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Andrea Miller
Andrea Miller hails from the vast wilderness of Canadia. After expressing a dislike for ice sports and maple syrup, and pure derision for the Canada goose, she was ejected from her former homeland. While roaming the wilderness she caught sound of Radio 4, started swimming in that direction, and never looked back.
Prior to her excommunication, Andrea lived in the world of print, and was the oldest-ever Editor-in-Chief of MacMedia Magazine at York University, where she alternately had and caused nervous breakdowns, fiddled with commas, and Photoshopped things into other things. She is a now-irregular contributor to online publication Gadzooks!, and has also worked in a chicken slaughterhouse, bus depot and the secret underground mall in downtown Toronto.
She also plays guitar and sings with such beauteous tones that her nextdoor neighbour has raved, “I can hear you through the wall.”
Listen to Andrea’s audio biography:
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The Super Hero’s Girlfriend
There is a general consensus that it’s not easy being a super hero. There’s even a song about it. But do you know what’s even harder? Being a super hero’s girlfriend. Alice has been dating Captain Wonderful for three years now, and is tired of the constant kidnapping by a series of inadequate villains. Like today.
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Starring: The legendary Martin Lane as Doctor Awful, The sublime Marie Horner as Alice and the perfectly adequate Charlie Antrobus as Henchman.
Written & Produced by Andrea Miller.
Winner of bronze at the Student Radio Awards 2009.
3 Minute Pop Song
The 3 minute pop song is given a hard time, but three minutes, can do a lot…
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Thursday Songs
Why are there so few songs about Thursdays? Originally airing as part of Birst Live, Andrea presents several theories, conspiratorial and not, and has a go at writing a Thursday song herself.
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Ooh Have I Birst a Nerve? – Episode 2
Oooh Have I Birst a Nerve is the radio spin off of the highly popular televised Bournemouth University panel Show ‘Ooh Have I Touched a Nerve’, and originally aired as part of Birst Live. On the panel tonight are Simon Jay, Ben Nardone, Dickie Murray and Aaron Ferguson. And your host is Jo Jo Barton!
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‘Ooh Have I Birst a Nerve’ was written by the show’s producer Scott Payne and Jo Jo Barton and the script was edited by Ben Nardone. Scott Payne is also the creator of the game. The show’s engineer was Nuria Bernardo,
the OB Producer was Andrea Miller and the Executve Radio Producer was Charlie Antrobus.
Episode 2 of 2.
Ooh Have I Birst a Nerve? – Episode 1
Oooh Have I Birst a Nerve is the radio spin off of the highly popular televised Bournemouth University panel Show ‘Ooh Have I Touched a Nerve’, and originally aired as part of Birst Live. On the panel tonight are Simon Jay, Charlie Antrobus, Dave Ruddock and Aaron Ferguson. And your host is Jo Jo Barton!
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‘Ooh Have I Birst a Nerve’ was written by the show’s producer Scott Payne and Jo Jo Barton and the script was edited by Ben Nardone. Scott Payne is also the creator of the game. The show’s engineer was Nuria Bernardo,
the OB Producer was Andrea Miller and the Executve Radio Producer was Charlie Antrobus.
Episode 1 of 2.
Monday’s Child
Originally aired as part of Birst Live, presenters Lou Ricketts and Andrea Miller take a look at a reimagining of the poem “Monday’s Child”.
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Read by Ben Nardone. Written by Howard Miller & Produced by Andrea Miller with additional contibutions from The Week in Links team.
Letter to Laura
Remember when people would promise to be your best friend forever if you shared your snack with them? Imagine if you held them to that…
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Featuring the voice of Shasha Bowers. Written & Produced by Andrea Miller.
Swine Flu News Part 2
Originally aired as part of Birst Live, the team travels to Mexico as the search continues for the elusive cause of swine flu, man-bird-pig.
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Swine Flu News Part 1
Originally aired as part of Birst Live, a report on Swine Flu makes some shocking revelations!
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Presented by Jenny Aldridge.