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Karen Gregor

@_karengregor

Producer of Ramblings with Clare Balding, Soul Music, Open Country and more on BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds. Views my own.

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Joined January 2012
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🇺🇦 How one song unites a nation. Personal stories of the deep connection that so many have to Chervona Kalyna, Ukraine’s unofficial national anthem #Ukraine @TarasRat @EglePlytnikaite @JuliaKateryna @MyroHartmond and an epic @pinkfloyd version bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fm2…
BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music, Chervona Kalyna

BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music, Chervona Kalyna

Powerful stories linked to this beautiful and stirring Ukrainian folk song

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V good ep of On Your Farm produced by Vernon Harwood. Series prod ⁦@ginger_journo⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0022c…
On Your Farm - On Your Farm at 60 - BBC Sounds

On Your Farm - On Your Farm at 60 - BBC Sounds

Celebrating sixty years of On Your Farm.

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A beautiful, poetic Tweet of the Day by Jackie Morris. Produced by Andrew Dawes who has birds in his very soul.
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If you heard a clip of the brilliant We In Front walking group on Pick of the Week… here’s a link to the whole thing… Thanks @thermoflynamics for including it and of course @clarebalding as always for getting stuck in… (it was very muddy). bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w7l…
BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, We in Front!

BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, We in Front!

A joyful hike up Castle Hill near Huddersfield with an inspirational group of walkers.

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What a total pleasure to make this episode of Open Country with the marvellous @AnnekaRice exploring why the Isle of Wight has always been and continues to be a deeply creative place. @BBCR4OC @BBCRadio4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tsd…
BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Creative Island with Anneka Rice

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Creative Island with Anneka Rice

What makes the Isle of Wight one of the most creative places in the UK?

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A joyful listen, loved the inside track & the Pips poem in particular…
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Something I made this evening on @BBCRadio4 - the secret life of the continuity announcers. But First, This… bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001trd…
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There’s more to I Will Always Love You than Whitney Houston’s incredible version. Hear the story behind its creation, a gorgeous Syrian version & what happened when Elvis asked to cover it. With @MarcusGrimmie @cecesammy @DrMarieThompson and more bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rgn…
BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music, I Will Always Love You

BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music, I Will Always Love You

Written by Dolly Parton... sent stratospheric by Whitney Houston.

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Behind the scenes chat with the man who’s made some of the BBC’s best natural history progs… @MikeGunton takes @clarebalding around Oldbury on Severn. Mike’s worked with Sir David Attenborough for 35 years including on the upcoming Planet Earth III bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001r7w…
BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, Oldbury on Severn and Inside Planet Earth

BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, Oldbury on Severn and Inside Planet Earth

Clare walks with Mike Gunton and hears about his career in natural history film-making.

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Hear Strictly’s amazing creative director, Jason Gilkison, talk about his life in dance and connection to Young Hearts Run Free here…! #strictly #youngheartsrunfree bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017sw…
BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music, Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton

BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music, Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton

Candi Staton helps to celebrate her uplifting 1970s disco classic hit.

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Join Clare as she walks with self-confessed ‘walking nerd’ Peter, and Margaret who is registered blind and relies on a guide to help her navigate. Available from 3pm on 5 Oct @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds #portpatrick #southernuplandway bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001r1y…

BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, Out of Portpatrick on the Rhins of Galloway

On a beautiful summer's day, Clare and guests explore a coastal walk on a remote peninsula

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A beautiful coastal walk, with two life long friends, on the remote Rhins of Galloway in south west Scotland… with @clarebalding bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qtr…

BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, Into Portpatrick on the Rhins of Galloway

Clare joins two friends on the coastal path between Knockinaam Lodge and Portpatrick.

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Ramblings is back next week! We love walking and talking with energetic & inspirational folk. Here’s a preview of the first episode… @BBCRadio4 3pm Thursday
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Can land taken for industry be compensated for by creating a nature reserve nearby? This and lots more Felixstowe stuff on @BBCRadio4’s Open Country with @carolynquinncq bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qf1…
BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Felixstowe with Carolyn Quinn

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Felixstowe with Carolyn Quinn

Carolyn explores this Suffolk seaside town, a place she's visited often over the years.

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Tomorrow’s Open Country with @carolynquinncq was a Radio Times choice. It’s all about Felixstowe and how the huge Port influences the area… including entrepreneurs using old shipping containers as retail outlets on ‘Beach Street’. And a brief parody of the shipping forecast…
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Today’s Open Country with nature writer @DrPaulEvans1 features a new short essay he wrote inspired by visiting the magical churchyard of St Melangell in Powys… bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q6f…
BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Fieldnotes from Eternity

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Fieldnotes from Eternity

Paul Evans explores the rich folklore and natural history of St Melangell church in Powys

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Here’s nature writer, Paul Evans, contemplating the innards of an ancient yew in a remote Welsh churchyard… also a preview of next week’s Open Country on @BBCRadio4 featuring the yew and so much more…
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We spend a leisurely three hours finding some of the named trees in Savanake and I talk through my ancient tree pilgrimage my motivations how wonderful ancient trees are, some of the threats to them and the need for greater protection. It is a lovely walk with two great people.
A photo of me standing next to Clare Balding, in front of the 'White Road Oak' . It is a large veteran oak tree. I'm wearing a gold coloured down jacket and Clare Balding a purple jacket.

ALT A photo of me standing next to Clare Balding, in front of the 'White Road Oak' . It is a large veteran oak tree. I'm wearing a gold coloured down jacket and Clare Balding a purple jacket.

A photo of me standing next to Clare Balding. We are standing in front of a huge beach tree that is dead and fallen. The large vertical root plate is visible on the right hand side with the roots and soil upright. I'm wearing a gold coloured down jacket and Clare Balding a purple jacket.

ALT A photo of me standing next to Clare Balding. We are standing in front of a huge beach tree that is dead and fallen. The large vertical root plate is visible on the right hand side with the roots and soil upright. I'm wearing a gold coloured down jacket and Clare Balding a purple jacket.

A photo of me up closer to a named tree called 'Spider Oak'. I'm looking up at one side where a huge portion of the stem is no longer there leaving a dead stump the other side of the tree has a full canopy.

ALT A photo of me up closer to a named tree called 'Spider Oak'. I'm looking up at one side where a huge portion of the stem is no longer there leaving a dead stump the other side of the tree has a full canopy.

A close-up photo of the backs of the shoulders of me and Clare Balding standing side by side. There is a boom microphone, with a furry muffler, just showing in the middle of the shot. We are looking at a veteran Oak, it's difficult to see the name on the signboard but it is 'Young Paunchy'.

ALT A close-up photo of the backs of the shoulders of me and Clare Balding standing side by side. There is a boom microphone, with a furry muffler, just showing in the middle of the shot. We are looking at a veteran Oak, it's difficult to see the name on the signboard but it is 'Young Paunchy'.

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@TreePilgrim@treepilgrim9 Jun 2023
Day 40 - Savernake Day 2. Met up with @clarebalding and @_karengregor to record a @BBCRadio4 #radio4ramblings It was a wonderful day, we navigated using a combination of my mobile mapping app & a paper map with the named trees that I got from the beautiful Postern Hill campsite.
A photo of me standing next to Clare Balding. We are looking at a paper map. I'm wearing a gold coloured down jacket and Clare Balding a purple jacket and a blue cap.

ALT A photo of me standing next to Clare Balding. We are looking at a paper map. I'm wearing a gold coloured down jacket and Clare Balding a purple jacket and a blue cap.

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Why is it so hard to build green? And how can we get the UK’s housing carbon friendly? BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth, Steve Backshall Goes Off Grid bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001m4r…
BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth, Steve Backshall Goes Off Grid

BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth, Steve Backshall Goes Off Grid

Steve Backshall asks why it's so hard to have an energy efficient, fossil-fuel free home

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Why is it SO hard and expensive to make your home energy efficient? @SteveBackshall shares his story & delves into the bigger questions… bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001m4r…
BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth, Steve Backshall Goes Off Grid

BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth, Steve Backshall Goes Off Grid

Steve Backshall asks why it's so hard to have an energy efficient, fossil-fuel free home

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