Apple Podcasts have chosen the best 10 podcasts of 2023 & Blood On The Dancefloor is one of them!
Choosing the most ‘compelling, unputdownable, gripping and incredible storytelling’ that the Apple editors loved. Proud to be flying the flag for the BBC!
I was home in
#Belfast
to tell the untold story of how the LGBT scene thrived at the end of the Troubles, the unsolved tragic murder of Darren Bradshaw and a celebration of how far we’ve come today.
All 6 episodes are available on
@BBCSounds
and Mondays at 1100
@BBCRadio4
🚨’Mere now, I’ve got news!
Blood On The Dance Floor will be on BBC2 tonight 9pm. Absolutely buzzing it’s made Sunday Times & Radio Times ‘Pick Of The Week’. Thanks to the amazing
@BBCSpotlightNI
team & the community who helped us tell this vital piece of
#LGBT
history 🏳️🌈
Im absolutely buzzing to bring Blood On The Dance Floor and the stories of the Parliament bar to your screens. Thanks to the big man
@patrickfeebbc
we’ve footage that’s never been seen before, new interviews and of course even more 90s dance!
#belfast
#lgbt
#northernireland
The story of Darren Bradshaw’s
life, taking a look at the ‘secret history of being gay in the Troubles’ and the pioneers of Belfast nightlife that helped create the city’s thriving LGBT scene today. The dance music, the fashion and the stories that brought it to life.
Blood on the Dance Floor
@JordanDunbar10
reports on the murder that shattered a haven for many in the gay community.
Coming Tuesday on BBC One NI at 10.40pm and on iPlayer
My first TV doc is a personal one about the world of unqualified and unregulated mental health treatment online. I met a lot of brave people and had a great team to help make this
#MentalHealthMatters
#MentalHealthAwareness
#therapy
I GOT ON NEWSROUND! Childhood dream - complete ✅
Explaining nuclear power and climate change while inside a nuclear plant - no better job.
All thanks to
#theclimatequestion
&
@BBCNewsround
@_LauraGaynor
& Rachel Judah my atomic team.
On 9th May 1997, Darren Bradshaw was on a night out when he was murdered by terrorists. He was just 24 years old. Though part of his life story was written by men of hate, his legacy I discovered - is hope.
We’re up for two
@TrueCrimeAward
nominations for Best Serialised True Crime Podcast and Best True Crime Podcast Community for our
@bbc5live
x
@BBCSounds
series of Blood On The Dance Floor 🎙️
“There’s glitter in the chips
And feathers in the fryer!” Creating a gay scene at the end of a conflict. The DJs, Drag Queens and dancers of the Parliament Bar reveal how it changed Belfast and the why the legacy of Darren Bradshaw won’t be forgotten.
Thanks
@ApplePodcasts
for the push - the full box set is now available.
On
@BBCRadio4
today it’s Episode 3 - The Glitter In The Chips. Drag Queens and DJ’s as the Parliament Bar is finally born and we recreate the very first Belfast Pride March.
To quote one clubber- ‘YEEEEOOO’
Do we have enough EV chargers for the electric vehicle revolution? Could Kenya have the swapping solution? What’s world leader - Norways chat?
Find out on
#theClimateQuestion
from the
@bbcworldservice
&
@BBC_CurrAff
Why don’t we talk about
#mentalhealth
and
#climatechange
more?
Experts have said more extreme weather will bring more trauma and depression, so how will we cope? The Climate Question 📻 🎧
What do whales - yes WHALES- do for the fight against climate change? Well grab your speedos and let’s find out with me on a salty adventure on this weeks
#theclimatequestion
on
@bbcworldservice
Delighted to present
@BBCSounds
new ‘Sounds Iconic’ collection - all about
#pride
. Taking a look at the LGBTQ experience through the decades from our archives with
@stephenkamos
,
@TheMaeMartin
and of course Belfast’s story in Blood On The Dance Floor plus much more…
Trying hard to concentrate on work and not have a loooong celebration- so happy to be shortlisted for the New Voice Award from
@WeAreAudioUK
Finally 2020 is becoming a wee bit more positive!!! Thank you guys
Nominees for the New Voice Award are:
Anthony Olanipekun - Prison Radio Association
Brenda Birungi - Prison Radio Association
Elinor Hamilton - 'Tales from the Tannoy', Tadah Media
Izzy Lee-Poulton - Transmission Roundhouse
Jacob Hawley - BBC Studios
Jordan Dunbar - BBC Radio
On
#Newscast
security special episode. Talking with
@BBCJamesCook
and
@FrankRGardner
about the PSNI data leaks. The sad parallels of the threats faced by officers like Darren in Blood On The Dancefloor and those today.
‘Compelling and thoughtful’ - Thanks
@scottygb
and
@greatbritpods
for the push in the Great British Podcasts newsletter. Blood On the Dancefloor has really travelled and I’m so happy people get to see the incredible scene of 90s Belfast and what it became. Cheers guys!
📻 Blood On The Dancefloor will be back on
@BBCRadio4
for six weeks from tomorrow.
After all the kind response/harassment I’m going to try and get a track list for each episode! 🎧
Invited to my first Leicester Square Premiere! Red carpet! Stars! And it was …Mog’s Christmas!🎄
Thank you
@Channel4
&
@ben_wadey
for starting Christmas off right! Yer man playing the floating piano in the cinema was a nice touch - 1945 Xmas Eve…
#mogschristmas
#christmastv
Our winner in the Statistical Excellence in Coronavirus Reporting category is
@BBCMoreOrLess
. A massive well done to the team! You can read about this year’s winning journalism entries here
Thanks for listening - was definitely going for a love letter vibe in that last episode. You know it’s getting emotional when Snow Patrol begins and it’s getting more optimistic when Two Door Cinema belts out!
just listened to this whole series in one morning and i am strangely so emotional, what a credit to the memory of darren bradshaw and a phenomenal last episode which is almost a love letter of sorts to belfast and it’s LGBT history. can’t recommend enough
There’s glitter in the chips!
@Radio4
at 2030 epic tales from Belfast Pride and the Parliament bar. The Queens would have to get changed in the kitchen and Chef Gerry would be getting feathers out of the chip fryer for days after. The toilets were a catwalk and changing room…🧵
It was the last episode of the series for
#antisocial
on
@BBCRadio4
& I was on to report about fully plant based menus and their climate benefit. How helpful is cutting food miles? Why are sugar snaps the celebrities of food transport? Answers with
@adamfleming
A heart wrenching story, that shamefully I hadn’t heard before, masterfully told by
@JordanDunbar10
.
Folks across from me on train must be wondering what’s going on, in tears one minute, dancing along to Olive’s ‘You’re Not Alone’ the next.
@BBCSounds
“I wasnt expecting to laugh so much” - thanks for the kind words
@TeddyJamieson
and I totally agree ‘Hallion’ is a term that needs to be used more in the BBC. Hope you enjoyed the rest of Blood On The Dance Floor. So many other great Belfast and Northern Irish phrases in there.
Energy efficiency has an image problem so high on caffeine I challenged myself to make it ‘sexy’. I failed. But thanks to my guests it’s funny, interesting and highlights it as the climate solution we should talk more about. Can we save money and the planet?
A fantastic
@shrapnelpodcast
with
@JordanDunbar10
- Blood on the Dancefloor - is out now everywhere. Highly recommend giving it a listen
Apple:
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The BBC women who launched an education programme for children in Afghanistan who are banned from school by the Taliban, photographed at Broadcasting House, April 2023.
From left; Sahar, Aalia, Shazia and Malaika (who fled in 2021) with Mariam, Genie and Fiona.
📸 by me.
Last chance to get on this incredible scheme! If you know anyone interested in getting into the media let them know. They really want more Northern Irish accents too, think it’s a
#LineOfDuty
thing!
#bbcpts
#mediajobs
#NorthernIreland
In 2016, Jordan completed our Production Trainee Scheme - he now produces & presents on ‘The Climate Question’!
Want to kick-start your career like Jordan at
@BBCnireland
? Apply today:
APPLICATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW (7th May).
#YouMakeTheBBC
I don’t mind the cold when it’s in globally important research sites or places with great pubs - and
#portaferry
has them both! The Climate Question looks at tidal power…
As NHS waiting lists reach record levels, more people are looking for treatment for their mental health online. We’ve uncovered a world of treatments promising to cure anxiety. All carried out with no qualifications.
#MentalHealthMatters
#anxiety
“This is a watershed moment. There will be a before 2022 and and after 2022”
-full episodes of
#theclimatequestion
looking at long and short term effects on the climate available on
@bbcsounds
@JordanDunbar10
congratulations on Blood on the Dancefloor. Brilliant tribute to Darren and his family.
A shocking time but full of hope.
(You're a natural)
"The price of nature is zero because most of what nature provides us is free... whereas actually, its value is very high."
Can putting a price on nature help with climate change? Find out on
#TheClimateQuestion
with Jordan Dunbar and Kate Lamble 🌱
Inspired by the empty shipyards I grew up beside in east Belfast, this week on
#theclimatequestion
we ask - What Will Happen To All the Fossil Fuel Workers? Looking at the idea of a ‘just transition’ as we decarbonise ft
@GraihaghJackson
@NealRazzell
Boggy & soggy they may be but wetlands are vital in the fight against climate change, says
@TIdrisMarquand
@CLR_Cambridge
&
@EarthSciCam
They draw down & store so much CO2! Are they one of our best climate hacks?
More on the podcast:
@niplanner
@MarkRobinsonNI
Always makes think of Brooklyn when I walk around there. But having seen some of the developments thread pictures just make me nervous building flats with no heed to the surroundings or making them blend into that sweet sweet industrial red brick urban setting!
Absolutely loved this podcast! At times tragic but then uplifting it captures our wee country so so well. And OMG the music brings you back. I see you Clock Bar... 😎 Much kudos
@JordanDunbar10
What’s it like working in a nuclear power plant? Will the Homer Simpson jokes ever end? How does it feel to be an apprentice learning to run a nuclear reactor? All this and more on
@BBCSounds
5Minutes on -
#energy
#nuclear
#ClimateCrisis
#climateTech
@ashtonakm
Cheers Ashton - I was actually thinking how much being a guide at Titanic really helped with this. Being able to explain a place and show it off to people who have never been. Just no shipyard ride… hope you’re well!
@RedBSierra
@bbc5live
No running here mate. They hire them from Crumlin Road Jail if you’re interested. Not the most comfortable but definitely make a statement!
@trudyscrmptious
&
@TinaLeggs
told me about putting on their infamous cabaret in the 90s - ‘Gay Your Cards Right’ was a firm favourite. Titti Von Tramp said it best “upstairs was a sweaty sexy black box with half naked men dancing about - I’m thinking happy days I’m moving in!”
@ladyportia
described their first time as ‘electric - like every part of my body came alive’. The play list - N-Trance, Rozalla, Haddaway & more. The cages hanging from the roof had a step ladder to get you down when you got stuck. Allegedly Boyzone even tried to buy the place!