Stories Without Borders

Welcome to the very first episode in our special StoryQuest series for Bradford and Beyond on BCB 106.6FM! We’re kicking things off with an exciting tale created and performed by a pupil from Dixon’s Manningham Primary School, as part of The Adventures of Bradford, a storytelling initiative that empowers children to become the authors of their own stories. In today’s episode, 10-year-old Nafisa in...

In this final episode of our special StoryQuest series on Bradford and Beyond for BCB 106.6FM, we present the last of five original stories created and performed by Dixon’s Manningham Primary School — part of The Adventures of Bradford initiative. Today, we hear from Daiya , an 11-year-old with a vivid imagination and a powerful message. Her story, "Daiya and the Demon of the Mountain," takes us o...

In this episode of StoryQuest Voices, we join broadcaster Peg Alexander live on BCB Radio to explore The Adventures of Bradford, a transformative storytelling project empowering children to become authors of their own worlds. Creator Kate Markham and Dixon's Manningham Primary teacher Tom Hurst share how it all began with a simple question to Kate's son Gabriel Khan: “Do you want to be the hero of...

In this episode, Kate Markland joins BCB Radio live from Centenary Square to share the story behind The Adventures of Bradford, a powerful new initiative empowering children to become the authors of their own lives. Born from storytelling sessions with her son Gabriel, the project has blossomed into a citywide movement where children in Bradford classrooms are encouraged to create their own fictio...