PIWeek 21May 18 - May 24 2013

Bruno Mars, Biffy Clyro and Calvin Harris announced as the headliners for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2013 in Derry~Londonderry

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Programme Information New this weekBBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend Page 3Bruno Mars, Biffy Clyro and Calvin Harris announced as the headliners for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2013 in Derry~Londonderry

Words To Wine Page 4Walter Love meets a County Down man who moved to the other side of the world and swapped journalism for wine-making

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Bruno Mars, Biffy Clyro and Calvin Harris announced as the headliners for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2013 in Derry~Londonderry

Breaking the news on his show,

Nick Grimshaw told listeners to

the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, that

over 40 of the biggest and hottest

bands and artists will be playing

over three days in one of Europe’s

largest free music festivals.

Radio 1’s Big Weekend Derry~Londonderry 2013 takes place over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend in the heart of the city at Ebrington Square and Venue 2013. On Fri-day 24 May, the focus will be on dance mu-sic and 1Xtra; while Saturday 25 May and Sunday 26 May will feature a Main Stage and In New Music We Trust Stage.

The Friday night BBC Radio 1Xtra and Dance event will also include DJ sets from some Radio 1 and 1Xtra talent, including dance legend Pete Tong; Zane Lowe; Mis-taJam; carnival bassline hostess B-Traits; Toddla T; and Dance Anthems DJ Danny Howard.

The full line up was revealed and the follow-ing acts will be joining Olly Murs and Two Door Cinema Club, who were announced earlier this year:

Friday: Calvin Harris / Chase And Status / Dizzee Rascal

Rita Ora / A$AP Rocky / J. Cole / Rudimen-tal Live/ Wiley / Maverick Sabre / Katy B / AlunaGeorge / Angel Haze / Pete Tong / Zane Lowe / MistaJam / B Traits / Toddla T / Danny Howard

Saturday: Biffy Clyro / The Vac-cines / Two Door Cinema Club

DJ Fresh / Labrinth / Foals / Kendrick Lamar / Ellie Goulding / Conor Maynard / The Sat-

urdays / Alt-J / Bring Me The Horizon / The 1975 / Iggy Azalea / Kodaline / Laura Mvula / Frightened Rabbit

Sunday: Bruno Mars / Paramore / Thirty Seconds To Mars

Vampire Weekend / The Script / Olly Murs / Jake Bugg / Wretch 32 / Little Mix /Disclo-sure / Bastille / Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Everything Everything / Jessie Ware /Miles Kane / We Are The Ocean / HAIM

Ben Cooper, Controller of Radio 1 and 1Xtra says: “This event is my favourite mo-ment of the year – watching a great crowd sing along to amazing artists makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.”

Tickets for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend Derry~Londonderry 2013 were released on Wednesday 17 April and were snapped up in just under one hour.

BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend will be broad-cast live on Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra and streamed online at bbc.co.uk/radio1/big-weekend, the Red Button and on mobile. It

will also be broadcast on BBC Three with highlights from acts across the weekend.

In the lead up to the main event, BBC Ra-dio 1 and BBC Learning will also embark on a special week of local engagement and outreach activity in the area - opening the doors to Radio 1’s Academy from Saturday 11 to Friday 17 May 2013.

During the week, young people in Derry will be invited to attend Radio 1’s Academy and take part in a series of workshops and masterclasses covering a range of topics including music, business, radio, design, TV production, event management, digital me-dia and journalism, and gaming. There will be inspirational sessions with people who have made it to the top of their profession, as well as practical advice and skills on offer to help young people take the next steps in their careers.

Further details of the Academy can be found here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p017f6dt

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Words To Wine

In a new documentary on BBC Ra-

dio Ulster, Walter Love meets a

remarkable Ulsterman who trad-

ed writing for wine-making and

hasn’t looked back.

In Words To Wine on BBC Radio Ulster on

Saturday, May 18 at 12.30pm, Walter talks

to County Down man and former journal-

ist Alan Brady.

Words To Wine, BBC Radio Ulster, Saturday, May 18 at 12.30pmbbc.co.uk/radioulster

County Down man Alan Brady tells Walter Love of his life-changing move into wine in New Zealand in the BBC Radio Ulster documentary Words To Wine

Alan, who is originally from near Rathfri-

land, had journalism in his blood as he was

born into a newspaper family and started

his career working for the family paper, The

Outlook, and later the Armagh Guardian

and the Belfast Telegraph. Fifty-three years

ago Alan emigrated to New Zealand and

picked up his career as a journalist with

the Manawatu Evening Standard in North

Island and then in South Island with the

Otago Daily Times.

The decision to emigrate followed a fam-

ily tradition to seek new pastures and new

challenges. His successful career took him

into the developing world of television

with NZBC newsrooms before heading to

the TV One newsroom in Dunedin. As a

retreat from his busy day job Alan bought

an old stone building in a valley close to

Queenstown, the major tourist centre

in the Southern Alps. But what was to be

place of relaxation became the epicentre

Walter Love meets a County Down man who moved to the other side of the world and swapped journalism for wine-making

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for a change of life for Alan - as the owner

of a wine business.

He embarked on pioneering work in South

Island growing grapes and despite experts

advising him against it, his gamble paid off

and, today, his Pinot Noir is recognised in-

ternationally.

Now in semi-retirement, Alan tells Walter

his story of amazing achievement and de-

termination against all the odds.

Walter says: “The fact that Alan Brady dis-

regarded well-meaning advice owes some-

thing to his character as an Ulsterman. He

proved the sceptics wrong. He may be stub-

born but he’s also a highly articulate com-

municator and an engaging man to talk to.”

Words To Wine can be heard on BBC Ra-

dio Ulster on Saturday, May 18 at 12.30pm.

92–95FM & DAB digital radio, digital TV and

online at bbc.co.uk/radioulster

In the BBC Radio Ulster programme Words To Wine, on Saturday, May 18 at 12.30pm, Walter Love talks to Ulsterman-turned New Zealander and journalist-turned wine-maker Alan Brady