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What's in The Planet Reigate Podcast
The Planet Reigate Podcast is overwhelmingly positive (we don't do ‘he said, she said’ party politics!), and fiercely loyal to the area and people who have Reigate as the 'centre of their universe'.
About 30 minutes long, it's ready for you to listen to over your Saturday breakfast.
Reigate’s distinctiveness and pride ooze from the speaker when you listen to The Planet Reigate Podcast, in a series of short, pacey conversations, punctuated by specially-composed music and professionally recorded voiceovers.
Each episode we have our Good Time Guide what's on listings, we publicise all that’s good about the town, and champion local independent shops and traders in our 'Thanks A Million' feature.
We have a suite of other features from which we pick each week. Maybe something about local wildlife and walks, weather or local history, what’s new at the Harlequin, and what’s news at the hospital. Charity appeals get a mention and so too some local jobs. And there’s a weekly fun competition as well.
High-quality audio production from a professional BBC presenter makes this podcast almost unique. It's not a dull chat between two people on a buffering Zoom link! Instead, each show has a mix of guests talking about a variety of topics, many recorded on location with a great use of natural sound and ‘place’ to help illustrate the story and draw the listener in.
See below for more details - and if you'd like to be involved either as a reporter or a guest (or to suggest a guest!), then do get in touch!
(Credit for photos on this page: @jenjen_running on Instagram)
Thanks A Million
The Good Time Guide
The Good Time Guide
Our signature 'shop local' campaign to champion local businesses
One in ten shops in the South East are empty (British Retail Consortium 2023).
If every adult in Reigate alone spent an extra £1 a week locally, it would boost the town's economy by £1m a year!
In every show, we highlight a local business to give it a free boost. So, if you run one or have a favourite one, tell us:
Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com
The Good Time Guide
The Good Time Guide
The Good Time Guide
Whether it's a huge event like Pub In The Park, Surrey Pride or Run Reigate, or a smaller fete, exhibition, concert or art show - let us know!
Fill out this form with as much notice as possible, so we can help swell your crowds! And we'd love to have you on the show to talk about what's going on... we may come along and do a recording!
In return, we'd love you to promote
The Planet Reigate Podcast
as 'media partners' on your publicity, and tell all your followers and members where to hear the episode that you're on. (And all the other episodes too, of course!
Reigate Roulette
The Good Time Guide
Reigate Roulette
This is The Planet Reigate Podcast's unique question-and-answer feature.
Hosted by our resident Android,
Roberta The Planet Reigate Robot, spin the wheel to get a question about what you love about living here.
You could be asked about your favourite view or café, or what it is that makes the town such a great place to live... or something else surprising!
It's the series that's sure to get local people comparing notes!
Want to take part?: Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.co
Priory Bark
60-second Soundscape
Reigate Roulette
The Surrey Hills is a great place for dogs
as well us humans!
Join The Planet Reigate Podcast as, with Loupi the dog, we talk with other owners about their four-legged friends and find out their name, age and breed, as well as their favourite foods, funny ways and how good they are.
Recorded, as the name would suggest, in Reigate's Priory Park, we'd love to meet up with you and your pooch and get to know if they're a pampered Pomeranian, a tearaway Terrier or a docile Dalmatian.
So if you want to show off your Schnauzer, or any other breed, contact us Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com and we'll sort out a time to meet up with you both in the Park soon.
Crack The Code
60-second Soundscape
60-second Soundscape
Take part in our weekly competition!
Our spies need your help to crack the weekly code they have been set. Are you up for the mission?
Each week on The Planet Reigate Podcast we'll tell you the location of a secret number somewhere in the 'Planet Reigate' area. It could be on a shop front, bus stop or a clock. Or maybe it's on something unusual - like in the photo above. Hmmm...
Help our spies by finding the Code, writing it down and sending it in Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com for mention on the show.
(All locations are publicly accessible although care and supervision may be required. The prize is a mention on the Podcast.)
60-second Soundscape
60-second Soundscape
60-second Soundscape
Each episode of The Planet Reigate Podcast ends with a ‘soundscape’ recording, perhaps of the natural wildlife locally (maybe from the Heath, the Hill, the Park or one of our local lakes, streams or woods), or maybe skateboarders in Priory Park or a Sunday church bells.
Sit back and relax and have a minute of mindfulness as you picture the scene from the Surrey Hills.
This truly is the best bit of Britain, and even if you've moved from the area, you can always stay connected with the place you once called home.
The View From the Hill
The View From the Hill
The View From the Hill
Got something about the area you want to get off your chest?
Get in touch with The Planet Reigate Podcast and we'll join you on Reigate Hill as you tell us about your little niggle about where we live and what you'd do about it. Literally, your view, from the Hill!
Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com
Oh but nothing too serious and we don't do party politics. So if you want more hanging baskets, drop us a line, but if you want to hang litter droppers, you need another forum!
Super Naturals
The View From the Hill
The View From the Hill
Reigate and Colley Hills, Reigate Heath, commons, marshes, country parks, lakes and rivers and even the lagoons -we are so lucky to live in The Planet Reigate Podcast area.
And we know so many of you feel the same way. Ramblers, photographers, woodland bathers and outdoor yoga enthusiasts.
We'd love to hear about what you've seen in the wild: from birds to trees to bees, and everything in between.
Get in touch to find out how you can get involved!
Planet Reigate Stars
Reigate's Hidden Treasure
Reigate's Hidden Treasure
Our celebration of the area's local heroes.
Whether it's someone who found your phone, the top-class teacher who's really helped your child at school, the passer-by who started your car when it conked out on the Hill, a volunteer, a neighbour, or a paid-for professional.
You don't even have to know their name - it could be a 'shout out to a stranger'! Or it could be a nurse, a shopkeeper or council roadsweeper.
Just let us know what happened and who you want to thank and we'll get you on the show so you can tell the rest of the Planet and send your Planet Reigate Star a virtual handshake... or hug!
Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com
Reigate's Hidden Treasure
Reigate's Hidden Treasure
Reigate's Hidden Treasure
OK it may not quite be this kind of treasure, but you never know!
We have regular reports from Reigate's main charity shops to uncover the bargains yet to hit the shelves.
Yes, The Planet Reigate Podcast has special permission to get a sneak peek at the donated books, clothes, games or tech that are just that little bit special. Be first to hear each week's show, so you can be first in the queue to bag a bargain and give a new home to something special.
And we're not talking about bric-a-brac and tat. No, these are the hidden gems, the rare editions, the designer labels and collectors' items.
School Call
Reigate's Hidden Treasure
Caring and Sharing
Do you study or work at a local school or college? Then let us know what's happening there so we can share it with everyone else.
A fair, a school production, outstanding successes in exams or sports, a pupil who's done something amazing in their own time perhaps. A school trip, special project, fundraising, new science labs ... We'll also do birthday 'shout outs'!
Either add us to your newsletter or press release distribution list, or let us know via Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com
Then we may give you a mention on our School Call feature or even get you on for an interview.
All we ask is that you promote
The Planet Reigate Podcast
in your next parents' newsletter and on your website, with links to the show so everyone can hear the episode that you're featured on.
Caring and Sharing
'Professor' Weather
Caring and Sharing
We are so lucky to live here, but we all know just how expensive it is. And that some people find the cost overwhelming.
The Planet Reigate Podcast is pleased and proud to give free regular updates on what food or clothes are needed by our neighbours, and where the drop-off points are.
Plus, get in touch if your group or charity needs something else too: whether it be volunteers to marshal a fun run, or vol-au-vents for a fundraising picnic, muscle to manoeuvre a marquee, or litter-pickers, envelope lickers or veg-patch diggers.
Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com
Our listeners are the best on the Planet, so between us all, we can do our bit to help your charity group.
'Professor' Weather
'Professor' Weather
'Professor' Weather
Our very own 'Professor Weather' (*not an actual professor!) will be on to look back at the 'weather week that was' as well as what's in store.
As well as that, we'll have a regular look at the river that's synonymous with where we live, the River Mole.
In the recent past, the meandering Mole boasted the greatest diversity of fish species of any river in England, and had twelve Sites of Special Scientific Interest on its banks.
But it goes through a lot: the river level responds rapidly to heavy rainfall, and can also dry out very easily. And then there's pollution by companies and individuals. The Planet Reigate Podcast won't get political, but will have health checks on our important watery artery.