The European Capital of Culture revisited
Earlier this year on a cold January morning Shelagh, Nicky and myself got into Shelagh's reliable little motor and headed up the M6 on a road trip to Liverpool.
Nicky sang us his favourite Beatles hits and Shelagh was undefeated at I-spy (oh those were the good old days). If you don't believe us we took a video camera with us to capture the glorious moment and you can watch it here.
We were on our way to Liverpool to present the show live from the morning that the city became the 2008 European Capital of Culture. We met street performers, had a tour of the city and spoke to some of Liverpool's famous sport stars and musicians.
Well, in the past year 10 million people have attended cultural events in Liverpool. The Tate Liverpool and the Merseyside Maritime Museum reached the 1 million visitor mark and the Liverpool Echo Arena, which was built specifically for 2008 has already taken bookings up to 2014, plus the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year award will be held there this Sunday.
It's obviously been a very busy year for the people of Liverpool but is this the end of work to draw people to the city? To find out Shelagh spoke to the screenwriter and Creative Director of the Capital of Culture Phil Redmond and this is what he said.
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Morning Shelagh and Nicky.
Cutting Sark. Sarky Cut perhaps?
I was amazed at the reported behaviour by the reclusive Brothers when an democratic election didn't go their way. Did I get that right?
I do not intend to read much more about it but putting perhaps a 100 people out of work seems to require more than a days thought - after said disappointment - at least in my view.
The words toys and pram come to mind. Allegedly.
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I hope that you all enjoy revisiting the European Capital of culture.
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