Who are we ?
Sandy and Ian Bell have built up a wide experience of journalism, broadcasting, commerce, business management, design and public relations.
After taking a degree in History at Oxford, Ian trained as a journalist on a major provincial newspaper before spending twenty years with the BBC, first as Producer, News Editor and Programme Organiser in Local Radio and later as Chief Producer with Network Radio, devising and producing BBC feature programmes such as the famous history series, What if …? Battling with the Past, Hindsight, Bus Stop and Case History for BBC Radio 4 to name but a few. Meanwhile on Radio 2 he also told the history of a hundred years of recordings from EMI in Groovin’ with Alan “Fluff” Freeman and discovered everything you ever needed to know about tea in Cuppa with Kathy Staff of Nora Batty fame from Last of the Summer Wine.
Sandy’s career has been varied, from legal Secretary to sales and marketing, graphic designer and keen artist, to public relations. Ten years with BBC Network Radio as both Researcher and Broadcast Assistant, one time Archivist for “The Archers” and the Producer of a number of programmes for BBC Radio 1, 3 and 4.
