Entertainment

From the YO1 archives! In this never-before-heard interview recorded back in March, Aaron Blanchard catches up with Tracy Beaker star Dani Harmer as part of our Road to Comic Con throwback series.

Dani shared her excitement for York Comic Con, talks fan encounters, and reflects on her iconic career.

YO1's Julie Blackburn talks to Strictly's Vito Coppola ahead of his upcoming tour 'Red Hot and Ready' withhis Strictly co-star Dianne Buswell which comes to the York Barbican on the 6th of July. Vito shares secrets about the upcoming tour and celebrates international dance day by discussing all things dancing!

Wayne Chadwick talks to the manager of Selby Town Hall, Chris Jones about the successes of the town hall and the great events that they hold there! Including chats about famous comedians who test their material there and looking back into the 1990s when there were some major artists playing there for the youth of Selby at the time!

Thirsk's very own Henry Calvert joins Olly in our studios. They discuss Henry's rise to success in the online world, his favourite place in North Yorkshire, his favourite musicals, his experience on reality TV and much more!

Tommy Cannon speaks to Wayne about the ways in which he's dealt with the loss of his comic partner Bobby Ball, his rise to success and his upcoming performance at the YO1 Radio Live Lounge at the York Barbican.

Tickets available now: https://www.yorkbarbican.co.uk/whats-on/tommy-cannon/

Last year, American You-Tuber Joel - who runs his 'itsjps' channel specialising in content about the UK - made his first ever trip to York and to YO1 Radio. We've kept in touch with him over the last year and recently he accepted our invitation to join us for the York Dragon Boat Race event.

Early on the day of the event, Wayne Chadwick and Dave Parker spoke with Joel to catch up on what he's been up to in the last year, his latest views on us Brits - and on being part of the YO1 Radio Dragon Boat Team.