40 WILTSHIRE LIFE Awards 2018
About BBC Wiltshire
BBC Wiltshire is proud to support and host the
Wiltshire Life Awards 2018
BBC Wiltshire has been broadcasting live
We love uncovering and sharing
across our stunning county for nearly 30
surprising stories about our county; just
years. We are very passionate about Wiltshire
before Christmas James Thomas took
and love telling your stories, celebrating
his afternoon programme to the town of
our county and discussing the issues that
Bad Hersfeld in Germany. The town was
matter to you.
founded by the Wiltshire monk Saint Lullus
The past 12 months have been a very
back in the 8th century, when he went on
exciting time for the radio station, which
a pilgrimage from Malmesbury Abbey to
really has placed us right at the heart of our
spread Christianity in Europe. Although
community. Thousands of people got involved
people in Germany celebrate Saint Lullus
in our Step Into Summer Campaign, which
every year, we discovered that very little was
aimed to get us all walking and moving a bit
known about him here in Wiltshire. James
more. We handed out hundreds of pedometers
decided to broadcast live from Lullus Fest,
across the county, you donated your miles
Germany’s oldest folk festival. His story
and collectively we walked more than 70,000
of Lullus: The Wiltshire Monk You’ve Never
miles; that’s nearly three times around the
Heard Of was told across the BBC, including
world. We’re looking forward to you joining
on Radio 4 and the World Service, as well as
us for that challenge again this year.
here on BBC Wiltshire.
We’ve enjoyed fantastic partnerships this
year. We were honoured to work with Horrible
Histories author Terry Deary who wrote a series
of mysterious radio dramas for BBC Wiltshire.
We’ve also been working with Salisbury
Cathedral and BBC Radio 4 on The Listening
Project. We are always humbled by the amazing
stories and conversations you share with us.
We were blown away by the support of
the communities of Swindon and Wiltshire
for Children In Need. Breakfast presenter
Ben Prater and his team cycled a bright
yellow Pudsey Pedal Bus 100 miles to raise
money for the charity. It was a rollercoaster
of a week, with broken steering columns,
sore legs and steep hills, but it was a fantastic
achievement and you helped us raised more
than £5,000 for good causes.