Wednesday 18 November 2009

Uni-Q comes to Manchester

On 16th October 2009, a new television programme called Uni Q came to film its first episode at the University of Manchester.

The show, run by the political production company Catch 21, was aimed at students and took a 'question time' format. It was to provide students from all over the UK with a new platform to engage in politics. For its first episode they had a mixed panel which consisted of, Hazel Blears, Labour MP for Salford and ex-Cabinet Minister, Douglas Murray, Neo-Conservative director of think tank 'Centre for Social Cohesion' and finally Conservative Councillor for Worsley and General Election hopeful, Ian Lindley.

An exciting event for the students of our University to get involved in, and certainly one I wasn't going to miss out on. I got in touch with Alex Sargent, Company director of Catch 21, and got permission to cover the event for Fuse FM. I also, rather ambitiously, got in touch with Hazel and Douglas, asking them for a interview post filming. To my astonishment, they agreed. To hear what all the panelists had to say, as well as audience members, click on the link below to listen to the report I made for the Fuse News Show.

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