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The 500 WORDS Final

Chris Evans presents the finale of 500 WORDS 2013 with Michael Palin, Susanna Reid, Michael Ball, Miranda Richardson and Barney Harwood bringing the winners's stories to life.

Chris Evans presents the finale of 500 WORDS 2013, Radio 2's short story competition for children aged 13 and under, live from the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts.

The six winners are announced live on-air, with each young author hearing their words brought to life by a superstar narrator. Globe-trotting comic legend Michael Palin; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Breakfast's brilliant Susanna Reid (no stranger herself to early mornings); the Olivier Award-winning Radio 2 presenter Michael Ball; the award-winning actress Miranda Richardson, plus Blue Peter's Barney Harwood are this year's guests. And Chris' One Show co-host, Alex Jones, and sports reporter Vassos Alexander are on hand to capture the reactions of our prize-winning young authors.

500 WORDS attracted a staggering 90,000 entries in its third ever year! A wonderful team of volunteer teachers and librarians around the UK helped us read every, single story, before the Scottish Book Trust selected the 50 young finalists, who join Chris for this very special broadcast from beautiful Hay-on-Wye.

Our best-selling panel of judges - Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Charlie Higson, Malorie Blackman, and Frank Cottrell-Boyce; headed up this year by the CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and Top Gear Star Richard Hammond - have painstakingly picked three winners in each category (which are children aged nine and under and those aged between 10-13).

The Gold Medal winner in each category wins Chris Evans' height in books (6ft 2") plus 500 books for their school library; the runner up Silver Medal winner receives Alex Jones' height in books (5ft 6"); while the Bronze Medal winner can look forward to reading their own height in books!

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 31 May 2013 06:30
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Music Played

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Sad Angel

    • Extended Play.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Limahl

    Never Ending Story

    • Kajagoogoo & Limahl: The Singles.
    • EMI.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Come On Eileen

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Noah and the Whale

    Tonight's The Kind Of Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Scissor Sisters

    Take Your Mama

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Status Quo

    Bula Bula Quo

    • (CD Single).
    • Fourth Chord Records.
    • 1.

  • The Beach Boys

    Fun Fun Fun

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.

  • The Feeling

    Fill My Little World

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Island.

  • Leanne Mitchell

    Pride

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Blondie

    Denis

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Paolo Nutini

    10/10

    • Sunny Side Up.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    The Candy Man

    • Hits Of 1971 & 1972 (Various Artists).
    • Polydor.

  • Passenger

    Let Her Go

    • (CD Single).
    • Nettwerk.
    • 1.

  • ABBA

    Mamma Mia

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 004.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • The Beatles

    Paperback Writer

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 014.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Fri 31 May 2013 06:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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