The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast

This Episode of RTCB is brought to you by Shane Hinton, Alex Yousefi and Luke Allen, We talk about everything from Heaters in buses, through to Driving Instructors. Much more of a leisurely chat due to it being Our Very own Shane Hinton's 30th Birthday.  Laughter filled episode, normal RTC Business will resume next episode! Have a listen! 

Coming to you from the Old Market Hall coffee shop, AL brings you a very special episode and a first, on The Biscuit. Today AL is speaking to Swan, Lucy, Jo and Abbey about Signal, a charity that helps deaf people, people who are hard of hearing and people with tinnitus. Jo has an interpreter Abbey with her to translate what Jo is signing. Amidst the familiar hustle and bustle of a busy Shrewsbury...

AL is coming to you from the D4Drivers offices in Battlefield. He is speaking to Perpetuum Motorsport owner Andy Wheals and his teammate Lee Morgan. These guys are definitely living in the fast lane, Perpetuum Motorsport is a Shrewsbury based F1000 racing team. They have recently come away from Silverstone with a lap record, 2 wins and 2 trophies.  AL talks the guys through a race weekend, from pu...

AL speaks to Charika Manning who is the creative mastermind behind Charika Creations in The Market Hall, Shrewsbury. We find out about Charika's passion for making stunning creations with fabric and where the love for this trade comes from. Charika sees what she does as a hobby and a business which creates the question, how is it, doing something you adore for work? Charika has many years under he...

Shane is joined by Alex Yousefi and Luke Allen ft Special Guest and Production Manager Hannah Wright, We talk about everything from First Cinema trip since Lockdown, What exactly does a Production Manager do?, How Hannah Stumbled across Reduced to Clear, to the amazing work Hannah does in her Day Job. Of course, never a Reduced to Clear: Biscuits episode without an Improve Session.  Fun packed, la...

Coming to you from a sunny garden in Belle Vue. AL is speaking to Chrissy Bridge who is one of the organisers for the Belle Vue Arts Festival. Last year was difficult for many and the BVAF was no different. However a move to a virtual setting was implemented and this fantastic event that was started in 2003 survived, thanks to the hard work of the organisers. This year though, the BVAF is back, in...

Coming to you from outside The Royal Hill Pub in Edgerely on a bright, sunny day, AL is speaking to Colonel Mark Cuthbert-Brown CBE who is the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire. AL spends a bit of time getting to know Mark and learn about his career in the Army while finding out what his role is as Vice Lord-Lieutenant. One of Mark's roles is to help oversee the Queen's Award For Voluntary Servic...

What was supposed to be a collection of shows for an Open Studio Sessions turned out to be 2 great conversations. Set in the new Petit Glou bar upstairs, in the always vibrant Market Hall Shrewsbury. AL speaks to Robin, owner of Glou Glou, Iron & Rose and of course Petit Glou. But not before he speaks to Luke Allen, younger co-director of the upcoming Reduced To Clear film. Luke finally meets AL f...

Shane, Alex Yousefi and Luke Allen are joined by one of the most prolific background actresses in the world, Ninette Finch. Yes, if you've watched TV, like, ever, you will have most likely seen Ninette at some point. This episode explores Ninette's fantastic career and we find out how many times she had died, her favourite genres to work on and how sweet Ricky Gervais was with her on the set of De...

AL comes to you from the back of The Monkmoor pub, where something really cool has been happening. There is a patch of land behind there that has been transformed into a wonderful Street Allotment Project by Casper Macindoe. Casper only taught himself how to creatively put together an allotment and successfully grow plant back in February this year. He thought he'd reach out to the community for d...

A few weeks ago AL recorded an interview with Rob Hughes, founder and MD of Reech Media. This episode was ruined by a technical mishap and was unusable. However, we now bring you a better, re-recorded version of the interview from Reech HQ situated in Shrewsbury Business Park. AL sits down with Rob and Creative Director, Dena Evans to discuss where this all began. Starting from a box room, Reech w...

From wine salesman to acting on "The Crown" - Shane, Luke and Alex Yousefi take some time to learn about their guest Edward Tidy's journey.  Ed is one of the cast members that will be taking part in Luke and Alex's project "Reduced To Clear" Appalling network issues do not dampen the spirits throughout this episode. What did you think of Paddington 2?

Coming to you from the Sabrina Boat as she cruises up and down the Severn, AL speaks to owner Dilwyn Jones. As they sit comfortably, drinking great coffee AL and Dilwyn talk about where the Sabrina Boat came from? What work had to be done to make her look as good as she does now? And what it's like to work with what is considered to be a true moving Shrewsbury landmark? This is such a stunning epi...

A couple of weeks ago AL interviewed Ed Ryder and Sean Horgan from the stunning short film, "Country Lines" However, AL forgot to turn his mic on! SO...Here we are with the second attempt at making this interview. AL and Shane are joined by Ed and Sean to discuss what went into make this film, what the influences were and the important ingredients to make a good mocumentary. Internet gremlins trie...

Coming to you from the stunning Community Garden in Castelfields, AL is joined by Clare from Lovely Land. When it comes to community wellbeing, Clare has her ear well and truly close to the ground. Her and the great team behind Lovely Land bring a real sense of purpose when it comes to bringing their local community together. Whether its embracing and nurturing nature in the green spaces around th...

In the 4th instalment of Reduced To Clear: Biscuits Shane sits down with writer/directors Luke Allen and Alex Yousefi to find out how things have progressed since that last time they spoke. Luke and Alex are putting together a film called Reduced To Clear, which features an all star cast. We have had the privilege of following the progress from the beginning. Find out what developments have occurr...

Join AL as he speaks to the amazing Niall McCann. The National Geographic explorer discusses where his life of adventure began. From Shrewsbury, to travelling around the world, how does this happen? Niall is also the conservation director for National Park Rescue who has done sensational work in protecting the dangerously over poached African national parks. Niall tells us the breath-taking result...

AL sits down with June Meagher to talk about meditation, holistic therapy and wellbeing. For many years June has offered so much to the community of holistic therapists, clients and well...anyone that needs her help really. Working closely with the UGC in Shrewsbury (Universal God Centre) June is very well adept in offering people solutions, as well as being connected with the who's who of Shropsh...

AL and Shane sit down with Kimberley from Swoon Worthy. What is Swoon Worthy? Well the guys ask all the right questions to find out, as well as a bit about Kimberley and her journey from America, to the UK and then falling hard in love with Shrewsbury. The guys have fun with this episode, trying to understand how an interior designer maintains a sense of continuity, does it add pressure of does it...

AL and Shane are joined by 2 exciting guests. Popular, local musician and man of many talents Andy O'Brien and Malcolm Evans from Deliv 2, a brand new delivery service that uses e-bikes to remain green. The guys ask all of the important questions to try and find out the how's, whys and when's. Malcolm explains how Deliv 2 was created and what they can offer. Andy, well he's just good at everything...

AL sits down with Trevor Wilkins from Stage and Studio Services or SASS. AL wants to find out how Trevor got to where he is today. How does young Trevor translate to the guy we see today? What lessons did he learn during his days out on the road?  How has COVID effected SASS? How does Trevor approach making a robot?!! This is the perfect opportunity for AL to geek out over microphones and equipmen...

Joining AL today from the wonderful D&D room at Nerdy Café (thanks Tom!) are Amanda Murray and Ian Ross McNamee from Ghost Dog Films. They are here to talk about their new videogame release "I Saw Black Clouds" The game is at type of game called a FMV which stands for Full Motion Videogames, which is an interactive movie that was filmed in many locations in Shropshire.  We have many questions abou...

Welcome to the 3rd instalment of Reduced To Clear: Biscuits. Today Shane, Luke and Alex Yousefi speak to Winter Foenander who is a brilliant comic/actor. He has a part in the upcoming film, Reduced To Clear. In this fun episode the guys discuss Winter's backstory, take part in some cool improv, discuss picking up coffee from the canoe drive-thru and what life has been like for a grounded stand-up...

AL and Jules are at Shropshire Floats in Myddle. Having tried the floatation tank and Sun Room for the first time, AL gets behind the mic with Jules and owners Kevin and Susie to discuss his experiences. Most importantly the discussion moves to a business that had only been open for 8 weeks before the pandemic hit. Not only had Shropshire Floats not had enough time to pick up momentum, but there w...

AL and Jules chat with Connor Bishop who is a PT from Endorph Fitness. We find out Connor's story, how he became a PT, the challenges behind offering Zoom sessions as opposed to being in the gym. Speaking of the gym, what does Connor offer that the gym doesn't? Well find out right here. AL asks the important question of, 'when it comes to training via Zoom how do you perform when you're injured, i...