To celebrate the Int’l Telecommunication Union's International #GirlsInICT Day, BBC Birmingham hosted local schoolgirls for workshops and activities covering everything from radio and TV tech to software engineering.

They also got to meet some amazing women who work in these roles at the BBC 🤩

Hear about the topics that matter to you from the 2024 West Midlands mayoral election candidates, from 8pm 25th April with Elizabeth Glinka on BBC One and BBC iPlayer

UB40?😮
The Specials? 😆
Black Sabbath?😍

What’s your song of the Midlands?! 👀

Watch the whole series of This Town now, on BBC iPlayer

UB40 or Black Sabbath? 😱
Brummie or Brummy? 🤔
Coventry or Birmingham? 😉

We put the cast of This Town to the test at the recent premiere in Birmingham!

Watch the entire series now on BBC iPlayer

🗣️ 'What I wanted to do was first of all tell a Birmingham, West Midlands, Coventry story, and there's lots of them'

Listen to Birmingham's very own Steven Knight talk to Adrian Chiles on BBC Radio 5 Live about the incredible #ThisTown 😍

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#MadeInTheMidlands

'The show has an enduring magic which has captured the imagination of viewers across the globe - a testament to Mark’s magnetic performance, compelling storytelling & our talented Midlands crew.'

#FatherBrown is back 👏

📲 Read more: bbc.in/3vZgem6

#MadeInTheMidlands

Celebrate 2 Tone in #Birmingham with BBC Radio WM! 🖤🤍

O2 Institute in Digbeth
Thursday May 2nd
Performance from @thebeat featuring Ranking Jr

Plus conversations with Pauline Black and Horace Panter!

Tickets are free, but limited.
➡️ bbc.in/3J2kmVb

#2Tone

We let the cast of This Town do the interviewing at the Birmingham red carpet premiere… safe to say we got some peculiar questions! 😳

This Town, tonight at 9pm on BBC One, or watch the whole series now on BBC iPlayer 💙

#MadeintheMidlands

📢 Pop legends Madness and Texas to present ‘Make A Difference’ award winners' shows this Easter

60-minute specials will broadcast across all 39 local BBC radio stations 🤩

Read more ➡️ bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…

Our City. This Town. 💙

This week was the Birmingham premiere of This Town - a new drama set and filmed in Birmingham!

We caught up with the cast on the red carpet as they told us how important the Midlands is to TV and This Town.

9pm on Easter Sunday on BBC iPlayer & BBC One

Our city. This Town 💙

What a night for the Birmingham premiere of #ThisTown , the new drama from the creator of #PeakyBlinders Steven Knight 🙌

Coming to BBC iPlayer from Sunday 31 March

Our reporter Megan Jones is at THSH for the premiere of Steven Knight’s new six-part series This Town which has been described as a “love letter to Birmingham and Coventry”.

The red carpet is coming together nicely for the premiere of This Town, tonight at Birmingham Town Hall! 🤩

Lights, camera, Across the UK!

We are celebrating the third anniversary of our pledge to boost production out of London with a special report from Abbie Dewhurst 👀

Find out more 📲 bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…

Music to your ears! 🎶 🎬

New drama This Town, from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, tells the story of an extended family fighting to choose their own paths amidst an iconic music scene in 80s Coventry and Birmingham.

Watch #ThisTown on #iPlayer from Sunday 31 March

Have you tuned into Gaby Roslin live from Birmingham on @bbcradio2? 👀

Big up Brum! 🙌

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Did you catch Jeremy Vine discussing the Birmingham City Council cuts on BBC Radio 2 today?

📲 Listen now on BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Apply for your tickets for the screening of the latest drama from our good friend Steven Knight - This Town 🎶

Enter the draw before 11.55pm on Sunday 10th March: bbc.in/ThisTownBham
See you on the red carpet! 😉😉

Big Love
UB40
#MadeInTheMidlands #UB40