weather! Big thanks to producer Jo Peacey and Emma Russell bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0β¦
Just back from Chile for a BBC World Service documentary called The Copper Kingdom. Chile produces a quarter of the world's copper but at what cost to the environment? I've been investigating at the world's largest open pit mine in the Atacama desert. Airing in June π» π π¨π±
Fab day with the Food Museum in Suffolk talking the history of school dinners for an BBC Radio 4 Food Programme going out today. Turkey twizzlers, gloopy gravy and lumpy custard abound! instagram.com/reel/DJZOXh7omβ¦
Thanks for being part of the programme Rosie Duffield MP - albeit inadvertently!
Big thanks to The Times and The Sunday Times for recommending my latest documentary, this time about copper and Chile. Aired today on the BBC World Service Catch it now on BBC Sounds π» π¨π±
