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• The great 麻豆社 Hereford & Worcester Pancake Race

  It was Tammy against Malcolm for the ultimate prize in rainy car park pancake flipping.

  

  Duration: 3:00

• Which wild animal would win in a virtual fight?

  An elephant apparently! Malcolm asked wildlife expert Joe Phillips from Bromsgrove why

  Duration: 9:39

• Malcolm's gym lesson from Redditch powerlifting stars

  Join Malcolm with the Wythall teenage siblings Dorje and Llamo, in the gym!

  Duration: 5:24

• West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner debate 2024

  We put the issues you care about to the five candidates standing to be West Mercia's PCC

  Duration: 59:43

• From Walkwood Middle School to Wembley!

  Pupils from Redditch have qualified to represent West Bromwich Albion

  Duration: 5:38
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• Malvern's sporting treasure trove

• West Side Story in Hereford

• From Field To Fork

• Meet Malcolm Boyden...

  Malcolm Boyden is a double Sony award winning radio presenter.
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  He won a gold medal in 1997 when he was voted 鈥淩adio Personality Of The Year鈥� and followed that up in 2001 when he took a bronze award in the 鈥淏roadcaster Of The Year鈥� category.
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  Malcolm began his career as a newspaper journalist on the Redditch Indicator, where, in 1985, he won the 鈥淗eart of England Sports Journalist Award.鈥� He later went on to work as a sports sub-editor on the Daily Star and then sports editor of the Birmingham Daily News. He is also a former sports columnist for The Times, and Birmingham Mail.
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  His debut novel, Perfect, was published by House of Stratus in 2003. Brum鈥檚 The Word, a book made up of his football columns in The Times, came out the same year. Malcolm鈥檚 third book, Ferrets, Faggots and Elvis, focussing on the eccentric folk of the West Midlands, was published in 2005. His highly acclaimed manual, The Greatest Podcasting Tips in the World appeared in August 2007.听
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  Malcolm is also no stranger to the stage. He made his pantomime debut in 1997 when he played alongside Frank Bruno and Karl Howman in Goldilocks and the Three Bears at Birmingham鈥檚 Hippodrome Theatre. He became the first artist ever to be invited back to the Hippodrome the following year, when he appeared with Brian Conley and Danny La Rue in Cinderella. He became a pantomime dame, in 2000, when he took on the role of Mother Goose at Coventry鈥檚 Belgrade Theatre. In 2002, he teamed up again with Frank Bruno as Gertie the 鈥淨ueen of the Circus鈥� in Goldilocks at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. In 2003-04 he returned to the Birmingham Hippodrome when he appeared with Julian Clary in Cinderella. In 2006, he appeared in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre. He returned to the Garrick to star in Cinderella, a show that broke all box office records and, in 2008 / 09 he was in Lichfield again with Dick Whittington.
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  Malcolm has also appeared with the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He performed the role of the Magician鈥檚 Assistant in David Bintley鈥檚 The Cracked Nut.
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  He made his musical debut in the summer of 2000 when he took on the role of Stoker the butler in the world premier of Balfour. In 2002, he played Lenny Cox in Wallop Mrs Cox at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, a role he recreated 鈥渂y popular demand鈥� at The Rep in February 2003. He has also taken the leading role in Ridin鈥� The No 8 at the Birmingham Rep 鈥� a musical about a Midlands bus route!
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  Born and bred in Bromsgrove, Malcolm is a fanatical West Bromwich Albion fan, alongside his two sons Elliott and Oliver.