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Episode: Final Mark Forrest network evening show on BBC Local Radio
Description: After four years, the The Mark Forrest Show, made for the BBC local radio network by Wire Free Productions, chaired by former Radio 1 controller Matthew Bannister, ended on Thursday 2nd Feb 2017.
The programme’s arrival on the network’s 39 stations had been greeted by some hostility, not least from those whose local  programmes had been displaced  - and their friends around the network, some of whom allegedly had to be reminded about their professional responsibilities.
I rate Matthew - and I rate Mark. Matthew’s company won a decent tender; and Mark’s a great presenter...