Box 39

live from the Box 39 Festival, on St Barbra’s Island, off the coast of north east Essex.

Joining Bill Lawrance in the Outside Broadcast Yurt pitched between the Main Stage and the Wellness Tent is Festival connoisseur David Nash.

House band Ausgang Exit are set up on the Global Digital Retail Acoustic stage, the campsite is full, and the famous St Barbra’s goat herd have eaten all the wild mushrooms. It’s the full  Festival experience, without having to use the toilets…

With Bill Lawrance & David Nash

A new concept in entertainment - it's mime on your radio!  Live from Studio One, Bill , Mike and Iain bring you a series of favourite word games, from Scrabble to Countdown, with a ferocious game of Just a Minute in between..

You'll never get this on Radio 4...

Coming soon, the Box 39 team investigate the intense rivalry at ITV that north-east Essex working class viewers were kept in the dark about, as were north-east Essex middle class viewers, who only watched the BBC.

With Bungle, Zippy and others

Live from the Box 39 Dugout, Bill, Bob & Craig are pitch side, and with their Box 39 tracksuits on, as they put our national game through its paces and examine if football is still a sport or a multi billion pound business. Nothing is offside, so expect surprises and great music before the final whistle.

Live from Studio One, the Box 39 team are joined by historian Jonathan Pearsall, as they investigate Victorian Colchester.  And it's time to unearth secrets and stories, from sewage pipes to drag artists - and with great music too.

With Bill Lawrance, Mike Harwood & Jonathan Pearsall

A Box 39 special investigation that scrutinises the legendary musical phenomenon that is Ausgang Exit. 

For over 3 decades, Henry – who like Adele needs only one name – has forged a path throughout the music, entertainment and business worlds that has defied expectations and stretched probabilities. Speaking to friends and foes alike from the world of celebrity, can the truth be reached?

With Frank Bruno, Frankie Howard, Boris Johnson, Julie Goodyear, Billy Connolly, Tony Blair, Julie Walters, David Frost, Bob Geldof, Dickie Bird, Elton John, Neil Kinnock, John Cleese, Ken Dodd, Stephen Hawkins, Ray Winstone, Ricky Gervais, Ronnie Corbett, John Peel and Bill Lawrance.

Adele does have a last name by the way, its Adkins. Not Atkins, but Adkins. A lot of people make that mistake.

Live from Studio 1, we open our Time Capsule, first buried in 1975, and with pouches added every 5 years until 2000.  With an emergency accountant present, we reveal secrets from the past, carefully prepared for the future, and now placed in the present. 

Can the capsule’s contents be monetised? What was Su Pollard doing at breakfast time? And what really caused the feud between Bobby Davro & Ausgang Exit?

With Bill Lawrance, Bob May & Iain Tallentire

Live from Studio One, Box 39 takes you on a culinary journey, examining the language of food, how McDonalds may not be healthy, lockdown deliveries, eating in the dark, and the best restaurants in North East Essex.  And Delia and Fanny too.  With great grub related music, of course.

With Bill Lawrance, Jo Coldwell and Tamsin Burnett-Hall.

Probing the minds of our listeners, to find the big answers.  Seeking the truths, that only Box 39 can provide.  Asking the biggest, boldest and most badass of all the binary questions.  Box 39 will tell you what you want, what you really, really want....

Live from Studio 1 , Bill and Adrian attempt to solve 6 of the toughest mysteries that have defied explanation and investigation. 

Harnessing the power of Box 39's wall of worldwide expertise, Bill & Adrian swerve through analysis, intuition and imagination, accompanied by an impressive cast of listeners, in their race to find the truth before the end of the show  - with great music too, of course.  

Engaging, funny and completely mad!

with Bill Lawrance & Adrian Coen