BBC Northern Ireland is 100 this year! 🎂🥳

Celebrations begin with #BBCComesToTown in Ballymena on 10 & 11 April with @BBCRadioUlster outside broadcasts, a special BBC exhibition & other events at The Braid, and some interactive fun Ballymena Library.

Come say hello!

Lots of Ballymena busyness as part of BBC Comes to Town… Celebrating 100 years of BBC services in Northern Ireland with ⁦Libraries NI⁩ #bbccomestotown

Mrs Kane’s P6 class had an amazing morning Libraries NI Ballymena at the BBC Northern Ireland interactive exhibition. They got tips from BBC SPORT NI Joel Taggart on sports commentary and got to participate in a radio drama. Thank you to Michelle for the invite. #bbccomestotown

Your Uncle Hugo enjoyed the Outside Broadcast in Ballymena Library yesterday as part of the #BBCComesToTown . If you missed the show you can listen again on BBC Sounds BBC Radio Ulster BBC Radio Foyle 🎤🎶

🎶 #BBCComestoTown with the Farmers Choir 🎶
Nicola Weir recorded a special #Countryside programme at #Ballymena Library Libraries NI as part of #BBCComestoTown . Special guests Jenny Bristow Zita McNaugher, Victor Chestnutt, & Michael Meharg Nature Friendly Farming Network
🎧 Listen now on BBC Sounds

🎥📺🎤 #bbccomestotown was in Ballymena last week to begin BBCNI’s 100th birthday celebrations @BBCRadioUlster BBC News NI Libraries NI - thanks to everyone who got involved. Lots of activities & on-air busyness. And great fun as well. Next stop is… Downpatrick! BBC Northern Ireland

‘This isn’t simply a television series; this is an event… shining brightly in our living rooms, thanks to some quite beguiling writing and completely compelling characters… sheer television joy’.

Brian Beacom - The Herald

(Blue Lights screening at The Braid) #bbccomestotown

BALLYMENA. A day of great people who are doing interesting and important work with people of all ages in their community. Have a listen to Liz Weir, Eileen Russell, Lynelle Fenton, Carly Wright and more BBC Sounds -search Lynette Fay Show #BBCComestoTown

It’s not every day BBC NI Weather presenter Geoff Maskell visits your classroom to help with your project on weather phenomena #bbccomestotown

Out and about… at The Braid in Ballymena for two more events as part of BBCNI’s 100th birthday celebrations. #bbccomestotown

Coming live from Ballymena library tonight for the country show as part of the #BBCComesToTown celebrations to mark 100 years of BBC NI. Live music from The Breeze It’s free in so come on down if you’re around and join the show. 8-10pm.

The pupils got to read the BBC News NI and were interviewed by Declan Harvey for BBC Newsline. They also got to read the BBC NI Weather and work the cameras. We hopefully have some budding stars of the future in our midst. #bbccomestotown

What a great place to do a radio show! Sound checking in Ballymena library with The Breeze for tonight’s country show. They sound amazing. Come down if you’re around. Free in. 8-10pm BBC Radio Ulster BBC Sounds #BBCComesToTown

Gardeners’ Corner on BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Sounds this coming Saturday at 9am with David Maxwell was the final pre-record of the week in Ballymena library! It’s been a blast Ballymena. Thanks #bbccomestotown

Jim O’Hagan, Chief Executive, Libraries NI and Adam Smyth, Director BBC Northern Ireland in Ballymena on the final evening of BBC Comes To Town in Ballymena. #bbccomestotown

I’ll be bringing the radio show from Ballymena as part of the ongoing #BBCNI100 Years celebrations this Wednesday night. I’ll be in Ballymena library from 8pm with the country show featuring live music from #TheBreeze Free in so come on down if you’re around! #BBCComesToTown

The weather team always like to be there first! A great opening day as the #BBCComesToTown in Ballymena.

I hope they washed their hands before reading the books!
@davidgmaxwell & the Gardeners' Corner team arrived in Ballymena as part of #BBCcomestotown . Listen back to Mary Doris' planting masterclass as well a visit to an award-winning Cullybackey garden

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