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All Out is looking for a Senior Content Producer to join the team. - 5th February 2010

We are currently developing ideas which incorporate games, video and audio for console, media and the web.We are looking for an experienced programme maker with sound BBC editorial experience (knowledge of BBC editorial guidelines and compliance issues are crucial) but importantly you’ll have desire to create ambitious digital content.

Some experience in developing and producing audio, video and text content for the web would be a considerable advantage within this role. You’ll have hands-on production and editorial skills and will have some management experience. As Senior content producer you’ll oversee productions as well as occasionally producing yourself and you’ll be the key point of contact for existing clients. You’ll also go out and win commissions with existing radio clients as well as new digital clients.If you are interested in applying for this role please send your CV and cover letter to jo.meek@allout.co.uk by 5pm on Monday 15th Feb.

Latest programmes from All Out towers - 18th January 2010

After a manic few months at All Out that has seen Jo in South Afirca and the STates in the space of ten days, Lyndon travelling down the Clyde with Nicholas Parsons and Gemma recording for Radio 4's London Season here are the latest offerings from All Out...

Monday 7th June 8pm on Radio 4

Football's Freedom Fighters

As the World Cup starts in South Africa Fergal Keane travels to Robben Island with some of the formers members  of the Makan Football Association to the pitches where some of the country's now most prominent political leaders used football to create a space of dignity, respect and democracy at the infamous prison.

Doon The Watta, Sunday 13th, 20th and 27th June at 2.45pm

Nicholas Parsons takes a trip down memory lane and returns to Glasgow where his parents shipped him off many years ago to train as an apprentice in the shipyards.

Lady Plays the Blues, Tuesday 22nd June at 1330 (rpt Saturday 26th June 1530) Radio 4

Cerys Matthews tries to find out the story of the women who have mastered the art of playing the blues but rarely been recognised for their talent. Along the way she reveals the stories of female guitarists of the early blues era such as Rosetta Tharpe, Memphis Minne, Etta Baker, Algia Mae Hinton and Precious Bryant.

All programmes will be available on the BBC iplayer for seven days after their broadcast. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

Martin Sheen shines with us for Radio 2 - 18th December 2009

In a massive coup for All Out, Hollywood legend Martin Sheen has teamed up with us to present a special documentary for BBC Radio 2

Sheen who played the President of the USA in The West Wing narrated our hour long doc telling the story of when Elvis Presley turned up at the White House to meet President Richard Nixon.

The meeting in December 1970 came about after Elvis wrote to Nixon asking for an audience, but in a twist he asked for a special FBI badge to give him the power to rid America of drug users -  he was given one which is still on show in Graceland

You can hear Martin, who was officially described as being 'lovely' on BBC Radio 2 on Tuesday 5th January 2010 at 10:30pm and you can read more about the Radio 2 Elvis  season here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pdzw2

All Out follows the real Didier Drogba - 7th December 2009

In March this year 20 football fans were crushed to death as The Ivory Coast team played a World Cup qualifier.

Chelsea star Didier Drogba was playing in that game and was so shocked at the incident and  the treatment injured fans recieved th he vowed to raise £5 million pounds to build a new hospital in the countrys capital, and Drogbas home town Abidjan.

Jo Meek travelled back to The Ivory Coast with Drogba and 5live Sports Ian McGarry to hear why he is raising the money, and to find out a different side to one of the most controversial players in the game.

In Search of The Real Didier Drogba BBC Radio 5live Christmas Day at 5pm and New Years Day at 1pm.

Take a look at Jo's blog on the right hand side of the page, and take a look at the Drogba foundation website here

http://www.thedidierdrogbafoundation.com/

We have a whole raft of programmes coming up over Christmas and the New Year, including a repeat of our investigation for Radio 4 in to Diabetes care with Justin Webb which will go out on 18th December at 11am

Details about the programmes you can hear will follow

Don't forget also you call follow us on Twitter @AllOutRadio

Steve Earle Sings the Praises of Pete Seeger - 13th November 2009

American country star Steve Earle has joined All Out for our special documentary on American protest singing legend Pete Seeger

Radio 2 have cleared their normal schedules on December the 9th to pay tribute to Seeger who turned 90 this year

As well as been a great singer songwriter himself Earle has his own radio show in the USA and its fantastic that he is on board

We will soon have some big sparkly news about a Hollywood legend who will be joining All Out to present a programme for us, keep checking back for that announcement

More details on the programme to follow  

Today's Justin joins All Out again - 6th October 2009

Today presenter Justin Webb has joined All Out again for a second time to investigate American health care reforms.

After working with All Out Producer Gemma Newby on a programme about Diabetes care. they travelled back to Washington to look at how proposed health care reforms being pushed through by President Obama could affect us in the UK.

It's great that Justin was so keen to work with us again, and also that Radio 4 were as keen to commission the programme quickly from All Out on such an important topic.

You can hear US Health Reform: Beware of Side Effects on Radio 4 on Sunday the 11th of October at 1:30pm and on the BBC iplayer for 7 days after that.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

All Out Land More BBC Programmes - 20th July 2009

We have had some really good news from the latest commissioning rounds for Radio 2 and Radio 4.

We have been asked to make documentaries about a wide range of subjects for Radio 2 from a programme examining the political side of Elvis Presley, a special to mark the 90th birthday of protest singer Pete Seeger and a four part Christmas series about carols around Britain.

Amongst the successes we have had with Radio 4 will be a  look at ship building on the River Clyde through the very personal experiences of 'Just a Minute' Chairman Nicholas Parson.

We will also be investigating the rise and fall of Yugoslavian leader Tito, and its effect on the war-ravaged region.

The programmes will be broadcast from last Autumn right in to 2010, and, along with us being chosen as one of the limited suppliers for Radio 4 Arts output will help us to continue our long relationships with both networks.

Listen Again - 26th May 2009

A number of All Out programme have been chosen for repeat on the BBC 

'The Shock of The Knee' which first went to air in January and looked at the revolution which saw skirts inch up past the knee cap was presented by fashion journalist Colin McDowell and re-broadcast by BBC Radio 4 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gmdxp

'The Fourth the Fifth The Minor Fall which was presented by multi-award winning Elbow front man Guy Garvey, examined the classic Leonard Cohen song 'Hallelujah', which since it went to air went to number one... and two at Christmas, thanks to The X Factor.

BBC Radio 2 13th June 10pm and on the BBC iplayer 7 days after that

'The Conchies of Holton-cum-Beckering' told the story of a group of objectors to the Second Word War who came together to form farming communities around the Lincolnshire village of Holton

The programme was presented by Billy Bragg who has gone on to make 2 more programmes with us and features the lead singer of Blur Damon Albarn

The Conchies of Holton-cum-Beckering BBC Radio 4 27th May 11am and on the BBC iplayer for 7 days after that

How Do Awards Night - 1st May 2009

We walked away with a Commendation from Thursdays nights How Do Awards held at Old Trafford

The awards brought together creative companies from around the North West and All Out came second to Channel K in the best Independent Production Company category

You can check out pictures at

http://www.how-do.co.uk

The latest - 29th April 2009

If you are one of the millions of people who tweet then we you will be able to follow us now on our new Twitter site. It is to be found at AllOutRadio and we will let you know when we have programmes on. And please feel free to tweet us in 140 characters or less though remember.

We have had a steady stream of cast members from Coronation Street through the front door over the past couple of weeks - the reason being is that we have been producing a short series of podcasts for The Streets own website. You can listen to Corrie uber-fan Jeremy Kyle and see a behind the scenes video shot at the All Out offices at http://www.itv.com/Soaps/coronationstreet.

We have had a good few programmes to get out over the past couple of weeks including investigations for Radio Scotland and Radio 4, and a highly personal profile of Gil Scott Heron by Lemn Sissay called Pieces of a Man which went out on Radio 4

Coming up, we have a look at the eco-life of former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes presented by Huddersfield poet Simon Armitage (15th May at 11am) and also an investigation into how designers are to blame for our throw-away culture in 'The Landfill Designers' (14th May at 9pm) - both on BBC Radio 4

We will also be starting a new series for the GMG Network looking at the most successful rock managers in history. 'Svengalis' will kick off on Sunday 7th of June...and more about that nearer the time

See told you it was busy

How Do Awards - 3rd April 2009

We have been nominated in the Independent TV/radio production company category in the 2nd annual How Do Awards

We are up against fellow radio indie Made In Manchester, and TV indies such as Shine North

The ceremony which is at Old Trafford on 30th April will give awards to the best in North West media

Check out the competition in full:

http://www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-news/north-west-publishing/how%11do-awards-2009-%11-the-short-list-announced-200903275016/

Quick turnaround to tell Bushfire Stories - 16th February 2009

Radio 5 Live cleared their Sunday evening schedules for a special All Out production on February the 15th.

Thanks to ABC Melbourne we were able to bring some moving stories from the recent bush fires that have swept the Australian state of Victoria.

The half hour programme produced by Jo Meek and Richard McIlroy was presented by 5lives Stephen Nolan and it can be heard again until Sunday the 22nd of February at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bbc_radio_five_live

Jesse Jackson to open up labels series - 10th February 2009

In a great coup for All Out, the Reverend Jesse Jackson will present the first of new series about the worlds most iconic record labels for the GMG Radio Network.

Reverend Jackson was a key figure in the civil rights movement in the 1960's, and he will tell how the great Stax record label was inextricably linked with its political ideals, he will also recount his memories of the day Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis.

The series starts on  March 1st 2008 Century, Real and Smooth Radio

To check which station you can hear the series on, go to:

www.gmgradio.co.uk

Also go to Staff Blogs on the right hand side of the home page to read about recording with the Rev. Jackson, and in The States for the series

All Out teams up with GMG again - 17th December 2008

We are really pleased to have been asked to produce another series for the GMG Radio Network. Hot on the heels of our epic 'Smooth Soul Nation' we are now in production with a new series, which will tell the stories of some of the great record labels from Motown to Stax and Stiff to Factory.

The 8 part series will run across the GMG stations nationwide in early 2009

All Out hits the Heritage Trails - 5th November 2008

Our ten part podcast series highlighting the diversity of Manchester's culture and history is now online www.hearmanchester.com/.

Recorded along the Ashton Canal that runs through the city centre they were presented by author, journalist and pounk band leader Jon Robb. They can be downloaded at different points along the canal where you see the yellow signposts.

We spoke to over 30 people for the audio trails  which cover 10 areas of Manchester's history

You've Got Soul - 29th September 2008

Our 6 part series for the Real/Smooth/Century networks on the history of Soul music began in real style with Mary Wilson presenting our first programme

'You've Got Soul' which runs until early November and will feature different presenters every week, with Kiki Dee and David Grant among those telling the great stories and playing the memorable music of a particular decade in soul music.

Check out the websites to find out when the programmes will be on air and how you can listen.

http://www.smoothradio.co.uk

http://www.realradio.co.uk

http://www.centuryradio.co.uk 

All Out win first GMG commissions - 21st July 2008

We have been commissioned to make a six part series by GMG Radio telling the history of soul music in the UK - this is our first commission since GMG announced that they were making £1m available to independent productions companies

The series will air on Saturday afternoons across the GMG network of stations, Real Radio, Century and Smooth brands

Radio 2 go All Out for AOP - 2nd July 2008

All Out have just picked up their biggest haul of commissions from BBC Radio 2. The 4 programmes include a 4 part series 'Wish You Were There' which will take a music star back to in time to a gig or festival they wish they had been at. We have also been asked to produce a 2 part investigation for the station asking whether the charts are still as important as they once were, and two one-off documentarys looking at the life of American protest singer Phil Ochs and also examining the Leonard Cohen song 'Hallejulah' through the eyes of the singers who have covered it.

This is great news for All Out and we are delighted to be able to build on our realtionship with Radio 2.

More Sony Success for All Out - 29th June 2008

All Out Productions walked away with another Sony Award in May. We picked up the bronze award in the Community Category for our powerful documentary ‘Asian Nation’ broadcast on BBC Asian Network.

The programme, produced by All Out’s Gail Champion, was part of the station’s landmark Asian Nation season, marking 60 years since the partition of India and the formation of Pakistan. The Sony judges were clearly impressed with the programme, commending at as: “Bold broadcasting, bridging the generations as it told its story in both a moving and entertaining way. It was presented with a great sense of professionalism and brought understanding as it tackled a wide variety of issues... some of which were extremely difficult”.

This latest award, presented at the 'glittering' award ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, was the company’s 10th Sony triumph.