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Belfast Telegraph
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Belfast Telegraph
New presenter explains her plan for much-loved BBC Radio Ulster show: ‘I want to bring my own wee style… eventually'
When Eve Blair presents her first episode of Your Place And Mine next week, she'll ensure there are plenty of sweet treats around. 'Lots of Haribos, lots of Haribos. Haribo is my downfall,' she laughs.
BBC News
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Eve Blair to present Your Place And Mine as part of new BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle weekend schedule
BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle is refreshing its weekend schedule, with Eve Blair to present the long-running Your Place And Mine on Saturday mornings from 8-9am. Anna Curran and Taylor Johnson will also be joining the station's weekend line-up Saturdays Eve Blair, who has presented The Late Show from Monday-Thursdays on BBC Radio Ulster since 2017, will become the new lead presenter for Your Place And Mine from Saturday 10 May 2025. She succeeds another Foyle-based presenter, Anne-Marie McAleese, who presented her final edition of the programme in February. Eve joins Kerry McLean (who'll have an extended Saturday programme from 6.30-8am), David Maxwell on Gardeners' Corner (9-10am), Holly Hamilton on Consumer Fightback (10-11am) and John Toal's Saturday With John Toal (11am-1pm). Taylor Johnson will host a brand new programme between 6-8pm each Saturday evening, kicking off with nostalgic hits and the second hour dedicated to championing new music from local artists across a range of genres in BBC Introducing. He'll be followed by Neil Martin's Folk Club (8pm-10pm) and The Late Show With Mike Edgar (10pm-midnight). Sundays Sundays will feature a combination of new and familiar elements, including a mid-morning programme with Anna Curran and different slots for some existing programme strands. Kerry McLean will ease listeners into Sunday mornings with an earlier start time of 6.30-8am, followed by Sunday Sequence with Audrey Carville between 8-9.00am. Morning Service and Thought for the Week will now run from 9-10am. Our mid-morning Sunday 'news hour' will feature topical stories and news-related discussions between 10am-11am. And there'll be a lifestyle feel to our new magazine programme Sunday With Anna Curran with big interviews and human interest stories from 11am-1pm. Sounds Sacred with Richard Yarr remains in its established 5-6pm slot, as does Kintra with Helen Mark and the Ulster-Scots team between 6-6.30pm and Classical Connections with John Toal from 7-9.00pm. Sunday With Brian D'Arcy has a new, late-evening home between 9-10.00pm and it will be followed by Kathy Clugston's Sunday Club. Emma Dunseith, BBC Northern Ireland's Senior Head Of Content Production, says: 'We're excited about these schedule changes. They include a number of new strands alongside our established programmes. Our listeners will have much to enjoy, whatever their interests. And they'll have the best BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle company across the weekend from early morning until late at night.' Eve Blair says: 'Your Place and Mine is such a wonderful programme, a really unique show that manages to capture the true essence of our beautiful country and its people. It's an honour to take over the reins from Anne Marie McAleese, who brought so much to the show for so many years. I can't wait to get to know the listeners and hopefully welcome along my Late Show listeners too.' Anna Curran says: 'Like a lot of people, Sunday is my favourite day of the week. Now I've even more reason to enjoy it because I'll be spending mine in conversation with a brilliant line-up of guests and, of course, our wonderful listeners. The show will be a mix of in-depth interviews, music and reviews of the Sunday papers in a relaxed and chatty style, which is right up my street!' Taylor Johnson says: "It's been a dream of mine for a long time to present my own show on BBC Radio Ulster. I feel like I've come through the youth academy here at the BBC, having worked on nearly every show on the station! Now, I've found my home. It's very special, I can't wait to get started and make a difference to a new generation of musicians on this island." All programmes will be available on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle. Listen to Radio Foyle/Ulster on BBC Sounds MM2
