Saturday Drop In

Join Shannon and Tom for another podcast of fun, games, chat and information about your NHS Highland area. Somehow we ended talking about how old we are compared to Google, and do kids get purposely scared at school with Public Information Films these days? We go on a tour of Europe as part of World Tourism Day. Can you guess the number 1 thing to do in each country we visit? Your usual favourites...

Surely these award winning presenters can remember how to present a radio show remotely? Shannon has a touch of Coronavirus in her system this week so is live from Dingwall while Tom is alone in the studio. How many links can they mess up? We'll let you count them! We have some news and updates for the NHS Highland area. Celebrate national tradesperson day with a game of 'Painer or Plainer'. Head...

Shannon and Tom are back with another collection of silliness, with a game called Willy Wonka or Silly Plonka, 3 years of built up anger over a spreadsheet malfunction and finding out where Shannon's fiancé sits in her ranking of important people in her life. Take a seat in our NHSH Conversation Cafe to hear what's going on on in your NHS Highland community. We also have a great guess the year and...

Special guest co-host Phil Walker joins Tom for another Saturday Drop in from Highland Hospital Radio. We've got a great addition of Guess the Year with some special artefacts from the year. This or That is a literary classic. Beat Detective will have your head spinning! 😵‍💫 Want to listen live? Tune into the Drop In every Saturday from midday until 2pm Follow us on social media! Facebook @highl...

Shannon and Tom have another episode of fun, games and chat to keep you entertained in your ward or anywhere! Our Guess the Year features the station patron, a celebrity engagement determines this week's This or That and Tom gets a bit overdramatic with the Beat Detective Clue. Want to listen live? Tune into the Drop In every Saturday from midday until 2pm Follow us on social media! Facebook @high...

Shannon and Tom are back on Highland Hospital Radio with all your usual features. You won't want to miss the breakdown of trust between then during this week's This or That! We're also joined by Neil McGregor from the ARCHIE Foundation to tell us about the amazing work they do across the NHS Highland areas and beyond, plus your chance to take part in a breathtaking challenge while raising money fo...

Karen joins in with Tom for this edition of the Saturday Drop In. We have your usual favourites in Guess the Year and Beat Detective. Our This or That is called 'Stage or Screen' for our special guests to play along with. Yes, the amazing volunteers from The Florians Theatre have dropped in again to tell us about their latest production 'Dial M for Murder'. Director Trevor and cast members Alison...

We've got a special guest co-host who you normally hear on Christmas Day on Highland Hospital Radio, yes Jess is here while Shannon is off on her travels. We do our best to have a simple game of 'This or That' but it might not go quite to plan. Have a chat about what shop or restaurant would you bring to Inverness and the Highlands. With exam result day this week, we have a chat about how Tom did...

Shannon and Tom were live from the Belladrum Tartan Heart festival 2025. Listen to some great highlights from the show with the interviews we had live during the show, along with your usual favourites. Get in touch with us at socials@hhr.scot and if you want to hear more of the Belladrum interviews from Highland Hospital Radio, head over to hhr.scot

Tom is back from his holidays and will only mention is once or twice (or more) during the show. We try out our best Jet 2 Advert Voice Over, test Shannon's knowledge of the Canary Islands and do some Malaysian translations, who do you suppose is the God of Pee? We test how useful our typing lessons at school really were and have you ever Disqualified your own child from holiday mini golf? Tom has....

This week on the Saturday Drop In, Shannon is joined by Karen Ross and Peter White from Lucky2BHere, a non-profit specialising in CPR and defibrillation training, as well as distributing defibrillation kits across the Highlands. Peter demonstrated what to do in a situation where CPR and defibrillation would be required. Their aims are: Saving Lives, Education and Health. Find out more about the Lu...

Shannon welcomes guests Mike Hendry, Robert McGregor, and Halde Pottinger to discuss the Mikeysline 10th Year Anniversary Comedy Tour. They share their experiences in comedy, the importance of mental health awareness, and the impact of their charity work in the Highlands. The conversation also touches on summer songs and the camaraderie among comedians. Tune in for a blend of laughter and meaningf...

In this week's episode of the Saturday Drop In, we take a lively stroll through the world of music, television, and some cheeky banter about the age-old debate: is it a 'dustpan and brush' or a 'brush and shovel'? Join our host as they navigate through memorable tunes, quiz the audience with 'Guess the Year', and share exciting updates from Highland Hospital Radio's outreach at Tesco. We even fin...

Shannon and Tom have another bit of fun and laughter (at their own expense) to entertain and inform while you are getting well in hospital or anywhere across the world. With it being International DJ Day, Shannon takes inspiration for this week's This or That and shows up how out of touch with modern life is. It's gets better for Tom though as he gets Guess The Year and Beat Detective. Way to end...

Back in the studio and suitably dried off after our journey out to Woodzstock Shannon and Tom have another Saturday Drop In for you to enjoy. We catch up with local musician Kenna Ross about a fundraising concert for CHAS. With the Guiness World Record Book having a new entry for world's oldest Lemur, Tom challenges Shannon to play 'Lemur or Le-less' as this week's This or That. How do you say goo...

The Saturday Drop In, drops out! We've packed up the studio and headed off to Woodzstock 2025 to soak up one of the best little festivals in the country. Us and our equipment also soaked up quite a bit of rain water! But, that didn't stop us! We met up with Steven Barclay from The Chosen Lonely about opening up the festival and how you can help him do the same at Belladrum 2025. Local musicians, a...

Shannon and Tom are back with all the fun of your Saturday Drop In. Shannon caught up with Roz White who is the secretary of Highland Pride. They spoke about the Highland Pride event held on 7th June in Inverness and discussed LGBTQ+ matters. With the day being National Butterfly Day, we played a game of Butterfly or Flutter By for This or That. Can you tell what's a butterfly from a carpet shark?...

Shannon and Tom are back for another Saturday Drop In, with special guest Karen dropping in. We give a Saturday Drop In take on Celiac Awareness Months with a special edition of This or That titled 'Donought or Do-not'. Find out how much (or little) Tom knows about what foods are ok for people living with Celiac Disease. Shannon also has some details, stats and where to find out more and get suppo...

Shannon and Tom are joined in the studio by Kirsty Adam from Red Chair Highland to discuss Digital Inclusion. Kirsty explained how the organisation looks to bridge the gap where people can find themselves isolated when accessing essential services needs a digital presence in today's world. With Eurovision coming up, we played a game of 'Euro Pop' or 'Euro Flop' for this weeks this or that. This a...

Shannon drives the desk and Tom is the passenger along for the ride on another Saturday Drop In. We speak to RNLI's Kessock Lifeboat team about the station, it's lifesaving mission, fundraising and volunteering opportunities. Guess the Year is even trickier this year with an unfortunately misplaced 'final' that became became a 'first' throws Tom and guest presenter popper inner Karen. But, Beat De...

Reunited after Tom's partying last week, Shannon and Tom are back for another Saturday Drop In. It wasn't all fun and games for Tom as he limped into the studio following a swimming pool fall. Did he fall, or did he have a fall? We discuss, while Shannon looks for a wheelchair from the hospital lobby. The Ice Bucket Challenge seems to be making a come back. We had a think about challenges we would...

Whilst Tom is galavanting in the south this weekend, we've awakened our Outside Broadcast Technician from his winter slumber and got him on instead. If your a seasoned listener, you may know him as Ben. This week, we chat about Bryan Adams, Etape Loch Ness and Ben's complaint for the latest shrink-gage... the easter egg. Shannon challenges Ben's Pitbull knowledge with a game of Pitbull or Ball, ca...

So what is the Saturday in mid-Easter called? Shannon and Tom aren't sure, but they are here anyway for another Saturday Drop In. They were joined in the studio by the wonderful Ramsay McGhee from Seagull Trust Cruises. Ramsay is part of the Highland branch of Seagull Trust who take people with additional needs and the elderly on cruises along the Caledonian Canal in their adapted barge Highland C...

Shannon and Tom are back for another Saturday Drop In. Shannon is bringing something new and shiny to the show in the never ending quest for content! We're joined by Morag and Fiona from The Florian's Theatre to talk about their forthcoming production of 'Get Up and Tie Your Fingers'. The play about the 'Herring Lassies', the term for the woman who would work to process the herring catches in coas...

Join Tom Nelson with guest host Phil Walker for another Saturday Drop In. Yes, we're noticing Shannon is away again! But, it's for a good reason. More on that next week. Dropping in this week is our guest Jon Lane who has created a unique idea in 'Out There' a mobile sensory room. We chat about how the van came to be, who the van can benefit and also meet Wilfred the cat! The show was live on the...