Becky Want and Jo Good are broadcasting from pubs across England this week as they take the BBC local radio Late Show on the road.
They are carrying Eastenders’ Queen Victoria bust with them across the country on a tour of real Queen Vic pubs.
In partnership with BBC History, the BBC local radio presenters started in Newcastle Upon Tyne and are heading on a journey south, finishing in the Bermondsey pub said to have inspired Albert Square’s famous Queen Victoria at the heart of the TV soap.
They will take BBC History’s replica Queen Vic bust seen on the bar in Walford to real Queen Vic pubs across England, meeting the people who live, work, and socialise in them.
The all-England Late Show will broadcast from the Queen Vic pubs from 10pm to 1am, meeting local communities in each area and hearing stories about what makes each place special.
It all started last night at The Queen Victoria pub in Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne and heads to other Queen Victoria pubs in Darfield (Barnsley), Syston (Leicester), Malden (Essex), and Bermondsey (London).
Presenter Becky Want said “What an honour to be taking the precious Queen Vic bust on her first ever road trip across the country! She’s seen some sights in Walford over the last 40 years and we can’t wait to find out what stories she will witness this week from England’s real-life Queen Vic’s.”
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