WM Features

Your Space - Night Workers

'Night Workers' was submitted to Your Space by Oliver Ormston, Soraya Raza, Thom Slinn and Donna Lewis.

A recent piece of work carried out by Aston University students looking at the profile of night workers in Birmingham revealed some startling characteristics.

A group of final year undergraduate students from Aston University investigated aspects of night work and health in Birmingham. They interviewed café workers, cleaners, post, rail and market workers among others contributing to the insight on night worker characteristics and lifestyles.

As part of the research they produced a 10 minute piece of radio and submitted it to Your Space at BBC WM.

They based their Your Space narrative on a daily commute to work where no night work has been carried out in Birmingham City centre.

The aim of this piece is to raise public awareness of night workers valuable contributions to the wider public and to provide a communication forum between them.

Find out more from their website.

Your Space - Black Country Podcasting

Lawrence Hipkiss submitted a Your Space Show called Black Country Podcasting.

Lawrence creates a regular podcast from his own studio in the West Midlands. His podcasts cover a variety of subject matters including Black Country heritage, culture and performers.

In this show for BBC WM's Your Space Lawrence enlists the help of his friend Ed Tudor to perform 'Enoch Arden', a poem written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (published in 1864).

Accompanying concertina music in the show is performed by Dave Harborne.

For more details about Lawrence and his Black Country Podcasting show see his own website.

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