Taste of TV big-time for primary pupils as part of BBC Midlands Today anniversary
Youngsters from a Telford primary school got the chance to be TV presenters for the day when a production crew paid a special visit.
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BBC Midlands Today took its famous red sofa to Hadley Learning Community primary school as part of a roadshow around the region marking the show’s 60th anniversary celebrations.
Milli Couzens, the school’s deputy head, said: “We were delighted to be chosen to be part of the special 60th anniversary show, and to wish the BBC Midlands Today team a happy birthday.
“Reporter Ben Sidwell and a filming team brought the famous red sofa into the school on the final day of its tour around the region, giving a group of our students the chance to feel what it’s like to be TV stars.”
Three of the youngsters – Alfred Pennington, Maisie Phillips and Zanaiah McFarlane – were invited to ‘become’ show presenters Nick Owen, Mary Rhodes, and Shefali Oza for the special broadcast.
Milli said: “It was a fantastic experience for Alfred, Maisie, Zanaiah and all of their peers to learn what goes on behind the scenes on a show like BBC Midlands Today.
“We’re really grateful to the producers for choosing HLC primary to play a starring role in such a special show, and create a memory which I’m sure our pupils will never forget.”
HLC primary is part of the Learning Community Trust, a multi-academy trust which spans education for children and young people from the age of two to 16, and has more than a dozen sites across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin.
