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As editor of afternoon programmes on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2 I look after shows including Steve Wright In The Afternoon, Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs, Simon Mayo and Jo Whiley – a fantastically varied job, working with a team who create a huge range of programming. 

Right now, I'm sitting in a slightly damp field. We've just finished a great Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Chris Evans and Dolly Parton, who spoke to Chris on air, was right - 'there may or may not be a lot of mud'. Behind me, there's a band warming up for a live performance in the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Music Tepee later today. And it's only day one - there's a whole lot more to come. 

I've worked at as an assistant producer, producer and executive producer for both Radio 1 and Â鶹ԼÅÄ 6 Music previously and last year , asked me to project lead all the radio networks as part of an ambition to have a joined up team with all pop radio networks, TV and interactive. This meant not one network, channel or digital platform ‘owned’ Glastonbury, but instead, there's something there for everyone and we wanted to provide the right content on the right place to suit our different audiences.

Glastonbury is not only wildly exciting but a ridiculously important cultural event that offers something for everybody, a bit like the Â鶹ԼÅÄ. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ has a broad family of radio and TV brands, and the full range of acts performing at Glastonbury doesn’t fit naturally on just one. Our aim is to give someone sitting at home a choice of performances and programmes, as well as access to the bits they're looking forward to hearing or seeing. Whichever service they choose to listen to or watch  -  we want this to be the next best thing to actually being at the festival itself and that the fun, atmosphere, excitement and magic of the festival completely are all brought to life by the live music performances, creative content, interviews and our presenters on the Â鶹ԼÅÄ.

Most of my role happens in the planning – which takes months in advance, working with my colleagues at Radio 1, 1 Xtra and Â鶹ԼÅÄ 6 Music, TV and interactive, who look after everything online and Red Button. With radio, we decide which live music and guests should go on which network so we can broadcast as much of the festival as possible and working with producers to deliver this! When I am at the festival my role varies – I'll be out in the field with the production teams helping with live inserts into the shows throughout the day, speaking to teams about any queries about anything from editorial questions regarding their programmes to health and safety. In the evening I may be in the sound truck making sure the live music is ready for broadcast, or I could be liaising with our live events team to ensure everything is ready and good for broadcast. I work closely with my TV colleagues to make sure the presenters know exactly where they're meant to be, speaking to record companies to make sure their artists are turning up in the right place and at the right time for performances and speaking to the live programmes back in London to make sure they have what they need. I also work a lot with the interactive team and visualisation team to ensure everything is communicated (guests, content, performances). And of course, working with the Eavis family and their Glastonbury team to make sure we know about any last minute show changes or issues, and any secret shows that are scheduled.  

It’s an amazing project and I feel massively privileged to be part of not only the festival itself, but of such a high quality coverage provided by the Â鶹ԼÅÄ. 

And after today i'll head back to the hotel to set my alarm for an early wake up and come back and do it all again. It's a dream job.

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